Courtisane Festival in Gent, Belgium (March 28 - April 4) in collaboration with the Essay Film Festival in London, UK (March 21 - 29) has brought together a selection of Mani Kaul films for a program titled Soft Notes on a Sharp Scale:The Rambling Figures of Mani Kaul. Two events, seemingly unassuming and unrelated, that happened in the mid 60s were instrumental in shaping the cinematic landscape of India. J.S. Bhownagary was appointed Deputy Chief Producer for a second stint at Films Division in 1965, and Ritwik Ghatak moved to Pune to teach at the Film and Television institute of India (Ftii) in 1966. The first resulted in experimental documentaries being made by the likes of S.N.S. Sastry, S. Sukhdev, Pramod Pati, M.F.Hussain and the second was the harbinger of what is commonly referred to as the New Indian Cinema, with Ghatak during his tenure at Ftii acting as an influential figure for the likes of Mani Kaul,...
- 3/28/2018
- MUBI
A still from Quarter no 4/11
What:
Fd Zone Mumbai screening of Charles Correa’s “City On The Water” & Ranu Ghosh’s “Quarter Number 4/11”
Curatorial Note:
On 23rd August we will build a discussion around two narratives both dealing with urban planning and development. First, a macro vision where India’s leading architect and urban planner Charles Correa proposes a solution to the problems of a huge metropolis literally falling apart under population pressure. He searches for inspiration by tracing the path of the conception of the city itself.
The second story presents the micro picture – the lived reality of a common man, trying to survive in a city bent upon throwing him out. While one film proposes an organic and holistic approach, the other documents the fallout of market-oriented urban ‘development’. Separated by four decades, set in two different cities, these films present an interesting study of urban development throwing up important questions of housing,...
What:
Fd Zone Mumbai screening of Charles Correa’s “City On The Water” & Ranu Ghosh’s “Quarter Number 4/11”
Curatorial Note:
On 23rd August we will build a discussion around two narratives both dealing with urban planning and development. First, a macro vision where India’s leading architect and urban planner Charles Correa proposes a solution to the problems of a huge metropolis literally falling apart under population pressure. He searches for inspiration by tracing the path of the conception of the city itself.
The second story presents the micro picture – the lived reality of a common man, trying to survive in a city bent upon throwing him out. While one film proposes an organic and holistic approach, the other documents the fallout of market-oriented urban ‘development’. Separated by four decades, set in two different cities, these films present an interesting study of urban development throwing up important questions of housing,...
- 8/20/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
What:
Screening of documentary films on the theme of “Road Trips”, curated by Paromita Vohra at Fd Zone, Mumbai
When:
May 31, 4 pm onwards
Where:
Rr 2 Theatre
6th floor
Stage 2 Building
Films Division
Pedder Road, Mumbai
Entry:
Free. Seating on first-come, first-served basis
Details of program:
Trip/ Udan
Pramod Pati, B/W, 35mm, 4 min, 1970
Day lapses into night, emptiness into frenzy and then rest again. The city wakes up, never really having slept. A time-lapse experimental film that chronicles Bombay’s breathless pace, its endless race of trains, cars and shadows.
Director – Pramod Pati
Camera – B. V. Dhawale
Editing – U. H. Rao
Music – Vijay Raghav Rao
Sound – S. D. Patil
Producer – Films Division
A Mercedes For Ashish /Aur Ashish Ke Liye Ek Mercedes
Ruchir Joshi, Digital Video, 31 min, 2006
The cruel city and its ruthless traffic run down love and other such delusions.
In `A Mercedes for Ashish’, an unseen man waits...
Screening of documentary films on the theme of “Road Trips”, curated by Paromita Vohra at Fd Zone, Mumbai
When:
May 31, 4 pm onwards
Where:
Rr 2 Theatre
6th floor
Stage 2 Building
Films Division
Pedder Road, Mumbai
Entry:
Free. Seating on first-come, first-served basis
Details of program:
Trip/ Udan
Pramod Pati, B/W, 35mm, 4 min, 1970
Day lapses into night, emptiness into frenzy and then rest again. The city wakes up, never really having slept. A time-lapse experimental film that chronicles Bombay’s breathless pace, its endless race of trains, cars and shadows.
Director – Pramod Pati
Camera – B. V. Dhawale
Editing – U. H. Rao
Music – Vijay Raghav Rao
Sound – S. D. Patil
Producer – Films Division
A Mercedes For Ashish /Aur Ashish Ke Liye Ek Mercedes
Ruchir Joshi, Digital Video, 31 min, 2006
The cruel city and its ruthless traffic run down love and other such delusions.
In `A Mercedes for Ashish’, an unseen man waits...
- 5/26/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from Nirnay
What:
Screening of
Nirnay (Decision) – 56 min, Hindi, Documentary, 2012, India
At Doc@Everest, organised by Vikalp, Bengaluru.
