Friday, February 22, 2008

Critics' Prizes at Berlinale

FIPRESCI informs*:


At the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale, Germany, February 7-17, 2008), a jury of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, saw the international competitive selection as well as the parallel sections Panorama and International Forum of New Cinema, and presented the Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) to:
"Lake Tahoe" by Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico, 2008)
(International Competition)
"Mermaid" (Rusalka) by Anna Melikyan (Russia, 2007)
(Panorama)
"Shahida – Brides of Allah" (Shahida) by Natalie Assouline (Israel, 2008)
(International Forum of New Cinema)
Jury members were:
Per Haddal, Norway, president , Jurica Pavicic, Croatia ,Barbara Hollender, Poland
Göran Bjelkendal, Sweden ,Hassouna Mansouri, Tunisia ,Thomas Abeltshauser, Germany ,Pablo Utin, Israel ,Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakhstan
Elfriede Schmitt, Germany ,Jury secretary: Angelika Kettelhack, Germany

*message from Klaus Eder , FIPRESCI

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Krimnagar Short and Documentary Film Festival from 13-17 February ,2008

A colorful Poster designed to commemorate the ensuing Krimnagar Short and Documentary Film Festival is released by the District Collector Sri M.V.Sathayanarayana at Karimnagar. The second edition of the festival is scheduled to be held in Film Bhavan from 13 to 17 February 2008.The President of the Krimnagar Film Society and the Festival Director Sri Varala Anand said that more than 50 documentaries and short films from allover India are participating in the festival. Sri O.P.Raghuram ,Secretary of the Krimnagar Film Society said that the Festival is to be opened by the renowned film maker B.Narsingrao and many film makers are expected in the festival .Kola Ramchandra Reddy, M.Prabhakar, Syed Muzaffer, Anil Kumar and G .Nagabhushanam and others present in the poster release programme.

Monday, February 11, 2008

INDIAN PANORAMA -IFFI 2007-FEATURE FILMS

DETAILS OF FILMS INCLUDED IN INDIAN PANORAMA

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AEVDHE SE ABHAAL

(A home in the sky)

35mm/Colour /Marathi/ 104 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Bipin Nadkarni,

Screenplay and Direction : Bipin Nadkarni

Cinematography: Mahesh Limaye

Editing : Jayant Jathar

Music : Amartya Rahut

Cast: Prateeksha Lonkar, Harsh Chhaya, Ashok Shinde,

Contact: Opticus Picture Company, 104, Famous

Studio, Dr. E Moses Road, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400011, India

Tele/fax : (+91) (22) 2444166

Email: opc.bipin@gmail.com

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AMI, IYASIN AR AMAR

MADHUBALA

(The Voyeurs)

35mm/Colour /Marathi/ 104 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Anurradha Prasad

Story, Script &

Direction: Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Cinematography: Sunny Joseph

Editor: Amitava Dasgupta

Sound Designer: Anup Mukherjee

Music Direction: Biswadeb Dasgupta

Art Direction: Indranil Ghosh

Cast: Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sameera

Reddy, Amitav Bhattacharya

Contact: Abhinav Shukla, BAG FILMS &

MEDIA LTD. Anjani Complex, 3rd Floor, Prarera Hill Road,

OFF Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai - 400093

Email. abhinavshukla@bagfilms.com,abhinav@bagfilms.com

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AMMUVAGIYA NAAN

(I am Ammu)

35mm/Colour /Tamil/120 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Rufus Parker,

Screenplay and Direction: Padma Magan

Cinematography: M S Prabhu

Editing : Suresh Urs

Music : Sabesh - Murali

Cast: Parthipan, Bharathi

Contact: Rufus Parker, 17/8, Neelakanta Mela street, T Nagar,

Chennai - 600017, India, Phone (+91)(44)65913686, (+91)9840881776

Email: suruli1972@yahoo.co.in

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DAATU

(Cross Over)

(35mm/colour/ Kannada/120 minutes/EST)

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Dr. M. Byre Gowda

Director : K. Shivarudraiah

Cinematography : S. Ramachandra Aithal

Editing : Anil Naidu

Music : Hamsaleka

Cast : Rajesh, Datthatreya, Dharma, VenkataRao,

Girija Lokesh, Master Revrnth,Pooja Iyer, Veen Sundar

Contact : Aneka Creations, No. 3091,

Gayithri Nagar, Mariyappana Palya,

Bangalore - 560021.

