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Indian films at Toronto International Film Festival 2011

Posted: August 16, 2011 by moifightclub in bollywood, cinema, Film Festival, News
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Toronto International Film Festival has announced its international line-up for this year’s fest. So far four Indian films are in the list.

1. Mausam (Seasons of Love), Pankaj Kapur, India World Premiere

Mausam is a story of timeless love in the face of political hostilities and religious conflict, between a proud Punjabi Air Force Officer and an innocent Kashmiri refugee. Set against a landscape that transcends decades and spans continents, Mausam is a classic journey that transports one into a world of indestructible bonds of love enveloped by the roulette of destiny. Starring Shahid Kapur, Sonam A Kapoor and Anupam Kher.

 

2. Michael, Ribhu Dasgupta, India World Premiere

Michael, an ex-cop, lives with his 11-year-old son and works in a theatre as a projectionist pirating DVDs for a living. When he starts receiving death threats for his son from someone in his past, he gets caught up in a complex web of his own impending blindness comprised of his insecurities. First-time director Ribhu Dasgupta teams up with India’s guru of independent cinema, producer Anurag Kashyap, and veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah for this character-driven, psychological drama.

3. Azhagarsamy’s Horse, Suseendran, India International Premiere

In a small Tamil village, a ceremonial wooden-horse statue goes missing. With a crucial holy symbol suddenly gone, the village falls into recriminations and comic chaos. At the same time, Azhagarsami, a young man who earns his livelihood by ferrying loads on his horse, puts his marriage on hold when his horse also disappears.

4. Chatrak (Mushrooms), Vimukthi Jayasundara, India/France North American Premiere

Rahul, a Bengali architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, returns to Kolkata to launch a huge construction site. He is reunited with his girlfriend, Paoli, who had long awaited his homecoming. Together, they try to find Rahuls brother, who is said to have gone mad, living in the forest and sleeping in the trees. Despite appearances, the two brothers might have a lot in common.

An Indo-France co-production, Chhatrak (Mushrooms) directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara was also part of the official lineup of Cannes Directors Fortnight. His debut film The Forsaken Land had won the Camera d’Or for best debut feature at Cannes in 2005.

Another film with an Indian connect at TIFF is Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna. Starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed, and based on Thomas Hardy‟s novel Tess of the d‟Urbervilles, the film is set in contemporary India and tells the tragic love story between the son of a wealthy property developer and the daughter of a rickshaw driver.

Shanker Raman & Alka Raghuram win Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors Awards 2011

Posted: August 12, 2011 by moifightclub in Awards, cinema, Film Festival, News
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Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors session this year was devoted to cinema from India. 12 projects, selected out of over 200 applications in 18 different languages from 30 regions in India, participated in the Open Doors co-production lab, organised with the collaboration of the Festival Industry Office. The objective of the 4-day workshop that took place during the Festival, was to assist the selected directors and producers to find co-production partners and to complete their films.

The jury, composed by Martina Malacrida and Nathalie Soldini for the Festival del film Locarno, by Walter Ruggle and Martial Knaebel representing the Swiss support fund for production “visions sud est”, by André de Margerie and Remi Burah for ARTE, by Jacqueline Ada and Ramdane Saâd for CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) decided upon the following grants, awarded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC):

(from left: Alka Raghuram, Shanker Raman, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Sourav Sarangi, Anup Singh, Johannes Rexin)

Grant Open Doors 30.000 CHF

THE TRAPPER’S SNARE by Shanker Raman produced by Rucha Pathak

Grant Open Doors 20.000 CHF

BURQA BOXERS directed and produced by Alka Raghuram

Grant for development CNC (Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée) 7.000 Euros

LASYA (The Gentle Dance) by Anup Singh produced by Johannes Rexin

Grant for development ARTE 6.000 Euros

CHAR… THE ISLAND WITHIN directed and produced by Sourav Sarangi, co-produced by Stefano Tealdi and Signe Byrge Sørensen

The Trapper’s Snare is the spiritual journey of 15 year old Sundaran, his experiences and realizations, and his rite of passage into adulthood. The film is a meditation on the significance of what one is able to or willing to leave behind.

