Asian Hot Shots - Festival for Films & Video Art, Berlin
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe selection, shown on Aug 19, comprises films from the last two festivals ' a broad mix of fictional, documentary, animated, and experimental films from 11 different countries.?? Tina Lange co-founder of the festival and Programme Director, South Asia will introduce the programme. On Aug. 20, The Legend of Shiva and Parvati will be shown. Where heaven and earth touch tower the summits of the Himalayas. They are the scene for the old Indian legend of the hot-tempered Shiva and his wife Parvati. In the same mountain area a young German woman meets an Indian yogi, who is revered by his followers as Shiva. Many years later, Krishna Saraswati, the son of this extraordinary couple and director of the film, describes how his parents tried to find their own and truthful way between Germany and India, between legend and reality. Saraswati will attend the film screening and present his winning film of the Asian Hot Shots Festival 2009, Berlin. Co-organized with Goethe Institute