Artists’ Cinema /
Artist’s Cinema

Summer Film Programme

June 20 —
July 31, 2025 

Daily Screenings
2 — 8 PM 

Jaipur Centre for Art (JCA) presents Artists’ Cinema / Artist’s Cinema—a six-week programme of bold, poetic, and boundary-blurring films that celebrate cinema as both artistic expression and collective experience.

Curated by Dr. Shwetal Ashvin Patel, the inaugural programme of art and film will feature over 150 films from South Asia and beyond, spanning genres and formats—from short experimental pieces and documentaries to both historical and contemporary internationally acclaimed features.

“This inaugural programme seeks to nurture the poetic potential of cinema—envisioning film as a space of refuge and resistance in an era marked by acceleration, exploitation, and erasure,” says Dr. Shwetal Ashvin Patel, curator of the programme. “These films transcend borders, styles, and formats, creating a space that welcomes diverse ideas, perspectives, and modes of remembrance.”

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Screenings take place daily from June 20 to July 31 in these slots:

    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    6:00 PM onwards

    Each slot is ticketed seperately.

  • Each screening slot is ticketed at ₹150. You are welcome to attend more than one slot by purchasing multiple tickets. Museum entry ticket is applicable.

  • Tickets are available at Jaipur Centre for Art, located inside City Palace. All ticketing is currently on-site and first-come, first-served.

  • The screening schedule is released weekly on our website and Instagram. You can also join our WhatsApp group for regular updates and film details.

Bombay Talkies

Photographs from the
Josef Wirsching Collection

Presented by Art Heritage, ‘Bombay Talkies: Photographs from the Josef Wirsching Collection’, brings alive Indian movie history through an exclusive set of digital, archival photographs from the collection of German cinematographer Josef Wirsching.

Photographs in this exhibition show a professional industry in action, including behind-the-scenes shots of cast and crew on location and in the studio, production stills, and publicity images, and provide incredible insight into the aesthetic decisions, creative communities, and cross-cultural exchanges that were vital to filmmaking when the industry was at a nascent stage.

This evocative photographic collection will be on view alongside the film screenings for the full duration of the programme.