Exclusive: Film Independent has set 26 filmmakers from 15 nations to participate in the 2023 edition of their Global Media Makers LA Residency, which is being held in person this month.
A mentoring initiative and cultural exchange program that connects American filmmakers and industry pros with filmmakers spread across the globe, Gmm sees Fellows participate in filmmaking tracks focused on screenwriting, directing, creative development and documentary filmmaking, where they develop their current projects alongside a team of U.S. mentors.
The program, presented by Film Independent and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, further bolsters up-and-comers by providing access to master classes, industry sessions and field trips, as well as cultural engagement and networking opportunities.
This edition of Gmm is the eighth put on since 2016, and as always, the selection process was highly competitive, attracting a diverse pool of media makers, with the countries of Angola, Libya,...
A mentoring initiative and cultural exchange program that connects American filmmakers and industry pros with filmmakers spread across the globe, Gmm sees Fellows participate in filmmaking tracks focused on screenwriting, directing, creative development and documentary filmmaking, where they develop their current projects alongside a team of U.S. mentors.
The program, presented by Film Independent and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, further bolsters up-and-comers by providing access to master classes, industry sessions and field trips, as well as cultural engagement and networking opportunities.
This edition of Gmm is the eighth put on since 2016, and as always, the selection process was highly competitive, attracting a diverse pool of media makers, with the countries of Angola, Libya,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Israel-based world sales company Antipode Sales has boarded Bangladeshi filmmaker Humaira Bilkis’ documentary “Things I Could Never Tell My Mother.”
The film premiered at Switzerland’s Visions du Réel and it has also been to France’s Etats Generaux du Film Documentaire, Lussas Doc, among others. It plays at IDFA’s Best of Fests strand and also at its Docs for Sale market, where Antipode will represent it.
After doing a masters degree in communications and journalism, Bilkis gave up her teaching job in order to express herself as a filmmaker. She did a filmmaking course in Delhi, India, and her diploma film “I Am Yet to See Delhi” (2015), which raises questions on loneliness and identity, was followed by “Garden of Memories”, a reflection of the tea community’s stagnation in Bangladesh through the narratives of three characters.
“Things I Could Never Tell My Mother” is a deeply personal subject for Bilkis.
The film premiered at Switzerland’s Visions du Réel and it has also been to France’s Etats Generaux du Film Documentaire, Lussas Doc, among others. It plays at IDFA’s Best of Fests strand and also at its Docs for Sale market, where Antipode will represent it.
After doing a masters degree in communications and journalism, Bilkis gave up her teaching job in order to express herself as a filmmaker. She did a filmmaking course in Delhi, India, and her diploma film “I Am Yet to See Delhi” (2015), which raises questions on loneliness and identity, was followed by “Garden of Memories”, a reflection of the tea community’s stagnation in Bangladesh through the narratives of three characters.
“Things I Could Never Tell My Mother” is a deeply personal subject for Bilkis.
- 11/9/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Line-up includes nine documentaries and nine first-time feature directors.
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) has announced the 29 projects selected for this year’s edition, including established Asian directors and producers such as Hur Jin-Ho, Naomi Kawase and Ning Hao, as well as emerging filmmakers and nine first-time feature directors.
Returning to its regular March slot, Haf will take place online from March 15-17, coinciding with Filmart Online, which runs March 15-18. Haf and Filmart also took place virtually in August 2020.
“Despite the challenging circumstances brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Haf remains strongly committed to filmmakers,” said Haf director Jacob Wong.
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) has announced the 29 projects selected for this year’s edition, including established Asian directors and producers such as Hur Jin-Ho, Naomi Kawase and Ning Hao, as well as emerging filmmakers and nine first-time feature directors.
Returning to its regular March slot, Haf will take place online from March 15-17, coinciding with Filmart Online, which runs March 15-18. Haf and Filmart also took place virtually in August 2020.
“Despite the challenging circumstances brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Haf remains strongly committed to filmmakers,” said Haf director Jacob Wong.
- 1/18/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
What:
Screening of Sourav Sarangi’s award winning documentary “Char…the No-Man’s Island” and DVD release
When:
June 5, 2014, Thursday, 6:30 pm
Where:
Gorky Sadan, Kolkata
Entry:
Free
Program Details:
Screening of “Char… the No-Man’s Island”, DVD release of the film by eminent poet Shankha Ghosh followed by brief interaction with the director.
About the film:
Meet Rubel, a fourteen-year-old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. Everyday he crosses the international border, river Ganga, which eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char has formed within the large river. Rubel’s family and many homeless people settled in this barren field are controlled by the border army. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. He fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting flood, the river swells up again.
Screening of Sourav Sarangi’s award winning documentary “Char…the No-Man’s Island” and DVD release
When:
June 5, 2014, Thursday, 6:30 pm
Where:
Gorky Sadan, Kolkata
Entry:
Free
Program Details:
Screening of “Char… the No-Man’s Island”, DVD release of the film by eminent poet Shankha Ghosh followed by brief interaction with the director.
About the film:
Meet Rubel, a fourteen-year-old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. Everyday he crosses the international border, river Ganga, which eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char has formed within the large river. Rubel’s family and many homeless people settled in this barren field are controlled by the border army. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. He fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting flood, the river swells up again.
- 5/27/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Char…The No Man’s Island
What:
Screening of Sourav Sarangi’s documentary
Char…the No Man’s Island (87 minutes/ 2012/ Bengali with English subtitles)
At Doc@Everest
When:
27 March. 7 Pm
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
No 1, Kenchappa Road,
Opp East Grounds, Frazer Town,
Bengaluru, India
560005
About the event:
Char… the No-Man’s Island
Meet Rubel, a fourteen-year-old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. Everyday he crosses the international border, river Ganga, which eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char has formed within the large river. Rubel’s family and many homeless people settled in this barren field are controlled by the border army. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. He fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting flood, the river swells up again.
What:
Screening of Sourav Sarangi’s documentary
Char…the No Man’s Island (87 minutes/ 2012/ Bengali with English subtitles)
At Doc@Everest
When:
27 March. 7 Pm
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
No 1, Kenchappa Road,
Opp East Grounds, Frazer Town,
Bengaluru, India
560005
About the event:
Char… the No-Man’s Island
Meet Rubel, a fourteen-year-old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. Everyday he crosses the international border, river Ganga, which eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char has formed within the large river. Rubel’s family and many homeless people settled in this barren field are controlled by the border army. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. He fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting flood, the river swells up again.
- 3/21/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Char…The No Man’s Island
What:
Screening of Documentaries:
Benefits of Bakra Nangal (1955/ 11min)
Char… the No-Man’s Island (Sourav Sarangi, India / Italy, 2012/ 88 mins)
At fd Zone.
When:
15 March.
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
Rr Theatre,
10th floor, Films Division,
24, Pedder Road,
Mumbai-400026
About the event:
A post screening discussion will be moderated by Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Benefits of Bakra Nangal
The film deals with the gigantic and famous Bhakra Nangal dam. How an arid sandy waste land in Punjab was transformed into a huge lake with 2 power houses, now irrigating 2.5 million hectares of land is shown in the film.
Char… the No-Man’s Island
Meet Rubel, a fourteen-year-old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. Everyday he crosses the international border, river Ganga, which eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char has formed within the large river.
What:
Screening of Documentaries:
Benefits of Bakra Nangal (1955/ 11min)
Char… the No-Man’s Island (Sourav Sarangi, India / Italy, 2012/ 88 mins)
At fd Zone.
