Experiences
We make audiences. The screens, societies, festivals and channels where people meet great cinema together.
Taj Enlighten Film Society
India's largest film society, certified by the Federation of Film Societies of India.
“Great films deserve a big screen and a full room.”
- 10,000+ members.
- Weekly world cinema on the big screen in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Surat.
- Programming for 37 partner film societies.
- Films shown uncut, as the filmmaker intended.
- World Cinema Day, every 13 April.
Festivals & Retrospectives
Festivals we create and run, and retrospectives we programme.
- Naya Cinema Festival: new Indian cinema and premieres, in Mumbai and at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
- Iranian Month: with the Culture House of Iran and the Consulate General of Iran. Opened with Majid Majidi's Baran, then The Colour of Paradise, Father and Children of Heaven.
- Mumbai's first animation film festival.
- French Film Nights, with Institut français.
- Asian Film Festival, with the Third Eye Asian Film Festival.
- Animal, Human & Nature Continuum: an environmental film festival.
- Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema: programming.
- Delhi International Film Festival at the American Center, New Delhi.
- Indian section, Gulf Film Festival, Dubai.
- Retrospectives, from Christopher Nolan onwards.
Cinemas
The rooms we run and programme.
Liberty Cinema, Marine Lines
The Art Deco landmark, programmed by Enlighten for two years.
Matterden CFC at The Deepak, Lower Parel
India's first international film centre, in a heritage single-screen cinema. Classics, world cinema, secret screenings, workshops and a café.
Matterden on Facebook ↗A week at Matterden
Members' choice
New world cinema
Documentaries
Indian independent film
Secret screening
Classics, matinees and workshops
Enlighten Centre and VR cinema, Bombay Art Society, Bandra
TV & Streaming
Channels and platforms we build and run.
Tata Sky World Screen
A channel of international films and series that we ran with Tata Sky.
Cineoo
Online screenings that bring the theatrical experience home.
Cultural Exchange
Cinema as a bridge between countries.
- Russian House, Mumbai: a tie-up for Russian cinema and culture.
- Shanghai–Mumbai “Hand in Hand”.
- BRICS, Moscow: Pranav Ashar as cultural representative from India.
- Consulate cinema programmes: Iran, Italy, France.
Home Video & Retail
World cinema for the home shelf.
- 500 Masters: our home-video label for world cinema. Each title has its own cover, booklet and multi-language subtitles. Packaging with Ink Inc.
- India's largest film-poster library.
- Launches and kiosks at Crossword and Landmark.
The 500 Masters shelf
Guests and friends
Artists and filmmakers who have stood on our stages and given our work their time.
Taj Tareef Award
Our honour for the greats of Indian cinema.
Also with us: Naseeruddin Shah · Farhan Akhtar · Saif Ali Khan · Imtiaz Ali · Ketan Mehta · Sudhir Mishra · Sriram Raghavan · Sujoy Ghosh · Vivek Agnihotri · Siddiq Barmak · Tapan Sinha, and filmmakers from Iran, Italy, France, Germany, Russia, China, Indonesia, Turkey, Argentina and the US.