It’s my distinct pleasure to announce Gentle Creatures: Robert Bresson and Mani Kaul, a Dostoevsky double-header comprising adaptations of the short story “A Gentle Creature”––Bresson’s Une femme douce and Kaul’s Nazar––that I’ve programmed and which comes to Bam on Monday, August 5.
This event offers Une femme douce‘s first New York showing since 2017; searches yielding nothing, I’m plainly unsure when Nazar last played locally. Either are exemplary visions of their director’s genius. As a pairing, this program presents some study in contrasts: making his first color film, Une femme douce finds Bresson adding new layers to his oft-imitated, never-surpassed style, while Nazar allows Kaul to turn a narrative more linear than earlier triumphs into a formalist playground, tracing characters’ emotions with drifting cameras, spatial disorientation, reflections, and startling soundscapes.
Official description of both films below:
Nazar
Two decades after Robert Bresson made Une femme douce,...
This event offers Une femme douce‘s first New York showing since 2017; searches yielding nothing, I’m plainly unsure when Nazar last played locally. Either are exemplary visions of their director’s genius. As a pairing, this program presents some study in contrasts: making his first color film, Une femme douce finds Bresson adding new layers to his oft-imitated, never-surpassed style, while Nazar allows Kaul to turn a narrative more linear than earlier triumphs into a formalist playground, tracing characters’ emotions with drifting cameras, spatial disorientation, reflections, and startling soundscapes.
Official description of both films below:
Nazar
Two decades after Robert Bresson made Une femme douce,...
- 7/25/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Kasba.The epic may go to the origins: the archetypes of thought, emotion and spiritual desire, and dissolve them in the present. The sensuous, contemporary life, seen from the perspectives of both past and future: film. Like music, the cinema is experienced as a continuous, live process of energies. It is conceived and best remembered in a flash, a composite whole.—Kumar Shahani, Film as a Contemporary ArtA sequence from Kasba (1990), directed by Kumar Shahani, has remained imprinted in my mind. Adapted from Anton Chekhov’s 1900 novella In The Ravine, Shahani’s melodrama is an exploration of feudal patriarchy in a small township in the mountains of Kangra. The film follows the younger daughter-in-law Tejo’s (Mita Vashisht) brutal power grab, which will finally culminate in the killing of the male heir to the family business. Immediately following this harrowing scene, Tejo stands at the edge of an open window,...
- 4/24/2024
- MUBI
In June, Berlin's Sinema Transtopia presented “Echoes from South Asia”, a program curated by Arindam Sen, devoted to experimental cinema from the region. The main focus was on the works of Sri Lankan, Bengali, Hindi and diasporic filmmakers from the subcontinent. The selection offered a plethora of approaches towards nonfiction filmmaking, and brought to light films which usually functioned in obscurity, either only in academic contexts, or as examples of niche experimental filmmaking.
The main themes of the programmed films that came to the fore tackled issues of social justice, homelessness, labour rights and (self-)exotification, with the filmmakers interest in nonlinear (or even nonnarrative) forms of filmmaking becoming the overarching feature. With many of the films made in the 70s and 80s, on the back of the revolution of highly politicized Third Cinema of the 60s, the filmmakers were keen on rejecting the traditional modes of storytelling. Thus, the...
The main themes of the programmed films that came to the fore tackled issues of social justice, homelessness, labour rights and (self-)exotification, with the filmmakers interest in nonlinear (or even nonnarrative) forms of filmmaking becoming the overarching feature. With many of the films made in the 70s and 80s, on the back of the revolution of highly politicized Third Cinema of the 60s, the filmmakers were keen on rejecting the traditional modes of storytelling. Thus, the...
- 7/2/2023
- by Olek Młyński
- AsianMoviePulse
NewsNavroze was an important contributor to the documentary field in India, and served as the cinematographer for many award-winning feature films, and documentaries.Navroze Contractor, a multi award winning cinematographer, photographer, superbike enthusiast, cricket player, coach and administrator, and writer, passed away in a road accident, on Sunday, June 18. He was 80-years-old. The accident took place near Hosur, when he was returning on his sports bike along with his friends. Another bike had hit Navroze’s bike, and he was rushed to the Denkanikottai Hospital in Tamil Nadu but did not survive. It had been his routine to go on bike trips every weekend. Navroze was an important contributor to the documentary field in India, and served as the cinematographer for many award-winning feature films, and documentaries. Some of the feature films he shot are Duvidha by Mani Kaul, Percy by Pervez Merwanji, Love in the Time of Malaria by Sanjiv Shah,...
- 6/19/2023
- by AzeefaF
- The News Minute
Kummatty (1979).In May of this year, Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation launched its virtual theater, Restoration Screening Room, with a beautiful digital version of I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which was followed the next month by Federico Fellini's La Strada (1954). Showing next after these mid-century classics of Western cinema is Kummatty by Aravindan Govindan, a selection in keeping with the foundation's World Cinema Project, which endeavors to preserve and restore neglected films from around the world. Nevertheless, the selection is an unusual choice, as the Indian filmmaker, an avant-garde artist at the vanguard of the Parallel Cinema movement in his native state, is relatively unknown outside of Kerala, let alone the country. Tadao Sato, one of Japan's foremost film scholars and critics, saw Kummatty for the first time in 1982 and stated that he had not seen a more beautiful film.Kummatty’s...
- 7/8/2022
- MUBI
Film FestivalTIFF 2022 will run from September 8 to 18 without any of the restrictions of the last two years. Prior to the festival, notable works from Satyajit Ray and his contemporaries will be presented between August 4 and 27.Suresh NellikodeYouTube screenshotAfter a long patch of lockdowns and pandemic-inflicted restrictions, it’s time for Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) fans to get spoiled for choice. While the 47th edition of the film festival is two months away, the organisers have planned a wonderful line-up of events and TIFF looks poised for an opulent comeback this year. TIFF 2022 will run from September 8 to 18 without any of the restrictions that were in place in the previous two years. It’ll spring back to its previous normal with added surprises to make good for what was lost in the last couple of years. There were only 50 films in 2020 and 150 in 2021, with fewer in-person shows and more hybrid online shows.
- 7/3/2022
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
The installation will be open to the public and run for over two weeks.
UK filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen will attend the 2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) with the world premiere of Sunshine State, an art installation playing at the city’s Kunsthal venue.
Details about the installation are still under wraps; the festival says that “the celebrated filmmaker and visual artist will infuse the expansive, central space of Rotterdam’s distinctive Kunsthal with sound and image.”
Commissioned by IFFR, the free installation will be open to the public, and will run from Wednesday, January 26 until Sunday, February 13. It...
UK filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen will attend the 2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) with the world premiere of Sunshine State, an art installation playing at the city’s Kunsthal venue.
Details about the installation are still under wraps; the festival says that “the celebrated filmmaker and visual artist will infuse the expansive, central space of Rotterdam’s distinctive Kunsthal with sound and image.”
Commissioned by IFFR, the free installation will be open to the public, and will run from Wednesday, January 26 until Sunday, February 13. It...
- 11/24/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.Adoor Gopalakrishnan on the set of KathapurushanIn 1982, Elippathayam (Rat-Trap) was introduced at the National Film Theatre, London, and won the Sutherland Trophy for the “most original and imaginative film” of the year. The Malayalam-language film succeeded in catapulting its director, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, to widespread international acclaim. Until then, the rare British Film Institute (BFI) honor had been bestowed upon only one filmmaker from India: Satyajit Ray. Along with Ray and Mrinal Sen, Gopalakrishnan is one of the most recognized and admired Indian filmmakers in world cinema. The International Film Critics Prize (Fipresci) has gone to him six times successively. Decorated with honors such as the French Government's Commander of the Order of Arts & Letters, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award—India's highest award in cinema—and winner of several international awards, his films...