Tele : (+91) (80) 65748449,09448102158

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DHARM

(Religion)

35mm/colour/Hindi/103 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: WSG Pictures Pvt. Ltd.

Director : Bhavna Talwar

Cinematography: Nalla Muthu

Editing : Asif Ali Shaikh

Music : Debajyoti Mishra

Cast: Pankaj Kapoor, Supriya Pathak Kapur,Hrishita Bhatt

Contact: WSG Pictures Pvt. Ltd. No. 16,

Shubhda Commercial Building, Sir

Pochkhanwala Road, Worli, Mumbai -

400030, India Phone: (+91) (22) 6616

3535 Fax: : (+91) (22) 6616 3536

Email: alok@wsgpictures.com Website:

http://www.wsgpictures.com

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EK NADIR GALPO

(Tale of a River)

35mm/Colour /Bengali/127 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Leela Chanda, Sangeeta Ajay Agrawal

Director : Samir Chanda

Cinematography: Rajen Kothari

Editing : Sanjib Datta

Music : Nachiketa

Cast: Mithun Chakrabarty, Shweta Prasad,Nirmal Kumar,

Anjan Srivastava, Krishna Kishore, Jishu Sengupta

Contact: Lissac Entertainment, B 103, Uranus

Apartments, Sai Baba Galaxy, Link Road,

Goregaon (W), Mumbai - 04, India

Phone: (+91) (22) 28792093, Fax : (+91)

(22) 66994202

Email: samirchandaone@gmail.com

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GAFLA

(Scam)

35 mm/Colour/Hindi/127 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Produced &

Directed by: Sameer Hanchate

Cast: Vinod Sharawat, Shruti Ulfat, Purva

Parag, Vikram Gokhle

Story: Sameer Hanchate

Cinematographer: Anshul Chobey

Editor: Manan Sagar

Music: Kartik Shah

Contact: 366, 6th Rd, Chembur,

Mumbai 400 071 INDIA

Phone: + 91 22 2528 3954,

+ 91 98210 83405

Fax: + 91 22 2527 2207

Email: shf@sameerhanchate.com

samhanchate@gmail.com

Website: www.gafla.com

www.sameerhanchate.com

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JAARA BRISTITEY BHIJECHHILO

(Drenched…in the rains)

35mm/colour/Bengali/124 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Rosevalley Telefilms Limited

Based on a novel by Joy Goswami

Director: Anjan Das

Cinematography: Sirsha Roy

Editing: Sanjib Datta

Sound: Anup Mukhopadhyaya, Alok Dey

Music : Jyotiska Dasgupta

Cast : Joy Sengupta, Sudip Mukherjee, Rupa

Ganguly,Soumitra Chattopadhyaya,

Indrani Halder, Anjana Basu, Iswari Bose

Bhattacharjee

Contact: Rosevalley Telefilms Limited, RB/29,

Raghunathpur, V I .P Road,

Kolkata 700 059.Phone: (+ 91) (33) 2234

8343/ (+ 91) (33) 6414 8587

E mail: chandansen2005@yahoo.com

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JAATINGAA ITYAADI

( Jaatingaa et al .… )

35mm/Assamese/Color/124 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Raj Kamal Bhuyan

