Kerala Assembly Election 2011 IMEG Opinion Poll Results
Institute for Monitoring Economic Growth (I.M.E.G) - has announced the opinion
poll results, conducted in connection with the ensuing election to the Kerala Legislative
Assembly 2011, in a press conference held in the Press Club, Trivandrum today. Shri.
A.Meera Sahib, Director, of the Institute released the report in the presence of Shri.
A.M.Joseph, Registrar and Shri.T.P.Mukundan, Joint Registrar.
Survey results reveal that the United Democratic Front (U.D.F) may win the election
in 72-82 Assembly seats, while the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) may get 58-
68 Assembly seats, and the Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) has very little chance to
open an account in the Kerala Assembly elections,even though they may improve
their position. The survey has been conducted between March 21 and March 29,
2011 in the Assembly segments. The survey results are framed based on three
surveys- Swing survey, Anti-incumbency survey and Opinion poll. The Opinion poll has
been conducted using secret ballots in the selected wards and households selected
randomly. Altogether 59,678 people responded in three surveys. The results have
been pooled and published.
After giving due weightage and considering other factors reported by the survey
teams it is calculated that the U.D.F may win in 72-82 Assembly seats as against 58-68
Assembly seats in which the L.D.F may win.
OTHER OBSERVATIONS
There is very strong contest in 20 assembly segments.
FUNDING
The survey exercises were not funded by any agency. The faculty members,
district co-coordinators and Quality Control Supervisors of the of the Institute (IMEG )
and some volunteers participated in the survey work.
SAMPLING ERROR
It is calculated that there may be a sampling error of 1-2 % in all the three surveys
IMEG, Kerala had done four Psephology studies earlier in connection with the Lok
Sabha by - election in Ernakulam L.S Constituency during 2003, L.S Election during
2004,Assembly Election 2006 and L.S Election 2009.All the studies were success
stories and the opinion poll results tally with election results. This is the fifth edition in the series.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
FIPRESCI Prize at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale, Germany, February 10-20, 2011)
The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) has been presented to:
"The Turin Horse" (A Torinói Ló) by Béla Tarr (Hungary, 2010)
(International Competition) , "Top Floor Left Wing" (Dernier étage gauche gauche) by Angelo Cianci (France, Luxemburg, 2010)(Panorama) ,"Heaven's Story" by Zeze Takahisa (Japan, 2010)(Forum)
Jury members were:
Diego Lerer, Argentina, president; Ken'ichi Okubo, Japan; Joao Antunes, Portugal; Jurica Pavicic, Croatia; Ingeborg Bratoeva, Bulgaria; Daniela Sannwald, Germany; Carmen Gray, Great Britain; Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakhstan; Silvia Hallensleben, Germany. Coordination: Angelika Kettelhack, Germany.
"The Turin Horse" (A Torinói Ló) by Béla Tarr (Hungary, 2010)
(International Competition) , "Top Floor Left Wing" (Dernier étage gauche gauche) by Angelo Cianci (France, Luxemburg, 2010)(Panorama) ,"Heaven's Story" by Zeze Takahisa (Japan, 2010)(Forum)
Jury members were:
Diego Lerer, Argentina, president; Ken'ichi Okubo, Japan; Joao Antunes, Portugal; Jurica Pavicic, Croatia; Ingeborg Bratoeva, Bulgaria; Daniela Sannwald, Germany; Carmen Gray, Great Britain; Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakhstan; Silvia Hallensleben, Germany. Coordination: Angelika Kettelhack, Germany.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
The International Jury of the Berlinale 2011
1-Isabella Rossellini is one of the most renowned actresses in international cinema. In recent years she has also made her mark as a producer and director. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian director Roberto Rossellini has played in more than 40 feature films and worked with such directors as Robert Zemeckis, Joel Schumacher, Peter Weir, Abel Ferrara, Peter Greenaway and David Lynch or John Schlesinger, with whom she filmed The Innocent in Berlin in 1992. She celebrated her international breakthrough in 1986 with Lynch’s cult film Blue Velvet. She was a guest at the Berlinale for the first time in 1994 as the leading actress in Fearless. In 2005 she presented the short film My Dad is 100 Years Old, a tribute to her father. She returned in 2007 as narrator to Guy Maddin’s Brand Upon The Brain! and in 2008 she presented her directorial debut Green Porno about the sex life of insects. In autumn 2010, filming was finished on Late Bloomers (Berlinale Special 2011), the romantic comedy directed by Julie Gavras in which Isabella Rossellini stars alongside William Hurt.