When:
24 April. 7 Pm.
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
No 1, Kenchappa Road,
Opp East Grounds, Frazer Town,
Bengaluru, India
560005
About the event:
Nirnay (Decision)
Concept, Camera & Direction: Pushpa Rawat
Editing & Co-Direction: Anupama Srinivasan
Produced by Rajiv Mehrotra, Psbt
The film is Pushpa’s personal journey as she tries to make sense of her own life, and that of her women friends. Set in a lower middle class neighbourhood in the outskirts of Delhi, it explores the lives of women, who are young, educated and bright, but who feel bound and helpless when it comes to taking any major decision regarding their life, be it career or marriage. By following the lives of the women over three years, the film documents the changes in their lives and tries to capture the essence of their existence,...
What:
Screening of
Nirnay (Decision) – 56 min, Hindi, Documentary, 2012, India
At Doc@Everest, organised by Vikalp, Bengaluru.
When:
24 April. 7 Pm.
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
No 1, Kenchappa Road,
Opp East Grounds, Frazer Town,
Bengaluru, India
560005
About the event:
Nirnay (Decision)
Concept, Camera & Direction: Pushpa Rawat
Editing & Co-Direction: Anupama Srinivasan
Produced by Rajiv Mehrotra, Psbt
The film is Pushpa’s personal journey as she tries to make sense of her own life, and that of her women friends. Set in a lower middle class neighbourhood in the outskirts of Delhi, it explores the lives of women, who are young, educated and bright, but who feel bound and helpless when it comes to taking any major decision regarding their life, be it career or marriage. By following the lives of the women over three years, the film documents the changes in their lives and tries to capture the essence of their existence,...
- 4/18/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Gitanjai Rao’s “True Love Story” won Golden Conch for Best Animation Film at Miff 2014
Nishtha Jain’s documentary ‘Gulabi Gang’, won her the Best Director Award in the International Competition section of Mumbai International Film Festival (Miff). The film is releasing on February 21 under PVR Director’s Rare banner.
The seven day festival dedicated to documentary, Shorts and Animation films concluded in Mumbai today.
‘Gulabi Gang’ tells the story of Sampat Pal and her group of women vigilantes and activists from Bundelkhand, who fight for womens’ rights and their empowerment. Armed with a lathi (stick) the Gulabis visit abusive husbands and beat them up unless they stop abusing their wives. The film has won several other award.
Read Nishtha Jain’S Interview Here
Golden Conch Best Animation Film award to ‘True Love Story’ by Gitanjali Rao
The Golden Conch Best Animation Film award went to ‘True Love Story’ by Gitanjali Rao.
Nishtha Jain’s documentary ‘Gulabi Gang’, won her the Best Director Award in the International Competition section of Mumbai International Film Festival (Miff). The film is releasing on February 21 under PVR Director’s Rare banner.
The seven day festival dedicated to documentary, Shorts and Animation films concluded in Mumbai today.
‘Gulabi Gang’ tells the story of Sampat Pal and her group of women vigilantes and activists from Bundelkhand, who fight for womens’ rights and their empowerment. Armed with a lathi (stick) the Gulabis visit abusive husbands and beat them up unless they stop abusing their wives. The film has won several other award.
Read Nishtha Jain’S Interview Here
Golden Conch Best Animation Film award to ‘True Love Story’ by Gitanjali Rao
The Golden Conch Best Animation Film award went to ‘True Love Story’ by Gitanjali Rao.
- 2/9/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A Retrospective of Experimental Indian cinema and video titled “Hundred Years of Experimentation (1913- 2013)” will be held at Films Division from June 28-30, 2013. Curators Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar share with us the thought behind putting together the Retrospective:
Curatorial Concept
A still from “Raja Harishchandra”
T his retrospective is a celebration of the spirit of experimentation in Indian cinema; from the moment of its mythic birth in 1913, with Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, to the innovative and challenging moving images produced and exhibited today. The films brought together chart the transformation of experimentation, from early celluloid spectacle to contemporary digital adroitness. The curatorial impetus of this retrospective is marked by an emphasis on tracing the chronology of experimentation through the history of Indian cinema. It halts at pit stops of radical moments of experimentation and underscores it.
The idea of ‘experimentation’ rather than the experimental or avant-garde drives the...
Curatorial Concept
A still from “Raja Harishchandra”
T his retrospective is a celebration of the spirit of experimentation in Indian cinema; from the moment of its mythic birth in 1913, with Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, to the innovative and challenging moving images produced and exhibited today. The films brought together chart the transformation of experimentation, from early celluloid spectacle to contemporary digital adroitness. The curatorial impetus of this retrospective is marked by an emphasis on tracing the chronology of experimentation through the history of Indian cinema. It halts at pit stops of radical moments of experimentation and underscores it.
The idea of ‘experimentation’ rather than the experimental or avant-garde drives the...
