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Day One
18 November 2019 (Monday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Grand Opening
PNCA
1 Tribute to Jamil Naqsh 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. 2 Hours Ceremony
Auditorium
Dance performances by Amna Mawaz & Farah Sheikh
Talk:
‘‫ – روح کھچ‬A Part of Life of an Itinerant’
Behzad Khosravi Noori PNCA
2 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. 1 Hour Lecture
(Iranian Artist & Writer) Lecture Hall

(In collaboration with 12.0 Contemporary)

Dance Performances:
Feriyal Aslam (Pakistan),
Keni Soeriaatmadja (Indonesia) & others
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Indonesia)
Asfandyar Khattak (Pakistan) PNCA
3 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. 2 Hours Dance
Iftikhar Masih (Pakistan) Auditorium
Amna Mawaz (Pakistan)
Farah Sheikh (USA)
Dance Performances:
Dance, Music & Costume Show (XPU – Chinese Troupe)
Exhibition Opening:
4 Dastak – Historical Photography by Zaidis Photographers 4:30 p.m. Tanzara Gallery 2 Hours Photography
(Curated by Noshi Qadir)
Exhibition Opening:
5 Arjumand Painting Award 2019 5 p.m. Gallery 6 2 Hours Painting
(Curated by Arjumand Faisel)
Exhibition Opening: PNCA
6 Dunhuang Paintings by 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. China Cultural 2 Hours Visual Art
Chinese Artists Centre
Film Screening (Austria):
Fly Away Home
(Maikafer Flieg) PNCA
7 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. 2 Hours Film
With remarks by Austrian cinematographer Eva Testor Auditorium

(In collaboration with the Embassy of Austria)

VISUAL ART SHOWS
8 Visual Art Exhibitions All Day All Clusters OPEN AT ALL CLUSTERS
(continue till 30th Nov)
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Day Two
19 November 2019 (Tuesday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
HEC-CPEC Consortium of Universities Conference
10 a.m.
1 Convention Center All Day Conference
onwards
(Organized by HEC)
Science, Art & Technology Exhibition
10 a.m.
2 Convention Center All Day Exhibition
onwards
(Organized by HEC)
Workshop: Turkish Abro Art
12 p.m. Sir Syed Memorial
3 3 Hours Workshop
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Turkey and the onwards Complex
Turkish Cultural Center Lahore)
Book Launch:
‘Jamil Naqsh: Fisherwoman of my Mohenjo-daro’
3 p.m. – 5 PNCA
4 Book Launch
Panel Discussion p.m. Gallery 1

(In collaboration with the Jamil Naqsh Museum)