- 11/3/2021
- MUBI
In order to properly understand the evolving aesthetics of Indian Parallel Cinema, the films of Mani Kaul are practically indispensable. While most of his filmography is undoubtedly fascinating, Kaul’s magnum opus remains his enigmatic 1973 masterpiece “Duvidha” which earned him the highly coveted National Award for Best Direction. Having said that, the movie’s achievements cannot be reduced to the names of mere accolades. Instead, its extensive legacy is built upon the fiercely original artistic investigations of Mani Kaul.
Based on the eponymous Rajasthani folk-tale written by the venerable Vijaydan Detha, “Duvidha” is a deceptively complex story about a ghost who lives in a banyan tree. When he sees a newly-wed bride (played by Raisa Padamsee) passing by on her way to her husband’s (Ravi Menon) ancestral house, the ghost is overcome with an uncontrollable desire. While the husband is pre-occupied with the pursuit of wealth,...
Based on the eponymous Rajasthani folk-tale written by the venerable Vijaydan Detha, “Duvidha” is a deceptively complex story about a ghost who lives in a banyan tree. When he sees a newly-wed bride (played by Raisa Padamsee) passing by on her way to her husband’s (Ravi Menon) ancestral house, the ghost is overcome with an uncontrollable desire. While the husband is pre-occupied with the pursuit of wealth,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Swapnil Dhruv Bose
- AsianMoviePulse
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Beckett (Ferdinando Cito Filomarino)
The title Beckett evokes the very mystery its plot presents. Former Luca Guadagnino understudy Ferdinando Cito Filomarino teams with versatile and bonafide action star John David Washington to create a throwback of a picture: at times a conspiracy thriller, character study, and man-on-the-run tale à la The Fugitive, Beckett presents an atmosphere unique to these genre conventions. – Erik N. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
The Cloud in Her Room (Zheng Lu Xinyaun)
The Hangzhou of Zheng Lu Xinyaun’s The Cloud in Her Room is a funereal city, a protean place rife with cranes and construction sites, where new buildings mushroom overnight and craters devour the earth beneath. People do not belong in that 10-million people’s...
Beckett (Ferdinando Cito Filomarino)
The title Beckett evokes the very mystery its plot presents. Former Luca Guadagnino understudy Ferdinando Cito Filomarino teams with versatile and bonafide action star John David Washington to create a throwback of a picture: at times a conspiracy thriller, character study, and man-on-the-run tale à la The Fugitive, Beckett presents an atmosphere unique to these genre conventions. – Erik N. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
The Cloud in Her Room (Zheng Lu Xinyaun)
The Hangzhou of Zheng Lu Xinyaun’s The Cloud in Her Room is a funereal city, a protean place rife with cranes and construction sites, where new buildings mushroom overnight and craters devour the earth beneath. People do not belong in that 10-million people’s...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Next month’s lineup at The Criterion Channel has been unveiled, featuring no shortage of excellent offerings. Leading the pack is a massive, 20-film retrospective dedicated to John Huston, featuring a mix of greatest and lesser-appreciated works, including Fat City, The Dead, Wise Blood, The Man Who Would Be King, and Key Largo. (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre will join the series on October 1.)
Also in the lineup is series on the works of Budd Boetticher (specifically his Randolph Scott-starring Ranown westerns), Ephraim Asili, Josephine Baker, Nikos Papatakis, Jean Harlow, Lee Isaac Chung (pre-Minari), Mani Kaul, and Michelle Parkerson.
The sparkling new restoration of La Piscine will also debut, along with Amores perros, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To the Ends of the Earth, Cate Shortland’s Lore, both Oxhide films, Moonstruck, and much more.
See the full list of August titles below and more on The Criterion Channel.
Abigail Harm,...
Also in the lineup is series on the works of Budd Boetticher (specifically his Randolph Scott-starring Ranown westerns), Ephraim Asili, Josephine Baker, Nikos Papatakis, Jean Harlow, Lee Isaac Chung (pre-Minari), Mani Kaul, and Michelle Parkerson.
The sparkling new restoration of La Piscine will also debut, along with Amores perros, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To the Ends of the Earth, Cate Shortland’s Lore, both Oxhide films, Moonstruck, and much more.
See the full list of August titles below and more on The Criterion Channel.
Abigail Harm,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
The Courier (Dominic Cooke)
Early on in The Courier, directed by Dominic Cooke, British salesman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) realizes he’s sitting at a table with both a MI6 officer (Angus Wright) and a CIA officer (Rachel Brosnahan). Excited, he admits: “I can’t believe I’m having lunch with spies!” It’s a moment of brevity that speaks to the interesting tonal dance the filmmakers are trying at. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Hope (Maria Sødahl)
While writer/director Maria Sødahl never really leaves Anja’s side to focus on what Tomas is feeling, her film Hope makes certain we know. It’s in...
The Courier (Dominic Cooke)
Early on in The Courier, directed by Dominic Cooke, British salesman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) realizes he’s sitting at a table with both a MI6 officer (Angus Wright) and a CIA officer (Rachel Brosnahan). Excited, he admits: “I can’t believe I’m having lunch with spies!” It’s a moment of brevity that speaks to the interesting tonal dance the filmmakers are trying at. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Hope (Maria Sødahl)
While writer/director Maria Sødahl never really leaves Anja’s side to focus on what Tomas is feeling, her film Hope makes certain we know. It’s in...
- 4/16/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center have today announced the 50th anniversary edition of New Directors/New Films (Nd/Nf), this year available in both virtual and in-theater settings, marking it as the first New York City festival to return to live screenings since the pandemic began. This year’s festival will introduce 27 features and 11 shorts to audiences nationwide in the MoMA and Flc virtual cinemas, and to New Yorkers at Film at Lincoln Center. The festival will open with Amalia Ulman’s “El Planeta” and close with Theo Anthony’s “All Light, Everywhere,” both of which premiered at Sundance in January.
This year’s edition will mark the second time the festival has offered a virtual arm: the festival’s original March 2020 dates were postponed when pandemic shutdowns took hold, with the series eventually opting to go virtual for its 49th edition, rolling out last December.
This year’s edition will mark the second time the festival has offered a virtual arm: the festival’s original March 2020 dates were postponed when pandemic shutdowns took hold, with the series eventually opting to go virtual for its 49th edition, rolling out last December.
- 4/1/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center have announced the 50th anniversary edition of New Directors/ New Films.
The annual program will be held virtually on April 28 through May 8, with in-person screening extending through May 14 at Film at Lincoln Center.
This year’s festival is introducing 27 features and 11 short films. Unique to the 2021 edition, there will be a free virtual retrospective to celebrate the past 50 years of New Directors/ New Films running from April 16 through April 28.
“From intimate, personal tales to political, metaphysical, and spiritual inquiries, the films in the 50th edition of New Directors/New Films embody an inexhaustible curiosity and a fearless desire for adventure,” said La Frances Hui, curator of Film at The Museum of Modern Art and 2021 New Directors/New Films co-chair. “They prove that cinema will continue to illuminate and inspire the way we live, and make art.”
Writer and director Amalia Ulman...
The annual program will be held virtually on April 28 through May 8, with in-person screening extending through May 14 at Film at Lincoln Center.
This year’s festival is introducing 27 features and 11 short films. Unique to the 2021 edition, there will be a free virtual retrospective to celebrate the past 50 years of New Directors/ New Films running from April 16 through April 28.
“From intimate, personal tales to political, metaphysical, and spiritual inquiries, the films in the 50th edition of New Directors/New Films embody an inexhaustible curiosity and a fearless desire for adventure,” said La Frances Hui, curator of Film at The Museum of Modern Art and 2021 New Directors/New Films co-chair. “They prove that cinema will continue to illuminate and inspire the way we live, and make art.”
