JPCI 2025 - Screening-debate "The Golden Thread" (India) by Nishtha Jain

The Journées du patrimoine culturel immatériel (JPCI) 2025 focus on textile arts.
A man in the middle of a weaving mill
"The Golden Thread" by Nishtha Jain © Nishtha Jain (Raintree Films, India Irena Taskovski (Taskovski Film, UK) Morana Komljenovic (Kolek Doo Dokudum, BnH)‎

Many skills linked to the textile arts enjoy Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) status: from Indonesian batik to loincloth weaving in Côte d'Ivoire, via the art of embroidery in Palestine, all bear witness to the same desire to make and give shape.

The JPCI 2025 will conclude with a screening-debate.

The Golden Thread, by Nishtha Jain

India, 86 minutes

Immersion in a jute textile factory in India, near Calcutta, with outdated machinery dating back over a century. The film questions the beauty of this timeless place, but also the drastic working conditions endured by the workers, their daily lives, hopes and dreams.

The screening will be followed by a discussion in the presence of:

  • Anne Viguier, senior lecturer specializing in India

  • Other speakers to be announced