As a tribute to the celebrated film , Age d'or by Bunuel, the Royal Belgian Film Archive designates the Age d’Or Prize to a film that strays from the cinematographic mainstream because of its originality, disposition ,composition. authenticity, the peculiarity of purpose and of style and mark a break with cinematographic uniformity. Cinédécouvertes presents 21 feature films from around the world.. The Royal Belgian Film Archive has chosen ‘Naalu Pennungal’ directed by the celebrated auteur Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s as one of the 21 best films. These films will compete for the prestigious L’age d’Or (Golden Age) prize, in the festival’s 33rd edition this year to be held in
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Nalupennungal (Four Women) in Age d'or & Cinedecouvertes Competition
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Spanish film festival begins at Thiruvananthapuram
A five-day Spanish Film Festival organised by Ministry of Culture ,Govt. of Kerala , Kerala State Chalachitra Academy in association with Instituto Cervantes ,Casa de la India and the Spanish government as part of a cultural exchange programme between India and Spain began here on 11th March. Ten films directed by renowned Spanish directors are being screened in the festival.
A delegation of Spanish film personalities including Carlos Saura, Ingrid Rubio, Maria Ruiz, Veronica Sanchez, Rosa Sarda, Bigas Luna, Julio Medem, Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo and Beatrice de la Gandara are attending the festival. A delegation of journalist from
Mr.Ion de la Riva , Ambassador of Spain in
“Fados” , the new masterpiece from award-winning Director Carlos Saura and the latest installment in his musical cycle initiated more than 15 years ago by “Sevillanas” (1992), “Flamenco” (1995), Oscar nominated “Tango” (1998), “Salome” (2002) and “ Iberia ” (2005) is the main attraction of the Spanish Festival.. “Fados” opens a new chapter and sets new challenges for the famous director – now 76 - as it attempts to capture the elusive nature of the Portuguese “saudade” and to depict a faithful portrait of the Portuguese soul through its most emblematic musical genre. Using
‘ Pan’s Labyrinth ‘ directed by Guillermo del Toro ,winner of three academy awards, Winner of this year's Hugo Award and shown in the last IFFK and ‘Salvador’ directed by Manuel Huerga are notable films of the package .Other films are ‘Alatriste’ directed by Agustin Diaz Yanez, ‘Chaotic Ana’ by Julio Medem, ‘My Name is Juani’ by Bigas Luna, ‘The Night of the Sunflowers’ by Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo, , ‘Summer Dance’ by Antonio Banderas, ‘The Two Sides of the Bed’ by Emilio Martinez-Lazaro and ‘Vete de mi’ by Victor Garcia Leon.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Miami International Film Festival-MIFF 2008 Award
2008 MIFF COMPETITION AWARDS
Dramatic Features: World Cinema Competition
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: TRICKS (SZTUCZKI)
Andrzej Jakimowski’s picaresque film is about a fatherless boy who tries to tempt fate in this charming and bittersweet film from Poland. - Special Mention: IT'S HARD TO BE NICE (TESKO JE BITI FIN)
Srdan Vuletic’s urban fairytale about post-war society from Bosnia follows a Sarajevo taxi driver whose attempts to change his life for the better are met with resistance at all turns. - Special Mention: FOUL GESTURE (TNUAH MEGUNA)
Itshak (Tzahi) Gradi’s film about vendetta and vigilantism centers on a middle-aged man who decides to take justice into his own hands after becoming the victim of a road rage incident.
Dramatic Features: Ibero-American Competition
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: COCHOCHI
This Mexican road movie and fairytale by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán is part of this year’s MIFF Abroad program. - Knight Grand Jury Prize: EAT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY
Michelange Quay’s debut feature explores the spiritual corrosion of Haiti’s colonialist legacy with surreal, often wordless imagery. - Special Mention: THE GIRLS (LAS NIÑAS)
Using film as a scalpel to cut open the feminine mystique, Chilean director Rodrigo Marín’s two-hander pierces the heart of female relationships with uncanny perception. - Special Mention: BLUE EYELIDS (PARPADOS AZULES)
Quiet and nuanced, Ernesto Contrera’s touching dramatic comedy from Mexico explores the role that destiny plays in shaping our lives.