When:
15 March.
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
Rr Theatre,
10th floor, Films Division,
24, Pedder Road,
Mumbai-400026
About the event:
A post screening discussion will be moderated by Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Benefits of Bakra Nangal
The film deals with the gigantic and famous Bhakra Nangal dam. How an arid sandy waste land in Punjab was transformed into a huge lake with 2 power houses, now irrigating 2.5 million hectares of land is shown in the film.
Char… the No-Man’s Island
Meet Rubel, a fourteen-year-old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. Everyday he crosses the international border, river Ganga, which eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char has formed within the large river.
- 3/11/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Gulabi Gang
Vikalp Bengaluru and Everest Talkies has announced Doc@Everest, an initiative to show world class documentaries on the last Thursday of every month at Everest Talkies, one of the last surviving single screen theatres of Bengaluru. A discussion with the filmmakers or associated crew members will take place post the screenings whenever possible.
A group of documentary filmmakers have come together to form Vikalp Bengaluru to bring the best of documentaries to the city. Their efforts are complimented by the famous single screen theatre in Frazer Town, Everest Talkies. Its young proprietor Yogi, continuing his father Purushotam Kshatriya’s dream of keeping the independent cinema theatre going, is keen to make Everest Talkies a cultural hub in the city.
Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang will be the first film to be screened on January 23 at 7 pm, followed by Sourav Sarangi’s Char…The No Man...
Vikalp Bengaluru and Everest Talkies has announced Doc@Everest, an initiative to show world class documentaries on the last Thursday of every month at Everest Talkies, one of the last surviving single screen theatres of Bengaluru. A discussion with the filmmakers or associated crew members will take place post the screenings whenever possible.
A group of documentary filmmakers have come together to form Vikalp Bengaluru to bring the best of documentaries to the city. Their efforts are complimented by the famous single screen theatre in Frazer Town, Everest Talkies. Its young proprietor Yogi, continuing his father Purushotam Kshatriya’s dream of keeping the independent cinema theatre going, is keen to make Everest Talkies a cultural hub in the city.
Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang will be the first film to be screened on January 23 at 7 pm, followed by Sourav Sarangi’s Char…The No Man...
- 1/11/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Algorithms, a documentary by Ian McDonald, won the Prize for Best Film on Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Jean Rouch International Film Festival 2013 in Paris. The film was part of the international competition at the festival.
An AkamPuram, India production, Algorithms was filmed over three years and is made in black and white. Three blind boys trained by a blind teacher participate in the World Junior Blind Chess Championship in Sweden in 2009 and then in the championship in Greece in 2011.The boys want to make their mark while their teacher wants every blind child to play chess.
The film recently won the Best Film Trophy at the 9th Film South Asia (Fsa), festival of documentaries in Kathmandu, the Dogwoof Audience Film Prize at the Rai International Festival of Ethnographic Films, and received a Special Mention in the Best Documentary category at the Durban International Film Festival. The film is also...
An AkamPuram, India production, Algorithms was filmed over three years and is made in black and white. Three blind boys trained by a blind teacher participate in the World Junior Blind Chess Championship in Sweden in 2009 and then in the championship in Greece in 2011.The boys want to make their mark while their teacher wants every blind child to play chess.
The film recently won the Best Film Trophy at the 9th Film South Asia (Fsa), festival of documentaries in Kathmandu, the Dogwoof Audience Film Prize at the Rai International Festival of Ethnographic Films, and received a Special Mention in the Best Documentary category at the Durban International Film Festival. The film is also...
- 11/15/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The first edition of the Extravagant India! International Indian Film Festival will be launched in Paris in association with the Indian Embassy in Paris and the Paris City Hall showcasing Indian cinema from October 16-22, 2013.
The festival will have competitive and non-competitive sections along with interactions with filmmakers and meetings with industry experts to boost co-productions between India and France.
There are three sections in competition: feature films, short films and documentary films.
Feature films in competition are Ship of Theseus by Anand Gandhi, Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly (French Premiere), Ugly by Anurag Kashyap, Lunchbox by Ritesh Batra, Raajneeti by Prakash Jha (French Premiere) and Kahaani by Sujoy Ghosh (French Premiere).
Short films in competition are Skin Deep by Hardik Mehta, Tatpaschat – And Then by Anadi Athaley, Allah Is Great by Andrea Iannetta, For Hire by Varun Chavla and The Three Of Us by Umesh Kulkarni.
Faith Connection by Pal Nalin (European Premiere), Char,...
The festival will have competitive and non-competitive sections along with interactions with filmmakers and meetings with industry experts to boost co-productions between India and France.
There are three sections in competition: feature films, short films and documentary films.
Feature films in competition are Ship of Theseus by Anand Gandhi, Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly (French Premiere), Ugly by Anurag Kashyap, Lunchbox by Ritesh Batra, Raajneeti by Prakash Jha (French Premiere) and Kahaani by Sujoy Ghosh (French Premiere).
Short films in competition are Skin Deep by Hardik Mehta, Tatpaschat – And Then by Anadi Athaley, Allah Is Great by Andrea Iannetta, For Hire by Varun Chavla and The Three Of Us by Umesh Kulkarni.
Faith Connection by Pal Nalin (European Premiere), Char,...
- 9/21/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Film Southasia, Festival of South Asian Documentaries has announced its selection for 2013 edition. Fifteen Indian documentaries will be screened at the festival that will take place from 3-6 October in Kathmandu, Nepal. Film Southasia (Fsa) is a biennial festival that was set up in 1997 with the goal of popularizing the documentary.
Selected Indian films:
A Prayer For Aliyah by Zorawar Shukla
Algorithms by Ian McDonald
Big In Bollywood by Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles
Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Char…No Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi
Elemental by Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughn Lee
Fire In The Blood by Dylan Mohan Gray
Gaur in My Garden by Rita Banerji
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread by Satchith Paulose
Immoral Daughters by Nakul Singh Sawhney
Invoking Justice by Deepa Dhanraj
Salma by Kim Longinotto
Sama by Shazia Khan
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
Voice of God by Bernd Lützeler...
Selected Indian films:
A Prayer For Aliyah by Zorawar Shukla
Algorithms by Ian McDonald
Big In Bollywood by Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles
Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Char…No Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi
Elemental by Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughn Lee
Fire In The Blood by Dylan Mohan Gray
Gaur in My Garden by Rita Banerji
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread by Satchith Paulose
Immoral Daughters by Nakul Singh Sawhney
Invoking Justice by Deepa Dhanraj
Salma by Kim Longinotto
Sama by Shazia Khan
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
Voice of God by Bernd Lützeler...
- 8/17/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Mumbai Cha Raja
Sonapani (Autumn) Film Festival (September 20-22, 2013), an event that takes place twice a year in a small eco-lodge in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, will present works of filmmakers Sourav Sarangi and Manjeet Singh, and cinematographer Satyajit Pande (Setu). All three of them will attend the festival.
Sourav Sarangi’s latest documentay Char…the no man’s Island won a Special Mention in Muhr Asia Africa Documentary category at Dubai film festival 2012 and Best Documentary award at Tiburon Film Festival 2013. The film screened at Berlin, Busan and International film festival of India (Iffi) in 2012. Read Interview: Sourav Sarangi
Manjeet Singh made his feature debut with Mumbai Cha Raja that premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2012. The film has travelled to several film festivals like Abu Dhabi, Palm Springs and won a Special Jury award at Mumbai film festival 2012. Read Internet has been a great film school for me: Manjeet Singh...
Sonapani (Autumn) Film Festival (September 20-22, 2013), an event that takes place twice a year in a small eco-lodge in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, will present works of filmmakers Sourav Sarangi and Manjeet Singh, and cinematographer Satyajit Pande (Setu). All three of them will attend the festival.