In a culture where beauty, delicacy, refinement and submission are the prized traits to the ultimate feminine career fulfilment, marriage, young Muslim girls learn boxing at a little gym in Kolkata, India. Burqa Boxers tells the story of these warriors determined to knock out a few stereotypes. It will be the story of three young women Amina, Shyara, and Khadija as they train for the state amateur boxing championship.

In addition, the 64th Locarno Festival proudly presents three films whose projects took part in Open Doors co-production lab past editions: in the Concorso internazionale TANATHUR (Last Days in Jerusalem) by Tawfik Abu Wael (Israel/Palestine/France/Germany), winner of the 2007 Open Doors co-production lab; in the Concorso Cineasti del presente SOLNETCHNIYE DNI (Sunny Days) by Nariman Turebayev (Kazakistan), winner in 2010, and HELLO! SHU XIAN SHENG (Mr. Tree) by Jie Han (China), part of Open Doors 2009.

2 Indian films & Mani Kaul tribute at 68th Venice Film Festival

Posted: July 28, 2011 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, News
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Venice Film Festival has announced its line-up for this year. The festival will take place from August 31-September 10, 2011.

Two Indian films have been selected for the Orizzonti section of the festival, which is presented as an exploration of the modes of contemporary cinema. According to official release, in open dialogue with the films of the main competition, Orizzonti questions reality, forms and representations. It seeks to unbalance the status of images, it tears open perception and meaning and allows us to perceive new directions.

The two Indian films are Amit Dutta’s Sonchidi and Gurvinder Singh’s debut film Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan (Alms of the Blind Horse).

Film : Sonchidi. Director : Amit Dutta.  Cast : Nitin Goel, Gagan Singh Sethi. Duration : 55’

Film : Anhey ghorhey da daan (Alms of the Blind Horse) Director :  Gurvinder Singh. Cast : Mal Singh, Samuel John, Serbjeet Kaur, Dharminder Kaur. Duration : 112’

Dutta seems to be a Venice veteran now as two of his earlier films  also premiered  at the festival. And with such a unqiue and strong voice, he is easily on the best filmmaker of this country that most people are not aware of.

If you have any more info on the films (stills, poster, synopsis, trailer), do let us know. Click here to read more about Gurvinder’s film.

The festival will also screen Mani Kaul’s Duvidha as a tribute to the filmmaker. The film will be screened in Out Of Competition section which screens important works by directors already established in previous editions of the Festival.

MANI KAUL – DUVIDHA [MANI KAUL (25.12.1944-6.7.2011)]

India, 82′

Ravi Menon, Raeesa Padamsi

 

Enlighten Film Society’s Naya Cinema Festival – All the details

Posted: July 22, 2011 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, News
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Enlighten Film Society is organising Naya Cinema Fest this month. The idea is to celebrate the filmmakers whose early footsteps marked their foray into the niche circle of path-breakers of Indian Cinema.

According to official release, The Naya Cinema Festival focuses on first and second films by Indian film directors that contrast with the works of the state sponsored Indian New Wave between 1969 and 1990. The works of contemporary film makers like Dibakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap have been able to successfully shake up the feudal star system in a very different way from the works of Kumar Shahani and the recently deceased Mani Kaul, who were not functioning within the logic of the industry. The dialogue hopes to create a fresh discourse on a gradually emerging independent cinema in India, which Mani Kaul had himself titled ‘New Stream’.

We strongly recommend this festival because you will not get to see some of the films anywhere else.

DATES : 23rd July to 31st July, 2011.

SCHEDULE :

23-07-11 – Two Mani Kaul Films: Duvidha (Dilemma, 1973) and Satah Se Uthata Aadmi (Arising from the Surface, 1980). Edward Theatre 12:00PM

23-07-11 : Inshallah Football (Ashvin Kumar, 2010, 80 minutes,Urdu)+ Little Terrorist (Ashvin Kumar,2004,15minutes). Edward Theatre 04:00PM

23-07-11 : Udaan (Vikramaditya Motwane, 2010,134minutes,Hindi). Edward Theatre 6.30PM

24-07-11 : Dil Chahta Hai (FarhanAkhtar,2001,Hindi/English,183 minutes) Cinemax(Versova) 12.00PM.  Introduction and Discussion with Farhan Akhtar

24-07-11 : Aaranya Kaandam (Thiagarajan Kumararaja,2010, Tamil,153 minutes) Cinemax(Versova) 4.00PM The screening time has been changed. Mostly 9-9:30am. Do cross check once.

