Friday, July 20, 2018

11th IDFFSK-Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the 11th edition of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) .

International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala



Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan  inaugurated the 11th edition of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) at the Kairali theatre today ,the 20th July . Minister for Cultural Affairs A.K. Balan presided over the function.  Rakesh Sharma,noted documentary filmmaker was the guest of honour.The first Lifetime Achievement Award, instituted by IDSFFK, was conferred on acclaimed filmmaker Anand Patwardhan .‘Human Flow’ directed by Ai Weiwei, which deals with global  refugee problem was the opening film  .. 





Wednesday, July 18, 2018

11th IDSFFK 2018 -Anand Patwardhan gets Lifetime Achievement award at IDSFFK

International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala

Anand Patwardhan എന്നതിനുള്ള ചിത്രംAnand Patwardhan gets Lifetime Achievement award at IDSFFK
Renowned filmmaker Anand Patwardhan has been chosen for the first Lifetime achievement award in IDSFFK . The 11th edition of the International Documentary Short Film Festival of Kerala to begin here on Friday will bestow this prestigious honour to him. Another important announcement made by the fest authorities is that the best long documentary at IDSFFK can compete for the Oscars in the non-fiction category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has informed that best long documentary to be selected at IDSFFK can be included in the entries nominated for the Oscars in the non-fiction category.
Patwardhan will receive Rs 2 lakh and a memento. The eleventh edition of the IDSFFK, organised by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, is scheduled from July 20 to 24. The festival will be inaugurated by Chief Minister of Kerala  Pinarayi Vijayan. 206 films in various languages will be screened in different categories during the festival. The inaugural film to be screened will be a 140-minute duration documentary called 'Human Flow' directed by Ai Weiwei. This German documentary film co-produced and directed by Ai Weiwei about the current global refugee crisis. Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural. Ai Weiwei used 25 camera teams in 20 countries. The results involve many surreal scenes: tent camps erected between railways with passing Greek trains continually sounding their horns; aerial shots of perfectly symmetrical rows of tents with tiny dots in between that move around like ants; groups of white-clad Africans in Italy who seem to have escaped an art project instead of a war zone It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. 64 films are selected for the competition which includes long and short documentary and campus films. 13 music videos and 9 animation films will be also be screened. Engaging with Sexualities, an absorbing package of five short films produced by the PSBT (Public Service Broadcasting Trust) will also be screened.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

11th IDSFFK 2018-Human Flow, a film directed by Ai Weiwei -OPENING FILM

International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala


Human Flow, a film directed by Ai Weiwei -OPENING FILM 


Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.
Captured over the course of an eventful year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretches across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey. Human Flow is a witness to its subjects and their desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left behind to the unknown potential of the future. Human Flow comes at a crucial time when tolerance, compassion and trust are needed more than ever. This visceral work of cinema is a testament to the unassailable human spirit and poses one of the questions that will define this century: Will our global society emerge from fear, isolation, and self-interest and choose a path of openness, freedom, and respect for humanity?
When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home"

Courtesy:https://www.humanflow.com/




Monday, July 16, 2018

11th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala(IDSFFK) Jury


International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala




11th International  Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala(IDSFFK) Jury finalised.

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kavitha-lankesh
KAVITHA LANKESHFilmmaker, Screenwriter and Lyricist

KAVITHA LANKESH

Kavitha Lankesh is a filmmaker, screenwriter and lyricist known for her work in the Kannada film industry. She is the daughter of P Lankesh, the founder of the tabloid Lankesh Patrike and sister of Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead by religious fanatics. Her depiction of the life and thoughts of a young slum boy in her debut feature Deveeri based on the short story Akka by P Lankesh, went on to win international, national and state awards and is considered one of her finest films. She has directed and produced more than fifty documentary/ informational films and over forty corporate films, many of them have won several accolades at different festivals as well. Other popular films of her are Bimba, Preethi Prema Pranaya, Avva and Karya Kan Bitta. She has served as jury for festivals such as International Film Festival of India, Kerala State Film Awards and the Jagran Film Festival.

