Dear friends,
please visit Cinemela Film Festival web site-
www.cinemela.in
thank you for your kind support.....
Monday, July 06, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
4th edition of
CINEMELA
(a festival of short films & documentaries by YOUNG filmmakers)
April 2009
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, India.
The previous editions of Cinemela festival received overwhelming
response from all quarters and the Limca Book of World Records
has recognized the festival for its uniqueness. The festival
intends to take the films created by young artists to the young
audience and is an effort to make a space for the new creative
voices from all over the world which is denied by the crude logic
of media industry. We believe that these woks deserve attention
for their ability to go beyond local issues and provincial tastes
while simultaneously opening up a window onto a diverse
culture. Cinemela is designed to serve as a glass through which
audience may have an opportunity to glimpse important aspects
of rapidly emerging creative sensibilities which are all set to
conquer the future. Keeping this in view, we plan to take the
selected films from the festival to other campuses and places.
The young films, despite the diverse styles and subjects, tell
something about the cultures from which they spring, and have
the capability to make an impression with their individuality. The
festival aspires to provide an ideal opportunity to enjoy the
pleasure of regional distinctiveness through films and rejoice in
their universal appeal. With the images and sounds of these
films, we learn about other portions of the world and witness the
ascendancy of new artists to creative acclaim.
All are invited to be submerged in an experience of dissimilarity,
to be lost in strange spheres, to perceive unfamiliar languages,
to observe unusual styles, to discover new voices and visions.
The festival also provides a platform where interactions among
veteran film persons, young filmmakers, audience and others can
be possible in informal manner. This aims to satisfy our curiosity,
assuage our suspicion, arouse our sympathies, and heighten our
appreciation. We are hopeful that an inevitable degree of
knowing calculation will enter into the experience on both sides.
We invite the cine-lovers to visit an arena where
the future of cinema is taking shape.
Prakash Kumar Ray
Festival Convenor
(0) 9873313315/ cinemela@gmail.com
www.cinemela.blogspot.com
(Details of previous festivals are also there)
CINEMELA
(a festival of short films & documentaries by YOUNG filmmakers)
April 2009
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, India.
The previous editions of Cinemela festival received overwhelming
response from all quarters and the Limca Book of World Records
has recognized the festival for its uniqueness. The festival
intends to take the films created by young artists to the young
audience and is an effort to make a space for the new creative
voices from all over the world which is denied by the crude logic
of media industry. We believe that these woks deserve attention
for their ability to go beyond local issues and provincial tastes
while simultaneously opening up a window onto a diverse
culture. Cinemela is designed to serve as a glass through which
audience may have an opportunity to glimpse important aspects
of rapidly emerging creative sensibilities which are all set to
conquer the future. Keeping this in view, we plan to take the
selected films from the festival to other campuses and places.
The young films, despite the diverse styles and subjects, tell
something about the cultures from which they spring, and have
the capability to make an impression with their individuality. The
festival aspires to provide an ideal opportunity to enjoy the
pleasure of regional distinctiveness through films and rejoice in
their universal appeal. With the images and sounds of these
films, we learn about other portions of the world and witness the
ascendancy of new artists to creative acclaim.
All are invited to be submerged in an experience of dissimilarity,
to be lost in strange spheres, to perceive unfamiliar languages,
to observe unusual styles, to discover new voices and visions.
The festival also provides a platform where interactions among
veteran film persons, young filmmakers, audience and others can
be possible in informal manner. This aims to satisfy our curiosity,
assuage our suspicion, arouse our sympathies, and heighten our
appreciation. We are hopeful that an inevitable degree of
knowing calculation will enter into the experience on both sides.
We invite the cine-lovers to visit an arena where
the future of cinema is taking shape.
Prakash Kumar Ray
Festival Convenor
(0) 9873313315/ cinemela@gmail.com
www.cinemela.blogspot.com
(Details of previous festivals are also there)
4th edition of
CINEMELA
a festival of short films & documentaries
by
YOUNG filmmakers
April 2008
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Entries should reach on or before 20 March, 2009.
Format –only DVD (two copies of each entry)
Films must be sub-titled in English
Enclose a brief synopsis of the film/s, CV of the filmmaker with photograph, details of crew and a declaration of participation (all documents should be in A4 paper size).
