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Expectant crowd at Kolkata International Filmfestival 2015, where the Roadside films NO PASARAN and Women for Justice have been running.
After the shooting, waiting for also having a shave.
Very warm welcome at World Festival of Emerging Cinema 2016.
An interesting interview about the Roadside film "Women for Justice" can be accessed at Art - Cinema - Dance: https://issuu.com/wacpress/docs/cin_wom__iss01516_art_cinema_dance/50
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FINALIST Ekurhuleni International Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION CinéWomen Biennial 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION CIFFI International Colour Film Festival of India 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Auroville Film Festival 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION "Justice for All" International Crime and Punishment Film Festival 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION MEDIMED - Nomads of Documentary 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION China W ...
WELCOME TO WIFF-2016
Woodpecker International Film Festival (WIFF) is India's premier competitive film festival focusing on issue-based cinema. The first edition of the festival was organised in 2013 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Launched in the backdrop of the completion of 100 years of Indian Cinema, the festival was a tribute to the Indian cinema for its ability to nurture diverse genres of films and filmmaking traditions in the country.
Today, Cinema is at an important crossroad. While the distinction between mainstream and parallel cinema is almost getting blurred, a new breed of alternative filmmakers, successfully blending entertainment and meaningful cinema, is taking ground. Woodpecker International Film Festival (WIFF) aims to showcase this rich mélange of visual creativity to promote films and filmmakers focusing on socially pertinent themes.
WHY THIS FESTIVAL & FORUM?
The last one decade in India has seen tremendous changes particularly on communication and technological fronts. With easy accessibility to new technology and availability of new communication channels, reach and impact of visual messages has grown significantly, both in rural and urban areas. Be it short films, documentaries or social advertisements, they have now become an immensely powerful tool of communications aimed towards bringing desired social change. WFF thus would like to comprehensively cover the wide spectrum of issues that have caught the attention of new breed of filmmakers in the recent past, be it gender, public health or environment. A major attraction of the film festival would be forum activities. Seminars, conferences, workshops and master classes to help filmmakers and film enthusiasts explore contemporary issues, network with professional associates, hone their filmmaking skills and share the power of storytelling through cinema.
ORGANISER
The festival and forum is part of the 'Cinema for Change' initiative of CMSR Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation based in New Delhi. The Foundation, a registered body under the Indian Trust Act, has been established to harness the power of information, education and communications to bring positive social change. To know more about CMSR Foundation log on to www.cmsrfoundation.org
“Cinema is beyond entertainment.“Making films is about what you yourself want to narrate and we should be open to all kind of cinema” says Nitin Kakkar director of Ram Singh Charlie.
which has Divya Dutta in the lead role.The film traces the life of an impersonator who performs in a circus.
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Gour Hari Dastaan/The Freedom File, Review: His-story
Described in the press as a Kafkaesque black comedy when it was launched in 2011, Gour Hari Dastaan is based on a true story, of Gour Hari Das (now 85), with some Kafkaesque undertones, but very little or no black comedy. It cannot afford to be a comedy, let alone a black one, since it deals with the sensitive subject of the neglect and disregard suffered by those who participated in the struggle to rid India of British colonial rule. Brit...
SIFFCY: (Smile International film festival for Children & Youth) This is an annual films festival conducted in New Delhi-India, in December, This is a special film platform devoted to a greater appreciation of world cinema which can bring change in the society by showcasing films with substance, supporting emerging filmmakers, recognizing the pioneers and leaders of the entertainment industry, business executives, and by promoting the diverse perspectives of World Cinema. The festival will p...
3rd Indian Cine Film Festival-2015, Mumbai, India
Entries Open: Feature Films, Shorts films, Animation, Documentaries & Music Videos.
Submission deadline: 25 Aug 2015.
Festival date: 19 Sept 2015.
Key Highlights: Screening | Film Market | Screenplay Incubation | Master Classes | Networking
For Participation Email: ICFF@miniboxoffice.com
To submit movie visit: http://miniboxoffice.com/indiancinefilmfestival
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Director: Nishanthi Evani.
A confident, independent woman who tells her friend “I can take care of myself” while shooting pictures at a slum is caught in the middle of riots and her real fearlessness gets challenged. FEAR L E S S is about the innate mistrust and skepticism we carry with us despite our best efforts at being evolved.
4th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-2015
Entries Open: Shorts films, Animation, Documentaries & Music Videos.
Submission deadline: 11 July 2015.
Festival date: 02 Aug 2015.
For Participation Email: info.kolkata@miniboxoffice.com
To submit movie visit: http://miniboxoffice.com/kolkatashortsinternationalfilmfestival
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WoFF: World of Film International Festival Glasgow is setting the scope of its first Commonwealth Student Competition on India.
The Festival’s spirit to promote independent filmmaking and emerging cinemas from around the world, in conjunction with the Student Competition’s focus on the Commonwealth countries, puts Indian cinema in the spotlight for the 2015 edition of the festival.
“India’s film culture is one of the oldest ...
4th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival-2015
Entries Open: Shorts films, Animation, Documentaries & Music Videos.
Submission deadline: 25 May 2015.
Festival date: 14 June 2015.
To submit movie visit: http://miniboxoffice.com/bangaloreshortsfilmfestival
Email: info.bangalore@miniboxoffice.com
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Director: Roy Dipankar.
Nima Lavafpour is a travelling musician from Iran, who has had a deep intimate relationship with India. And ever since a child, he has been visiting and re-visiting India to discover his spiritual quest. And on one such visit, he gets to re-discover a memoir.
Taking us back in time (2007) when his band Nafir was a blend of traditional Persian and modern world fusion sounds of the tanboor, khamanche, daf or dafli, with a dash of nu-jazz guitar and steel flute intertwined with howling dervish chants & contemporary vocal styles.
This film is a musical exploration of memoirs of travels, sanguine performances, candid moments and exchange of philosophies reminding us of an age-long spiritual and cultural bond between India and Iran. For those who are following open lines of Sufism outside and beyond any pre-conceived doctrine of law or institutions.
It took 8 years for the filmmaker to shape, form and mould documented evidence into a story that unwraps and explores the Kadiri dervish form of Sufi music (Persia) and an age-long cultural & spiritual Indo-Iranian bond. This film is also a kind of a unique proposition towards building an international exchange of music and expertise between the two great nations of India and Iran, who've left a huge cultural impact on the world...
STARRING
DEEPAK CHOPRA
DONOVAN
MIKE LOVE
DAVID LYNCH
NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE
GREG REITMAN
PETE SEEGER
TED TURNER
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU
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ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence. The film relies not only on memoir, but also interviews with such luminaries and activists as Deepak Chopra, musi...
"Games People Play" will play India... again! This time in Kannur at the Plumeria Film Fest from Feb. 2-4, 2015. This is the 13th selection for "Games People Play", on 5 continents.
For more info about the film and to see a trailer, please visit: http://www.dawnwestlake.com
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Both "The Martini Effect" (2013) and "Games People Play" (2014) from Ron de Cana Productions were presented at the 5th annual Siliguri International Film and Documentary Festival in Siliguri, West Bengal, India from November 15-17th, 2014. The films were written and helmed by Dawn Westlake. Music for both was composed by Gregory Johnson of Acoustic Labs.
Canon USA, Inc. provided the C300 for the realization of "The Martini Effect". DP was Brandon Bondehagen. The C5...
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