25-07-11 : John & Jane (Ashim Ahluwalia, English, 2005, 82minutes) Mumbai Times Café 6.00PM

26-07-11 : Mirch Masala (Ketan Mehta, Hindi, 1987, 128minutes)NFDC Auditorium 6.00PM

27-07-11 : Ocean of an Old Man (Rajesh Shera,Hindi,2008,80 minutes) World College – School of Media Studies 1.00PM

27-07-11 : Hrkhagoroloi Bohu Door (Jahnu Barua, 1995,Assamese, 106 minutes) World College – School of Media Studies4.00PM

27-07-11 : Black Friday (Anurag Kashyap,2004,Hindi,143minutes)World College – School of Media Studies6.30PM

28-07-11 : Girni (Umesh Kulkarni,Marathi,22 minutes) and Vihir (Umesh Kulkarni, Marathi,2010) Mumbai Times Café 6.00PM

29-07-11 : The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project (Srinivas Sunderrajan, English and Hindi, 2010, 75 minutes) Edward Theatre 2.00PM

29-07-11 : Shor in the City (Krishna D.K. and Raj Nidimoru,2011,Hindi) Edward Theatre 4.00PM

29-07-11 : Harishchandrachi Factory (PareshMokashi,Marathi,2009,96 minutes) and excerpts from Kaliya Mardan and Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke Edward Theatre 7.00PM

30-07-11 : Gandu (Kaushik Mukherjee,2010,Bengali,85minutes) Performance by ‘Q’ and Gandu Band. ( Venue and time yet to be decided)

31-07-11 Futureview – This will screen excerpts from Anand Gandi’s The Ship of Theseus, Prashant Bhargava’s Patang and Aarakshan. Cinemax (Versova) 12.00PM

VENUES : Edward Theatre: Edward Cinema, Kalbadevi Market, Marine Lines (East), Mumbai 400002.

NFDC :  Discovery of India Building, Nehru Centre, Dr. A.B.Road, Worli, Mumbai 400 018.

Mumbai Times Cafe : Crystal Shoppers Paradise, 5th Floor, Off Linking Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400050.

World College : Rajasthan Sammelan, S.V Road, Goregaon (W), Near Saraf College Mumbai 400064.

Cinemax Versova : Infiniti Mall, New Link Road, Versova, Andheri West, Mumbai-400058

PASSES: You can’t buy tickets for individual screenings. You have to buy the festival pass for Rs 500.  You can buy the passes from –1. Enlighten Film Society.307/ 308, 3rd Floor, Aditya Banarsi Heritage.Off Link Road, Behind Inorbit Mall. Mind Space, Malad (W)  /// 2. Sarvodaya Video Library, Behind Ambedkar Statue, 21 Dr Ambedkar Road, Khar (W) /// 3. Mumbai Times Cafe. Crystal Shoppers Paradise. 33rd rd (KFC lane). off linking road, Bandra (W) /// 4. Edward Theatre. Kalba Devi

– For online registration, click here. Or you can contact Ronak – +91-9870090105

CONTACT :  To know more about the films, click here. For Naya Cinama’s FB page, click here.  Twitter handle – @EnlightenCinema

– For more information, TEL: 02242141414. MOB: 9870090105

– EMAIL: enlighten@enlighten.co.in Or visit http://www.enlighten.co.in

RECCO : And here’s our recco list – Inshallah Football, Aaranya Kaandam, Girni + Vihir, Gandu and preview of Anand Gandhi’s The Ship of Theseus + Prashant Bhargava’s Patang. And do we need to recco Mani Kaul’s films too? If you haven’t, do watch it along with the other films as some of the prints are rare.

13th Mumbai Film Festival – Call For Entries

Posted: July 19, 2011 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, News
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Mumbai Film Festival (October 13-20th, 2011), organized by MAMI is a Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd. (RBEL) initiative  and it showcases the best of contemporary world cinema, Indian cinema and feature length documentaries. The Festival is a highly regarded and anticipated event in Mumbai’s cultural calendar and last year it managed to screen some of the best films from across the world.  Click here and here to read our posts on last year’s fest.