Documentary Features: World and Ibero-American Competition
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: SANTIAGO
A fascinating meditation on the measure of a man, João Moreira Salles’ splintered documentary is a portrait that is both proud and profoundly erudite. - Special Mention: SANTA FE STREET (CALLE SANTA FÉ)
Calle Santa Fé is Carmen Castillo's poignantly personal journey to the homeland she was forced to leave behind, as well as her search for meaning in the struggle against oppression. - Special Mention: A PAPER TIGER (UN TIGRE DE PAPEL)
Luis Ospina’s dazzling, wickedly playful portrait of Manrique Figueroa mirrors his own country’s political upheaval from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Shorts Competition
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: HOMECOMING
Connie Diletti’s film explores post-war trauma. While trying to process the indigestible experience of war, Drew tries to bring a friend home with him. - Honorable Jury Mention: TRAUMOLOGY (TRAUMOLOGIA)
Daniel Sánchez Arévalo’s follows Antonio’s wedding, where his father has a heart attack and whole family goes to the hospital where all of their traumas and miseries appear during a tense night. - Special Mention for Best Animated Short Film: MADAME TUTLI PUTLI
Is Chris Lavis’ and Maciek Szcerbowski’s film a Hitchcockian suspense or an artistic tour de force? The night train awaits you… - Special Mention for Best First-Time Director: OVERNIGHT A ROSE
Viv Koh’s film is about overcoming lies and the nature of true love.
MIFF Audience Awards
- Dramatic Features: World Cinema Competition: BLISS (MUTLULUK)
Abdullah Oguz’s intense and beautifully rendered drama boasts stellar performances and a compelling musical score and stunning images of the Sea of Marmara. - Dramatic Features: Ibero-American Cinema Competition: LA ZONA
Rodrigo Plá’s taut thriller doubles as a damning critique of Mexico City’s shocking economic disparity. Once threatened, an enclave of privilege sheds all pretense of civility to succumb to the basest of instincts—the deadly mob mentality. - Documentary Features: World & Ibero-American Competition: STRANDED: I'VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED IN THE MOUNTAINS (VENGO DE UN AVIÓN QUE CAYÓ EN LAS MONTAÑAS)
Through the use of carefully constructed dramatizations, news footage, and interviews with survivors atop the crash site, filmmaker Gonzalo Arijón crafts a moving testament to the strength and endurance of the human spirit.
FIPRESCI International Critics Award
FOUL GESTURE (TNUAH MAGUNA)
Itshak (Tzahi) Gradi’s film about vendetta and vigilantism centers on a middle-aged man who decides to take justice into his own hands after becoming the victim of a road rage incident.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
MAMI International Film festival , Mumbai
“The
Friday, February 22, 2008
Critics' Prizes at Berlinale
"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
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,
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,
OFF
Email. abhinavshukla@bagfilms.com,abhinav@bagfilms.com
(I am Ammu)
35mm/Colour /Tamil/120 minutes/EST
CAST AND CREDITS
Producer: Rufus Parker,
Screenplay and Direction: Padma Magan
Cinematography: M
Editing : Suresh Urs
Music : Sabesh - Murali
Cast: Parthipan, Bharathi
Contact: Rufus Parker, 17/8, Neelakanta
Chennai - 600017,
Email: suruli1972@yahoo.co.in
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(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,
Tele : (+91) (80) 65748449,09448102158
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(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,
400030,
3535 Fax: : (+91) (22) 6616 3536
Email: alok@wsgpictures.com Website:
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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,
Contact: Lissac Entertainment, B 103, Uranus
Apartments, Sai Baba Galaxy,
Goregaon (W), Mumbai - 04,
Phone: (+91) (22) 28792093, Fax : (+91)
(22) 66994202
Email: samirchandaone@gmail.com
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(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,
Mumbai 400 071
Phone: + 91 22 2528 3954,
+ 91 98210 83405
Fax: + 91 22 2527 2207
Email: shf@sameerhanchate.com
samhanchate@gmail.com
Website: www.gafla.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 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
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,
Pune - 411005,
Phone(+91)(20) 25882581,
Fax : (+91) (20) 25521816,
E mail: avinashonkar@hotmail.com
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(Moonlit
35mm/colour/ Kannada/113 minutes/EST
CAST AND CREDITS
Producer: Bengalooru Company
Director : B
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
6th Cross, KEB Layout, Sanjay Nagar,
(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,
9447000226, +91-9846033344,
Email: capitol.theatre@gmail.com
Website: www.kayyoppu.com
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(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,
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),
26608134/Fax : (80) 266081341
Email: naidustudio@vsnl.net,
Website : www.naidustudio.com
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(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,
Contact: Adoor Gopalakrishnan Productions,
Darsanam,
Phone: (+91) (471)2446567, (+91)(471)
2425239 Fax: (+91)(487) 2425241
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(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,
23111919, (+91)9846206456
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(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,
Vepery, Chennai 600 007,
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,
Contact : Green Cinema, Goutham 10, Pandit
Colony, Kowdiar P.O. Trivandrum -3.
Tele : (+91) (471) 2314322
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(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:
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:
Town Boy production, 12,13 Morya
House, opp.Film writer's association,
Opp. Fame Adlabs, Andheri Malad
Link Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai
400058,
(22)26733157,26733158,2633459,
Fax: (+91)(22) 26732813
Email: ravirai25@hotmail.com
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(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