Film Southasia, Festival of South Asian Documentaries has announced its selection for 2013 edition. Fifteen Indian documentaries will be screened at the festival that will take place from 3-6 October in Kathmandu, Nepal. Film Southasia (Fsa) is a biennial festival that was set up in 1997 with the goal of popularizing the documentary.
Selected Indian films:
A Prayer For Aliyah by Zorawar Shukla
Algorithms by Ian McDonald
Big In Bollywood by Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles
Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Char…No Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi
Elemental by Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughn Lee
Fire In The Blood by Dylan Mohan Gray
Gaur in My Garden by Rita Banerji
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread by Satchith Paulose
Immoral Daughters by Nakul Singh Sawhney
Invoking Justice by Deepa Dhanraj
Salma by Kim Longinotto
Sama by Shazia Khan
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
Voice of God by Bernd Lützeler...
Selected Indian films:
A Prayer For Aliyah by Zorawar Shukla
Algorithms by Ian McDonald
Big In Bollywood by Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles
Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Char…No Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi
Elemental by Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughn Lee
Fire In The Blood by Dylan Mohan Gray
Gaur in My Garden by Rita Banerji
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread by Satchith Paulose
Immoral Daughters by Nakul Singh Sawhney
Invoking Justice by Deepa Dhanraj
Salma by Kim Longinotto
Sama by Shazia Khan
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
Voice of God by Bernd Lützeler...
- 8/17/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Vancouver, Canada – Providing a forum for independent North American Asian filmmakers, the upcoming Vancouver Asian Film Festival (Vaff) will offer audiences a diverse selection of shorts and full features.
Celebrating its 15th year, the festival’s theme for 2011, ‘Love Letters to Vancouver’, ties in with the city of Vancouver’s 125th birthday celebration. The plywood background for the program guide cover may seem familiar because it was inspired after the Canucks riot when everyone wrote their ‘Love Letters’ to the city on the plywood covering broken windows and doors.
With almost 60 films and over 60 diverse Asian filmmakers, actors and special guests scheduled to attend this year’s festival, this is the largest Vancouver Asian Film festival to date.
Here are a few Vaff 2011 films we are looking forward to:
The Opening Night Presentation – Almost Perfect
Directed by award winning writer/director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Thursday, Nov 3 at 7:00pm
Vancouver...
Celebrating its 15th year, the festival’s theme for 2011, ‘Love Letters to Vancouver’, ties in with the city of Vancouver’s 125th birthday celebration. The plywood background for the program guide cover may seem familiar because it was inspired after the Canucks riot when everyone wrote their ‘Love Letters’ to the city on the plywood covering broken windows and doors.
With almost 60 films and over 60 diverse Asian filmmakers, actors and special guests scheduled to attend this year’s festival, this is the largest Vancouver Asian Film festival to date.
Here are a few Vaff 2011 films we are looking forward to:
The Opening Night Presentation – Almost Perfect
Directed by award winning writer/director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Thursday, Nov 3 at 7:00pm
Vancouver...
- 11/1/2011
- by Marie Ferrer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Vikramaditya Motwane’s debut film Udaan won the highest honor at the 8th Bollywood and Beyond Film Festival, held in Stuttgart from July 20-24, 2011. The film was awarded the German Star of India in the feature film category, carrying a cash prize of 4,000 Euros.
Tubelight ka Chaand, directed by Shlok Sharma won the German Star of India in the Short Film category, carrying a cash prize of 1000 Euros.
It’s Cricket, No? directed by Sudhir Aggarwal won the German Star of India in the Documentary category, which carries a cash prize of 1000 Euros.
The Director’s Vision Award for directors who take an ambitious look at a social or cultural plight went to Arranged Happiness by Daniela Dar-Creutz for its depiction of arranged marriage in India.
American documentary Big in Bollywood directed by Kenny Meenhan and Bill Bowles won the Audience Award. It depicts the story of Nri actor Omi Vaidya...
Tubelight ka Chaand, directed by Shlok Sharma won the German Star of India in the Short Film category, carrying a cash prize of 1000 Euros.
