Plus 4 more must-catch events

Free but online registration (www.silversaltanifest.com) mandatory

What happens when a pesky pigeon gets trapped inside a multi-million dollar nuclear briefcase? Lucas Martell's hilarious animated short film, Pigeon: Impossible, has been viewed by over 47,95,374 people on YouTube.
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Over this weekend, you get to catch it, along with a host of shortlisted animated films, on the big screen.
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Silver Salt Animation Festival (SSAF), a travelling animation short film festival, is in the city, after showcasing films in Pune, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru.
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"For the first SSAF, we called for entries from around the world and picked the best," says Jidnyesh Mhatre, Festival Director and video and film editor.

With 425 entries from 25 countries, including an award-winning entry by an eight year-old Brit, you can watch 50 shorts (from one to seven-and-a-half minutes long), handpicked by industry professionals.
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Though, it's a pity that 70% of the movies are international, Mhatre assures us that Indian entries are brilliant in concept and execution.
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"We want to break the general perception that animation is restricted to Disney, 2-D and 3-D movies. We've also emphasised on the concept, than its execution," says Mhatre.
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You can also attend two workshops Indian Folk Art in Animation and How to make a Professional Animation Portfolio a seminar and the awards function to honour winners in 12 categories.

Listen to the Orchestra that was to play on the Titanic

On: Friday and Saturday, 7.30 pm onwards
Where: Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point.
Call: 66223724

Tickets: Rs 1,000 to Rs. 3,000 (available at the NCPA Box Office, Rhythm House and Crossword, Turner Road)

If you missed the London Philharmonic Orchestra concert last week, don't lose heart. Glorious music resonates in NCPA auditorium yet again, thanks to the London Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Sir Colin Davis.

For Western Classical music lovers, this might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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Founded in 1904, the LSO was the first British orchestra to have played overseas, and was even slated to play on the RMS Titanic, though fortunately due to a miscommunication, had to cancel its booking.
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The orchestra has had a close working relationship with 20th century composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pierre Boulez and John Adams, and boasts a unique sound and inimitable approach to chamber music.
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Much more than just a group of musicians, the LSO is a movement towards beautiful sound, mesmeric performance and legendary history. You wouldn't want to miss this.

Get to the hand of the matter

On: Today, 11 am to 7 pm
Where: DBS Galleria, DBS House, Prescott Road, near Cathedral Senior School, Fort.
Call: 40509466 / 40509364
Price range: Rs 3,000 to Rs 45,000

It might seem a tad pompous to name your exhibition My Beautiful Embroideries, but Perveez Aggarwal insists that you should give it a dekko before you dismiss it.

Aggarwal employs rural craftsmen and their families to painstakingly weave in gorgeous embroideries on sarees, salwar-kameez, kurtis and jackets.
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"These days, everyone takes a shortcut by using machine embroideries and then, simply provide a touch-up by hand," says the Parsi entrepreneur.
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"But I want to keep this art alive." Check out embroideries influenced by Chinese and Persian designs too.

Let these Mexicans dazzle you with their silverware

On: Friday and Saturday
Where: SR Artifacts, 3, Shiv Smriti Chambers, Dr Annie Besant Road, Worli.
Call: 24907070 / 24908080

You wouldn't really expect a brother-sister duo who live on a ranch to churn out spectacular silver pieces. Wolmar and Emilia Castillo from Taxco in Mexico handcraft luxury items out of silver.

World-famous for their products, the work is individualistic and their pieces exude an aura of wholesomeness, often difficult to find in much of today's modern minimalist artifacts.

Emilia's work is inspired by nature, and crafted in sterling silver, onyx and alabaster, while Wolmar specialises in hollow-ware; his trays, vases and pitchers are exquisite, with intricate design and detail.
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Now, for the first time in India, you get to admire their handiwork at an exclusive preview over the weekend, after which the collection is open for public viewing and sale.

How do you define your body, your sexuality?

On: Friday, 6.30 pm
Where: Alliance Franu00e7aise de Bombay, 40, Theosophy Hall, Marine Lines.
Call: 22035993

As part of their Masters thesis, four students from Jamia Millia Islamia teamed up with veteran photographer and visual artist Sunil Gupta to question the deeply ingrained prejudices that we carry within ourselves.
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The result was Flying Inside My Body, a film that challenges the stereotypes that define one's body, sexuality and identity.

Gupta, who used his art to document queer people and their histories, will be present at Cinu00e9 Libertu00e9, an Alliance Franu00e7aise event, where the film will be screened.

This will be followed by the screening of a documentary directed by Gupta, titled I Want to Live. It delves into the lives of three million Indians infected with HIV.

Commissioned by the Human Rights Law network, Gupta converses with people living with HIV across India to weave in a composite portrait and make a plea for HIV patients' rights.

Actress Shahana Goswami will be in conversation with Gupta, at the event.

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