Sourav Sarangi’s latest documentay Char…the no man’s Island won a Special Mention in Muhr Asia Africa Documentary category at Dubai film festival 2012 and Best Documentary award at Tiburon Film Festival 2013. The film screened at Berlin, Busan and International film festival of India (Iffi) in 2012. Read Interview: Sourav Sarangi
Manjeet Singh made his feature debut with Mumbai Cha Raja that premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2012. The film has travelled to several film festivals like Abu Dhabi, Palm Springs and won a Special Jury award at Mumbai film festival 2012. Read Internet has been a great film school for me: Manjeet Singh...
- 8/2/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A re you an Indian filmmaker looking for funds to develop your script? Have you shot your film already but don’t have funds to start post-production? DearCinema gives you a lowdown of six international funds that Indian indie filmmakers should watch out for:
World Cinema Support (Cinemas du Monde)
What is it?
A new fund of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to support international co-productions. The fund is granted to foreign feature-length films seeking support from French co-producers.
Who can apply?
The film should be a co-production between Indian and France. Only a French production company can apply for the fund. Between 50%-75% of the grant should be spent by the French production company.
When to apply?
The next round of submissions for 2013 will open in September.
Hubert Bals Fund
What is it?
The Hubert Bals Fund of the International...
World Cinema Support (Cinemas du Monde)
What is it?
A new fund of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to support international co-productions. The fund is granted to foreign feature-length films seeking support from French co-producers.
Who can apply?
The film should be a co-production between Indian and France. Only a French production company can apply for the fund. Between 50%-75% of the grant should be spent by the French production company.
When to apply?
The next round of submissions for 2013 will open in September.
Hubert Bals Fund
What is it?
The Hubert Bals Fund of the International...
- 6/17/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
The 6th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala (Idsffk) which was held from June 7-11 in Thiruvananthapuram announced its winners.
To Let directed by Spandan Banerjee won the Best Documentary award. Ningal Aranaye Kando? (Have you seen the Arana?) directed by Sunanda Bhat won a Special Mention.
This or That Particular Person directed by Subasri Krishnan won in the short documentary section. The best documentary award carried cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh while the short documentary award carried a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-
Sourav Sarangi, who turned cameraman for his documentary Char- the No Man’s Island was bestowed with the Navroze Contractor award for the Best Cinematographer.
Ridiculous directed by Abhishek K S won the award for the Best Campus Film. The Special Mention in the campus film section went to Who am I? directed by John Lango.
In the music video category, The Drowning Song directed...
To Let directed by Spandan Banerjee won the Best Documentary award. Ningal Aranaye Kando? (Have you seen the Arana?) directed by Sunanda Bhat won a Special Mention.
This or That Particular Person directed by Subasri Krishnan won in the short documentary section. The best documentary award carried cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh while the short documentary award carried a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-
Sourav Sarangi, who turned cameraman for his documentary Char- the No Man’s Island was bestowed with the Navroze Contractor award for the Best Cinematographer.
Ridiculous directed by Abhishek K S won the award for the Best Campus Film. The Special Mention in the campus film section went to Who am I? directed by John Lango.
In the music video category, The Drowning Song directed...
- 6/12/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
“Allah is Great” by Andrea Iannetta
The Student Jury award for Short Film Competition at the Krakow Film Festival went to Indian film Allah is Great by Andrea Ianetta, an Italian student of the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii).
The Jury awarded the film for “the precision of narration and reminding us that it’s not always worth to be on time.”
The film revolves around Frank Asmas, a Danish engineer who meets Salim, a taxi driver, when he is on his way out of a remote Indian village to Nairobi. Coming from different worlds, their journey together results in mayhem.
The film won a Special Mention at the 60th National Film awards and competed at the Gulf Film Festival earlier this year.
Indian documentary filmmaker Sourav Sarangi was on the International Short Film Competition Jury of Krakow.
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film events dedicated to documentary,...
The Student Jury award for Short Film Competition at the Krakow Film Festival went to Indian film Allah is Great by Andrea Ianetta, an Italian student of the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii).
The Jury awarded the film for “the precision of narration and reminding us that it’s not always worth to be on time.”
The film revolves around Frank Asmas, a Danish engineer who meets Salim, a taxi driver, when he is on his way out of a remote Indian village to Nairobi. Coming from different worlds, their journey together results in mayhem.
The film won a Special Mention at the 60th National Film awards and competed at the Gulf Film Festival earlier this year.
Indian documentary filmmaker Sourav Sarangi was on the International Short Film Competition Jury of Krakow.
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film events dedicated to documentary,...
- 6/10/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala has unveiled its lineup for the 2013 edition which will be held from June 7-11 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The festival is organized by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, in addition to the International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk). The festival has a National level competition for Documentaries (long and short), short fiction, animation, music videos and campus films. The Best Short Fiction (upto 69 mins) wins a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/ and a certificate. Best Animation wins a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/ and a certificate while the Best Music Video is also awarded a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/ and a certificate.
National Competition: Short Fiction
23 Winters
Dir: Rajesh S. Jala/30min/2013
Afternoon/Do Pahar
Dir: Shazia Shrivastava|Sharifa Roy/29min/2012
Alfie
Dir: Thomas Mathai/26min/2013
Behind the Wall/Bhinti Maage
Dir: Vishwesh Kolwalker/14min/2013
Bleeding
Dir: AromalT./21min/2012
For Hire
Dir: Varun Chawla...
The festival is organized by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, in addition to the International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk). The festival has a National level competition for Documentaries (long and short), short fiction, animation, music videos and campus films. The Best Short Fiction (upto 69 mins) wins a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/ and a certificate. Best Animation wins a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/ and a certificate while the Best Music Video is also awarded a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/ and a certificate.
National Competition: Short Fiction
23 Winters
Dir: Rajesh S. Jala/30min/2013
Afternoon/Do Pahar
Dir: Shazia Shrivastava|Sharifa Roy/29min/2012
Alfie
Dir: Thomas Mathai/26min/2013
Behind the Wall/Bhinti Maage
Dir: Vishwesh Kolwalker/14min/2013
Bleeding
Dir: AromalT./21min/2012
For Hire
Dir: Varun Chawla...
- 5/14/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Monsoon Shootout
Amit Kumar’s debut feature Monsoon Shootout has been selected for competition at the Sydney Film Festival. Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi is on the Jury of the festival.
Actor Hugo Weaving will preside over the Jury that comprises South African-born filmmaker Pia Marais, Anand Gandhi and film programmer Paolo Bertolin.
Monsoon Shootout is a thriller exploring police violence, corruption and the moral quandary facing an idealistic rookie cop. It features Neeraj Kabi, Vijay Verma and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The film will have a Midnight Screening at the 66th Cannes film festival.
Sourav Sarangi’s multiple-award-winning documentary Char…The No-Man’s Island, Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus and Ian McDonald’s Algorithms will screen at Sydney film festival. Also screening is short film Tau Seru (India-Australia) by Rodd Rathjen, which is part of Cannes Critics Week lineup.
The full program of the Sydney film festival includes 190 films from 55 countries.
Amit Kumar’s debut feature Monsoon Shootout has been selected for competition at the Sydney Film Festival. Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi is on the Jury of the festival.
Actor Hugo Weaving will preside over the Jury that comprises South African-born filmmaker Pia Marais, Anand Gandhi and film programmer Paolo Bertolin.
Monsoon Shootout is a thriller exploring police violence, corruption and the moral quandary facing an idealistic rookie cop. It features Neeraj Kabi, Vijay Verma and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The film will have a Midnight Screening at the 66th Cannes film festival.