Talk: “Art in Crisis Areas”
Dr Dagmart Reichert
5 p.m. – 7 PNCA
5 (Swiss Cultural Geographer & Academic) 1 hour Lecture
p.m. Lecture Hall
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland)
Exhibition Opening: Pakistan Through a French
Traveller’s Eye – Photographs by Oriane Zerah
5:30 p.m. PNCA
6 Photography
onwards Grand Hall
(In collaboration with Total Parco and the Embassy of
France)
Musical Performance: CYMINOLOGY
(German Jazz Quartet)
7 p.m. – 9 PNCA
7 2 Hours Music
p.m. Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Goethe Institute and
Embassy of Germany)
Sir Syed Memorial
8 Visual Art Exhibitions ongoing All day All Clusters
Society
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Day Three
20 November 2019 (Wednesday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
HEC-CPEC Consortium of Universities Conference
10 a.m.
1 Convention Center All Day Conference
onwards
(Organized by HEC)
Science, Art & Technology Exhibition
10 a.m.
2 Convention Center All Day Exhibition
onwards
(Organized by HEC)
Workshop: Turkish Abro Art
12 p.m. Sir Syed Memorial
3 3 Hours Workshop
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Turkey and the onwards Complex
Turkish Cultural Center Lahore)
4 Rehearsals (RockQawal) and (French) 1 pm PNCA Auditorium 2 Hours
Talk: ‘Working with Light & Shadow’
Eva Testor
2:30 pm – PNCA
5 (Austrian Filmmaker) 2 Hours Lecture
4:30 p.m. Lecture Hall
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Austria)
Pakistani Fusion 4 p.m. – 7 Multipurpose Hall
6 ISLAMABAD CLUB Performance
(Music & Dance)???????? p.m. 4 hours
Film Screening (Pakistan): ‘Darling’
Sir Syed Memorial
7 6 – 8 p.m. 2 Hours Film
Panel Discussion: Saim Sadiq, Sana Jafri and Alina Society
Khan moderated by Madeeha Raza
Music Performance: ROCQAWALI
(Danish Fusion Band) 5 p.m. – 7 PNCA
8 2 Hours Music
p.m. Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Denmark)
Dance Performance:
Les Déformés
(French Dance Troupe) 8 p.m. – PNCA
9 2 Hours Dance
10 p.m. Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of France and
Alliance Française Islamabad)
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Day Four
21 November 2019 (Thursday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Film Screening (USA): Cheff Flynn
Plastic Ocean
10:15 a.m. Lincoln Hall, National
1 Score: A Film Music Documentary Film
onwards Library
(In collaboration with the Embassy of the United States of
America)
Dance Workshop: Les Déformés
(French Dance Troupe) 11 a.m. French Culture Center,
2 Workshop
(In collaboration with the Embassy of France and Alliance onwards Diplomatic Enclave
Française Islamabad)
Talk: ‘Francisco de Goya:
The Portraitist of Hypocrisy, Ethics & Love’
11 a.m. – 12 PNCA
3 Carlos Garcia Lahoz 1 Hour Lecture
p.m. Lecture Hall
(Spanish Painter & Sculptor)
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain)
Workshop: Turkish Abro Art
12 p.m. Sir Syed Memorial
4 (In collaboration with the Embassy of Turkey and the 3 Hours Workshop
onwards Complex
Turkish Cultural Center Lahore)
Exhibition Opening:
3 p.m. – 4
5 My Traditions Versus Your Modernity COMSATS Art Gallery 1 Hour Visual Art
p.m.
(Curated by Farrah Mahmood)
11 a.m. – 1
6 Craft Workshop by Iranian artists & artisans Art & Craft Village 3 Hours Workshop
p.m.
Film Screening (Iran):
3 p.m. – 6 Islamabad Club
7 Raana Silence 3 Hours
p.m. Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Iran)
Exhibition Opening: Pakistan Through the Lens of
Pakistani Photographers 4 p.m. – 5 PNCA
8 1 Hour Photographs
(In collaboration with the Embassy of Japan and the p.m. Grand Hall
Photographic Society of Pakistan)
Exhibition Opening
6 p.m. – 8 French Culture Center,
9 Xandria Noir 2 Hours Visual Art
p.m. Diplomatic Enclave
(In collaboration with the Embassy of France)
Dance Performance:
W.E. Wang Shan Group (China) Farah Shaikh (USA)
7:00 pm Shamadan Hall, Serena
10 Feriyal Aslam (Pakistan) 3 Hours Music
onwards Hotel
Amna Mawaz (Pakistan)
Les Déformés (France)
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Day Five
22 November 2019 (Friday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Sir Syed Memorial
1 Afro-Asian Writer’s Conference 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. All Day
Complex
Workshop: ‘Masterclass in Painting &
Sculpture’
Carlos Garcia Lahoz Hunerkada College of
2 (Spanish Painter & Sculptor) 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Visual & Performing 2 Hours Workshop
Arts
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Spain)
Workshop: Turkish Abro Art
Sir Syed Memorial
3 (In collaboration with the Embassy of 12 p.m. onwards 3 Hours Workshop
Complex
Turkey and the Turkish Cultural
Center Lahore)
Hunerkada College of
Dance Workshop:
4 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Visual & Performing 2 Hours Workshop
Chinese Contemporary Dancers
