The event will be jointly organized by the FTII, Pune along with SRFTI, Kolkata and the Directorate of Film Festivals under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, New Delhi. These Awards will be held alternatively at FTII Pune and SRFTI Kolkata each year.
Narain said that the Students’ Film Festival aspires to provide the much needed platform for the young and upcoming talents of student filmmakers in the country to meet and share their work with each other. It hopes to create a meaningful space and atmosphere for the dialogue long overdue specially within the Asian Indian context amongst the students, the film fraternity and the audiences at large, he added.
Talking about the awards Narain said that the awards will be given in three categories viz, Fiction, Non-Fiction and Animation. The entries should be sent through the institutions and maximum 4 entries per category can be sent. All institutions can send the entries and not just film schools as long as the films are made as part of their curriculum. The last date for sending in entries is January 15, 2013, he added. Answering a question Narain said all language films can be sent provided they are subtitled in English and added that they hope to organize the Festival and the Awards Function before the close of Centenary Year Indian Cinema in May 2013.
Three documentaries with Indian themes showcased in World Cinema
Three documentaries done by film makers from different parts of the world made in different languages showcased in the World Cinema in IFFI 2012 have one common thread viz India. German Director Walter Steffen’s ‘Munich in India’ is about painter Hannez Fritz also known as Fritz Munich and his paintings in India. The Bengali documentary ‘The Revolutionary Optimists’ directed by Nicole Newnham and Maren R Monsen is about the journey of three children in Kolkata slum from childhood to adolescence. The Canadian film maker Nisha Pahuja’s ‘The World Before Her’ juxtaposes traditional and modern women in contemporary India.
Interacting with media today in Goa Walter Steffen said that he was attracted to the story of Fritz Munich who quit a safe job in 1930s to become an artist and his journey as a painter in India during unsafe times. While exploring the adventurous side of the protagonist in his film he was able to see the other side of India, which was not actually a dreamland that he had heard as a child from his grandparents, he added. Answering a query he said that the film has relevance in this day since it shows how following personal ambition is more important than pursuing material gains.
Co-Director of ‘The Revolutionary Optimists’ Nicole stated that the film reflects the strength and positivity of the children and people and it was not meant to be voyeuristic about poverty in India, but to show how the Indian traditions and culture strengthens and empowers the people to face the challenges of ordinary life. Filmed over the course of three years ‘The Revolutionary Optimists’ follows Amlan Ganguly and three of the children he works with in Kolkata as they challenge the idea that marginalization is written in to their destiny
Talking about ‘The World Before Her’ Director Nisha stated that the film explores the tension between traditional and modern perspectives toward women by following the journey of young and ambitious women participating in beauty pageants and women joining Durga Vahini, the women’s wing of the Hindu fundamentalist movement.
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