The festival is inviting submissions for this year’s fest. The festival accepts feature-length films for its various competitive and non- competitive sections.

DATE: Entry forms and screeners for selection must reach the festival office before August 1st, 2011.

FEES : There is NO entry fee.

Cash Awards & Incentives – Mumbai Film Festival offers one of the highest cash awards – US $ 200,000

– International Competition for the first feature films of directors -US $100,000 for the Best First Film to be shared equally between the film’s producer and director.

– US $ 50,000 for the Grand Jury Prize to be shared equally between the film’s producer and director.

– The Audience Choice Award : US $ 20,000 to be shared equally between the film’s producer and the director.

– Cash incentives for Sales Agents : US $ 10,000 if the award winning films are international or world premiers.

SECTIONS : 1. International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors More

2. Above the Cut (First Feature Films which could not be included in the competition Section) More

3. World Cinema (Award Winning, Critically acclaimed feature films produced during the one year period after the last edition of the Festival) More

4. Dimensions Mumbai (A short film competition for the youth of Mumbai). More

5. Harmony Celebrate Age (International Competition for films dealing with the concerns, spice, fun and adventure of growing older) More

6. Real Reel (A selection of feature length documentaries)

7. Indian Frame (A selection of high quality Indian Films) More

8. New Faces in Indian Cinema (first or second films of directors) More

9. Retrospectives / Tributes / Master Classes More

ADDRESS: 13th Mumbai Film Festival, Mumbai Academy of Moving Image(MAMI), 49/50, Maruti Chambers, 3rd Floor, Fun Republic Lane. Off Veera Desai Extn. Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai – 400 053, INDIA.

CONTACT : +91-22-4016 8223 (Board) / 4016 8221, F : +91-22-4016 8222

EMAIL: info@mumbaifilmfest.com | mumbaifilmfest@gmail.com

For more information about the festival, rules and regulations, click here.

National Film Festival 2010 – National Award winning films of 2010. FREE Entry!

Posted: June 16, 2011 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, News
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Like us, do you also belong to the Royal Club Of Cribbing because you have access to the best of world cinema but not our desi regional films? Current status – Aarrrrgghh. Reason – Aaranya Kaandam has released in Mumbai but without any subtitles. So, here’s something to cheer about. And the best part, Government is doing it. And it’s FREE. So, STFU and go grab a seat soon.

WHAT : Directorate of Film Festivals ia is organizing ‘National Film Festival 2011’ in Delhi. The festival will screen all National Award winning films of 2010. The Awards were announced last month and would be presented soon.

NUMBERS : Out of 161 Feature films and 114 non-feature films that came as entry, 42 films (23 feature & 19 non-feature) have won Rajat Kamal or Swarna Kamal.

FESTIVAL : The opening film in the feature category is Dabangg and Pistulya in the non-feature group.

DATES :  The festival will begin from 17th June and will end on 16th July 2011.

PLACE : Films will be screened at Siri Fort Auditorium only on weekends! Entry to this festival is absolutely FREE but seats are available on first come first serve basis. So plan your coming weekends with a toast to Indian Cinema!

Opening Films :  At 5:30 pm, 17th June 2011(Friday)

**PISTULYA   –  Dir: Nagraj Manjule. Marathi, Telugu/ Digital/15min/EST. Best Debut Director & Special Mention Award

DABANGG – Dir: Abhinav Kashyap. Hindi/35mm/127min/EST. Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

DATE : 18.06.2011 / Saturday

10:30am

**GERM –  Dir: Snehal R. Nair.  Hindi/35mm/24min/EST. Best Non-feature Film & Best Editing

BETTADA JEEVA –  Dir: P. Sheshadri. Kannada/35mm/114min/EST. Best Film on Environment Conservation & Special Mention Award

02:00 pm

**SHYAM RAAT SEHER ( A ) – Dir: Arunima Sharma Hindi/35mm/23min. Best Direction & Best Cinematography

HEJJEGALU – Dir: P.R. Ramadas Naidu. Kannada/35mm/103min/EST. Best Children’s Film