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amir-masoud-soheili
Amir Masoud SoheiliIranian short filmmaker

AMIR MASOUD SOHEILI

Amir Masoud Soheili is an international award winning Iranian short filmmaker who is the Creative Director of Asia Peace Film Festival. He studied cinema at the Seni Institute in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He also attended the Asian Film Academy courses in Busan, South Korea. He has been working in the film field as an assistant director for more than a decade. This is the deed Mr Doctor,Pari and Loved her like a sister are some acclaimed movies which was scripted by him. He curated films for Vidsee.com for two years and made his first short film The car blew the horn just for the womenwhich won various awards.His second short film Blue eyed boy was officially selected in more than 130 international film festivals and has won 18 international awards. His last film Heaven of children was selected in more than 10 international film festivals and won the special mention at Inaugural ReelOzind Short Film Festival in Australia and Indonesia. He was the youngest member of the SAARC film festival jury, 2017.

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mahesh-narayanan
Mahesh NarayananFilmmaker, Editor and Screenwriter

MAHESH NARAYANAN

Mahesh Narayanan is a popular Indian filmmaker, editor and screenwriter from Kerala. After completing his graduation from the Adayar Film and Television Institute in Tamil Nadu, Mahesh started working as an advert editor. He subsequently progressed to editing documentaries, short films and entered the film industry with Rathimazha, a Malayalam film which won five Kerala State Awards. Despite the early success in the Malayalam film industry, Mahesh ventured into the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries and found success there as well. A few of his most popular films as an editor include BeautifulTrafficKanyaka TalkiesViswaroopam and Ennum Ninte Moideen. After establishing himself as an accomplished editor, Mahesh ventured into writing and made his debut as a screenwriter with Mili, a Malayalam film which opened to positive reviews. The editor turned writer made his debut as a film director with the much-acclaimed filmTakeOff, which has been doing the international festival circuit quite successfully.

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raed-andoni
Raed AndoniPalestinian filmmaker and Producer

RAED ANDONI

Raed Andoni is a Palestinian filmmaker who started working in cinema 15 years ago, as an independent producer and co-founder of the leading Palestinian production company, Dar Films. He has produced and secured international distribution for a number of award-winning documentaries by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, Rashid Masharawi and Nizar Hassan amongst others. He is also the artistic producer of the collective documentary FamilyAlbums (2012). His first documentary Improvisation (2005), produced in association with ARTE was a great success at festivals. Andoni’s first feature Fix Me (2009) premiered in Sundance and Cannes before its release in European theatres. His latest documentary Ghost Hunting won the Best Documentary at the Berlin Film Festival. Palestinian men recreate the circumstances of their incarceration and torture by the Israeli occupiers in this film. Himself a prisoner at the age of 18, Raed intended the film to shine a spotlight on the Palestinian soul.

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paromita-vohra
Paromita VohraFilmmaker and Screenwriter

PAROMITA VOHRA

Paromita Vohra is a filmmaker and screenwriter based in Mumbai. Her documentary films usually focus on themes like feminism, desire, urban life and popular culture. She is the director of documentaries like Partners in Crime,UnlimitedGirlsQ2PWhere’s SandraCosmopolis: Two Tales of A City,Work In ProgressMorality TVand the Loving Jehad: A Thrilling TaleA Woman’s Place and Annapurna as well as the TV series Connected Hum Tum. She wrote the screenplay for the award-winning film Khamosh Pani. In 2013, Time Out listed her as one of ten people who have changed the way we look at film in India. She is also a popular newspaper columnist. She is the founder of Agents of Ishq, a first of its kind multi-media digital project which seeks to create a new, inclusive conversation around love, sex and desire for young people in India.

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amudhan-r-p
Amudhan R PDocumentary Filmmaker, Curator and Activist

AMUDHAN R P

Amudhan R P is a documentary filmmaker, curator and activist from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. After learning documentary filmmaking at Centre for Development of Instructional Technology in New Delhi he moved back to Madurai, where he started a media activism group together with the local youth, Marupakkam, in 1997.Marupakkam as a collective is involved with making documentaries, organising regular screenings, film festivals and media workshops in and around Madurai. Amudhan has been making documentaries since 1997 and is known to make films with strong political dimensions. His most prominent films include ShitNotes from the CrematoriumSeruppu – a trilogy on caste, Radiation Stories – a trilogy on nuclear issues, and Dollar City. His film Shit won the best film award at the One Billion Eyes film festival in 2005 and the National Jury Award at the MIFF 2006. He founded the Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival in 1998. He recently organised the Social Justice Film Festival, Chennai which consisted of a meticulously curated collection of 16 documentaries covering various experiences of the many marginalise communities.

