Still from Umesh Kulkarni’s Girni
The 35th edition of the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival will commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema with ‘Namaste India’, a sub – section that will screen 41 Indian shorts.
The sub-section that falls under Panorama section aims to offer “a broader historical and cultural overview of this giant country’s (India) film production.” For this festival has made a varied selection, keeping in mind the cultural and geographical diversity in the country. An inclusive list that includes works from film students to independent film makers on a variety of themes like the city, the country, native and religious communities, prostitution, theatre, tradition, borders, poverty, etc.
Out of these, five shorts will be part of a Retrospective of Umesh Kulkarni, who is also on the International Jury of the festival. His shorts: Darshan, Girni, Three of Us, Gaarud and Vilay will be screened at the festival.
The 35th edition of the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival will commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema with ‘Namaste India’, a sub – section that will screen 41 Indian shorts.
The sub-section that falls under Panorama section aims to offer “a broader historical and cultural overview of this giant country’s (India) film production.” For this festival has made a varied selection, keeping in mind the cultural and geographical diversity in the country. An inclusive list that includes works from film students to independent film makers on a variety of themes like the city, the country, native and religious communities, prostitution, theatre, tradition, borders, poverty, etc.
Out of these, five shorts will be part of a Retrospective of Umesh Kulkarni, who is also on the International Jury of the festival. His shorts: Darshan, Girni, Three of Us, Gaarud and Vilay will be screened at the festival.
- 1/7/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Eclipse of Taregna
When Rakesh Chaudhary met a bigshot Bollywood producer to narrate his short film idea of The Eclipse of Taregna, the producer asked him– “What’s a short film!”. After meeting many such producers, Chaudhary ended up self-financing his film with the help of a cinematographer friend and the film went on to win the grand jury prize for the best short film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles in April this year.
It wasn’t any easy for a Mumbai-based film editor Vinoo Choliparambil when he decided to turn director with his short film Vitthal. It was year 2008 and Vinoo had been working in the film industry for five years and had edited films like Ram Gopal Varma’s Phoonk 2.
No producer was interested in producing Vinoo’s film and finally he had to go the independent way. He put in all his savings...
When Rakesh Chaudhary met a bigshot Bollywood producer to narrate his short film idea of The Eclipse of Taregna, the producer asked him– “What’s a short film!”. After meeting many such producers, Chaudhary ended up self-financing his film with the help of a cinematographer friend and the film went on to win the grand jury prize for the best short film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles in April this year.
It wasn’t any easy for a Mumbai-based film editor Vinoo Choliparambil when he decided to turn director with his short film Vitthal. It was year 2008 and Vinoo had been working in the film industry for five years and had edited films like Ram Gopal Varma’s Phoonk 2.
No producer was interested in producing Vinoo’s film and finally he had to go the independent way. He put in all his savings...
- 7/4/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Russian director Alexander Gutman’s August 17 won the Golden Conch for the Best Documentary, while The Spell directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the Best Fiction film at the 11th Mumbai International Film Festival of Documentary, Animation and Short Films, which concluded at Ncpa, in Mumbai today.
The Jury didn’t find any documentary suitable for the Golden Conch in the Best Documentary film / video (Upto 30 mins) category. The Silver Conch and Rs.1,50,000 in the same category was shared between I Found A Thread by Tangella Madhavi of India and Vagabond- A Nomad In Spirit & In Reality by Mahvish Rahman, Priya Thuvassery, Swati Bhattacharya & Tulika of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.
There was a Jury Special Mention for two films, Nero’s Guests by Deepa Bhatia and Anwar – Dream of a Dark Night byAnwar Jamal.
Golden Conch and Rs.3,00,000 in Best Documentary film / video (Above 30 Mins) went to 17 August by Alexander Gutman of Russia.
The Jury didn’t find any documentary suitable for the Golden Conch in the Best Documentary film / video (Upto 30 mins) category. The Silver Conch and Rs.1,50,000 in the same category was shared between I Found A Thread by Tangella Madhavi of India and Vagabond- A Nomad In Spirit & In Reality by Mahvish Rahman, Priya Thuvassery, Swati Bhattacharya & Tulika of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.
There was a Jury Special Mention for two films, Nero’s Guests by Deepa Bhatia and Anwar – Dream of a Dark Night byAnwar Jamal.
Golden Conch and Rs.3,00,000 in Best Documentary film / video (Above 30 Mins) went to 17 August by Alexander Gutman of Russia.
- 2/9/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Vinoo Choliparambil is the most talked about short film maker of 2009. He has directed the award winning short ‘Vitthal.’ The film has won the 'Best Short Film' award at the Asian Festival of First Films 2009 (Singapore), 2nd Best Short film at Dubai International film Festival, Special Jury award at the Osian's Cinefan film festival 2009 (Delhi) and the Best Short Film Jury Award at Lyon Asian Film Festival 2009 (France).
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- 1/4/2010
- by Ameya Bahulekar
- DearCinema.com
Vinoo Choliparambil is the most talked about short film maker of 2009. He has directed the award winning short ‘Vitthal.’ The film has won the 'Best Short Film' award at the Asian Festival of First Films 2009 (Singapore), 2nd Best Short film at Dubai International film Festival, Special Jury award at the Osian's Cinefan film festival 2009 (Delhi) and the Best Short Film Jury Award at Lyon Asian Film Festival 2009 (France). Choliparambil talks about what it was like shooting his first short film and the difficulties a short film maker has to face while making a film…
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- 1/4/2010
- by Ameya Bahulekar
- DearCinema.com
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