Sourav Sarangi’s multiple-award-winning documentary Char…The No-Man’s Island, Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus and Ian McDonald’s Algorithms will screen at Sydney film festival. Also screening is short film Tau Seru (India-Australia) by Rodd Rathjen, which is part of Cannes Critics Week lineup.
The full program of the Sydney film festival includes 190 films from 55 countries.
- 5/8/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Sourav Sarangi’s Char…the No Man’s Island will compete at the 28th International Documentary Film Festival, Munich known as Dok.fest München.
As DearCinema reported earlier, Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang will be the opening film of the festival (Read interview here).
Both the documentaries had won awards at Dubai international film festival in 2012: Gulabi Gang won the Best Film in Muhr Asia Africa documentary section while Char…the No Man’s Island won a Special Mention.
Char…the No Man’s Island tells the story of fourteen-year old Rubel who lives on a fragile island called Char on river Ganga which acts as the international border between India and Bangladesh. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh.
Read Sourav Sarangi’s interview here.
Dok.fest München, one of the most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world,...
As DearCinema reported earlier, Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang will be the opening film of the festival (Read interview here).
Both the documentaries had won awards at Dubai international film festival in 2012: Gulabi Gang won the Best Film in Muhr Asia Africa documentary section while Char…the No Man’s Island won a Special Mention.
Char…the No Man’s Island tells the story of fourteen-year old Rubel who lives on a fragile island called Char on river Ganga which acts as the international border between India and Bangladesh. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh.
Read Sourav Sarangi’s interview here.
Dok.fest München, one of the most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world,...
- 4/27/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Rubel in Char… The No Man’s Land
Sourav Sarangi’s documentary Char…the No-Man’s Island has won the Golden Reel for Best Documentary at the 12th Tiburon Film Festival.
The film has earlier won a national award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic film, at the 60th National Film Awards and got a special mention at Dubai Film Festival 2012. It was also screened at Berlin Film Festival 2013.
The film tells the story of fourteen-year old Rubel who lives on a fragile island called Char on river Ganga which acts as the international border between India and Bangladesh. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh.
Tiburon Flm Festival was held from April 11-19 in Tiburon, California.
Read Sourav Sarangi’s interview on Char.. the No Man’s Island here...
Sourav Sarangi’s documentary Char…the No-Man’s Island has won the Golden Reel for Best Documentary at the 12th Tiburon Film Festival.
The film has earlier won a national award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic film, at the 60th National Film Awards and got a special mention at Dubai Film Festival 2012. It was also screened at Berlin Film Festival 2013.
The film tells the story of fourteen-year old Rubel who lives on a fragile island called Char on river Ganga which acts as the international border between India and Bangladesh. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh.
Tiburon Flm Festival was held from April 11-19 in Tiburon, California.
Read Sourav Sarangi’s interview on Char.. the No Man’s Island here...
- 4/21/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 1st Students’ Film Festival of India will be held from 19th – 24th, April, 2013 at the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii), Law College Road, Pune.
For full line-up of the festival, click here.
Ftii alumnus Kundan Shah, who directed the cult-classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983) will preside over the Jury of the festival.
The members of the Short Fiction Jury are film scholar Moinak Biswas , Srfti alumnus and filmmaker Vipin Vijay, and documentary filmmaker and Ftii alumnus R.V. Ramani.
The Documentary Jury comprises Ftii alumnus and filmmaker Sourav Sarangi, filmmaker Deepa Dhanraj and Srfti alumnus and filmmaker Paban Haobam.
Animation Jury comprises Ftii alumnus Michael Joseph, Gauri Patwardhan and Milind Kuri.
In the Short Fiction (upto 10 min) category, Best Film and Best Director awards will be given.
In the Short Fiction (above 10 min) category: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound Design and Audiography, Best Script,...
For full line-up of the festival, click here.
Ftii alumnus Kundan Shah, who directed the cult-classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983) will preside over the Jury of the festival.
The members of the Short Fiction Jury are film scholar Moinak Biswas , Srfti alumnus and filmmaker Vipin Vijay, and documentary filmmaker and Ftii alumnus R.V. Ramani.
The Documentary Jury comprises Ftii alumnus and filmmaker Sourav Sarangi, filmmaker Deepa Dhanraj and Srfti alumnus and filmmaker Paban Haobam.
Animation Jury comprises Ftii alumnus Michael Joseph, Gauri Patwardhan and Milind Kuri.
In the Short Fiction (upto 10 min) category, Best Film and Best Director awards will be given.
In the Short Fiction (above 10 min) category: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound Design and Audiography, Best Script,...
- 4/17/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Rubel in Char… The No Man’s Land
Sourav Sarangi’s documentary Char…the No-Man’s Island, which recently won the 60th National award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic film, is the only Indian film selected to screen at Tiburon international film festival.
The film tells the story of fourteen-year old Rubel who lives on a fragile island called Char on river Ganga which acts as the international border between India and Bangladesh. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh.
The festival will be held from April 11-19 in Tiburon, California.
Read Sourav Sarangi’s interview here...
Sourav Sarangi’s documentary Char…the No-Man’s Island, which recently won the 60th National award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic film, is the only Indian film selected to screen at Tiburon international film festival.
The film tells the story of fourteen-year old Rubel who lives on a fragile island called Char on river Ganga which acts as the international border between India and Bangladesh. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh.
The festival will be held from April 11-19 in Tiburon, California.
Read Sourav Sarangi’s interview here...
- 3/20/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia was declared the Best Film at the 60th National Film Awards announced today at a joint Press Conference addressed by the Chairpersons of the three juries; Basu Chatterjee for Feature Films, Aruna Raje for Non-Feature Films and Swapan Mullick for Best Writing on Cinema.
In non-feature film category, the award for the Best Film went to Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir Khan. In the category of Best Writing on Cinema section, the book ‘Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial Journey’ (English) written by B.D. Garga has bagged the top honour, whereas P.S. Radhakrishnan has been conferred the award for the Best film Critic.
Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) have shared the Indira Gandhi award for the Best Debut Film of a Director. The award for the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment has...
In non-feature film category, the award for the Best Film went to Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir Khan. In the category of Best Writing on Cinema section, the book ‘Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial Journey’ (English) written by B.D. Garga has bagged the top honour, whereas P.S. Radhakrishnan has been conferred the award for the Best film Critic.
Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) have shared the Indira Gandhi award for the Best Debut Film of a Director. The award for the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment has...
- 3/18/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival or Berlinale begins on February 7 at the Berlin Palast with Wong Kar Wai’s martial-arts drama The Grandmaster.
The ten day festival will be inaugurated by Wong Kar Wai, who heads the international jury and Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.
This year 19 films will compete for the Golden Bear Award while the Honorary Golden Bear will be presented to French documentary filmmaker and producer Claude Lanzmann.
Five Indian films will be screened at the festival: Abhishek Kapoor’s Kai Po Che in Panorama Special, Deepa Dhanraj’s Kya hua is shahar ko? in the Forum Expanded section, Sourav Sarangi’s Char… the No Man’s Island and Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar in Berlinale Forum and Govinda Raju’s Sonyacha Aamba in Generation Kplus Short Film section. See here for India at Berlinale 2013.
The award ceremony will be held on February 16, 2013...
The ten day festival will be inaugurated by Wong Kar Wai, who heads the international jury and Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.
This year 19 films will compete for the Golden Bear Award while the Honorary Golden Bear will be presented to French documentary filmmaker and producer Claude Lanzmann.
Five Indian films will be screened at the festival: Abhishek Kapoor’s Kai Po Che in Panorama Special, Deepa Dhanraj’s Kya hua is shahar ko? in the Forum Expanded section, Sourav Sarangi’s Char… the No Man’s Island and Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar in Berlinale Forum and Govinda Raju’s Sonyacha Aamba in Generation Kplus Short Film section. See here for India at Berlinale 2013.