05:00 pm

**ADVAITHAM – Dir: Pradeep Maadugula. Telugu/Digital/27min. Best Educational Film

PUTTAKKANA HIGHWAY – Dir: B. Suresha. Kannada/35mm/116min/EST.  Best Kannada Film

19.06.2011 // Sunday

10:30 am

**NILAMADHABA – Dir: Dilip Patnaik. English/Digital/52min/EST. Best Biographical Film

JETUKA PATOR DARE – Dir: Jadumoni Dutta. Assamese/35mm/90min/EST.  Best Assamese Film

02:00 pm

AMI AADU – Dir: Somnath Gupta. Bengali/35mm/121min/EST. Best Bengali Film

05:00pm

MONER MANUSH – Dir: Goutam Ghose. Bengali/35mm/158min/EST. Best Film on National Integration & Best Make-up Artist

25.06.2011// Saturday

10:30am

**BOXING LADIES – Dir: Anusha Nandakumar. Hindi/Digital/26min/EST. Best Film on Sports

CHITRASUTRAM ( A ) – Dir: Vipin Vijay. Malayalam/35mm/104min/EST. Best Audiography ( Sound Design)

02:00pm

**IRON IS HOT – Dir: Biju Toppo & Meghnath Bhattacharjee. English/Digital/35min/EST. Best Environment Film

ADAMINTE MAKAN ABU – Dir: Salim Ahamed. Malayalam/Digital/113min. Best Feature Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematographer & Best Music Direction (Background score)

05:00pm

**KAL 15 AUGUST DUKAN BAND RAHEGI ( A ) – Dir: Prateek Vats. Hindi/35mm/11min/EST. Best Short Fiction Film

VEETTILEKKULLA VAZHI – Dir: Dr Biju. Malayalam/35mm/95min/EST. Best Malayalam Film

26.06.2011 // Sunday

10:30 am

**THE ZELIANGRONGS – Dir: Ronel Haobam. Manipuri,English/ Digital/52min/. Special Mention Award

I AM KALAM – Dir: Neel Madhab Panda. Hindi/35mm/87min/EST. Best Child Artist

02:00 pm

**HEART TO HEART – Dir: Bachaspati Mayum Sunzu. Manipuri, English/Digital/37min/EST. Best Science and Technology Film

**LEAVING HOME – Dir: Jaideep Verma. English/Digital/115min/EST. Best Arts and Culture Film

05:00pm

**EK ROPA DHAN – Dir: Biju Toppo & Meghnath Bhattacharjee. Hindi/Digital/26min/ Best Promotional Film

MEE SINDHUTAI SAPKAL – Dir: Ananth Narayan Mahadevan. Marathi/35mm/105min. Special Jury Award, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Screenplay (Adapted) & Best Dialogues

02.07.2011 // Saturday

10:30 am

CHAMPIONS – Dir: Ramesh More. Marathi/35mm/118min/EST. Best Film on Social Issues & Best Child Artist

02:00pm

MALA AAI VHHAYCHAY – Dir: Samruddhi Porey. Marathi/35mm/115min/EST. Best Marathi Film

05:00pm

BABOO BAND BAAJA – Dir: Rajesh Pinjani. Marathi/35mm/127min/EST.  Best Debut Film, Best Actress & Best Child Artist

03.07.2011 // Sunday

10:30am

MYNAA – Dir: Prabhu Solomon. Tamil/35mm/143min/EST. Best Supporting Actor

02:00 pm

AADUKALAM – Dir: Vetrimaran. Tamil/35mm/152min/EST. Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Screenplay(Original), Best Editing, Best Choreography & Special Mention Award

05:00pm

ENTHIRAN – Dir: S. Shankar. Tamil/35mm/165min/EST. Best Production Design & Best Special Effects

09.07.2011 //Saturday

10:30am

NAMMA GRAMAM – Dir: Mohan Sharma. Tamil/35mm/131min/EST. Best Supporting Actress & Best Costume Design

02:00pm

THENMERKKU PARUVAKKATRU – Dir: Seenu Ramasamy. Tamil/35mm/125min/EST. Best Tamil Film, Best Actress & Best Lyrics

