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For three days this summer, as part of Open Air at the Square, experience a mini open-air film festival with a difference, featuring a program of classic Indian and American silent films with live music accompaniment.Each of the film’s scores has been composed specifically for each film, and will be performed by the composers and guests, showcasing bluegrass, Butchulla songman and classical Indian styles of music.
With films traversing the spectra of Indian folktales to early Hollywood monster films and Buster Keaton physical comedy classics, this event series is one to entrance film-lovers and music-lovers alike.
Pack a picnic and pull up a deck chair – and join us in celebrating the innovation and magic of the early days of cinema, on the Big Screen.
Presented by Fed Square, in partnership with Insite Arts.
Ramayana and other tales, with live score by Hari Sivanesan
Tuesday 25 February, 8pm | Main Square
Hari Sivanesan and the South Asian Music Ensemble present four Kathas, with an immersive contemporary and classical Indian score. This rare screening includes films directed by India’s most prolific directors of the Silent Cinema Era – Baburao Painter and Dadasaheb Phalke. These films are partially ‘lost’ films, as only parts of them remain. This screening features the remaining film that has been carefully restored and digitised by the National Film Archive of India.
Check out the full program of free live music, outdoor cinema and community events on as part of Open Air in the Square. https://fedsquare.com/events/open-air-at-the-square
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Fed Square, Corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets,Melbourne,VIC,Australia