2-Renown director, author and producer Jafar Panahi made a number of short films and documentaries before he filmed his directorial debut, Badkonake sefid (The White Balloon), which earned him the Camera d’or in Cannes in 1995. In 1997 he won the Golden Leopard in Locarno for Ayneh (The Mirror), and in 2000 the Golden Lion in Venice for Dayereh (The Circle). Offside won the Silver Bear (Grand Prix of the Jury) at the Berlinale in 2006. In his films Jafar Panahi critically examines the social circumstances in his country. Shortly after the Berlinale invited him to be on the International Jury in 2011, Panahi was sentenced to six years imprisonment and banned from filmmaking for the next 20 years. There has been worldwide protest against this verdict that violates the right to freedom of opinion and expression. The Berlinale is holding a place open in the Jury for Jafar Panahi and in doing so wants to signalize its support for his struggle for freedom.
3-Producer Jan Chapman is an outstanding figure in the Australian film industry. Her first international success came with The Piano (1993), which went on to win three Oscars. Since then she has continued working successfully with director Jane Campion, most recently in 2009 on the historical romantic drama Bright Star. In 1989 she founded her own production company, Jan Chapman Films, and has subsequently produced numerous films with different directors that have been acclaimed by both critics and audiences (Love Serenade, Holy Smoke, Lantana, Somersault). In 2004 she received the “Officer of the Order of Australia” for her contributions to Australian cinema.
4- The talented German film, television and theatre actress Nina Hoss celebrated her first major success in 1996 in the title role of Bernd Eichinger’s A Girl Called Rosemarie. In 2000 she was one of the Shooting Stars at the Berlinale. Her close collaboration with director Christian Petzold has been extremely successful: she won the 2001 Adolf Grimme Award for her role in his film Something To Remind Me and two years later the Adolf Grimme Award in Gold for Wolfsburg. Her performance of Yella earned her the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007. Her most recent screen roles include the modern vampire thriller We Are the Night (by Dennis Gansel) and the romantic movie Summer Window (by Hendrik Handloegten).
5-Aamir Khan is a Bollywood superstar: He rose to overnight fame with the film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). In 2001 he achieved international success in the drama Lagaan - Once Upon A Time In India which was nominated for an Academy Award. After his directorial debut in 2007 with Taare Zameen Par, Khan starred in the film 3 Idiots which broke all box-office records in his home country. Aamir Khan is also an acclaimed producer: the film satire Peepli Live (2010) was chosen as the Indian entry for an Academy Award nomination. Altogether, four of his last ten films entered the running for an Academy Award nomination.
6-Filmmaker Guy Maddin, who grew up in Winnipeg, Canada, created a cult classic with his first feature film Tales from the Gimli Hospital of 1988. He has since notched up nine feature films and countless shorts, often integrating stylistic features that draw on the aesthetics of old silent movies and early sound productions. In 2007 he presented his silent movie Brand Upon the Brain! at the Berlinale. It was accompanied by a live orchestra, three Foley artists, a singer and Isabella Rossellini as narrator. In 2008 Guy Maddin opened the Berlinale Forum with My Winnipeg. For this tribute to his Canadian hometown he combined documentary footage with family photos and old film excerpts.
7-Trained in London, Sandy Powell designs costumes for film, theatre, dance and opera. She works on outstanding productions designing costumes for the most diverse historical epochs. To date she has been nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards - most recently for the costume design in The Tempest. She won the first of three Oscars for her work on the film Shakespeare In Love (1999). Her costumes for Martin Scorsese’s biopic The Aviator brought her a second Academy Award in 2005. Most recently she was honoured for her work on the film The Young Victoria (2010). In addition she has been nominated nine times for the BAFTA, and took home the award twice, for Velvet Goldmine in 1999 and The Young Victoria in 2010.
2-Renown director, author and producer Jafar Panahi made a number of short films and documentaries before he filmed his directorial debut, Badkonake sefid (The White Balloon), which earned him the Camera d’or in Cannes in 1995. In 1997 he won the Golden Leopard in Locarno for Ayneh (The Mirror), and in 2000 the Golden Lion in Venice for Dayereh (The Circle). Offside won the Silver Bear (Grand Prix of the Jury) at the Berlinale in 2006. In his films Jafar Panahi critically examines the social circumstances in his country. Shortly after the Berlinale invited him to be on the International Jury in 2011, Panahi was sentenced to six years imprisonment and banned from filmmaking for the next 20 years. There has been worldwide protest against this verdict that violates the right to freedom of opinion and expression. The Berlinale is holding a place open in the Jury for Jafar Panahi and in doing so wants to signalize its support for his struggle for freedom.