The award ceremony will be held on February 16, 2013...
- 2/7/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
As Sourav Sarangi’s Char…The No Man’s Island heads to the most experimental section ‘Berlinale Forum’ of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 7-17), DearCinema talks to the director about his journey of making the documentary:
What was the starting point for the film?
Sourav Sarangi
It started around 2002-2003 when I witnessed a whole village close to the India-Bangladesh border disappearing into the river Ganga due to erosion. The houses, the trees, the roads, the structures; everything that the people created over the years was going down. That image itself struck me immensely; I saw that overnight hundreds and thousands of people became homeless. I was making a journalistic film with my friend about river erosion. We made the film but this question haunted me – where do all these people go? And where does the huge expanse of land go? The question remained within me and I kept visiting the place,...
What was the starting point for the film?
Sourav Sarangi
It started around 2002-2003 when I witnessed a whole village close to the India-Bangladesh border disappearing into the river Ganga due to erosion. The houses, the trees, the roads, the structures; everything that the people created over the years was going down. That image itself struck me immensely; I saw that overnight hundreds and thousands of people became homeless. I was making a journalistic film with my friend about river erosion. We made the film but this question haunted me – where do all these people go? And where does the huge expanse of land go? The question remained within me and I kept visiting the place,...
- 2/6/2013
- by Anita Thomas
- DearCinema.com
Still from Kya Hua Is Shahar Ko?
In the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (from Feb 7-17), five Indian films have made the cut in various sections of the festival. No, as reported by some sections of the media ( here and here), Ram Gopal Varma’s The Attacks of 26/11 is not one of them. Here are the five films:
Panorama Special: Kai Po Che (Brothers… For life) by Abhishek Kapoor
Kai Po Che is the adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘The 3 Mistakes of My Life’. It revolves around Ishaan, Omi and Govind who are young, ambitious, restless and best of friends.
“Skilfully merging traditional elements of mainstream Indian filmmaking, a sensitive score and exquisite use of unique locations, Kai Po Che stands out as an example of modern cinema from Bollywood. It deals with India’s reality in a distinctive manner, and is surprisingly different in its ambition to...
In the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (from Feb 7-17), five Indian films have made the cut in various sections of the festival. No, as reported by some sections of the media ( here and here), Ram Gopal Varma’s The Attacks of 26/11 is not one of them. Here are the five films:
Panorama Special: Kai Po Che (Brothers… For life) by Abhishek Kapoor
Kai Po Che is the adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘The 3 Mistakes of My Life’. It revolves around Ishaan, Omi and Govind who are young, ambitious, restless and best of friends.
“Skilfully merging traditional elements of mainstream Indian filmmaking, a sensitive score and exquisite use of unique locations, Kai Po Che stands out as an example of modern cinema from Bollywood. It deals with India’s reality in a distinctive manner, and is surprisingly different in its ambition to...
- 2/4/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Still from Powerless
Char… The No Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi and Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar will be screened in Berlinale Forum, considered to be the most experimental section of the festival.
Powerless is set in Kanpur, a city with 15-hour power cuts, where a nimble young electrician provides robin-hood style services to the poor. Meanwhile, the first female chief of the electricity supply company is on a mission to dismantle the illegal connections, for good. The documentary recently received a grant from Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program and Fund.
Char…The No Man’s Island,about a fourteen year-old boy who smuggles rice from India to Bangladesh, recently won a Special Mention in Muhr Asia Africa Documentary category at Dubai film festival 2012.
The 43rd Berlinale Forum is showing a total of 41 films in its main programme. Indian film Kai Po Che will be screened...
Char… The No Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi and Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar will be screened in Berlinale Forum, considered to be the most experimental section of the festival.
Powerless is set in Kanpur, a city with 15-hour power cuts, where a nimble young electrician provides robin-hood style services to the poor. Meanwhile, the first female chief of the electricity supply company is on a mission to dismantle the illegal connections, for good. The documentary recently received a grant from Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program and Fund.
Char…The No Man’s Island,about a fourteen year-old boy who smuggles rice from India to Bangladesh, recently won a Special Mention in Muhr Asia Africa Documentary category at Dubai film festival 2012.
The 43rd Berlinale Forum is showing a total of 41 films in its main programme. Indian film Kai Po Che will be screened...
- 1/16/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
While funding and distribution in India still remain a herculean challenge, 2012 seems to have slightly bettered the prospects for Indian documentaries. At par with their fiction film cousins, they not only made waves at international film festivals but a few of them also achieved limited release in domestic theatres. DearCinema lists the top ten favourite documentaries of the year (based on festival participation, awards and reviews):
Celluloid Man
With Celluloid Man, India finally saw a documentary on the life and work of the man who built its National Film Archive reel by reel. The film was so insightful and evocative that it not only got P.K Nair due recognition at home, but also won hearts at numerous festivals abroad. Directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Celluloid Man was screened at International film festival of India (Iffi), International film festival of Kerala (Iffk), Mumbai, Telluride and Il Cinema Ritrovato film festivals.
Celluloid Man
With Celluloid Man, India finally saw a documentary on the life and work of the man who built its National Film Archive reel by reel. The film was so insightful and evocative that it not only got P.K Nair due recognition at home, but also won hearts at numerous festivals abroad. Directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Celluloid Man was screened at International film festival of India (Iffi), International film festival of Kerala (Iffk), Mumbai, Telluride and Il Cinema Ritrovato film festivals.
- 12/27/2012
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Nishtha Jain’s “Gulabi Gang” won Best Film Award in Muhr Asia Africa documentary section at the 9th Dubai Film Festival. Awards were announced at the closing ceremony on Sunday, December 16, 2012.
Sourav Sarangi’s “Char … No Man’s Island” won a special mention in the same category.
Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef won Best Actress award in Muhr Asia Africa Feature category for Anand Gandhi’s film “Ship of Theseus”.
Musa Syeed’s “Valley of Saints” got a special jury prize in the Muhr Asia Africa feature category.
Complete List of Winners:-
Dubai Expo 2020 People’s Choice award:
• Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar – Ernest Et Celestine (Ernest And Celestine): France
• Karzan Kader – Bekas: Sweden
The annual ‘Prize of the International Critics’ for Arab films from the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci), the world’s foremost body of film writers, academics and critics from over 60 countries, were awarded...
Sourav Sarangi’s “Char … No Man’s Island” won a special mention in the same category.
Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef won Best Actress award in Muhr Asia Africa Feature category for Anand Gandhi’s film “Ship of Theseus”.
Musa Syeed’s “Valley of Saints” got a special jury prize in the Muhr Asia Africa feature category.
Complete List of Winners:-
Dubai Expo 2020 People’s Choice award:
• Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar – Ernest Et Celestine (Ernest And Celestine): France
• Karzan Kader – Bekas: Sweden
The annual ‘Prize of the International Critics’ for Arab films from the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci), the world’s foremost body of film writers, academics and critics from over 60 countries, were awarded...
- 12/16/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The ninth edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) that opens on Tuesday, December 9, is celebrating the centenary year of Indian cinema. The festival (December 9-16) will screen a total of ten Indian films and see Indian actor Frieda Pinto on the Muhr Emirati & Shorts Jury.
Still from Quartet 1
Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, an American production with Indian actors mostly shot in the south of India, will open the eight day festival. Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires will close the festival.
Nashen Moodley, Diff’s Director of Asia-Africa Programmes says, “To commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema, we have selected a collection of unique films that reflect the richness, flavor and essence of Indian filmmaking. Over 1,000 films are made every year in India and the platter is huge and diverse, which is a testament to the filmmaking excellence we see year after year.”