05:00pm

MEMORIES IN MARCH – Dir: Sanjoy Nag. English/35mm/104min. Best English Film

10.07.2011 //Sunday

10:30am

**OTTAYAL (One Woman: Alone) – Dir: Shiny Jacob Benjamin. Malayalam/Digital/70min/EST. Special Mention Award

**JOHAR WELCOME TO OUR WORLD – Dir: Nilanjan Bhattacharya. Hindi, English/Digital/58min/EST. Best Narration (Writing)

02:00pm

**A PESTERING JOURNEY – Dir: K.R. Manoj. Malayalam, Punjabi, Hindi, English, Tulu/Digital/66min/EST. Best Investigative Film & Best Audiography

**KABIRA KHADA BAZAAR MEIN – Dir: Shabnam Virmani. Hindi/Digital/94min/EST. Special Jury Award

05:00 pm

ISHQIYA ( A ) – Dir: Abhishek Chaubey. Hindi/35mm/116min. Best Female Playback Singer, Best Audiography ( Location Sound recordist & Re-recordist of the final mixed track) & Best Music Director( Songs)

16.07.2011 // Saturday

10:30 am

**UNDERSTANDING TRAFFICKING ( A ) – Dir: Ananya Chakraborti. Bengali, Hindi, English/ Digital/87min/EST. Best Film on Social Issues

02:00pm

**SONGS OF MASHANGVA – Dir: Oinam Doren. Tangkhul, Manipuri, English/ Digital/62min/EST. Best Ethnographic Film

**LOVE IN INDIA ( A ) – Dir: Kaushik Mukherjee. Bengali, English/Digital/90min. Best Film on Family values

05:00pm

DO DOONI CHAR – Dir: Habib Faisal. Hindi/35mm/118min. Best Hindi Film

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– ** Non- feature films

– All Non-English and Non- Hindi Films carry English Subtitles.

– Entry is free, on first-come-first-served basis.

– Management has the right to reserve some seats in each show

– Programme subject to Change

– Handbags, helmets, camera’s, eatables etc. are not permitted inside Auditorium

(PS – Can we please have something in Mumbai also?)                

European Film Festival in Mumbai – Screening details

Posted: June 3, 2011 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, News
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Taj Enlighten Film Society has organised the 1st European Film Festival in Mumbai. According to the official release, the festival attempts to relocate the myth-like status of European cinema by playing it to an audience much more used to the unmediated kitsch of ‘Bombay cinema.’ The selection also includes a Jean-Luc Godard retrospective and a Swiss film package.

The Swiss film package has a retrospective of the Swiss master Daniel Schmid, who was also a colleague of the legendary German film maker Rainer Fassbinder. The contemporary curations include films that view Switzerland as the ‘other’ within the discourse of the European ‘self.’  Also included is a workshop by the significant Swiss-Indian film maker Kamal Musale at the World College-School of Media Studies, emphasizing the importance of documentary film practice even in conventional, narrative cinema and the importance of filming over script construction.

The schedule for the month of June is as follows:

NCPA

3rd June, 2011, 6.30 PM -Inauguration by Kamal Musale and Amole Gupte

Screening: 2 short films by Kamal Musale: Three Soldiers (1987) and Raclette Curry (1999)

Screening: Two English Girls (Francois Truffaut, 1971)

24th June, 2011-6.30 PM– Bed&Board (Francois Truffaut, 1970)

Cinemax

5th June – 12 Noon— Army of Shadows (Jean Pierre Melville, 1969)

12th June – 12 Noon-Le Petit Soldat (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)

19th June- 12 Noon– Daniel Schmid: The Thinking Cat (Benny Jaberg and Pascal Hoffman, 2010)

26th June – 12 Noon– Soul Kitchen (Fatih Akin, 2009)

Metro Big Cinema

5th June, 2011 – 10.00 AM – Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1959)

12th June – 10.00 AM– Hecate (Daniel Schmid, 1982)

19th June – 10.00 AM – Oh Woe is Me (Jean Luc Godard, 1993)

26th June – 10.00 AM – Shoot the Piano Player (Francois Truffaut, 1962)

World College-School of Media Studies

4th June, 2011, 4.00 PM – Workshop by Kamal Musale on documentary film making.