Writer and director Amalia Ulman...
- 4/1/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) has given rise to a considerable number of terrific directors. Some of India’s greatest filmmakers such as Mani Kaul and Adoor Gopalakrishnan have come out of Ftii. The most credible representative of Indian arthouse cinema in the last decade, Amit Dutta, is also an Ftii product. Prantik Basu has had the same background, having studied film direction and screenplay writing at the institute. His short film “Sakhisona” (2016) won the Tiger Award for Short Film at the 2017 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Mogulmari is a typical village of Bengal. It has its own local folkloric stories, with belief in them fluctuating from person-to-person. A mound exists in the village and it is named after Sakhisona, a legendary figure of one of these folklores. However, the destiny of the village changes completely when archaeological experts dig through the mound to find...
Mogulmari is a typical village of Bengal. It has its own local folkloric stories, with belief in them fluctuating from person-to-person. A mound exists in the village and it is named after Sakhisona, a legendary figure of one of these folklores. However, the destiny of the village changes completely when archaeological experts dig through the mound to find...
- 3/30/2021
- by Raktim Nandi
- AsianMoviePulse
Not that time stopped, of course. Nor is there interest in a kind of grand-standing disrespect towards whatever worthwhile cinema fit into the narrow 12-month window that just passed (gentle reminder: this is how I make a living) when I say my sense of the landscape has flattened: those well-honed patterns part and parcel of a cinematic year—festival announcements, festival reviews, acquisition news, established release dates, after-work press screenings preceded by shitty midtown food, preferred theaters, weekend subway trips—vanished, the few standing traditions (if “bugging publicists for links” meets the definition) oddly extraneous. A combination of streaming services, downloading out-of-print holy grails, Plex—an app that streams files from computer to TV as simply as if watching Netflix, leaving cumbersome Hdmi plug-ins a thing of the past—and finding myself freed from sundry exhaustions of the old world are the best thing that’ve happened to my cinephilia in years.
- 1/7/2021
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Whether a viewer in 1896 or 2020, cinema has always been a dynamic and variable experience. Cinema as an event—as a manifestation of a meeting point between the art of moving images and an audience, big or small—has never fit any one definition, and this last year, so severely disrupted by a global pandemic, has deeply underscored the versatility and resilience of our great love.Our viewing this year, like that of so many, has been strange: compromised, confrontational, escapist, euphoric, painful, revelatory—encompassing all of the reactions one can have to film. How we encountered our favorite movies and most meaningful cinematic experiences of the year was hardly new: A by-now-normal mix of festivals, theatres, various subscription and transactional streaming services, as well as private screener links and gems buried on over-stuffed hard drives. But for most of the year, the communal experience shrunk to living rooms and glowing screens.
- 12/23/2020
- MUBI
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Carl Reiner, Annie Reiner, and Mel Brooks, photographed together at Brooks's 94th birthday celebration.We're saddened by news that actor, comedian, screenwriter and director Carl Reiner has died. Mel Brooks remembers Reiner, his best friend, in a post reflecting upon their famous collaborations together. Sundance Film Festival director Tabitha Jackson has unveiled plans for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which will take place "live in Utah and in at least 20 independent and community cinemas across the U.S. and beyond." Elsewhere, the Locarno International Film Festival announced its 20 selections for the Films After Tomorrow program, which aims to offer support to productions that were put on hold by the health crisis. These films include films by Lucrecia Martel, Wang Bing, Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Helena Wittmann, and Lisandro Alonso. Recommended VIEWINGArthur Jafa directed...
- 7/1/2020
- MUBI
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Mani Kaul's Duvidha (1973) is now showing in the series A Journey into Indian Cinema.When Mani Kaul’s debut film Uski Roti premiered in the Sunday evening slot, reserved for popular films, on India’s public television channel, Kaul famously said, “They could have had a programme called Shastriya Cinema or something and shown Uski Roti there—like they have Mallikarjun Mansur on Shastriya Sangeet!” The Hindi word shastriya means classical. Kaul’s affinity for the “classical” is obviously an act of distancing from the “popular” but not harking back to any notion of a cinematic legacy. What he chooses to align with, on the contrary, is a legacy of classical arts that is pre-cinematic. It is natural then that his films, including Duvidha (1973), are a collaborative but non-linear mixing of fine art, folk music, literature, and myth.
- 7/1/2020
- MUBI
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Gurvinder Singh's Alms for a Blind Horse (2011) is now showing in the series A Journey into Indian Cinema.The story goes that the demon Svarbhanu stood in a line of Hindu gods and tricked Mohini, the female manifestation of Lord Vishnu, to feed him the elixir of life. The sun and the moon gods noticed his deviance and informed Vishnu, who promptly cut off Svarbhanu’s head with a spinning disc. But by then, it was too late. Svarbhanu had already become immortal and his dismembered head and the rest of his body became separate living entities: Rahu and Ketu. Mythology says that every solar and lunar eclipse, Rahu comes riding his blind horses, seeking revenge against the sun and the moon. The Hindu caste system, in its classic act of othering, has always deemed the so-called untouchables...
- 5/31/2020
- MUBI
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSGoodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)Cancellations, closures, and cuts continue in the wake of Covid-19. Box Office Pro, Cineuropa, and Complex will be regularly updating timelines of the virus's impact on theatres and the film industry. In response to these events, website Screen Slate and New York City-based cinema Light Industry have launched the Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund, which seeks to help movie theater workers whose jobs have been affected by the closure of local cinemas. Meanwhile, the fate of this year's Cannes Film Festival remains indeterminate, with film companies planning a virtual market (and online screenings) should the festival be cancelled. Elsewhere, SXSW pushes forward by opting to distribute screening links to its jurors for award decisions. Recommended VIEWINGAll of avant-garde filmmaker Sky Hopinka's short films are now available for free, including Fainting Spells...
- 3/18/2020
- MUBI
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Mani Kaul's Our Daily Bread (1970) is now showing in the series A Journey into Indian Cinema.The Indian auteur Mani Kaul spoke of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh in some of his interviews, but his favorite artist was Paul Cézanne. Kaul admired the father of modernist painting for his ability to build one image upon another, a quality that Kaul called “constructivist.” Though sounding awfully formal, constructivism is, in a way, precisely what Kaul does so beautifully in his films. His debut feature, Our Daily Bread is a prime example. Narratively paired down, following the strict injunction of Robert Bresson (another artist Kaul admired deeply) that actors ought not act, Our Daily Bread nevertheless tells some story in a conventional sense. Yet its deceivingly simple frames are so varied and surprising that it feels like there’s...
- 3/18/2020
- MUBI
Kaanchli Life In A Slough movie review is here. Released today ? February 07, 2020, the movie stars Sanjay Mishra, Shikha Malhotra, Lalit Parimoo and Nareshpal Singh Chauhan. Directed by Dedipya Joshii, the movie is based on a story by the famous writer from Rajasthan - Vijaydan Detha. Does the movie provides justice to the fine work by Late Vijaydan Detha, let?s find out in the movie review of Kaanchli Life In A Slough
Immediate reaction when the end credits roll
Vijaydan Detha?s gem of an idea ? Kaanchli may not be at par with the earlier silver screen adaptations of his stories like Duvidha by Mani Kaul, which was later remade as Paheli by Amol Palekar starring Srk, Habeeb Tanveer?s Charandas Chor, or Parinati by Prakash Jha but certainly it has the potential of a sensual out of the box entertainer with an ode to women liberalization.
The Story of...