11th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala(IDSFFK) from 20th to 24th July 2018

International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
 The 11th edition of the International  Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala(IDSFFK)  will be held in Thiruvananthapuram from 20th to 24th July 2018. This fest is being organized by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, Govt of Kerala as part of its endeavour to catalyse a vibrant documentary and short film movement. The festival aims to map and reflect the exploding nature of the medium in its many facets of creativity and resistance. 
The festival organizers have revealed the content of the current edition of the festival.



COMPETITION LONG DOCUMENTARY
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  1. An Engineered Dream    Hemant Gaba/Hindi/72’/2018
  1. In Fact…/ Tin Satyi…      Debalina Majumder/Bengali/52’/2018
  1. Lock and Key/ Taala Te Kunjee  Shilpi Gulati/Punjabi, Hindi/82’/2017
  1. Returning to the First Beat/ Phir Se Samm Pe Aana  Surabhi Sharma/Hindi, Marathi, English/85’/2018
  1. S.D.: Saroj Dutta and His Times  Kasturi Basu, Mitali Biswas/Bengali, English/115’/2018
  1. Santhal Family to Mill Re-call Ramani R V/Hindi, English, Bengali/111’/2017
  1. The Third Infinity Piyush Shah/No Dialogue/72’/2017
  1. The Tribal Scoop  Beeswaranjan Pradhan/Odia, Hindi/53’/2018
  1. Up Down & Sideways/ Kho Ki Pa Lü Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar/No Dialogue/83’/2017

COMPETITION SHORT DOCUMENTARY
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      1  -Amoli  Jasmine Kaur Roy, Avinash Roy/Hindi/29’/2018
  1. And What is the Summer Saying Payal  Kapadia/Marathi/20’/2018
  1. Chasing Dreams Vaishali Kendale/Marathi/23’/2018
  1. Daughters of Paradise Bilal A Jan/Kashmiri/38’/2018
  1. Death-dreams-suicide Harshit Pachauri/Hindi, English/20’/2018
  1. Elephant Pathways/ Anathara Shaji  Mathilakam/Malayalam/15’/2017
  1. In Thunder Lightning and Rain Rajesh James/Malayalam/39’/2018
  1. Jamnapaar Abhinava Bhattacharyya/Hindi/24’/2017
  1. laatsahab  Vikram Saxena/Hindi/33’/2018
  1. Mangroves: Nature’s Hardy Foot Soldiers Sajeed Naduthody/English/25’/2017
  1. Mind Matter of a Tea Vendor/ Oru Chaykkadakkarante Man Ki Bath Sanu Kummil/Malayalam/27’/2018
  1. Mumbai Hustle Udayan  Biswas/English, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam/21’/2018
  1. Poets of the past Fazil N C/English, Urdu, Kasmiri/18’/2018
  1. Rivers Without Borders Krishnendu  Bose/English/18’/2018
  1. The Jowar Ballad/ Jowar Gatha Laxminarayan Devda/Hindi/30’/2017
  1. The Loss of Western Ghats/ Sahyante Nashtam Biju Pankaj/Malayalam/24’/2017
  1. The Naga Pride  Sumanth  Kuduvalli/English/28’/2018
  1. The Raft/ Tarapo Pavan Konala/Hindi/23’/2017
  1. We, The People Samarth Mahajan/Hindi, English/28’/2017
  1. What Man, Joe Rafeeq Ellias/English/37’/2018
  1. Withering House/ Bismaar Ghar Shreyas Dasharathe/Gujarathi/26/2017