Shahid by Hansal Mehta, Buddhadeb Dasgupta...
Still from Quartet 1
Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, an American production with Indian actors mostly shot in the south of India, will open the eight day festival. Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires will close the festival.
Nashen Moodley, Diff’s Director of Asia-Africa Programmes says, “To commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema, we have selected a collection of unique films that reflect the richness, flavor and essence of Indian filmmaking. Over 1,000 films are made every year in India and the platter is huge and diverse, which is a testament to the filmmaking excellence we see year after year.”
Shahid by Hansal Mehta, Buddhadeb Dasgupta...
- 12/8/2012
- by Anita Thomas
- DearCinema.com
Ang Lee’s Life of Pi will open the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) while Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires will be the closing film of the festival. Diff will run from 9 – 16 December, 2012.
Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdul Aziz and British director Michael Apted will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Awards this year.
Diff will host a total of 161 films across sections. Karzan Kadar’s Bekas and Haifa Al Mansour’s Wadjda; Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren; Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away and Michael Haneke’s Amour will make their Arabian premieres at the festival.
83 films will compete in the three competition sections: The Muhr Emirati, Muhr Arab and Muhr Asia-Africa awards. Another award is the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Award which offers a $100,000 cash prize to the winning filmmaker.
From India, Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Rajan Khosa’s Gattu, Sourav Sarangi’s Char…The No-Man’s Island,...
Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdul Aziz and British director Michael Apted will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Awards this year.
Diff will host a total of 161 films across sections. Karzan Kadar’s Bekas and Haifa Al Mansour’s Wadjda; Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren; Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away and Michael Haneke’s Amour will make their Arabian premieres at the festival.
83 films will compete in the three competition sections: The Muhr Emirati, Muhr Arab and Muhr Asia-Africa awards. Another award is the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Award which offers a $100,000 cash prize to the winning filmmaker.
From India, Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Rajan Khosa’s Gattu, Sourav Sarangi’s Char…The No-Man’s Island,...
- 11/27/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
(L-r) Sourav Sarangi, Unni Vijayan and Gurvinder Singh
“My film (Char : The No-Man’s Island) is being shown in Japan and other international film festivals, but it has no takers in India,” said director Sourav Sarangi, demanding special theaters in the country to screen ‘offbeat’ films, at a press conference during the ‘Meet the Directors – Indian Feature and Non-feature films’ section at 43rd International Film Festival of India in Goa.
Young Indian film makers of the New Wave Cinema asserted that there “are dedicated viewers for their films but in the absence of a proper distribution mechanism the films are not being released in multiplexes.”
The director of Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan Gurvinder Singh, Abhijit Mazumdar of Vanishing Point and Unni Vijayan of Lessons in Forgetting were also present.
Recently at an event in Iffi 2012, Shyam Benegal had also asked the film fraternity in India to mull over how...
“My film (Char : The No-Man’s Island) is being shown in Japan and other international film festivals, but it has no takers in India,” said director Sourav Sarangi, demanding special theaters in the country to screen ‘offbeat’ films, at a press conference during the ‘Meet the Directors – Indian Feature and Non-feature films’ section at 43rd International Film Festival of India in Goa.
Young Indian film makers of the New Wave Cinema asserted that there “are dedicated viewers for their films but in the absence of a proper distribution mechanism the films are not being released in multiplexes.”
The director of Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan Gurvinder Singh, Abhijit Mazumdar of Vanishing Point and Unni Vijayan of Lessons in Forgetting were also present.
Recently at an event in Iffi 2012, Shyam Benegal had also asked the film fraternity in India to mull over how...
- 11/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from Quartet
The upcoming 9th edition of Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) announced its ‘Celebration of India’ programme to mark 100 years of Indian cinema.
The festival will host world premieres of Joy Mathew’s Shutter and Kaushik Ganguly’s Sound.
Shutter is a Malayalam satire by actor-turned-director Joy Mathew. The film is set and filmed in Kozhikode and revolves around three individuals: a wandering film director, an expatriate from the Gulf and a Kozhikodan auto driver. All three of them are worthy citizens but get embroiled in unforeseen circumstances.
Sound (Shobdo) by Kaushik Ganguly is based on the life of a foley artist in Tollywood whose life becomes inextricably intertwined with the sounds that he has to produce for a living.
Acclaimed films from the festival circuit including Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Rajan Khosa’s Gattu, Sourav Sarangi’s Char…The No-Man’s Island, Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus,...
The upcoming 9th edition of Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) announced its ‘Celebration of India’ programme to mark 100 years of Indian cinema.
The festival will host world premieres of Joy Mathew’s Shutter and Kaushik Ganguly’s Sound.
Shutter is a Malayalam satire by actor-turned-director Joy Mathew. The film is set and filmed in Kozhikode and revolves around three individuals: a wandering film director, an expatriate from the Gulf and a Kozhikodan auto driver. All three of them are worthy citizens but get embroiled in unforeseen circumstances.
Sound (Shobdo) by Kaushik Ganguly is based on the life of a foley artist in Tollywood whose life becomes inextricably intertwined with the sounds that he has to produce for a living.
Acclaimed films from the festival circuit including Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Rajan Khosa’s Gattu, Sourav Sarangi’s Char…The No-Man’s Island, Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus,...
- 11/15/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon will open the Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2012 at the International Film Festival of India. Celluloid Man will open the Non-Feature Film section.
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section is chaired by M.R. Rajan picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members are Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
The films selected under Feature Film section are:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra...
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section is chaired by M.R. Rajan picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members are Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
The films selected under Feature Film section are:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra...
- 10/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jahnu Barua’s Baandhon will open the Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2012 at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi). Documentary Celluloid Man will open the Non-Feature Film section.
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section, chaired by M.R. Rajan, picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members were Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
Feature Films:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra
Byari by Suveeran
Lessons In Forgetting...
The 43rd edition of the festival will be held from 20th – 30th November, 2012 in Goa.
The jury for the Feature Film section was headed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and comprised Pradip Biswas, Suresh Krissna Katte Ramachandra, Kireedam Unni, Munin Barua, Pawan Manavi, Ajay Sharma, Venita Coelho and Sibi Malayil. The jury selected 18 films from the 144 eligible entries.
The jury for the Non-Feature Film section, chaired by M.R. Rajan, picked up 18 films from the 147 eligible entries. Other jury members were Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Mohammad Ali Baig, Jasmine K Roy and Rajesh S Jala.
Feature Films:
Baandhon by Jahnu Barua
Shabdo by Kaushik Ganguly
Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh
Elar Char Adhyay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Deswa by Nitin Chandra
Byari by Suveeran
Lessons In Forgetting...
- 10/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Twelve Indian films have been selected for the 17th edition of the Busan International Film Festival. The festival will be held from 4th – 13th October, 2012. A total of 304 films from 75 countries will be screened during the festival.
Indian films are scattered across sections.
‘A Window on Asian Cinema’:
Born to Hate…Destined to Love (Ishaqzaade) by Habib Faisal
I.D by Kamal K.M
Shymal Uncle Turns off the Lights by Suman Ghosh
Valley of Saints (India/United States) by Musa Syeed
New Currents:
Filmistaan by Nitin Kakkar
Wide Angle:
In God’s Land by Pankaj Rishi Kumar
The Artist by Siddartha Jatla
Arjun by Arnap Chaudhuri
Char… the No-Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi
Open Cinema:
Barfi! by Anurag Basu
Midnight Passion:
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 by Anurag Kashyap
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2 by Anurag Kashyap...
Indian films are scattered across sections.