It’s Cricket, No? directed by Sudhir Aggarwal won the German Star of India in the Documentary category, which carries a cash prize of 1000 Euros.
The Director’s Vision Award for directors who take an ambitious look at a social or cultural plight went to Arranged Happiness by Daniela Dar-Creutz for its depiction of arranged marriage in India.
American documentary Big in Bollywood directed by Kenny Meenhan and Bill Bowles won the Audience Award. It depicts the story of Nri actor Omi Vaidya...
- 7/26/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
With its jury members featuring heavy-hitters such as critics Robert Koehler and Claudia Puig, as well as AFI’s Myriam Despujoulets, Women in Film’s Susan Cartsonis, Ravi Kapoor from “Crossing Jordan” and Parvesh Cheena of “Outsourced,” Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles announced its 2011 winners:
Grand Jury Awards:
Best Narrative Feature:
Udaan
(Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane)
Best Documentary Feature:
I Am
(Directed by Sonali Gulati)
Honorable Mention:
Ganesh Boy Wonder
(Directed by Srinivas Krishna)
Best Short Film:
The Eclipse Of Taregna
(Produced/Directed by Rakesh Chaudhary)
Honorable Mention:
Tubelight’S Moon (Tubelight Ka Chand)
(Written/Directed by Shlok Sharma)
Audience Awards:
Narrative Feature:
I Am Kalam
(Directed by Nila Madhab Panda)
Documentary:
Big In Bollywood
(Directed by Kenny Meehan, Bill Bowles)
Short:
Tubelight’S Moon (Tubelight Ka Chand)
(Written/Directed by Shlok Sharma)
To find out more, or to see how to submit for next year’s festival, check...
Grand Jury Awards:
Best Narrative Feature:
Udaan
(Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane)
Best Documentary Feature:
I Am
(Directed by Sonali Gulati)
Honorable Mention:
Ganesh Boy Wonder
(Directed by Srinivas Krishna)
Best Short Film:
The Eclipse Of Taregna
(Produced/Directed by Rakesh Chaudhary)
Honorable Mention:
Tubelight’S Moon (Tubelight Ka Chand)
(Written/Directed by Shlok Sharma)
Audience Awards:
Narrative Feature:
I Am Kalam
(Directed by Nila Madhab Panda)
Documentary:
Big In Bollywood
(Directed by Kenny Meehan, Bill Bowles)
Short:
Tubelight’S Moon (Tubelight Ka Chand)
(Written/Directed by Shlok Sharma)
To find out more, or to see how to submit for next year’s festival, check...
- 4/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
With its jury members featuring heavy-hitters such as critics Robert Koehler and Claudia Puig, as well as AFI’s Myriam Despujoulets, Women in Film’s Susan Cartsonis, Ravi Kapoor from “Crossing Jordan” and Parvesh Cheena of “Outsourced,” Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles announced its 2011 winners:
Grand Jury Awards:
Best Narrative Feature:
Udaan
(Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane)
Best Documentary Feature:
I Am
(Directed by Sonali Gulati)
Honorable Mention:
Ganesh Boy Wonder
(Directed by Srinivas Krishna)
Best Short Film:
The Eclipse Of Taregna
(Produced/Directed by Rakesh Chaudhary)
Honorable Mention:
Tubelight’S Moon (Tubelight Ka Chand)
(Written/Directed by Shlok Sharma)
Audience Awards:
Narrative Feature:
I Am Kalam
(Directed by Nila Madhab Panda)
Documentary:
Big In Bollywood
(Directed by Kenny Meehan, Bill Bowles)
Short:
Tubelight’S Moon (Tubelight Ka Chand)
(Written/Directed by Shlok Sharma)
To find out more, or to see how to submit for next year’s festival, check...