Writer /Director: Sanjeeb Sabhapandit

Cast: Bishnu Khargaria, Saurabh Hazarika,

Mallika Sarma, Bina Patangia, Anup Hazarika,

Lakhi Barthakpur, James Parry,Sarah Bugden

Cinematographer: Parasher Baruah

Editor: Manas Adhikari

Music: Deepak Sarma

Contact: Ruchira Arts Pvt. Ltd., Rajkamal

Bhuyan, 2B, Alakananda Apartments

G.S. Road, Tarun Nagar, Guwahati,

Assam PIN-781005, Ph-09435013943

E-mail- brajkamal@hotmail.com

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KAALCHAKRA

(Kaalchakra)

35mm/colour/Marathi/113minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Avinash Onkar

Writer & Director : Vishal Bhandari

Cinematography: A S Kanal

Editing : Abhay Pandey

Music : Salil Kulkarni

Cast: Sachin khedekar, Shilpa Tulaskar,

Manjusha Godse, Amruta Sant

Contact: Avinash Onkar, B 101, 1 Modibaug,

Ganesh Khind Road, Shivaji Nagar,

Pune - 411005, Maharashtra, India.

Phone(+91)(20) 25882581,

Fax : (+91) (20) 25521816,

E mail: avinashonkar@hotmail.com

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KADA BELADINGALU

(Moonlit Forest)

35mm/colour/ Kannada/113 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Bengalooru Company

Director : B S Lingadevaru

Cinematography: H M Ramachandra

Editing : Anil Naidu

Music : Rajesh Ramanathan

Cast: C H Lokanath, H G Dattatreya, Aranya

Kasarvalli, Bhargavi Narayan

Contact: Bengalooru Company, 152, 5th Main,

6th Cross, KEB Layout, Sanjay Nagar,

Bangalore - 94, India Phone: (+91)

(80)23332290,(+91) 9448093636

Email: lingadev@gmail.com

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KAYYOPPU

(Signature)

35mm/colour/Malayalam/ 97minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Capitol Theatre

Director : Ranjith

Cinematography: Manoj Pillai

Editing : Bina Paul

Music : Vidyasagar

Cast: Mammootty, Mukesh, Khushboo,Nedumudi Venu

Contact: Capitol Theatre,No:29,Skyline Meadows,

Calicut 20, Kerala. Phone +91-

9447000226, +91-9846033344, India

Email: capitol.theatre@gmail.com

Website: www.kayyoppu.com

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MAI BAAP

(Glass House)

35mm/colour/Marathi/148 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Aditi Deshpandey

Director : Gajendra Ahire

Cinematography: Imtiyaaz Bargir

Editing : Shivaji Chaudhari, Mahesh Pawaskar,

Gajendra Ahire

Music : Anand Modak

Cast: Sandeep Kulkarni, Aditi Deshpandey,

Dr. Mohan Agashe, Yatin Karyekar

Contact: My Group, 410, Harishchandra

Apartments, 286, Mogal lane, Mahim,

Mumbai - 400016, India

Email: ninad2407@yahoo.co.in

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MOGGINA JADE

(The Plait of Jasmine Buds)

35mm/colour/Kannada/104 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Naidu Studio Productions

Director : P.R. Ramadas Naidu

Cinematography: S. Ramachandra

Editing : Tulasi Kishore

Music : L. Vidyanathan

Cast: Baby Srisha, Master Aniruddha, Pavitra

Lokesh, Rajesh

Contact: Naidu Studio Productions, 132, (above

Srinidhi Co-operative Bank), RB Road,

Bangalore - 560004 Ph L+91) (80)

26608134/Fax : (80) 266081341 India,

Email: naidustudio@vsnl.net,

Website : www.naidustudio.com

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NAALU PENNUNGAL

(Four Women)

35mm/colour/Malayalam/105 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Adoor Gopalakrishnan Productions

Screenplay

and Direction : Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Cinematography: M J Radhakrishnan

Editing : B Ajith Kumar

Music : Issac Thomas

Cast: Nandita Das, Padma Priya, Geethu

Mohan Das, Manju Pillai, Lalita, Murali,

Mukesh, Ravi Vallathol, M R Gopakumar

Contact: Adoor Gopalakrishnan Productions,

Darsanam, Trivandrum, Kerala - 695017, India.