Immediate reaction when the end credits roll
Vijaydan Detha?s gem of an idea ? Kaanchli may not be at par with the earlier silver screen adaptations of his stories like Duvidha by Mani Kaul, which was later remade as Paheli by Amol Palekar starring Srk, Habeeb Tanveer?s Charandas Chor, or Parinati by Prakash Jha but certainly it has the potential of a sensual out of the box entertainer with an ode to women liberalization.
The Story of...
- 2/7/2020
- GlamSham
Independent Cinema The 79-minute film won the Netpac Award for the best Asian film premiering at the festival.Tnm StaffPicture courtesy: Samir Sarkar Tamil Nadu-based indie filmmaker Arun Karthick’s Nasir has won the Netpac Award for the best Asian film premiering at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (Iffr), 2020. Netpac, awarded to the best Asian feature film, was founded in 1995. Based on Dilip Kumar’s short story Oru Gumasthavin Kathai (A Clerk’s Story), the film is produced by Stray Factory, Harman Ventures, Magic Hour Films, Cent Percent Films, Uncombed Buddha and Netherlands-based Rinkel Film. Koumarane Valavane, theatre director of Pondicherry-based Indianostrum Théâtre, plays the lead in this film. Others in the cast include Sudha Ragunathan, Yasmin Rahman, Sabari and Bakkiyam Sarikar. Nasir is the story of a Muslim man working in a textile shop in Coimbatore, set against the backdrop of the communal riots in the city in...
- 2/3/2020
- by Sreedevi
- The News Minute
Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche has been added as a talent ambassador for the 4th edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam), which runs Dec 5-10 this year. Binoche joins Hong Kong star Carina Lau and K-pop performer and actor Kim Junmyeon on the ambassador roster. She will also take part in an ‘in conversation’ event at the festival, and will attend the screening of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth, in which she stars. “Iffam’s main mission is to showcase the best of world cinema and there is nobody more representative of what that means than Juliette Binoche,” said Mike Goodridge, artistic director of Iffam. Despite the current troubles in nearby Hong Kong, organizers said Iffam was presently unaffected and would be going ahead as planned.
Streaming service Mubi has officially set up shop in India, launching today with two channels, Mubi India and Mubi World. Subscriptions will cost $7 per month,...
Streaming service Mubi has officially set up shop in India, launching today with two channels, Mubi India and Mubi World. Subscriptions will cost $7 per month,...
- 11/15/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
When the Pingyao International Film Festival staged its improbable tribute to the “New Indian Cinema” of the 1960s and 1970s last month, its organizers—historian Ayesha Geeth Abbas, Deepti DCunha, and festival director Marco Müller—placed two films by Ritwik Ghatak (1925–1975) at the center of the tribute. Improbable, that is, because of the radicality of the non-Ghatak contents of the program; even Ghatak’s greatest defenders would concede that (at least with these films) he never quite pushed things as far as some of these filmmakers were able to, preferring instead to work within more popular contexts. Nestled among the more standard fare of Pyiff’s main program, the opaque and challenging delights of this twelve-film series benefited from comparison with other movies; when seen against the both the Chinese and international competition at the festival, it was perhaps inevitable that the life seemed to drain out of the new films,...
- 10/31/2019
- MUBI
Before Tapsee Pannu quits acting or Neena Gupta, Surekha Sikri or Shabana Azmi (god forbid) go out of job there is something beyond this age related debate surrounding the casting of this movie that needs to timelessly addressed.
Thanks to the marvelous insight of debutant director Tushar Hiranandani and producers like Anurag Kashyap, Reliance Entertainment and Nidhi Parmar. The extraordinary story of real courage, bravery and tremendous determination of octogenarian sharp shooters ? shooter dadi and revolver dadi - Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, will be on silver screen this Diwali to inspire and motivate millions. Badhai Ho (congratulations).
A few decades ago, cinema was divided into three prime categories ? mainstream, art (avant - grade) and middle.
Mainstream was dominated with people like Kapoor, Khosla, Samantha, Desai. Mehra, Chopra etc.? The avant-garde was claimed by Kamal Swaroop, Mani Kaul, Kumar Shahani and the ?middle? cinema saw the advent of Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani,...
Thanks to the marvelous insight of debutant director Tushar Hiranandani and producers like Anurag Kashyap, Reliance Entertainment and Nidhi Parmar. The extraordinary story of real courage, bravery and tremendous determination of octogenarian sharp shooters ? shooter dadi and revolver dadi - Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, will be on silver screen this Diwali to inspire and motivate millions. Badhai Ho (congratulations).
A few decades ago, cinema was divided into three prime categories ? mainstream, art (avant - grade) and middle.
Mainstream was dominated with people like Kapoor, Khosla, Samantha, Desai. Mehra, Chopra etc.? The avant-garde was claimed by Kamal Swaroop, Mani Kaul, Kumar Shahani and the ?middle? cinema saw the advent of Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani,...
- 10/5/2019
- GlamSham
Crouching Tigers includes titles such as Cesar Diaz’ Our Mothers and Anthony Chen’s Wet Season.
Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff) has unveiled the bulk of its programme for this year’s edition, including the world premiere of Indian filmmaker Tushar Hiranandani’s sports drama Bull’s Eye, which will screen as a special presentation on Pingyao Night.
Hong Kong filmmaker Jacob Cheung’s The Opera House, starring Mason Lee and Ouyang Nana, will also receive its world premiere at Pyiff as the closing film.
So far the festival, founded by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke with Marco Mueller as artistic director,...
Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff) has unveiled the bulk of its programme for this year’s edition, including the world premiere of Indian filmmaker Tushar Hiranandani’s sports drama Bull’s Eye, which will screen as a special presentation on Pingyao Night.
Hong Kong filmmaker Jacob Cheung’s The Opera House, starring Mason Lee and Ouyang Nana, will also receive its world premiere at Pyiff as the closing film.
So far the festival, founded by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke with Marco Mueller as artistic director,...
- 9/17/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Chinese indie films and Indian fare dominate the lineup of the Pingyao International Film Festival. The main selection for the festival’s third edition will include 28 world premieres, organizers said. The event will screen 52 films from 26 countries and territories, with all of them having their China debut.
The opening film is set as the world premiere of Indian director Tushar Hiranandani’s biographical film, “Bull’s Eye.” It tells the story of two real-life female sharpshooters from the same village who learned to shoot late in life, but went on to achieve national fame. The women are now in their 80s.
Chinese films that will have their world premieres at the festival include: “Summer Is the Coldest Season” by Zhou Sun; “Wisdom Tooth” by Liang Ming; “Single Cycle” by Zhang Qi; “Blood Daisy” by Xu Xiangyun; “An Insignificant Affair” by Ning Yuanyuan; “A Trophy on the Sea” by Ju Anqi...
The opening film is set as the world premiere of Indian director Tushar Hiranandani’s biographical film, “Bull’s Eye.” It tells the story of two real-life female sharpshooters from the same village who learned to shoot late in life, but went on to achieve national fame. The women are now in their 80s.
Chinese films that will have their world premieres at the festival include: “Summer Is the Coldest Season” by Zhou Sun; “Wisdom Tooth” by Liang Ming; “Single Cycle” by Zhang Qi; “Blood Daisy” by Xu Xiangyun; “An Insignificant Affair” by Ning Yuanyuan; “A Trophy on the Sea” by Ju Anqi...
- 9/17/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The 12-title line-up includes classics from filmmakers such as Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Mani Kaul, Shyam Benegal and Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
This year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff) is hosting a retrospective of Indian New Wave cinema from the 1950s to the 1970s.
The 12-title line-up includes classics from filmmakers such as Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Mani Kaul, Shyam Benegal and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The programme will kick off with two titles from Ghatak, who was considered the godfather of the Indian new wave and a mentor to other filmmakers (see full list of titles below).
India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,...
