Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2013, 25,26,27 January
Chennai International Documentary and
Short Film Festival 2013
25,26,27
January; Book Point, Anna Salai, Chennai; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Jointly
organised by MARUPAKKAM (a media activist group), Padapetti (a film magazine),
Book Point (a book store).
Inauguration: 25
January 2013; 10 a.m.; Book Point
Chief
Guests: B.Lenin (filmmaker, editor), George Kutty (critic, activist, writer)
Inaugural
film:
Yuban
Dir:Yaasib
Vazquez; Mexico; 29 min; 2011; Spanish
Yuban
is about the transformation of a Zapotecan community. It portraits the longing
for a set of principles that are about to die and the effort the people make to
keep their culture alive.
Chennai International Documentary &
Short Film Festival 2013
Closing
ceremony
27
January 2013; 4 pm; Book Point
Chief
guests:
V.Arasu
(writer), Maruthu (painter), Chezhiyan (cinematographer)
Closing
film:
Jai
Bhim Comrade
Dir:
Anand Patwardhan; 180 min; 2012; Marathi with Tamil subtitles
In
1997 a statue of Dr.Ambedkar in a Dalit colony in Mumbai was desecrated with
footwear. As angry residents gathered, police opened fire killing 10. Vilas
Ghogre, a leftist poet, hung himself in protest.
Jai
Bhim Comrade shot over 14 years, follows the poetry and music of people like
Vilas marks a subaltern tradition of reason that from the days of Buddha, has
fought superstition and religious bigotry.
Special features of the festival:
*Around
30 films will be screened under the following sections:
1) International
Films
2) Rest
of India
3) Films
from Tamilnadu
*Screening
timings: 10 a.m. to 1 pm; 4 pm to 8 pm
*Interaction
with filmmakers and technicians:
Every day
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
25
Jan: Sound and Documentary
Speakers:
Rohini (filmmaker, actor), Aasaan Nambi (sound recordist)
26
Jan: Camera and Documentary
Speakers:
Sunny Joseph (cinematographer), Someetharan (filmmaker)
27
Jan: Editing and Documentary
Speakers:
Arun Mozhi (filmmaker); Amudhan R.P. (filmmaker)
Coordination
team:
Amudhan
R.P.; R.R.Srinivasan; Senthil Nathan; Adavi Murali; Kutti Revathi; Someetharan;
Aravind Kumar; Kumarakurubaran
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All
are welcome!
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