A Quick run through of the various activities and sessions held at MIFF 2016
Six debutants and a mentor Mumbai, January 30, 2016 In a unique experiment, the Films Division reached out to six young first-time film-makers from the north-east of the country, and taught them the intricacies of the craft. It was ‘a dream come true’ for Lallianpuii (Mizoram), Aldrin Losanghina (Mizoram), Anungla (Nagaland), Tiakumzuk Ao (Nagaland), Megotsolie Dolie (Nagaland) and Arup Mazumder (Assam, Director of Photography) as their films managed to make it to MIFF 2016. Beginning in 2014, this is the first phase of a continuing programme. States like Manipur and Tripura might be on the Films Division map soon. Of these states, only Assam has an organised film industry, but there too, Joshy chose to go to Silchar, instead of the state capital, Guwahati. Concerned at the rejection of several pitches from the region by Films Division, in spite of interesting subjects, due lack of polished presentation, Films Division staffer-Director Joshy Joseph, who is familia...