- 6/26/2013
- by Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar
- DearCinema.com
A still from Phalke’s “Kaliya Mardan”
Films Division is hosting a Retrospective of Experimental Indian cinema and video titled “Hundred Years of Experimentation (1913- 2013)” from June 28-30, 2013.
The Retrospective has been curated by Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Screening Schedule
Venue:
Rr Theatre, 10th floor, Films Division
24, Pedder Road, Mumbai – 400026
Day One
28 June, 2013, Friday
28 June, 2013, Friday: 10.00-12.30 pm
Session 1: Experiments with Gods
A collection of early films made by D.B. Phalke between 1913 and 1935.
1. Raja Harishchandra (20 mins, 35mm, 1913)
2. Lanka Dahan (9 mins, 35mm, 1917)
3. Shree Krishna Janma (6 mins, 35mm, 1918)
4. Kaliya Mardan (50 mins, 35mm, 1919)
28 June, 2013, Friday: 1.15- 3.45 pm
Session 2: Experiment in the State
The earliest robust experimentation in India begins under the imaginative tutelage of Jean Bhownagary while he headed the Films Division in 1965.
1. Explorer – Pramod Pati (7 mins, 35mm, 1968)
2. Claxplosion – Pramod Pati (2 mins, 35mm, 1968)
3. Trip – Pramod Pati (4 mins, 35mm, 1970)
4. Koodal – Tyeb Mehta (16 mins, 35mm, 1970)
5. Abid – Pramod Pati (5 mins, 35mm,...
Films Division is hosting a Retrospective of Experimental Indian cinema and video titled “Hundred Years of Experimentation (1913- 2013)” from June 28-30, 2013.
The Retrospective has been curated by Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Screening Schedule
Venue:
Rr Theatre, 10th floor, Films Division
24, Pedder Road, Mumbai – 400026
Day One
28 June, 2013, Friday
28 June, 2013, Friday: 10.00-12.30 pm
Session 1: Experiments with Gods
A collection of early films made by D.B. Phalke between 1913 and 1935.
1. Raja Harishchandra (20 mins, 35mm, 1913)
2. Lanka Dahan (9 mins, 35mm, 1917)
3. Shree Krishna Janma (6 mins, 35mm, 1918)
4. Kaliya Mardan (50 mins, 35mm, 1919)
28 June, 2013, Friday: 1.15- 3.45 pm
Session 2: Experiment in the State
The earliest robust experimentation in India begins under the imaginative tutelage of Jean Bhownagary while he headed the Films Division in 1965.
1. Explorer – Pramod Pati (7 mins, 35mm, 1968)
2. Claxplosion – Pramod Pati (2 mins, 35mm, 1968)
3. Trip – Pramod Pati (4 mins, 35mm, 1970)
4. Koodal – Tyeb Mehta (16 mins, 35mm, 1970)
5. Abid – Pramod Pati (5 mins, 35mm,...
- 6/24/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Odia Film Festival 2011 will be inaugurated on Friday, April 15, 2011 in New Delhi. This festival is being organized by Directorate of Film Festivals and Institute for Promotion and Research on Odisha Culture and Heritage to celebrate platinum jubilee of Odia Cinema.
Ambika soni, I&B Minister, GoI will inaugurate the festival at Siri Fort Auditorium complex at 6 pm, followed by the screening of Maya Mriga directed by Nirad Mahapatra at 7:30 pm.
The Closing Ceremony will be held on April 17 and Adi Mimansa directed by A K Bir will be screened as the closing film of the festival.
The schedule of the festival:
April 16
12:00 Jatra Jeevan Jeevan Yatra (Dir: Kapilas Bhuyan/50/Col) (Documentary)
1:30 Klanta Aparahna (Dir: Manmohan Mahapatra/93/Col)
3:15 Retrospective of Animation Films by Late Pramod pati (36 min)
(Abid, Trip, Perspective, Explorer, Wives &Wives, Claxploxion, Aao
Milkar Gaen, Ravi Sitar)
4:00 Dhare Alua (Dir: Sagir Ahamed/140/Col)
6:...
Ambika soni, I&B Minister, GoI will inaugurate the festival at Siri Fort Auditorium complex at 6 pm, followed by the screening of Maya Mriga directed by Nirad Mahapatra at 7:30 pm.
The Closing Ceremony will be held on April 17 and Adi Mimansa directed by A K Bir will be screened as the closing film of the festival.
The schedule of the festival:
April 16
12:00 Jatra Jeevan Jeevan Yatra (Dir: Kapilas Bhuyan/50/Col) (Documentary)
1:30 Klanta Aparahna (Dir: Manmohan Mahapatra/93/Col)
3:15 Retrospective of Animation Films by Late Pramod pati (36 min)
(Abid, Trip, Perspective, Explorer, Wives &Wives, Claxploxion, Aao
Milkar Gaen, Ravi Sitar)
4:00 Dhare Alua (Dir: Sagir Ahamed/140/Col)
6:...
- 4/15/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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