3-Producer Jan Chapman is an outstanding figure in the Australian film industry. Her first international success came with The Piano (1993), which went on to win three Oscars. Since then she has continued working successfully with director Jane Campion, most recently in 2009 on the historical romantic drama Bright Star. In 1989 she founded her own production company, Jan Chapman Films, and has subsequently produced numerous films with different directors that have been acclaimed by both critics and audiences (Love Serenade, Holy Smoke, Lantana, Somersault). In 2004 she received the “Officer of the Order of Australia” for her contributions to Australian cinema.
4- The talented German film, television and theatre actress Nina Hoss celebrated her first major success in 1996 in the title role of Bernd Eichinger’s A Girl Called Rosemarie. In 2000 she was one of the Shooting Stars at the Berlinale. Her close collaboration with director Christian Petzold has been extremely successful: she won the 2001 Adolf Grimme Award for her role in his film Something To Remind Me and two years later the Adolf Grimme Award in Gold for Wolfsburg. Her performance of Yella earned her the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007. Her most recent screen roles include the modern vampire thriller We Are the Night (by Dennis Gansel) and the romantic movie Summer Window (by Hendrik Handloegten).
5-Aamir Khan is a Bollywood superstar: He rose to overnight fame with the film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). In 2001 he achieved international success in the drama Lagaan - Once Upon A Time In India which was nominated for an Academy Award. After his directorial debut in 2007 with Taare Zameen Par, Khan starred in the film 3 Idiots which broke all box-office records in his home country. Aamir Khan is also an acclaimed producer: the film satire Peepli Live (2010) was chosen as the Indian entry for an Academy Award nomination. Altogether, four of his last ten films entered the running for an Academy Award nomination.
6-Filmmaker Guy Maddin, who grew up in Winnipeg, Canada, created a cult classic with his first feature film Tales from the Gimli Hospital of 1988. He has since notched up nine feature films and countless shorts, often integrating stylistic features that draw on the aesthetics of old silent movies and early sound productions. In 2007 he presented his silent movie Brand Upon the Brain! at the Berlinale. It was accompanied by a live orchestra, three Foley artists, a singer and Isabella Rossellini as narrator. In 2008 Guy Maddin opened the Berlinale Forum with My Winnipeg. For this tribute to his Canadian hometown he combined documentary footage with family photos and old film excerpts.
7-Trained in London, Sandy Powell designs costumes for film, theatre, dance and opera. She works on outstanding productions designing costumes for the most diverse historical epochs. To date she has been nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards - most recently for the costume design in The Tempest. She won the first of three Oscars for her work on the film Shakespeare In Love (1999). Her costumes for Martin Scorsese’s biopic The Aviator brought her a second Academy Award in 2005. Most recently she was honoured for her work on the film The Young Victoria (2010). In addition she has been nominated nine times for the BAFTA, and took home the award twice, for Velvet Goldmine in 1999 and The Young Victoria in 2010.
BERLINALE 2011. GOLDEN BEAR FOR "NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION"
The Awards of the International Jury 2011
Golden Bear for Best Film
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation)
by Asghar Farhadi . Not only has the International Jury of this year's Berlinale, presided over by Isabella Rossellini, awarded the film the Golden Bear, but, in a most unusual move, the jury's also decided to give the Silver Bear for Best Actor and Silver Bear for Best Actress to the male and female ensembles, respectively in Asghar Farhadi's Nader and Simin, a Separation. Actress Sarina Farhadi (above) thanked all those in Iran who've stood in hours for tickets to see the film — which, we might as well go ahead and mention, has also picked up the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for best film in the Competition.
Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix
A torinói ló (The Turin Horse) by Béla Tarr
Silver Bear - Best Director
Ulrich Köhler for Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness)
Silver Bear - Best Actress
Actress-ensemble in Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation)
by Asghar Farhadi
Silver Bear - Best Actor
Actor-ensemble in Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation)
by Asghar Farhadi
Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Achievement
Wojciech Staron for the camera in El premio (The Prize) by Paula Markovitch ex aequo
Barbara Enriquez for the production design in El premio (The Prize) by Paula Markovitch
Silver Bear - Best Script
Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj for The Forgiveness Of Blood (The Forgiveness Of Blood) by Joshua Marston
Alfred Bauer Prize
Awarded in memory of the Festival founder, for a work of particular innovation.
Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who) by Andres Veiel
FIPRESCI Prize
Takahisa Zeze's 4.5-hour Heaven's Story has won both the FIPRESCI Prize and the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) prize for best film screening in the Forum. This is the third consecutive year for the [FIPRESCI] award to go to a Japanese film, following Parade by director Isao Yukisada last year and Love Exposure by director Sion Sono in 2009.