‘A Window on Asian Cinema’:
Born to Hate…Destined to Love (Ishaqzaade) by Habib Faisal
I.D by Kamal K.M
Shymal Uncle Turns off the Lights by Suman Ghosh
Valley of Saints (India/United States) by Musa Syeed
New Currents:
Filmistaan by Nitin Kakkar
Wide Angle:
In God’s Land by Pankaj Rishi Kumar
The Artist by Siddartha Jatla
Arjun by Arnap Chaudhuri
Char… the No-Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi
Open Cinema:
Barfi! by Anurag Basu
Midnight Passion:
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 by Anurag Kashyap
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2 by Anurag Kashyap...
- 9/11/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
DocedgeKolkata, a mentoring workshop and co-production platform for documentary filmmakers of India and Asian Region will be held from January 9-15,2012 at Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata.
There are two Masterclasses to be held by well-known documentary filmmakers Victor Kossakovsky and Leonard Retel Helmrich on January 12 and 13.
Award winning documentary films from across the globe will be screened at DocedgeKolkata. The screenings will comprise films by Indian documentary filmmakers like R.V Ramani, Sourav Sarangi, Pankaj Rishi Kumar ( in all 26 filmmakers) who will discuss their projects with other fellow Asian filmmakers.
Screenings and Masterclasses are free of cost. To register, send an email to abhishekbhattacharya.docedge@gmail.com...
There are two Masterclasses to be held by well-known documentary filmmakers Victor Kossakovsky and Leonard Retel Helmrich on January 12 and 13.
Award winning documentary films from across the globe will be screened at DocedgeKolkata. The screenings will comprise films by Indian documentary filmmakers like R.V Ramani, Sourav Sarangi, Pankaj Rishi Kumar ( in all 26 filmmakers) who will discuss their projects with other fellow Asian filmmakers.
Screenings and Masterclasses are free of cost. To register, send an email to abhishekbhattacharya.docedge@gmail.com...
- 1/8/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Love in India, the national award winning documentary by Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) will be screened followed by a panel discussion and interaction with the filmmaker on August 17 at Cinemax Mani Square in Kolkata.
This event is part of “I & Eye”, multi-city seminars on Documentary Practices and Perceptions organized by Whistling Woods International.
The screening will be held from 6-7 pm. It will be followed by a panel discussion on ‘Dispelling the Myth : There is No Scope in Documentaries’. The panelists will be filmmaker Sourav Sarangi, editor Shyamal Karmakar and Q.
This discussion will be followed by an interaction with film maker Kaushik Mukherjee (Q).
The entry to this event is free. To register SMS 9892954997 ; email documentaryinfo@whistlingwoods.net or call 022-30916000.
To read review of Love in India, click here.
This event is part of “I & Eye”, multi-city seminars on Documentary Practices and Perceptions organized by Whistling Woods International.
The screening will be held from 6-7 pm. It will be followed by a panel discussion on ‘Dispelling the Myth : There is No Scope in Documentaries’. The panelists will be filmmaker Sourav Sarangi, editor Shyamal Karmakar and Q.
This discussion will be followed by an interaction with film maker Kaushik Mukherjee (Q).
The entry to this event is free. To register SMS 9892954997 ; email documentaryinfo@whistlingwoods.net or call 022-30916000.
To read review of Love in India, click here.
- 8/16/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Shanker Raman at Locarno
The Trapper’s Snare , a project by Shanker Raman who shot films like Peepli Live, Patang and Frozen won a grant of 30,000 Chf (Swiss Franc) at the Locarno Open Doors.
The awards for the 2011 Open Doors co-production lab were announced on Tuesday.
The Trapper’s Snare is the spiritual journey of a young boy who escapes his fate as a bird trapper, only to be caught in the snare of life.
The second grant worth 20,000 Chf went to Burqa Boxers directed and produced by Alka Raghuram. It is a documentary on women boxers in Kolkata.
Grant for development by Cnc (Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée) amounting 7.000 Euros went to Lasya (The Gentle Dance) by Anup Singh. Read Locarno Open Doors: Anup Singh’s Lasya.
Grant for development by Arte worth 6.000 Euros was won by Char… The Island Within directed and produced by Sourav Sarangi.
The Trapper’s Snare , a project by Shanker Raman who shot films like Peepli Live, Patang and Frozen won a grant of 30,000 Chf (Swiss Franc) at the Locarno Open Doors.
The awards for the 2011 Open Doors co-production lab were announced on Tuesday.
The Trapper’s Snare is the spiritual journey of a young boy who escapes his fate as a bird trapper, only to be caught in the snare of life.
The second grant worth 20,000 Chf went to Burqa Boxers directed and produced by Alka Raghuram. It is a documentary on women boxers in Kolkata.
Grant for development by Cnc (Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée) amounting 7.000 Euros went to Lasya (The Gentle Dance) by Anup Singh. Read Locarno Open Doors: Anup Singh’s Lasya.
Grant for development by Arte worth 6.000 Euros was won by Char… The Island Within directed and produced by Sourav Sarangi.
- 8/9/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Locarno Open Doors will be held alongside the 64th Locarno International Film Festival from August 6-9, 2011. Open Doors 2011 that focuses on India has selected 12 projects for its co-production lab. Sourav Sarangi’s Char, The Island Within is one of them. His documentary Bilal won the National Award for Best Non-Feature Film in 2010. In the sixth in the series, DearCinema brings to you details about the filmmaker and the project, in the words of the filmmaker:
Many moons ago a deluge with fishes and tortoises descended from heaven called river Ganga!
Today the river acts as the international border between India and Bangladesh.
Rubel lives on this border. His family shifted to a tiny and fragile island called Char within the river after their home got eroded years back. The fourteen years kid smuggles rice to survive by crossing the border.
In summer, wind blows strong in this changing landscape, the clouds roll and monsoon arrives.
Many moons ago a deluge with fishes and tortoises descended from heaven called river Ganga!
Today the river acts as the international border between India and Bangladesh.
Rubel lives on this border. His family shifted to a tiny and fragile island called Char within the river after their home got eroded years back. The fourteen years kid smuggles rice to survive by crossing the border.
In summer, wind blows strong in this changing landscape, the clouds roll and monsoon arrives.
- 8/8/2011
- by Sourav Sarangi
- DearCinema.com
A still from Aag
India has much to look forward to, at the 64th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival that begins on Wednesday, July 3, 2011. The festival has lined up quite an eclectic and exciting mix of Indian films; from the masters Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak to the contemporary Umesh Kulkarni and Vikramaditya Motwane.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a region where independent cinema is in developmental stage every year has its eyes set firmly on India in the 2012 edition.
A still from Udaan
Open Doors screening will present thirteen “Indian classics” which include Raj Kapoor’s Aag, Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (The Yellow Birds), Girish Kasaravalli’s Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream), Shyam Benegal’s Manthan, Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara, Aparna Sen’s Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Nizalkkuthu...
India has much to look forward to, at the 64th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival that begins on Wednesday, July 3, 2011. The festival has lined up quite an eclectic and exciting mix of Indian films; from the masters Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak to the contemporary Umesh Kulkarni and Vikramaditya Motwane.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a region where independent cinema is in developmental stage every year has its eyes set firmly on India in the 2012 edition.
A still from Udaan
Open Doors screening will present thirteen “Indian classics” which include Raj Kapoor’s Aag, Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (The Yellow Birds), Girish Kasaravalli’s Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream), Shyam Benegal’s Manthan, Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara, Aparna Sen’s Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Nizalkkuthu...
- 8/2/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
The Locarno Film Festival has announced the list of twelve Indian projects selected for Open Doors program.