Filmmakers are requested to send a short note on “Why I make films” and some stills, posters and publicity material (not mandatory).
No bar on numbers of entries and length or theme of the films.
Films can be experimental, animation, musical, in fact, anything.
There is NO ENTRY FEE
All are requested to contribute generously since the festival does not accept any corporate or commercial sponsorship. A little contribution will be a great boost for our effort. Send your contribution as cheque/demand draft payable to Prakash Kumar Ray and payable at Delhi/New Delhi.
The films will remain with the Cinemela Collectives and a collection of films from the festival will be screened at other campuses and places. The certificate of participation will be issued to all participants. The films screened in the festival will not be returned. Those who want their films be returned should send Rs 250 as the cost of packing and postage (as cheque/demand draft payable to Prakash Kumar Ray and payable at Delhi/New Delhi).
Send your entries and contribution to:
Prakash Kumar Ray
Cinemela Film Festival
225, Sutlej,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi – 110067.
for more details,
cinemela@gmail.com
(0) 987 331 331 5
CINEMELA
a festival of short films & documentaries
by
YOUNG filmmakers
April 2008
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Entries should reach on or before 20 March, 2009.
Format –only DVD (two copies of each entry)
Films must be sub-titled in English
Enclose a brief synopsis of the film/s, CV of the filmmaker with photograph, details of crew and a declaration of participation (all documents should be in A4 paper size).
Filmmakers are requested to send a short note on “Why I make films” and some stills, posters and publicity material (not mandatory).
No bar on numbers of entries and length or theme of the films.
Films can be experimental, animation, musical, in fact, anything.
There is NO ENTRY FEE
All are requested to contribute generously since the festival does not accept any corporate or commercial sponsorship. A little contribution will be a great boost for our effort. Send your contribution as cheque/demand draft payable to Prakash Kumar Ray and payable at Delhi/New Delhi.
The films will remain with the Cinemela Collectives and a collection of films from the festival will be screened at other campuses and places. The certificate of participation will be issued to all participants. The films screened in the festival will not be returned. Those who want their films be returned should send Rs 250 as the cost of packing and postage (as cheque/demand draft payable to Prakash Kumar Ray and payable at Delhi/New Delhi).
Send your entries and contribution to:
Prakash Kumar Ray
Cinemela Film Festival
225, Sutlej,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi – 110067.
for more details,
cinemela@gmail.com
(0) 987 331 331 5
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friday, November 14, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Release Dr Sen and Ajai TG
without any delay
Cinemela Collectives
presents
Free Binayak Sen Film Festival
May 14, 2008/10am onwards
SAA auditorium, JNU, New Delhi
without any delay
Cinemela Collectives
presents
Free Binayak Sen Film Festival
May 14, 2008/10am onwards
SAA auditorium, JNU, New Delhi
Prof Arun Kumar
Prof Kamal M Chenoy
Prof Ajay Patnaik
Prof Mohan Rao
Dr Rohan D’Souza
and many other teachers, activists and friends of Dr Sen will speak on the man, his contributions and the situation which led to his arrest.
SCREENING of 10 films (list given below)
Prof Kamal M Chenoy
Prof Ajay Patnaik
Prof Mohan Rao
Dr Rohan D’Souza
and many other teachers, activists and friends of Dr Sen will speak on the man, his contributions and the situation which led to his arrest.
SCREENING of 10 films (list given below)
14 May 2008 will mark one year of imprisonment for Dr Binayak Sen, the well-known public health and civil rights activist, arrested on false charges of ‘assisting’ the Maoist insurgency in Chattisgarh.
In a nation where increasingly the medical profession is becoming synonymous with unbridled commercial greed Dr Sen dedicated his entire professional life to the free service of people in the remotest villages.
In a country, which has health indicators worse than that of sub-Saharan Africa, Dr Sen passionately worked for setting up low cost models of healthcare accessible to the poor.
And in a land where the problems of public health are deeply intertwined with the gross violations of the Indian Constitution by state agencies themselves Dr Sen fought for ensuring democratic rights of ordinary people.