This year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff) is hosting a retrospective of Indian New Wave cinema from the 1950s to the 1970s.
The 12-title line-up includes classics from filmmakers such as Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Mani Kaul, Shyam Benegal and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The programme will kick off with two titles from Ghatak, who was considered the godfather of the Indian new wave and a mentor to other filmmakers (see full list of titles below).
India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,...
- 5/19/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Courtisane Festival in Gent, Belgium (March 28 - April 4) in collaboration with the Essay Film Festival in London, UK (March 21 - 29) has brought together a selection of Mani Kaul films for a program titled Soft Notes on a Sharp Scale:The Rambling Figures of Mani Kaul. Two events, seemingly unassuming and unrelated, that happened in the mid 60s were instrumental in shaping the cinematic landscape of India. J.S. Bhownagary was appointed Deputy Chief Producer for a second stint at Films Division in 1965, and Ritwik Ghatak moved to Pune to teach at the Film and Television institute of India (Ftii) in 1966. The first resulted in experimental documentaries being made by the likes of S.N.S. Sastry, S. Sukhdev, Pramod Pati, M.F.Hussain and the second was the harbinger of what is commonly referred to as the New Indian Cinema, with Ghatak during his tenure at Ftii acting as an influential figure for the likes of Mani Kaul,...
- 3/28/2018
- MUBI
The parallel cinema movement in the country has over the years been nurtured by a number of stalwarts like Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali, Apur Sansar, Aparajitho) Mrinal Sen (Bhuvan Shome Ek Din Prati Din), Shayam Benegal (Ankur, Manthan), Mani Kaul (Uski Roti, Duvidha), Govind Nihalani (Ardh Satya, Aakrosh), Kumar Shahani (Maya Darpan, Tarang) and Gautam Ghose (Paar Antarjali Yatra).
- 11/25/2017
- by TNM NEWS
- The News Minute
Scene 32Field of Stone (2007) the first film by Shambhavi Kaul, is a feature-length documentary about the polarizing Harley-Davidson-riding country western singer David Allan Coe, but ten years later, that film looks like an anomaly. The Durham-based filmmaker and daughter of Mani Kaul, the acclaimed director associated with India’s Parallel Cinema movement, is now notable primarily for her experimental found-footage shorts. The first of these, Scene 32 (2009), begins with a wide, overhead shot of salt flats of India’s Kutch district, seemingly preparing the viewer for a landscape film. But unlike James Benning, Peter Hutton, or Tomonari Nishikawa, whose “landscape films” have deservedly gained recognition among film critics interested in the large umbrella of “experimental films,” as while as academics and artists working in a similar mode, Kaul seems unconcerned with duration and movement. After several seconds, she quickly cuts to a shot of the same flats taken from much closer to the ground.
- 5/12/2017
- MUBI
Day Five at the Jio Mami 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star saw some great sessions for film as well as television audiences.
Starting from the Oxfam and Jio Mami with Star Women in Film Brunch at Jw Marriot saw some powerful like Mami Chairperson, Kiran Rao, Oxfam head, Nisha Agarwal, Konkana SenSharma, Richa Chaddha, Poonam Dhillon, Ekta Kapoor, Leena Yadav, Deborah Young, Maanvi Gagroo, Nidhi Singh and more.
Oxfam discussed Women and Films with Oxfam Head, Nisha Agarwal, Christine Vachon, Leena Yadav, Rucha Pathak, Tala Hadid, Vibha Bakshi, Tillotama Shome and moderator Rahul BoseThe discussion covered topics like the portrayal of women in Indian cinema and how it affects the way we portray their roles in our society.
Television Vertical screened the world premiere of ‘P.O.W.’ The panel included Primetime Emmy Winner Cary Fukunaga, Gideon Raff, Gaurav Banerjee and Nikkhil Advani in conversation with Nikhil Taneja about...
Starting from the Oxfam and Jio Mami with Star Women in Film Brunch at Jw Marriot saw some powerful like Mami Chairperson, Kiran Rao, Oxfam head, Nisha Agarwal, Konkana SenSharma, Richa Chaddha, Poonam Dhillon, Ekta Kapoor, Leena Yadav, Deborah Young, Maanvi Gagroo, Nidhi Singh and more.
Oxfam discussed Women and Films with Oxfam Head, Nisha Agarwal, Christine Vachon, Leena Yadav, Rucha Pathak, Tala Hadid, Vibha Bakshi, Tillotama Shome and moderator Rahul BoseThe discussion covered topics like the portrayal of women in Indian cinema and how it affects the way we portray their roles in our society.
Television Vertical screened the world premiere of ‘P.O.W.’ The panel included Primetime Emmy Winner Cary Fukunaga, Gideon Raff, Gaurav Banerjee and Nikkhil Advani in conversation with Nikhil Taneja about...
- 10/27/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Exclusive: Deals in Germany, Latin American, more for Austerlitz director’s next film; producers secure France deal.
Wild Bunch has concluded a string of pre-sales on Sergei Loznitsa’s new drama A Gentle Creature, which recently wrapped shoot in Eastern Europe and is set for a 2017 release.
The feature — loosely inspired by a Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1876 short story (which has already prompted films by Alexander Borisov, Robert Bresson, Mani Kaul and Raphael Nadjari) - charts the story of a woman who travels from the outskirts of Russia to a mysterious prison in order to find out what has happened to her incarcerated husband.
Grand Film, which previously bought the director’s documentaries Maidan and The Event, will release in Germany, Palmera International will distribute in Latin and Central America, Fabula in Turkey, Against Gravity in Poland, Seven in Greece, Alambique in Portugal, McF in former Yugoslavia, Vertigo in Hungary, Film Europe in Czech Republic and Encore for Airlines...
Wild Bunch has concluded a string of pre-sales on Sergei Loznitsa’s new drama A Gentle Creature, which recently wrapped shoot in Eastern Europe and is set for a 2017 release.
The feature — loosely inspired by a Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1876 short story (which has already prompted films by Alexander Borisov, Robert Bresson, Mani Kaul and Raphael Nadjari) - charts the story of a woman who travels from the outskirts of Russia to a mysterious prison in order to find out what has happened to her incarcerated husband.
Grand Film, which previously bought the director’s documentaries Maidan and The Event, will release in Germany, Palmera International will distribute in Latin and Central America, Fabula in Turkey, Against Gravity in Poland, Seven in Greece, Alambique in Portugal, McF in former Yugoslavia, Vertigo in Hungary, Film Europe in Czech Republic and Encore for Airlines...
- 9/12/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
On June 1, 2014, Matthijs Wouter Knol from the Netherlands became the new head of the Berlinale’s European Film Market (Efm). Since 2008, Knol has been the program manager of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus), and is well acquainted with both the Festival and the Efm.
Long-standing Efm head Beki Probst will become president of the Efm. In her new function, she will draw on her extensive experience and use her international network to establish Knol as new Efm head. She will also provide him with support and advice.
“Matthijs Wouter Knol will inspire new areas of business and the development of the European Film Market. With Knol, a professional is joining us who knows the festival well. He will strategically strengthen the synergies that have developed between the festival and the Efm,” says Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.
Knol was born in the Netherlands in 1977 and studied contemporary history at Leiden University and at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. He worked as a freelance journalist until 2001 before joining Pieter van Huystee Film, a renowned and internationally award-winning production company in Amsterdam. After becoming head of development in 2004, he focused on developing, financing and internationally co-producing documentary film projects. As the associate producer of various documentary films, he worked with acclaimed filmmakers, such as Heddy Honigmann and Mani Kaul. With Arte he also co-produced the DVD edition of Johan van der Keuken's digitally re-mastered works, which was awarded the Prix “Cahiers du Cinéma” in 2006.