COMPETITION SHORT FICTION
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  1. A Temperate State/ Samasheethoshnaavastha Robin Alex/Malayalam/25/2018
  1. Accord/ Nirnay Vijay Kumar/Hindi/21/2017
  1. Anubhed Vikrant Sidhu/Hindi/17/2017
  1. Arimpaara Nipin Narayanan/Malayalam/11/2018
  1. Bhoomi Mithun Chandran/Malayalam/13/2017
  1. Broken Flowers Tushnik Chaudhuri/Bengali, English, Hindi/35/2017
  1. Circle/ Valay Koel Sen/Marathi/26/2018
  1. Dawn/ Seher Manas Jacob/Hindi/19/2017
  1. Donkey Digant Gautam/Rajasthani/15/2018
  1. Donkey /Gadhedo Jai Sharma/Hindi/15/2017
  1. Ekaant Sarthak Bhasin/Hindi/25/2018
  1. Everything is Fine/ Sab Theek Hai Mansi Jain/Hindi, English /18/2017
  1. Gi Kunjila Mascillamani/Bengali, Malayalam/30/2017
  1. Ice Cream/ Malai Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti/Odia/15/2018
  1. Last Rites/ Shesh Krityo Debottam Basu/Bengali/8/2018
  1. Probably/Sambhavtaha Gaurav Madan/Marathi/23/2017
  1. Ranthal Sujith Govindan/Malayalam/13/2018
  1. Religion for Dummies Kabeer Khurana/No Dialogue/5/2018
  1. Songs of Melancholy/ Oppari Navaneetha krishnan Rajasekara/Tamil/10/2017
  1. Sound Proof Aditya Kelgaonkar/Hindi/29/2018
  1. The Idiot/ Murakh Ruchi Joshi, Sriram Ganapathy/Hindi, Punjabi, English/18/2017
  1. The Journey/ Safar Shashank Virag/Hindi/29/2017
  1. The Lord/ Dor Archit Goel/Hindi/20/2017
  1. The Right Side/ Jamani Baju Pramati Anand, Varun Sharma,Rishaya Jehangir Palkhivalal/Hindi/11/2017
  1. The Sea/ Samudra Harshal Wadkar/Marathi/24/2018
  1. Till the Story Ends/ Katha Theeruvolam Abhilash Vijayan/Malayalam/20/2017
  1. Uncalled/ Anahut Umesh Bagade/Marathi/22/2017
  1. Water/ Neer Dependia Vasistha/English, Hindi/33/2017
COMPETITION CAMPUS FILM
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  1. Bridge Sreedev Suprakash/Malayalam/11/2017
  1. Hegemony Vishnu Pradeep/No Dialogue/6/2018
  1. Ida Gokul R Nadh/Malayalam/11/2017
  1. Nayatt Nikhil Sudersanan/Malayalam/14/2017
  1. Pakal Kinav Niranjan C/Malayalam/8/2017
  1. Preparation/ Orukkam Shankar G/Malayalam/21/2017