Screening of Sound of Insects (Peter Leichti, 2009) along with works by Kamal Musale: Courrier Du Pacifique (1998) and Raclette Curry (1999).

11th June, 2011 6.30 PM: Three Swiss short films: Yuri Lennon’s Landing on Alpha 46 (Anthony Vouardoux, 2010), Au Café Romand (Richard Szotyori, 2008) and Cartography: the Pool (Phillipe Saire, 2008)

Mumbai Times Cafe

18th June 2011 6.00pm : Stealing Beauty (Bernardo Bertolucci,1996)

For further information on screening and membership details contact 022 – 42141414 or visit www.enlighten.co.in

Call For Entries – NFDC Screenwriters Lab 2011

Posted: May 20, 2011 by moifightclub in cinema, film, Film Festival, News, Scripts, writing
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WHAT: Screenwriter’s Lab 2011, a 2-part workshop is designed to prepare screenwriters’ with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking market place. It aims at improving a completed screenplay in its final stages and to increase the international marketability of the same.

LAB : The 1st Session will be held during the Venice International Film Festival in September, 2011 where participants will get first-hand experience of the workings of the international film community and get to train with their screenplay mentors.

The 2nd session at Film Bazaar, Goa from 24–27 November, 2011 is where participants will apply their training and pitch their revised screenplays to participants at the film market.

MENTORS: The workshop will be conducted by Marten Rabarts, Artistic Director, Binger Filmlab, aided by experienced international guest mentors. It is organized in association with Binger Filmlab, Netherlands and Venice International Film Festival.

CONTACT: For further details on the Screenwriters’ Lab please write to: filmbazaar2011@gmail.com

DATE: Last Date for entries  is 17 June, 2011.

Rules and Regulations

i. Two Sessions Compulsory

– The sessions in 2011 will run at the Venice International Film Festival, in September and from 24 – 27 November at Film Bazaar Goa, India. Participants must attend both sessions, must have a valid passport and visa and must be able to travel to Venice.

ii. Costs of the Lab

– The lab will provide accommodation for participants in Venice and Goa, as well as accreditation to the Venice International Film Festival and the Goa Film Bazaar.

– The lab will provide economy air tickets originating from either Mumbai or Delhi for travel to the workshop.

– Participants will have to apply, secure and pay for their own visas as well as their travel insurance. The organizers will not be responsible for the above if additional charges are incurred.

 For more details and application form, click here and here.

An Open Letter to Shekhar ‘Bollywood’ Kapoor

Posted: May 11, 2011 by moifightclub in Bolly Jokes, bollywood, Film Festival, first look, News, Trailer
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As far as my limited cinema knowledge goes, I think there is a big difference between a trailer and a montage. And as the trailer of Bollywood – The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (Who thought about this title?) was out, it was a perfect #Facepalm (for lack of better expression) moment. It even forced Screeny to come out of his slumber and puke out this rambling post. Read on…

Respected Sir,

I’m a Big fan of Mr India, Masoom & Bandit Queen. Have been following your blog on and off. Untill today when I saw the trailer of the documentary which has been produced by you and co, and directed by the “acclaimed director” (have seen him at conferences and am sure he regards himself as one, for having gifted the people of this country THE seminal film – Rang De Basanti) Mr Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra.

Needless to say, I was thoroughly, thoroughly disappointed.

Why? Because the trailer (so is the film I’m sure) is- as usual- selling Bollywood exotica la-la land to the west. The incestous, celebratory, mutual admiration society which regards Aishwarya Rai and Katrina Kaif as ‘icons’ who will talk about Hindi Cinema to the “goras” and tell them in effect – “One billion people are enjoying this. See, this is so special. This is India! This is Indian Cinema! Come, Watch it. And fall in Love. NAMASTE. Achcha Lagta Hai.”

The first half is virtual showreel for the Bachchans, another attempt to sell Aishwarya to the west. The same song and dance routine which we are (in)famous for. The DDLJ clip, the rain, the matrix style shots, the same ghisa-pita bakwaas.