In 2007, Knol started working for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa), spreading his activity between the co-production and sales markets, and the IDFAcademy training programme. As head of the latter, he initiated the IDFAcademy Summer School. In 2008, he became head of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talents Campus)
Matthijs has worked with the festival since 2008 when he began the Berlinale Talents and highlighted the importance of training filmmakers about the international film business. He took the Berlinale to the Sarajevo Talents and the Guadalajara Talents. As the new head of the Efm, under the mentorship of Beki Probst, he will surely bring new ideas and new technologies to Berlin. Working with this past year's newly installed Co-Director of Efm, Andrea Kaul, whose expertise will reinforce the Efm in its coverage of new business fields on the ever-changing audiovisual landscape, including new television formats, with her experience with television and media companies including IP Deutschland (Rtl Group) and Be Viacom (Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe), and the convention Telemesse; the international film world will see a new form of business taking a shape that extends beyond the confines of the traditional markets of Cannes and Ifta’s Afm.
Long-standing Efm head Beki Probst will become president of the Efm. In her new function, she will draw on her extensive experience and use her international network to establish Knol as new Efm head. She will also provide him with support and advice.
“Matthijs Wouter Knol will inspire new areas of business and the development of the European Film Market. With Knol, a professional is joining us who knows the festival well. He will strategically strengthen the synergies that have developed between the festival and the Efm,” says Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.
Knol was born in the Netherlands in 1977 and studied contemporary history at Leiden University and at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. He worked as a freelance journalist until 2001 before joining Pieter van Huystee Film, a renowned and internationally award-winning production company in Amsterdam. After becoming head of development in 2004, he focused on developing, financing and internationally co-producing documentary film projects. As the associate producer of various documentary films, he worked with acclaimed filmmakers, such as Heddy Honigmann and Mani Kaul. With Arte he also co-produced the DVD edition of Johan van der Keuken's digitally re-mastered works, which was awarded the Prix “Cahiers du Cinéma” in 2006.
In 2007, Knol started working for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa), spreading his activity between the co-production and sales markets, and the IDFAcademy training programme. As head of the latter, he initiated the IDFAcademy Summer School. In 2008, he became head of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talents Campus)
Matthijs has worked with the festival since 2008 when he began the Berlinale Talents and highlighted the importance of training filmmakers about the international film business. He took the Berlinale to the Sarajevo Talents and the Guadalajara Talents. As the new head of the Efm, under the mentorship of Beki Probst, he will surely bring new ideas and new technologies to Berlin. Working with this past year's newly installed Co-Director of Efm, Andrea Kaul, whose expertise will reinforce the Efm in its coverage of new business fields on the ever-changing audiovisual landscape, including new television formats, with her experience with television and media companies including IP Deutschland (Rtl Group) and Be Viacom (Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe), and the convention Telemesse; the international film world will see a new form of business taking a shape that extends beyond the confines of the traditional markets of Cannes and Ifta’s Afm.
- 6/3/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Beki Probst to become president of the Berlinale’s European Film Market after more than 25 years as head of the Efm.
Matthijs Wouter Knol is to take the reins as head of Berlin’s European Film Market, replacing Beki Probst who has been named president of the Efm. The move is effective from June 1.
Knol has been programme manager of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus), since 2008.
Probst, who has headed the Efm since 1988, will provide Knol with support and advice in her new role as president.
“Matthijs Wouter Knol will inspire new areas of business and the development of the European Film Market,” said Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick. “With Knol, a professional is joining us who knows the festival well. He will strategically strengthen the synergies that have developed between the festival and the Efm.”
Knol was born in the Netherlands in 1977 and studied contemporary history at Leiden University and at the Royal...
Matthijs Wouter Knol is to take the reins as head of Berlin’s European Film Market, replacing Beki Probst who has been named president of the Efm. The move is effective from June 1.
Knol has been programme manager of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus), since 2008.
Probst, who has headed the Efm since 1988, will provide Knol with support and advice in her new role as president.
“Matthijs Wouter Knol will inspire new areas of business and the development of the European Film Market,” said Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick. “With Knol, a professional is joining us who knows the festival well. He will strategically strengthen the synergies that have developed between the festival and the Efm.”
Knol was born in the Netherlands in 1977 and studied contemporary history at Leiden University and at the Royal...
- 5/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
What:
Screening of Kamal Swaroop’s national award winning film on Dadasaheb Phalke, “Rangbhoomi”, by Fd Zone, Delhi
When:
June 6, Friday, 7:00 pm
Where:
Stein auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
About Rangbhoomi
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke (April 30, 1870 – February 16, 1944) was an Indian producer/ director/ screenwriter, widely regarded as the father of Indian Cinema. His debut film Raja Harishchandra was made in 1913 and is recognised as India’s first full-length feature film. In his career, spanning 19 years, he made 95 movies and 26 short films. His most noted works are Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).
In 1920, after disputes with his partners, he resigned from his company Hindustan Films and shifted to the holy city of Benaras and renounced the world of cinema. At Benaras he wrote a semi-autobiographical play Rangbhoomi. This film is an invocation from that text.
About Kamal Swaroop
Swaroop is a film,...
Screening of Kamal Swaroop’s national award winning film on Dadasaheb Phalke, “Rangbhoomi”, by Fd Zone, Delhi
When:
June 6, Friday, 7:00 pm
Where:
Stein auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
About Rangbhoomi
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke (April 30, 1870 – February 16, 1944) was an Indian producer/ director/ screenwriter, widely regarded as the father of Indian Cinema. His debut film Raja Harishchandra was made in 1913 and is recognised as India’s first full-length feature film. In his career, spanning 19 years, he made 95 movies and 26 short films. His most noted works are Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).
In 1920, after disputes with his partners, he resigned from his company Hindustan Films and shifted to the holy city of Benaras and renounced the world of cinema. At Benaras he wrote a semi-autobiographical play Rangbhoomi. This film is an invocation from that text.
About Kamal Swaroop
Swaroop is a film,...
- 5/28/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Rajat Kapoor’s Ankhon Dekhi, a film about a middle class patriarch searching for meaning in life is intended as a tribute to Mani Kaul and Kumar Shahani, key proponents of the Indian new wave cinema of the 70s and 80s. But while Mani Kaul made films which were experimental and even considered inaccessible by some, Rajat Kapoor’s latest effort is an offbeat drama that manages to be both entertaining and thought provoking. Set in contemporary old Delhi, Ankhon Dekhi ponders over issues as disparate as the breakdown of the traditional family, the difference between perception and reality and the need to find one’s place in the larger scheme of things. While the different threads don’t necessary add up to a coherent whole, the film offers both humour and poignancy and builds up to a bewildering conclusion.
The film’s key strength-and its main point of interest-...
The film’s key strength-and its main point of interest-...
- 3/23/2014
- by Aniruddha Basu
- DearCinema.com
T he 64th edition of Berlin International Film Festival that kicks off today has strong Indian presence with ten Indian films screening in various sections. The festival will be held from February 6-16, 2014.
Imtiaz Ali’s Highway and Jayan Cherian’s Papilio Buddha, which is in contention for the Teddy Award, will be screened in the Panorama section.
Pushpendra Singh’s Lajwanti, K. Hariharan and Mani Kaul’s Ghashiram Kotwal (1976) and Jessica Sadana & Samarth Dikshit’s Prabhat Pheri will be screened in the Forum section.
The Forum Expanded section will see the screening of Blood Earth directed by Kush Badhwar and Mount Song directed by Shambhavi Kaul.
Avinash Arun’s Killa and Gaurav Saxena’s Rangzen will be screened in the Generation K Plus section, targeted at children and young audience of the festival.
Satyajit Ray’s Nayak will be screened as a part of the Berlinale Classics section.
