Festival of Emerging Cinemas

[Uma]

Dear Friends,

 

You are cordially invited for the Festival of Emerging Cinemas to be held at Gulmohar, Habitat Centre from August 8 to 12, 2011. It is being organised by the India Chapter of IAWRT(International Association for Women in Radio and Television) in association with IHC.

 

The festival will present feature films, short fiction, documentaries and music videos made in the towns and semi urban areas of India. Below is a short note on the festival and the schedule.

 

Please do come! And pass on the info to others who might be interested. 

 

Thanks

Uma Tanuku

 

 

Festival of Emerging Cinemas
Connecting Indias

Organised by IAWRT, Chapter India
In association with India Habitat Centre
August 8-12, 2011

Venue: Gulmohar, India Habitat Centre
Time: 7pm

About the Festival:

 

The Festival of Emerging Cinemas is a celebration of the diversity in creative expression of the cinemas that are emerging in the towns and villages of India. These are made by people driven by love for cinema and/or irrepressible urge to talk about a social or political issue. The filmmaker may be a social activist or a bollywood buff, a trained director or a self taught practitioner. They live and work in Ranchi, Imphal, Leh, Niyamgiri, Malegaon, and other towns, make films largely for the local people using innovative ways to tackle the paucity of financial resources. Their films are different in identity, style and content from what is generally seen in Delhi and other metros. They are films which have something to say, speak in a local idiom, and are rooted in the region.

The films—features, short fiction, documentaries and music videos will be shown at Habitat Centre on five evenings (August 8-12). The festival is envisioned as a platform for dialogues between the different Indias that coexist, but usually do not interact with each other.

 

Curated by Jai Chandiram & Anupama Srinivasan

 

 

 

Schedule

 

 

Monday, 8 August

Baha (Sadri/Nagpuri, 112 min, 2009)
Dir: Shriprakash

A young tribal man’s dream of becoming a singer against the backdrop of the Jharkhand music industry

Tuesday, 9 August

Malegaon Ke Sholay (Hindi, 150 min, 1999)
Dir: Shaikh Nasir

An innovative and delightful reworking of the Bollywood classic ‘Sholay’

Wednesday, 10 August

Presentation on Music Videos of Uttarakhand by Journalist/Musician Himanshu Joshi

The Lament of Niyamraja (Kondh, 13 min, 2007)
Dir: Suryashankar Dash

The song of a mountain that is sold to a mining company by the government, sung by a bard of the Dongaria Kondh adivasi community who consider the mountain sacred

Gadi Lohardaga Mail (Nagpuri, 27 min, 2006)
Dir: Meghnath & Biju Toppo

A musical journey intertwining the pathos of the peoples’ struggle for survival and the end of a narrow gauge train between Ranchi and Lohardaga

Sona Gahi Pinjara (Kurukhi, 20 min, 2006)
Dir: Biju Toppo

A musical short fiction film about how people from tribal communities are unable to attend their festivals back home because the official set up does not recognise them

 

 

Thursday, 11 August

Tokskal (Ladhaki, 80 min, 2004)
Dir : Jigmet Omachik

A historical costume drama based on a traditional Ladhaki tale exploring truth and love

 

 

Friday, 12 August

The Sun is still not Setting (Manipuri, 27 min, 2010)
Dir: Suvas Elangbam

A poignant film that captures the simplicity and gentleness in the life of a little girl living with her grandfather in the backdrop of strife torn Imphal

Brief Companion in a Capital City (Manipuri, 65 min, 2009)
Dir : Dorendra Waribam

A deeply personal exploration of the city of Delhi through the eyes of an ‘outsider’

International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT)
India Habitat Center (IHC)

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