FOCUS LONG DOCUMENTARY
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  1. Atasi Putul Mahmood/Bengali, English/50’/2018
  1. Ek Inquilab aur Aaya- Lucknow 1920- 1949 Uma Chakravarti/English/66’/2017
  1. Intimate Outsiders Shankhajeet De/Hindi, English/49’/2018
  1. Our Gauri/ Namma Gauri    Pradeep K P/Kannada/67’/2017
  1. Shyama Mani Devi – Classical Odissi Vocalist Santosh Gour/Odia, English/53’/2017
  1. The Slave Genesis Aneez K M/Malayalam/64’/2017
  1. When The Doors Open Amrita Dasgupta/Hindi, English/47’/2018
FOCUS SHORT DOCUMENTARY
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  1. A Light that refuses to fade out …  Bobbeeta Sharma/Assamese/16’/2017
  1. Akashvani (Voice From The Sky) Pramati Anand/Hindi, Gujarathi/23’/2018
  1. GEORGE JOHN – Spirit of 80’s Manilal Padavoor/Malayalam/27’/2017
  1. MC Kash Sajeed A/Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu/15’/2017
  1. Memories of Trans Dr Selvamony K B /Malayalam, English/30’/2017
  1. Mind Mightier Than Might Jalal Ud Din Baba/Urdu/25’/2018
  1. More Than Silence Ananth P Mohan/Hindi, English/23’/2017
  1. Nakusa: Unwanted is My Name Shijith V.P. Vathukkal Parambath/Marathi/22’/2017
  1. Rampatar – Dividing by a Platter Vivek Gopinath/English, Gujarati, Hindi/16’/2018
  1. Sunanda Muktha Deedi Chand/Malayalam/25’/2018
  1. The Exile  Harsh Virag/Hindi/19’/2017
  1. The Garden of Forgotten Snow  Avijit Mukul Kishore/English/30’/2017
  1. The Wound/Khawto  Bijoy Chowdhury/Bengali/20’/2018
  1. Those Who Sing and Praise Stories/ Sthuthiyogar Jeffin Thomas/Malayalam/19/2017
  1. Veil Done  JUHI BHATT/Hindi/31’/2017
  1. Welcome Valentine 2017  Dhruv Satija/Hindi, Gujarathi/17’/2017
FOCUS SHORT FICTION
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  1. Body Ethereal/ Daehantharam   Ashad Sivaraman N/Malayalam/28’/2018
  1. Catfish Ranjith Raghupathy/No Dialogue/18’/2017
  1. Gubbare M GAni, Mayank Bokolia/Hindi/10’/2018
  1. Kuzhimanthi Harold Antony Paulson/Malayalam/7’/2017
  1. Midnight Run Remya Raj/Malayalam/14’/2018
  1. On the Way Satheesh Babu G/Malayalam/14/’2018
  1. Padinjatta Arun Kumar M K/Malayalam/7’/2017
  1. Prakash Shardul Karandikar/Marathi/12’/2018
  1. Second Prize/ Randaan Sammanam Sreeraj Rajeev S/Malayalam/23’/2018
  1. Sohna… A Flying Kid Krishan Kumar/Hindi/26’/2017
  1. Taste Alternate/ Ruchibedham Theertha Mythry/Malayalam, English/10’/2017
  1. The Body/ Kaya Isha Pungaliya/English, Hindi, Marathi/26’/2018
  1. The Gooseberry in her Palm/ Ullangai Nellikkani Arikarasudhan M/Tamil/17’/2018
  1. The Outsider/ Quiro Prithvijoy Ganguly, Yudhajit Basu/Nepali/17’/2017
  1. Udumbu Shijith Kalyadan/Malayalam/13’/2018
  1. When the Mankind was Alike/ Maanusharellarumonnupole Rajesh Bhaskaran/Malayalam/30’/2018
  1. You/ Tu Rahul Nangia/Hindi/7’/2017
  1. Zia Jineesh Chandran/Malayalam/12’/2017
FOCUS ANIMATION
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  1. Crow’s Nest/ Kaaka Koode  Amritha Warrier/English, Malayalam/6/2017
  1. Curiosity Sethulakshmi Muraleedharan/No Dialogue/1/2018
  1. Father/ Baba Akshay Malotkar/Marathi/5/2017
  1. For Mother/ Ammakayi Ashitha Nair/Malayalam/4/2018
  1. Hide and Seek/ Lukka Chuppi Abhishek Verma/Hindi/6/2018
  1. Pissed Off Abhijith Saji/No Dialogue/1/2018
  1. Roshambo Clash of Rock-Paper-Scissors Abbin Joseph Thomas/No Dialogue/1/2018
  1. Survival  Manu Chempakathinal Sabu/No Dialogue/1/2018
  1. Untold/ Ankahi   Sumit Yempalle, Nupur Chowdhary, Saahil Sagar, Dikshit Sharma/Hindi/1/2018
FOCUS MUSIC VIDEO
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  1. Belle – An Anthem for Womanhood/Baale Shruthi  Namboodiri/Malayalam/7’/2017
  1. Displacement Ritvick  Sharad Vats/Italian/6’/2017
  1. Final Offering/Vaaykkari  Kiran Nath Kailas/Malayalam/6’/2018
  1. Fragments Georgy Abraham/No Dialogue/7’/2017
  1. Jerusalem Cyril Rana/No Dialogue/4’/2017
  1. Komali Shersha Sherief/Tamil/6’/2017
  1. Mughlai Wrap Prahlad  Gopakumar, Sai Krishna, Gautam Gulati/Hindi, English /5’/2018
  1. Onnurangi Enittathu Pole Jayan K G/Malayalam/5’/2018
  1. School/ Pallikkoodam Subeesh Sudhakaran/Malayalam/3’/2017
  1. The Taste of Millennial Love Bharath Kishore Chitithoti/English/5’/2018
  1. Threshold/Choukath Moinak Guho/Bengali/4’/2017
  1. White Karidey Gautam Arora/Hindi/5’/2017
  1. Wind Came, Plucked Flowers …/Kaatttu vannee, Poo Pariche…  Raphy  Neelamkavil/Malayalam/3’/2018