Songs of the Blue Hills screens in documentary competition
The 8th edition of Signs Film Festival, to be held from May 28-June 1 in Kochi (Kerala) has unveiled lineup.
Organized by the Kerala Sub Region of the Federation of Film Societies of India, the festival features a national level competition for documentaries and short fiction. It has 4 award categories: Best Documentary, Prize: Rs 50,000; Best Short Feature(duration less than 70 minutes), Prize: Rs 50,000; Cinema of Resistance (Award for the best short feature/documentary on subjects like state oppression, human rights, environmental issues, gender equality, social/cultural identity etc), Prize: Rs 25,000; Cinema Experimenta (Award for the best experimental attempt), Prize: Rs 25,000.
The 2014 Jury will be headed by filmmaker Madhushree Dutta and will consist of artist and sculptor Riyas Komu; and filmmaker and academician K.B. Venu.
Films Selected For Screening In Signs 2014
Fiction – Competition
Dwand / 12 Min. / Director: Abhilash Vijayan Calls Unanswered / 16 Min. / Director: Vibhuti Narayan Upadhyay Thutse Kyume / 12 Min.
The 8th edition of Signs Film Festival, to be held from May 28-June 1 in Kochi (Kerala) has unveiled lineup.
Organized by the Kerala Sub Region of the Federation of Film Societies of India, the festival features a national level competition for documentaries and short fiction. It has 4 award categories: Best Documentary, Prize: Rs 50,000; Best Short Feature(duration less than 70 minutes), Prize: Rs 50,000; Cinema of Resistance (Award for the best short feature/documentary on subjects like state oppression, human rights, environmental issues, gender equality, social/cultural identity etc), Prize: Rs 25,000; Cinema Experimenta (Award for the best experimental attempt), Prize: Rs 25,000.
The 2014 Jury will be headed by filmmaker Madhushree Dutta and will consist of artist and sculptor Riyas Komu; and filmmaker and academician K.B. Venu.
Films Selected For Screening In Signs 2014
Fiction – Competition
Dwand / 12 Min. / Director: Abhilash Vijayan Calls Unanswered / 16 Min. / Director: Vibhuti Narayan Upadhyay Thutse Kyume / 12 Min.
- 5/20/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
F inally, rounding up the year that has gone by, here goes our list of Top 10 Short Films of 2013 based on festival selections and popularity:
A still from Kush
Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani
One of the long-listed live action shorts at the 86th Academy Awards, Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Kush, set during the 1984 riots post the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, is a tale of a class of ten year olds and a teacher who takes up the task of protecting the only Sikh boy on the school bus. Bhutiani’s diploma film at the School of Visual Arts, New York, won the Orizzonti award for Best Short Film at the prestigious Venice Film Festival as well as the Grand Jury prize at the South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff).
Read Shubhashish Bhutiani’s interview
Love.Love.Love by Sandhya Daisy Sundaram
Ftii student Sandhya Daisy Sundaram, under the Cinetrain project,...
A still from Kush
Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani
One of the long-listed live action shorts at the 86th Academy Awards, Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Kush, set during the 1984 riots post the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, is a tale of a class of ten year olds and a teacher who takes up the task of protecting the only Sikh boy on the school bus. Bhutiani’s diploma film at the School of Visual Arts, New York, won the Orizzonti award for Best Short Film at the prestigious Venice Film Festival as well as the Grand Jury prize at the South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff).
Read Shubhashish Bhutiani’s interview
Love.Love.Love by Sandhya Daisy Sundaram
Ftii student Sandhya Daisy Sundaram, under the Cinetrain project,...
- 1/6/2014
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
A still from Aisa Hota Hai
It Happens (Aisa Hota Hai) by Aashish Dubey and Allah is Great by Andrea Iannetta will screen at the 9th edition of the Romania International Film Festival starting today, September 30, 2013 until October 6, 2013.
Mumbai-based independent filmmaker Aashish Dubey’s 13 minute film It Happens or Aisa Hota Hai brings five people together in mysterious circumstances where the competition for survival is tough. The short will be screened in Underground, a competitive section.
The film has earlier been screened at several film festivals including Fribourg, Indian Film Festival Stuttgart, New Jersey Independent South Asian Cinefest and Signs Film Festival in Kerala.
Andrea Iannetta is an Italian student from the Film and Television Institute of India. His 25 minute film narrates the resulting mayhem when Danish engineer Frank Asmas meets Salim, a Taxi driver, both coming from different worlds. The India –Italy co-production won the Student Jury award for...
It Happens (Aisa Hota Hai) by Aashish Dubey and Allah is Great by Andrea Iannetta will screen at the 9th edition of the Romania International Film Festival starting today, September 30, 2013 until October 6, 2013.
Mumbai-based independent filmmaker Aashish Dubey’s 13 minute film It Happens or Aisa Hota Hai brings five people together in mysterious circumstances where the competition for survival is tough. The short will be screened in Underground, a competitive section.
The film has earlier been screened at several film festivals including Fribourg, Indian Film Festival Stuttgart, New Jersey Independent South Asian Cinefest and Signs Film Festival in Kerala.
Andrea Iannetta is an Italian student from the Film and Television Institute of India. His 25 minute film narrates the resulting mayhem when Danish engineer Frank Asmas meets Salim, a Taxi driver, both coming from different worlds. The India –Italy co-production won the Student Jury award for...
- 9/30/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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