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Imtiaz Ali’s Highway and Jayan Cherian’s Papilio Buddha, which is in contention for the Teddy Award, will be screened in the Panorama section.
Pushpendra Singh’s Lajwanti, K. Hariharan and Mani Kaul’s Ghashiram Kotwal (1976) and Jessica Sadana & Samarth Dikshit’s Prabhat Pheri will be screened in the Forum section.
The Forum Expanded section will see the screening of Blood Earth directed by Kush Badhwar and Mount Song directed by Shambhavi Kaul.
Avinash Arun’s Killa and Gaurav Saxena’s Rangzen will be screened in the Generation K Plus section, targeted at children and young audience of the festival.
Satyajit Ray’s Nayak will be screened as a part of the Berlinale Classics section.
Here...
- 2/6/2014
- by Amit Upadhyaya
- DearCinema.com
Besides Pushpendra Singh’s Lajwanti, two other Indian films – Ghashiram Kotwal and Prabhat Pheri - have been selected to screen in the ‘Forum’ section at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival.
‘Forum’ 2014 is deemed as dedication to historical films and re-discoveries as well as current works of special formal and thematic interest.
Directed by Jessica Sadana and Samarth Dikshit, Prabhat Pheri is a documentary that explores the history of the complex in Pune where the legendary studios of the Prabhat Film Company once stood. Commissioned by Public Service Broadcasting Trust in 2011 under Film Fellowships, it has been produced last year.
Made in 1976 by two of the most notable names in the Indian parallel cinema movement, Mani Kaul and K. Hariharan, Ghashiram Kotwal describes the development and fall of the Peshwa regime in western India before a backdrop of political intrigue and corruption. Produced by Yukt Co-operative, the film’s digital...
‘Forum’ 2014 is deemed as dedication to historical films and re-discoveries as well as current works of special formal and thematic interest.
Directed by Jessica Sadana and Samarth Dikshit, Prabhat Pheri is a documentary that explores the history of the complex in Pune where the legendary studios of the Prabhat Film Company once stood. Commissioned by Public Service Broadcasting Trust in 2011 under Film Fellowships, it has been produced last year.
Made in 1976 by two of the most notable names in the Indian parallel cinema movement, Mani Kaul and K. Hariharan, Ghashiram Kotwal describes the development and fall of the Peshwa regime in western India before a backdrop of political intrigue and corruption. Produced by Yukt Co-operative, the film’s digital...
- 1/27/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi action thriller helps complete the Forum section of the Berlinale.
The Forum strand of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has completed its 2014 programme with a series of special screenings.
These include Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho’s adaptation of a French comic by Jean-Marc Rochette, starring Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton.
The Korean production, known there as Seolguk-yeolcha, is set during an impending ice age, whose last survivors are left circling the earth in a non-stop express train.
Producer Park Chan-wook, director Bong Joon-ho, actors Song Kang-ho, Ko Asung, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton and author Rochette will attend the screening.
Interview: Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer
Other new additions to the Forum special screenings include two documentaries about the recent upheavals in Egypt. These include the world premiere of Viola Shafik’s Arij (Scent of Revolution) and Jehane Noujaim’s recently Oscar-nominated documentary Al midan (The Square).
Forum Special Screenings
Wp = World...
The Forum strand of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has completed its 2014 programme with a series of special screenings.
These include Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho’s adaptation of a French comic by Jean-Marc Rochette, starring Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton.
The Korean production, known there as Seolguk-yeolcha, is set during an impending ice age, whose last survivors are left circling the earth in a non-stop express train.
Producer Park Chan-wook, director Bong Joon-ho, actors Song Kang-ho, Ko Asung, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton and author Rochette will attend the screening.
Interview: Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer
Other new additions to the Forum special screenings include two documentaries about the recent upheavals in Egypt. These include the world premiere of Viola Shafik’s Arij (Scent of Revolution) and Jehane Noujaim’s recently Oscar-nominated documentary Al midan (The Square).
Forum Special Screenings
Wp = World...
- 1/23/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2013, to be held from October 24-November 2, will celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema by screening a select programme of five Indian films in a special sidebar.
Referred to by some as “India’s Orson Welles”, Guru Dutt is regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time. Time’s All Time 100 Best Movies (2005) lists two of Guru Dutt’s films. Adff will screen one of them, Eternal Thirst (Pyaasa), the story of a poet struggling to be recognised in post-independence India.
Ritwak Ghatak’s 1965 neorealist film The Golden Thread (Subarnarekha) will also screen as part of the programme. Although Ghatak was not widely recognised at the time of his death, Ghatak’s work has been celebrated posthumously and his impact on other filmmakers, such as Mani Kaul, has been widely recognised. In Two Minds (Duvidha), which was directed by Ghatak’s student Mani Kaul in 1973, will also be screened.
Referred to by some as “India’s Orson Welles”, Guru Dutt is regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time. Time’s All Time 100 Best Movies (2005) lists two of Guru Dutt’s films. Adff will screen one of them, Eternal Thirst (Pyaasa), the story of a poet struggling to be recognised in post-independence India.
Ritwak Ghatak’s 1965 neorealist film The Golden Thread (Subarnarekha) will also screen as part of the programme. Although Ghatak was not widely recognised at the time of his death, Ghatak’s work has been celebrated posthumously and his impact on other filmmakers, such as Mani Kaul, has been widely recognised. In Two Minds (Duvidha), which was directed by Ghatak’s student Mani Kaul in 1973, will also be screened.
- 10/10/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival is to host sidebar programmes for restored classics and Indian cinema.
‘Celebrating Indian Cinema’ will include Guru Dutt’s Eternal Thirst, Ritwak Ghatak’s 1965 neorealist film The Golden Thread, Mani Kaul 1973 feature In Two Minds and Garm Hawa’s Scorching Winds.
Sidebar ‘Pieces of Time: Classic Odysseys. The Art of Preserving and Restoring Cinema’ will include Dial M for Murder, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Red Shoes and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
The festival runs from Oct 24 to Nov 2.
‘Celebrating Indian Cinema’ will include Guru Dutt’s Eternal Thirst, Ritwak Ghatak’s 1965 neorealist film The Golden Thread, Mani Kaul 1973 feature In Two Minds and Garm Hawa’s Scorching Winds.
Sidebar ‘Pieces of Time: Classic Odysseys. The Art of Preserving and Restoring Cinema’ will include Dial M for Murder, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Red Shoes and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
The festival runs from Oct 24 to Nov 2.
- 10/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The full line up has been unveiled for the 7th edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Daniel Schechter’s Life Of Crime will open the 7th edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, which runs Oct 24- Nov 2.
13 Arab feature films (seven of which are world premieres) will compete across different sections of the festival, including Rani Massalha’s Giraffada and Nejib Belkhadi’s Bastardo in the New Horizons Competition, Ahmed Abdallah’s Rags And Tatters and Hicham Ayouch’s Fevers in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Sherief Elkatsha’s Cairo Drive and Mohammad Soueid’s The Boy From Aleppo in the Documentary Feature Competition.
Tobe Hooper’s UAE horror Djin will screen in the festival’s Showcase section.
Films competing in the Narrative Feature Competition include Jun Robles Lana’s Barber’s Tales, Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners, Danis Tanovic’s An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Jasmila Zbanic’s [link...
Daniel Schechter’s Life Of Crime will open the 7th edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, which runs Oct 24- Nov 2.
13 Arab feature films (seven of which are world premieres) will compete across different sections of the festival, including Rani Massalha’s Giraffada and Nejib Belkhadi’s Bastardo in the New Horizons Competition, Ahmed Abdallah’s Rags And Tatters and Hicham Ayouch’s Fevers in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Sherief Elkatsha’s Cairo Drive and Mohammad Soueid’s The Boy From Aleppo in the Documentary Feature Competition.