Arts
Film Screening (Japan):
Grave of the Fire Flies
Islamabad Club
5 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. 2 Hours Film
Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Japan)
Talk: ‘Kalash Culture’
Georges Lefeuvre
Sir Syed Memorial
6 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. 2 Hours Lecture
Complex
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
France)
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Day Six
23 November 2019 (Saturday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Sir Syed Memorial
1 Afro-Asian Writer’s Conference 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. All Day Conference
Complex
Talk: ‘Carlos Garcia Lahoz: Work &
Life’
Carlos Garcia Lahoz
PNCA
2 (Spanish Painter & Sculptor) 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 1 Hour Lecture
Lecture Hall
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Spain)
Talk
Dr Vicky Clarke
(American Art Historian & Scholar) PNCA
3 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. 1 Hour Lecture
Lecture Hall
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
the United States of America)
Talk: ‘From Mur to Meer’
Jörg Dulsky
(Austrian Long-Distance Hiker) PNCA
4 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 2 Hours Lecture
Lecture Hall
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Austria)
Poetry Recitation:
‘Tanao Ki Dewaar’
Arjumand Faisel
Sir Syed Memorial
5 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. 1 Hour Poetry Recitation
Complex
‘Performing Poetry: Playing With
Form’
Eissa Saeed
Mushaira: Afro-Asian Writer’s Sir Syed Memorial
6 6:00 pm Poetry Recitation
Conference Complex
Performance:
Situation 101
7 7 pm PNCA, Lawn Performance Art
In collaboration with BBB, Japanese
Musicians, and Amina Art Ansari
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Day Seven
24 November 2019 (Sunday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Permanent Bureau Meeting of
High Land Country
1 Writers Union of Africa, Asia and Latin 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 3 Hours Conference
Club, Pirsuhawa
America
Workshop: ‘Freeing Your Inner
Creativity’ Sir Syed Memorial
2 9:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. All Day Workshop
Spike Mclarrity Complex
(British Live Performance Artist)
Sir Syed Memorial
3 Afro-Asian Writer’s Conference 3 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 4.5 Hours Conference
Complex
Music Performance:
Japanese Musical Group
PNCA
4 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. 1 Hour Music
Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Japan)
Dance Performance:
(Ballet Beyond Borders)
6:30 p.m. – PNCA
5 3 Hours Dance
9:30 p.m. Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
the United States of America)
Dinner for Festival Delegates with
6 Musical Performance, hosted by 8:30 p.m. onwards Shah Allah Ditta Caves Private Event
Mayor & Deputy Mayor of Islamabad
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Day Eight
25 November 2019 (Monday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Talk: ‘Photographing Afghanistan
Over 15 Years’
Sir Syed Memorial
1 Peter Bussian 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. 1 Hour Talk
Complex
(American Photographer &
Filmmaker)
Talk: ‘The Search for Identity Through
Performance Art’ Sir Syed Memorial
2 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. 1 Hour Talk
Spike McLarrity Complex
(British Live Performance Artist)
Live Art Performance:
Sir Syed Memorial
3 Spike Mclarrity 5 p.m. onwards Performance Art
Complex
(British Live Performance Artist)
Islamabad Club
4 Rehearsals Iranian Music Show 11:00 am
Auditorium
Film Screening (Iran):
Mermaid
Islamabad Club
5 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. 3 Hours Film
Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Iran)
Music Performance:
Iranian Traditional Music Show
Islamabad Club
6 6 p.m. onwards Music
Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Iran)
Children’s Day
Workshops
FACE OFF Sir Syed Memorial
7 11:00 am – 7:00 pm 8 hours Workshops
Art Activities Society
Youth Workshops
(Amna Art Workshop)
Music Performance:
8 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Serena Hotel 4 Hours Music/Dance
Chinese Ningxia Cultural Troupe
Bayad Khusro (Qawali) by Sabah
9 Same as above Same as above Same as above
Hussain
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Day Nine
26 November 2019 (Tuesday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Workshop: ‘Performing Live’
Sir Syed Memorial
1 Spike Mclarrity 9:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. All Day Workshop
Complex
(British Live Performance Artist)
(Chinese Dance Troupe HEIBEI) Islamabad Club
2 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Rehearsal Auditorium
Film Screening (Japan):
Oshin