And of course, it contains generous footage from the magnum opus Rang De Basanti. After all Rakeysh (Is the spelling correct? Am a bit confused) Omprakash Mehra is the co-director & UTV is the producer. And the exact same clip when people land up at the India Gate with candles in their hands (the prophetic subtitle below is “This country will change. We will change it”). Yes sir, we will.

I wish you had produced a 2 hour documentary on Kerala or Goa Tourism instead.

Or helped produce any of the films from the “new wave” of Indian cinema, which I’m sure you must be more aware of than me.

At a time when Indian Cinema is taking baby steps towards maturity, and managing to gain a foothold in the international arena, slowly changing “their” perception of “our films” by coming up with IN COMPETITION FILMS like Udaan, Peepli Live, Dhobi Ghat, Harud, Gandu, Shor in the City, Gabhricha Paus, Aranya Kandam, Paruthiveeran, Subramanipuram, the new Wave Tamil & Marathi Cinema; this self congratulatory AV on Bollywood films actually is taking us two steps back, reinforcing the stereotypes. Forcing us to be still perceived as the audience which enjoys 3 hour long musicals embellished with the garangutan setpieces, laughable action sequences & antics, titillating item numbers and melodramatic rejoice.

I was hoping to find some echo in the comments section of this post but clearly, I’m the minority here.

http://shekharkapur.com/blog/2011/04/bollywood-the-greatest-love-story-ever-told-at-the-cannes-film-festival/

I shudder to think how I would react if I would ever meet a “gora” who sees this film and recognises by my skin tone, that I’m an Indian. Will he be overjoyed at what I’m embarassed at ? Will he be like the Japanese tourists from Munnabhai who only want to shoot “dirty, hungry, poor Indians” ? Will I be asked to dance at the Visa interview if (and when) I travel to Europe ?

My nightmarish thoughts aside, I request you to read a post written by you, Sir. Your blogpost on Black Friday and why it is the film which should have gone for Oscars submission instead of Paheli.

http://shekharkapur.com/blog/2005/10/oscar-hoo-haaa/

Yours disappointed,

Screeny

(PS1 –  Have you heard about a documentary film called Videokaaran? Watch it.)

(PS2 – Screeny forgot to mention that if the film turns out to be any good, he will be the first person to say it and will apologise for the post.)

(PS3 – Screeny’s previous posts can be read here, here and here. )

12 Indian projects selected for Locarno’s Open Doors co-production lab

Posted: May 3, 2011 by moifightclub in cinema, Film Festival, News
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Locarno Film festival has announced the projects selected for the Open Doors Co-production Lab this year. From over 200 projects submitted, in 18 different languages, from 30 regions in India, these are the 12 finalists which will participate in Open Doors, the Festival del film Locarno’s co-production lab.

The selected projects are:

–  Aharbal Falls by Ajay Raina

–  Ajeeb Aashiq / Strange Love by Natasha Mendonca

–  Arunoday / Sunrise by Partho Sen-Gupta

–  Burqa Boxers by Alka Raghuram

–  Char, The Island Within by Sourav Sarangi

–  Jat Panchayat / The Judgement by Satish Manwar

–  Lasya / The Gentle Dance by Anup Singh

–  Samaadhi / The Penance by Sidharth Srinivasan

–  Sebastian Wants to Remember by Vasant Nath

–  The Trapper’s Snare by Shanker Raman

–  Thread / Le Fil by Lilium Leonard

–  Vidhvastha / Devastated by Ashish Avikunthak

Supported, since its inception in 2003, by the Swiss Foreign Ministry’s Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Open Doors aims to assist the directors and producers of the selected projects to find co-production partners, to complete their film. It is organised in close collaboration with the Festival’s Industry Office and enjoys support from the following partners: ACE (Ateliers du Cinéma Européen), EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), EPC (European Producers Club) and Producers Network Marché du Film (Festival de Cannes).

At the end of the three-day workshop a prize of 50,000 CHF (approx 39,000 euros) is funded by Open Doors. A second prize of 7,000 euros is financed by the CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) and ARTE will award the International Relations ARTE Prize of 6,000 euros.

The Open Doors co-production lab will take place August 6-9, 2011 as part of the 64th edition of the Festival del film Locarno.

To know more about the projects and the directors, do click here.

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