Grand Jury Awards:
Best Narrative Feature:
Udaan
(Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane)
Best Documentary Feature:
I Am
(Directed by Sonali Gulati)
Honorable Mention:
Ganesh Boy Wonder
(Directed by Srinivas Krishna)
Best Short Film:
The Eclipse Of Taregna
(Produced/Directed by Rakesh Chaudhary)
Honorable Mention:
Tubelight’S Moon (Tubelight Ka Chand)
(Written/Directed by Shlok Sharma)
Audience Awards:
Narrative Feature:
I Am Kalam
(Directed by Nila Madhab Panda)
Documentary:
Big In Bollywood
(Directed by Kenny Meehan, Bill Bowles)
Short:
Tubelight’S Moon (Tubelight Ka Chand)
(Written/Directed by Shlok Sharma)
To find out more, or to see how to submit for next year’s festival, check...
- 4/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Udaan directed by Vikramaditya Motwane was declared the Best Picture by Grand Jury at the Indian Film festival of Los Angeles that concluded on Sunday. The Best Picture Audience Prize went to I Am Kalam by Nila Madhab Panda.
I Am, directed by Sonali Gulati won the Grand Jury prize for the Best Documentary while Big in Bollywood by Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles was chosen as the audience’s favourite.
I Am is filmmaker Sonia Gulati’s story of coming home to India wanting to disclose her sexual orientation and meeting other closeted and openly gay and lesbian Indians and their parents. Big in Bollywood is the story of Omi Vaidya’s launch from obscurity to the heights of Bollywood stardom through 3 Idiots, documented by his college friends.
The Eclipse of Taregna by Rakesh Chaudhary won the Best Short (Grand Jury) while Audience’s Favorite was Tubelight Ka Chaand by Shlok Sharma.
I Am, directed by Sonali Gulati won the Grand Jury prize for the Best Documentary while Big in Bollywood by Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles was chosen as the audience’s favourite.
I Am is filmmaker Sonia Gulati’s story of coming home to India wanting to disclose her sexual orientation and meeting other closeted and openly gay and lesbian Indians and their parents. Big in Bollywood is the story of Omi Vaidya’s launch from obscurity to the heights of Bollywood stardom through 3 Idiots, documented by his college friends.
The Eclipse of Taregna by Rakesh Chaudhary won the Best Short (Grand Jury) while Audience’s Favorite was Tubelight Ka Chaand by Shlok Sharma.
- 4/18/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
I Am Kalam, director Nila Madhab Panda’s feature film debut will open the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) 2011. The 9th edition of the festival announced its line up with 13 feature films, 6 documentaries and 13 short films.
Walt Disney Pictures’ Zokkomon (World Premiere), written and directed by debutant Satyajit Bhatkal will be the closing film of the festival.
The “Bollywood By Night” series will screen three popular titles: Kiran Rao’s Dhobhi Ghat, Maneesh Sharma’s Band Bajaa Baaraat and S. Shankar’s The Robot.
The festival will take place at ArcLight Hollywood through April 12-17.
Iffla 2011 Program (complete program as stated in press release)
Feature Films
Opening Night Gala
I Am Kalam
India- Los Angeles Premiere
Director: Nila Madhab Panda
Hindi (English subtitles)
Closing Night Gala
Zokkomon
India- World Premiere
Director: Satyajit Bhatkal
Hindi (English subtitles)
I Am… (Director: Onir)
India- Los Angeles Premiere
I Am… paints a...
Walt Disney Pictures’ Zokkomon (World Premiere), written and directed by debutant Satyajit Bhatkal will be the closing film of the festival.
The “Bollywood By Night” series will screen three popular titles: Kiran Rao’s Dhobhi Ghat, Maneesh Sharma’s Band Bajaa Baaraat and S. Shankar’s The Robot.
The festival will take place at ArcLight Hollywood through April 12-17.
Iffla 2011 Program (complete program as stated in press release)
Feature Films
Opening Night Gala
I Am Kalam
India- Los Angeles Premiere
Director: Nila Madhab Panda
Hindi (English subtitles)
Closing Night Gala
Zokkomon
India- World Premiere
Director: Satyajit Bhatkal
Hindi (English subtitles)
I Am… (Director: Onir)
India- Los Angeles Premiere
I Am… paints a...
- 3/25/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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