Dr Sen’s detention as a ‘threat to national security’ stands therefore as a challenge to every Indian who aspires for a humane, democratic and civilized India.
To mark the first anniversary of the arrest of Dr Sen, on 14 May 2008 and to call for his immediate release the Free Binayak Sen Film Festival is being organised by concerned citizens and groups around the country. The package of 10 documentaries, presented in this Festival, highlight the issues of human rights and public health and deal with themes ranging from nutrition, greed of drug companies, environmental pollution and state atrocities.
They are meant to make all those who watch them wake up and more importantly resist the Silent Emergency that is creeping upon us in front of our very eyes.
***************************************
Films
1. In the Name of Medicine
K.P.Sasi
On the hazardous and banned pharmaceutical drugs in India.
2. Antibiotic Resistance for Idiots
Satya Sivaraman
A look at antibiotics from the microbe’s point of view and calling for an ecological approach to medicine.
3. It’s a Boy, its going to be a boy
Vani Subramaniam
On sex determination tests and female foeticide
4. Sicko
Michael Moore
Investigates the American health care system, focusing on its for-profit health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the private-sector U.S. system with the socialized systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.
5. Secrets and Lies
Stavros Stagos
This Greek documentary explores how the Bhopal chemical disaster of 1984, which claimed as many as 20,000 lives, continues to affect people today. Points an accusing finger mostly at Union Carbide, the multinational pesticide manufacturer that owned the Bhopal plant. The company is currently part of Dow Chemical (makers of Agent Orange) which now denies all legal responsibility for the disaster.
6. The Bitter Drink
P. Baburaj & C. Saratchandran
Chronicles the struggle of the most marginalised section of the Indian society, the tribal community, against the mighty global giant Coca Cola. It also discusses the issue of the ownership of natural resources, mainly water.
7. Development Flows fromthe Barrel of the Gun
Biju Toppo & Meghnath
Documenting the state violence on people affected by development projects in the country, the film explores the relationship between this violence and the new economic policy and globalisation. It puts forward the people’s viewpoint on development, which is diametrically opposed to that of the state.
8. Tales from the Margins
Kavita Joshi
‘Tales from the Margins’ travels to this remote, strife-torn corner of India to document the extraordinary protests of Manipuri women for justice. And through their lives, to focus on a vast human tragedy.
9. Death of a River
R.R.Srinivasan
A documentary about the Manjolai massacre, which took place when Tamil Nadu police attacked a procession of striking tea estate workers, their families and supporters on July 23, 1999. Seventeen people, including two women and a two-year-old boy, were killed and 500 injured in the police attack.
10. Resilient Rhythms
Gopal Menon
India’s caste system places nearly 160 million people, the dalits, at the outskirts of society. It exploits their services, especially to perform ”polluting” tasks, such as cutting the umbilical cord, disposing of night-soil, tending cremation grounds, but at the same time denies them acceptance as human beings. Resilient Rhythms deals with a range of dalit responses to their marginalization, from armed struggle to electoral politics.
All groups interested in receiving the package of films for organizing the Free Binayak Sen Film Festival in their areas of work are requested to send the name of their organization, postal address and tentative date of screening to - Wilfred D’Souza, INSAF, New Delhi, insaf@vsnl.com, Ph: 09825171919. The package is meant to be screened mostly in the month of May, particularly around 14 May, the first anniversary of Dr Sen’s arrest.
Prakash K Ray, Convenor, Cinemela Collectives. 09873313315
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Cinemela Collectives thank the audience, the well-wishers and the filmmakers who contributed to the success of the 3rd edition of Cinemela Film Festival. We are grateful to School of Arts & Aesthetics (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), JNU Students' Union and Amnesty International India for their valueable support. We also thank PETA India, Dearcinema.com, Sa-Dhan (New Delhi) and the second floor (Karachi, Pakistan) for their solidarity with the festival.
We ressolve to take forward the festival with more and more films of young filmmakers alongwith the films of senior filmmakers and good cinema by the masters.
We request for support and participation of all cine-lovers, organisations and institutions.
We ressolve to take forward the festival with more and more films of young filmmakers alongwith the films of senior filmmakers and good cinema by the masters.
We request for support and participation of all cine-lovers, organisations and institutions.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