Open Doors is the co production lab organized by the festival each year. This year the lab has India in focus.
The selected projects are:
- Aharbal Falls by Ajay Raina
- Ajeeb Aashiq / Strange Love by Natasha Mendonca
- Arunoday / Sunriseby 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
The festival had received over 200 projects, in 18 different languages, from 30 regions in India.
The Open Doors co-production lab will take place August 6-...
Open Doors is the co production lab organized by the festival each year. This year the lab has India in focus.
The selected projects are:
- Aharbal Falls by Ajay Raina
- Ajeeb Aashiq / Strange Love by Natasha Mendonca
- Arunoday / Sunriseby 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
The festival had received over 200 projects, in 18 different languages, from 30 regions in India.
The Open Doors co-production lab will take place August 6-...
- 5/3/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Date: 24 May 2010 (All day) - 6 June 2010 (All day) Organizer: Under Construction Location: Auditorium 2, Siri Fort Auditorium Complex, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi
Following is the schedule for these films:
27th May: 6:00 pmin For Motion, Director: Anirban Datta, English, 60 mins.
29th May: 1:00 pmThe Latent City, Director: Krishnendu Bose, English, 58 mins.
2nd June: 6:30 pmI’m The Very Beautiful, Director: Shyamal Karmakar, Bengali, 65 mins.
3rd June: 6:30 pmKya Main Qafir Hoon?, Director: Sandhir Flora, Hindi, 56 mins.
Bilal, Director: Sourav Sarangi, Bengali, 88 mins.
31st May: 6:30 pmVitthal, Director: Vinoo Choliparambil, Marathi, 24 mins.
27th May: 1:00 pmSwaymabhu Sen Foresees His End, Director: Debashish Medhekar, Hindi / English, 20 mins.
4th June: 6:30 pmEkti Kaktaliya Golpo, Director: Tathagata Singha, Bengali, 10 mins.
Entry Free, Passes can be collected from the Ticket Counter of Audi-2...
Following is the schedule for these films:
27th May: 6:00 pmin For Motion, Director: Anirban Datta, English, 60 mins.
29th May: 1:00 pmThe Latent City, Director: Krishnendu Bose, English, 58 mins.
2nd June: 6:30 pmI’m The Very Beautiful, Director: Shyamal Karmakar, Bengali, 65 mins.
3rd June: 6:30 pmKya Main Qafir Hoon?, Director: Sandhir Flora, Hindi, 56 mins.
Bilal, Director: Sourav Sarangi, Bengali, 88 mins.
31st May: 6:30 pmVitthal, Director: Vinoo Choliparambil, Marathi, 24 mins.
27th May: 1:00 pmSwaymabhu Sen Foresees His End, Director: Debashish Medhekar, Hindi / English, 20 mins.
4th June: 6:30 pmEkti Kaktaliya Golpo, Director: Tathagata Singha, Bengali, 10 mins.
Entry Free, Passes can be collected from the Ticket Counter of Audi-2...
- 5/25/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Wagah and Bilal will be screened in the international competition sections at the 50th edition of the Krakow Film festival. The festival will run from May 31- June 6.
Wagah, a thirteen minute film directed by Supriyo Sen is in the International Competition of short length documentary, fiction and animated films. The festival website writes about the film- “Wagah is a town on the border between India and Pakistan, the only road border crossing between two states in conflict. Every day it hosts a bizarre show. Military representations of both sides passionately cheered by an audience of several thousand, open the border for a moment, at the same time demonstrating their power and love for home country. The film shows this peculiar tradition through the eyes of three Indian boys, which only makes the grotesqueness of the situation as well as the fascination with border shows more conspicuous.”
Bilal, an 88 minute...
Wagah, a thirteen minute film directed by Supriyo Sen is in the International Competition of short length documentary, fiction and animated films. The festival website writes about the film- “Wagah is a town on the border between India and Pakistan, the only road border crossing between two states in conflict. Every day it hosts a bizarre show. Military representations of both sides passionately cheered by an audience of several thousand, open the border for a moment, at the same time demonstrating their power and love for home country. The film shows this peculiar tradition through the eyes of three Indian boys, which only makes the grotesqueness of the situation as well as the fascination with border shows more conspicuous.”
Bilal, an 88 minute...
- 4/11/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Wagah and Bilal will be screened in the international competition sections at the 50th edition of the Krakow Film festival. The festival will run from May 31- June 6.
Wagah, a thirteen minute film directed by Supriyo Sen is in the International Competition of short length documentary, fiction and animated films. The festival website writes about the film- “Wagah is a town on the border between India and Pakistan, the only road border crossing between two states in conflict. Every day it hosts a bizarre show. Military representations of both sides passionately cheered by an audience of several thousand, open the border for a moment, at the same time demonstrating their power and love for home country. The film shows this peculiar tradition through the eyes of three Indian boys, which only makes the grotesqueness of the situation as well as the fascination with border shows more conspicuous.”
Bilal, an 88 minute...
Wagah, a thirteen minute film directed by Supriyo Sen is in the International Competition of short length documentary, fiction and animated films. The festival website writes about the film- “Wagah is a town on the border between India and Pakistan, the only road border crossing between two states in conflict. Every day it hosts a bizarre show. Military representations of both sides passionately cheered by an audience of several thousand, open the border for a moment, at the same time demonstrating their power and love for home country. The film shows this peculiar tradition through the eyes of three Indian boys, which only makes the grotesqueness of the situation as well as the fascination with border shows more conspicuous.”
Bilal, an 88 minute...
- 4/11/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Three Indian films will be screened at the ninth East End film festival which will be held in London from April 22- 30. Bilal directed by Soura Sarangi will be shown which is a documentary about a 3 year old kid Bilal. Bilal and his brother can see perfectly well, but both their parents are blind. All four live in a 12’ x 8’ room in central Kolkata. It’s a tiny, tangible universe. Independent filmmaker Sourav Sarangi spent the best part of a year filming in this absorbing environment.
Actress Nandita Das’s debut film as a director Firaaq will also be screened at the festival. Based on a thousand true stories, Firaaq follows the life of several ordinary people, some who were victims, some who were silent observers and some perpetrators, set one month after the 2002 violence in Gujarat.
Land Gold Women directed by Avantika Hari is shot entirely on location in Birmingham.
Actress Nandita Das’s debut film as a director Firaaq will also be screened at the festival. Based on a thousand true stories, Firaaq follows the life of several ordinary people, some who were victims, some who were silent observers and some perpetrators, set one month after the 2002 violence in Gujarat.
Land Gold Women directed by Avantika Hari is shot entirely on location in Birmingham.
- 3/25/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The picturesque beaches of Puri in the eastern coast of India, light up every spring to welcome waves of creativity. A bunch of filmmakers and film-lovers gather in this temple town known for its rathyatra, to celebrate cinema in one-of-its-own-kind festival in the world. Bring Your Own Film Festival, as the name speaks for itself, is a carnival for young and seasoned filmmakers alike, who meet, discuss, screen and watch films. A festival where all the lines between programmers and producers, organizers and participants, audience and filmmakers get blurred. Gurpal Singh, one of the minds behind the festival, in a conversation with Bikas Mishra.
What's the idea behind the Byoff? How did it begin? Who all started it?
It started in 2004. A bunch of filmmakers and their film enthusiast friends while travelling in Orissa thought of having a space where we could all meet in a relaxed atmosphere and share each other’s works,...
What's the idea behind the Byoff? How did it begin? Who all started it?
It started in 2004. A bunch of filmmakers and their film enthusiast friends while travelling in Orissa thought of having a space where we could all meet in a relaxed atmosphere and share each other’s works,...
- 2/23/2010
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
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