Golden Bear for Best Film
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation)
by Asghar Farhadi . Not only has the International Jury of this year's Berlinale, presided over by Isabella Rossellini, awarded the film the Golden Bear, but, in a most unusual move, the jury's also decided to give the Silver Bear for Best Actor and Silver Bear for Best Actress to the male and female ensembles, respectively in Asghar Farhadi's Nader and Simin, a Separation. Actress Sarina Farhadi (above) thanked all those in Iran who've stood in hours for tickets to see the film — which, we might as well go ahead and mention, has also picked up the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for best film in the Competition.
Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix
A torinói ló (The Turin Horse) by Béla Tarr
Silver Bear - Best Director
Ulrich Köhler for Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness)
Silver Bear - Best Actress
Actress-ensemble in Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation)
by Asghar Farhadi
Silver Bear - Best Actor
Actor-ensemble in Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation)
by Asghar Farhadi
Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Achievement
Wojciech Staron for the camera in El premio (The Prize) by Paula Markovitch ex aequo
Barbara Enriquez for the production design in El premio (The Prize) by Paula Markovitch
Silver Bear - Best Script
Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj for The Forgiveness Of Blood (The Forgiveness Of Blood) by Joshua Marston
Alfred Bauer Prize
Awarded in memory of the Festival founder, for a work of particular innovation.
Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who) by Andres Veiel
FIPRESCI Prize
Takahisa Zeze's 4.5-hour Heaven's Story has won both the FIPRESCI Prize and the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) prize for best film screening in the Forum. This is the third consecutive year for the [FIPRESCI] award to go to a Japanese film, following Parade by director Isao Yukisada last year and Love Exposure by director Sion Sono in 2009.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Dooman River/ La Riviere Tumen (South Korea/ France) by Zhang Lu won award in PuneInternationlaFilmFestival
Dooman River/ La Riviere Tumen (South Korea/ France) by Zhang Lu bagged Government of Maharashtra’s Prabhat ‘Best international film’ award of Rs10 lakh at the concluding ceremony of the 9th Pune International Film Festival held at Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch . The Prabhat Best international director award of Rs5 lakh was given to director Borys Lankosz for the film The Reverse (Poland) and the special jury award was given to Natalie Smirnoff, director of the film Puzzle (Argentina, France). While the Sant Tukaram Best Marathi Feature Film award of Rs5 lakh was given to the film Baboo Band Baaja by Rajesh Pinjani. Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) student Tathagata Singha bagged the PIFF special award of Rs25,000 for direction. Minister of state for culture Faujia Khan was theChief Gust in the award giving function.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Presence of Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) in the 9th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF)
Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) is participating in the 9th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) to be held in Pune from 6th to13th January 2011. The Entertainment Society of Goa has been invited to screen Films from the SFC International Competition Section screened during the 41st International Film Festival of India, Goa 2010.This is the first time ESG is participating in an International Film Festival outside the boundaries of IFFI.
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
9th edition of the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF)-Silent Soul, the opening film
The 9th edition of eight-day long Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will begin on 6th January ,2010, at Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch ,Pune. The Pune Film Foundation, in association with the Government of Maharashtra, is organising the this Film Festival (PIFF) from January 6 - 13 at E-Square, Inox, City Pride - Kothrud, Fame at Fatimanagar, Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch and the National Film Archive of India at the Law College road and Paud road. Silent Soul, from Russia will be the opening film. The World Competition section will have 14 films, Marathi Competition section will have 7 films and in the Student section 38 films will be screened and will be judged by an international jury. More than 200 films from all over the world will be screened. The festival will have films in various categories which will be competing for cash awards in the World Competition section, Marathi Competition section and Whistling Woods Student Competition section. Jabbar Patel ,festival Director said, “For the World Cinema competition this year, we had got 348 entries, of them 14 films were selected. Historical cinema is the main thrust this year. Since this is the 50th year of the noted film, Mughal-e-Azam, it will be screened at the fest.’’.The lifetime achievement awards at the 9th edition of the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will be given to veteran actresses Saira Banu and Shashikala. Noted film-maker Subhash Ghai will be given a special award for his contribution to the film industry.This edition’s retrospective would be on eminent actor Kamal Hassan during the festival. The Sachin Dev Burman international award for creative music and sound, which was started last year, will be conferred on legendary music director Khayyam. The awards will be presented at the inaugural ceremony. The country in focus this year will be on Japan.
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