(In collaboration with the Embassy of

Japan)
Islamabad Club
3 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. 6 Hours Film
Auditorium
Film Screening (Iran):
Sweetheart

(In collaboration with the Embassy of

Iran)
Music Performance: Islamabad Club
4 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. 2 Hours Music/Dance
Chinese HEBEI Cultural Troupe Auditorium
Music Performance:
Chinese ‘WE’ Cultural Troupe
Music/Dance/Private
5 Dance Performance: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Marriott Hotel 3 Hours
Event
Ballet Beyond Borders

Dinner
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Day Ten
27 November 2019 (Wednesday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Conference:
An Aesthetic Encounter Between
COMSATS University
Traditional Arts & Modernity: Ideas,
(EE Hall,
1 Challenges & Way Forward 10 a.m. – 5p.m. All Day Conference
Junaid Zaidi Library,
Basement Auditorium)
(In collaboration with COMSATS
University)
Film Screening (Japan):
His Master’s Voice
Islamabad Club
2 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. 3 Hours Film
Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Japan)
Talk: ‘Rickshaw Diaries’
Sir Syed Memorial
3 Wajahat Malik 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. 1 Hour Lecture
Complex
(Pakistani Filmmaker & Traveler)
Theatre:
‘Saira Aur Maira – A Tribute to Asma
Rehearsals (Morning) PNCA
4 Jahangir’ 2 Hours Theatre
7p.m. – 9 p.m. Auditorium
Ajoka Theatre
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Day Eleven
28 November 2019 (Thursday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Conference:
An Aesthetic Encounter Between
COMSATS University
Traditional Arts & Modernity: Ideas,
(EE Hall,
1 Challenges & Way Forward 10 a.m. – 5p.m. All Day Conference
Junaid Zaidi Library,
Basement Auditorium)
(In collaboration with COMSATS
University)
Film Screening (Japan):
Samurai Cat
Islamabad Club
2 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. 3 Hours Film
Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Japan)
Mega Musical Night:
Whirling Dervish (Turkey)
Fazal Jutt Bara Dholi (Pakistan) F9 Park
3 Ballet Beyond Borders (USA) 7 p.m. Onwards (In case of rain SSMC Music/Dance
Cultural Troupe (China) Auditorium)
Palestinian Troupe (Palestine)
12 Dholis (Pakistan)
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Day Twelve
29 November 2019 (Friday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION TYPE
Theatre: ‘Karo deeda is jug dei
peikhay noon’ Headstart School, Kuri
1 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. 2 Hours Theatre
Campus
Sangat Theater Group
Film Screening (Iran):
Zero to Podium
Islamabad Club
2 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Film
Auditorium
(In collaboration with the Embassy of
Iran)
Common Lore Musical Night:
Aliya Rasheed (Kabeer Doahay & Kafi
Bahoo)
Open Air Theatre
Fazal Jutt
3 7 p.m. onwards Shakkarparrian 3 Hours Music
Saira Peters
(In case of rain, SSMC)
Qurban Niazi
Awais Niazi
Noman & Jia
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Day Thirteen
30 November 2019 (Saturday)
S. No. EVENT TIME VENUE DURATION COMMENTS
Closing Ceremony:
Awards Distribution

Performances:
1 6 p.m. onwards Serena Hotel
Chinese Cultural Troupe, Palestinian
Dance Troupe, Turkish Whirling
Dervish,
Ballet Beyond Borders