Forthcoming ILACI Projects

• A major cultural event on the occasion of the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore's 150th anniversary, bringing together all the cultural manifestations in Spain around Tagore on one common platform over a period of two days in the weekend around the poet’s death anniversary (August 6 & 7, 2011). This will happen in at least two major cities - Madrid and Barcelona. The event will include Latin Americans living in Spain. It will be a two/three-day event filled with discussions, debates, poetry readings, music and dance, celebrating and rejuvenating the memory of Tagore in the Spanish-speaking world where he is still loved and cherished. 

• Starting from December 2011, ILACI will be organising a bi-annual travelling festival of Indian cinema in Latin America and a similar travelling festival of Latin American cinema in Indian cities. This festival would be called 'LAMINAS' and will be supported by a major Iberian film production company.

• A documentary film exploring the years of the Mexican Nobel Laureate poet and essayist, Octavio Paz's years in India and the impact of Indian culture on his work. This film will be produced by a Mexican producer. 

• As an extension of the UNESCO seminar with Asian documentary filmmakers, ILACI is in the fundraising stage for a series of eight documentaries on the UN's Millennium Development Goals. This would be made by filmmakers across Asia with ILACI and a Dutch producer who has made several of his films in Latin America. This project is currently seeking funding support. 

• In the long run, ILACI intends to create a House of Iberian Culture in Goa which is an ex-Portuguese colony in the western coast of India and still maintains a charming Latin character. It can thus be considered as a cultural bridge between India and the Latin/Iberian world.