Phone: (+91) (471)2446567, (+91)(471)

2425239 Fax: (+91)(487) 2425241

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ORE KADAL

(The Sea within)

35mm/colour/Malayalam/123 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Produced by: Vindhyan

Based on: A novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay

Screenplay and Direction: Shyamaprasad

Cinematography: Alagappan

Editing: Vinod Sukumaran

Music: Ouseppachan

Cast: Mammootty, Meera Jasmine, Narein, Remya Krishnan

Contact: Vindhyan for Rasika Entertainments,

23, Ambady Retreat, Chelavannoor

Road, Kadavabthara Post, Kochi – 20,

Kerela, India. Phone: (+91) (484)

23111919, (+91)9846206456

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PERIYAR

(Great Man)

35mm/colour/Tamil/170 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: G Swamidurai

Writer & Director : Gnana Rajasekaran

Cinematography: Thankar Bachan

Editing : B. Lenin

Music : Vidya Sagar

Cast: Sathyaraj, Khushboo, Jyotirmayee,

Satyanarayana, Manorama

Contact: Liberty Creations Limited, Periyar

Thidal, 50, EVK Sampath Road,

Vepery, Chennai 600 007, India

Phone: (+91) (44) 26618163,

Email: anburajv@gmail.com

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RATRI MAZHA

(Night Rain)

35mm/colour/Malayalam/ 110 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: B. Rakesh

Screeplay & Direction: Lenin Rajendran

Cinematography : S. Kumar

Editing : N. Mahesh Narayanan, B. Ajith

Music : Ramesh Narayan

Cast : Vineeth, Meera Jasmine, Manoj K Jayan,

Biju Menon, Lalu Alex, Cochin Haneefa

Contact : Green Cinema, Goutham 10, Pandit

Colony, Kowdiar P.O. Trivandrum -3.

Tele : (+91) (471) 2314322

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THANIYE

(Alone)

35mm/colour/Mlayalam/120 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: K.C. Chacko

Director/Writer : Babu Thiruvalla

Cinematography : M.T. Radhakrishnan

Editing : K. Narayanan

Music : Issac Thomas Kottukappally

Cast : Nedumudi Venu, Lakshmi Gopalaswami,

KDAC Lalitha, Ashokan, Mamukoya, Vijay Menon

Contact Address : Friends of Tiruvalla, Tiruvalla House,

Kavumbagom, Thiruvalla, Kerala.

Tele : (+91) (469) 2630870

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TINGYA

(The Short One)

35mm/colour/Marathi/122 minutes/EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: Ravi Rai, Anita Rai, Anand Rai

Writer & Director : Mangesh Hadawale

Cinematography: Dharam Gulati

Editing : K D Dilip

Music : Rohit Nagbhide

Cast : Sharad Goekar, Tarranum Pathan,

Sunil Deo, Madhavi Juvekar, Vitthal

Umap, Chitra Nawathe

Contact: Ravi Rai, 12,13 Morya House Small

Town Boy production, 12,13 Morya

House, opp.Film writer's association,

Opp. Fame Adlabs, Andheri Malad

Link Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai

400058, India. Phone: (+91)

(22)26733157,26733158,2633459,

Fax: (+91)(22) 26732813

Email: ravirai25@hotmail.com

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YENNING AMADI LIKLA

(Spring and Dew)

35mm/colour/Manipuri/147 mins./EST

CAST AND CREDITS

Producer: SURVI

Writer & Director : Makhonmani Mongsaba

Cinematography: Dilip

Editing : K. Ramu

Music : S. Tijendra

Cast: Master Muru and Baby Reshmi

Contact: Survi, Nogina Films, Uripok

Ningthoukh Ongjam Leikai, Imphal

- 795001 (Manipur) Phone: (+91)

(385) 2414270, 09856080136

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Courtesy : Directorate of Film Festivals , Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Govt.of India .

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