Tobe Hooper’s UAE horror Djin will screen in the festival’s Showcase section.
Films competing in the Narrative Feature Competition include Jun Robles Lana’s Barber’s Tales, Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners, Danis Tanovic’s An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Jasmila Zbanic’s [link...
- 10/1/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
The full line up has been unveiled for the 7th edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Daniel Schechter’s Life Of Crime will open the 7th edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, which runs Oct 24- Nov 2.
13 Arab feature films (seven of which are world premieres) will compete across different sections of the festival, including Rani Massalha’s Giraffada and Nejib Belkhadi’s Bastardo in the New Horizons Competition, Ahmed Abdallah’s Rags And Tatters and Hicham Ayouch’s Fevers in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Sherief Elkatsha’s Cairo Drive and Mohammad Soueid’s The Boy From Aleppo in the Documentary Feature Competition.
Tobe Hooper’s UAE horror Djin will screen in the festival’s Showcase section.
Films competing in the Narrative Feature Competition include Jun Robles Lana’s Barber’s Tales, Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners, Danis Tanovic’s An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Jasmila Zbanic’s [link...
Daniel Schechter’s Life Of Crime will open the 7th edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, which runs Oct 24- Nov 2.
13 Arab feature films (seven of which are world premieres) will compete across different sections of the festival, including Rani Massalha’s Giraffada and Nejib Belkhadi’s Bastardo in the New Horizons Competition, Ahmed Abdallah’s Rags And Tatters and Hicham Ayouch’s Fevers in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Sherief Elkatsha’s Cairo Drive and Mohammad Soueid’s The Boy From Aleppo in the Documentary Feature Competition.
Tobe Hooper’s UAE horror Djin will screen in the festival’s Showcase section.
Films competing in the Narrative Feature Competition include Jun Robles Lana’s Barber’s Tales, Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners, Danis Tanovic’s An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Jasmila Zbanic’s [link...
- 10/1/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
A Retrospective of Experimental Indian cinema and video titled “Hundred Years of Experimentation (1913- 2013)” will be held at Films Division from June 28-30, 2013. Curators Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar share with us the thought behind putting together the Retrospective:
Curatorial Concept
A still from “Raja Harishchandra”
T his retrospective is a celebration of the spirit of experimentation in Indian cinema; from the moment of its mythic birth in 1913, with Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, to the innovative and challenging moving images produced and exhibited today. The films brought together chart the transformation of experimentation, from early celluloid spectacle to contemporary digital adroitness. The curatorial impetus of this retrospective is marked by an emphasis on tracing the chronology of experimentation through the history of Indian cinema. It halts at pit stops of radical moments of experimentation and underscores it.
The idea of ‘experimentation’ rather than the experimental or avant-garde drives the...
Curatorial Concept
A still from “Raja Harishchandra”
T his retrospective is a celebration of the spirit of experimentation in Indian cinema; from the moment of its mythic birth in 1913, with Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, to the innovative and challenging moving images produced and exhibited today. The films brought together chart the transformation of experimentation, from early celluloid spectacle to contemporary digital adroitness. The curatorial impetus of this retrospective is marked by an emphasis on tracing the chronology of experimentation through the history of Indian cinema. It halts at pit stops of radical moments of experimentation and underscores it.
The idea of ‘experimentation’ rather than the experimental or avant-garde drives the...
- 6/26/2013
- by Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar
- DearCinema.com
A still from Phalke’s “Kaliya Mardan”
Films Division is hosting a Retrospective of Experimental Indian cinema and video titled “Hundred Years of Experimentation (1913- 2013)” from June 28-30, 2013.
The Retrospective has been curated by Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Screening Schedule
Venue:
Rr Theatre, 10th floor, Films Division
24, Pedder Road, Mumbai – 400026
Day One
28 June, 2013, Friday
28 June, 2013, Friday: 10.00-12.30 pm
Session 1: Experiments with Gods
A collection of early films made by D.B. Phalke between 1913 and 1935.
1. Raja Harishchandra (20 mins, 35mm, 1913)
2. Lanka Dahan (9 mins, 35mm, 1917)
3. Shree Krishna Janma (6 mins, 35mm, 1918)
4. Kaliya Mardan (50 mins, 35mm, 1919)
28 June, 2013, Friday: 1.15- 3.45 pm
Session 2: Experiment in the State
The earliest robust experimentation in India begins under the imaginative tutelage of Jean Bhownagary while he headed the Films Division in 1965.
1. Explorer – Pramod Pati (7 mins, 35mm, 1968)
2. Claxplosion – Pramod Pati (2 mins, 35mm, 1968)
3. Trip – Pramod Pati (4 mins, 35mm, 1970)
4. Koodal – Tyeb Mehta (16 mins, 35mm, 1970)
5. Abid – Pramod Pati (5 mins, 35mm,...
Films Division is hosting a Retrospective of Experimental Indian cinema and video titled “Hundred Years of Experimentation (1913- 2013)” from June 28-30, 2013.
The Retrospective has been curated by Ashish Avikunthak and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Screening Schedule
Venue:
Rr Theatre, 10th floor, Films Division
24, Pedder Road, Mumbai – 400026
Day One
28 June, 2013, Friday
28 June, 2013, Friday: 10.00-12.30 pm
Session 1: Experiments with Gods
A collection of early films made by D.B. Phalke between 1913 and 1935.
1. Raja Harishchandra (20 mins, 35mm, 1913)
2. Lanka Dahan (9 mins, 35mm, 1917)
3. Shree Krishna Janma (6 mins, 35mm, 1918)
4. Kaliya Mardan (50 mins, 35mm, 1919)
28 June, 2013, Friday: 1.15- 3.45 pm
Session 2: Experiment in the State
The earliest robust experimentation in India begins under the imaginative tutelage of Jean Bhownagary while he headed the Films Division in 1965.
1. Explorer – Pramod Pati (7 mins, 35mm, 1968)
2. Claxplosion – Pramod Pati (2 mins, 35mm, 1968)
3. Trip – Pramod Pati (4 mins, 35mm, 1970)
4. Koodal – Tyeb Mehta (16 mins, 35mm, 1970)
5. Abid – Pramod Pati (5 mins, 35mm,...
- 6/24/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Films Division and Quiver Books will release the book ‘Uncloven Space’, Udayan Vajpeyi’s conversation with Mani Kaul on July 6, 2013.
The book has been translated from Hindi to English by filmmaker Gurvinder Singh.
The book will be released by Nina Lath Gupta, Managing Director, Nfdc and director-actor Rajat Kapoor in the presence of V. S. Kundu, Director General, Films Division at 11 am in the Films Division Auditorium, Mumbai.
The release will be followed by reading of passages from ‘Uncloven Space’ and the screening of ‘Riyaaz’, a 60 minute experimental video made by Gurvinder Singh as a tribute to Mani Kaul.
The book will also be available for sale after the release. The hardbound book of 144 pages will be available for Inr 500.
July 6 marks the second death anniversary of Mani Kaul who is best known as one of the most experimental auteurs in Indian cinema. Some of his famous films are Uski Roti,...
The book has been translated from Hindi to English by filmmaker Gurvinder Singh.
The book will be released by Nina Lath Gupta, Managing Director, Nfdc and director-actor Rajat Kapoor in the presence of V. S. Kundu, Director General, Films Division at 11 am in the Films Division Auditorium, Mumbai.
The release will be followed by reading of passages from ‘Uncloven Space’ and the screening of ‘Riyaaz’, a 60 minute experimental video made by Gurvinder Singh as a tribute to Mani Kaul.
The book will also be available for sale after the release. The hardbound book of 144 pages will be available for Inr 500.
July 6 marks the second death anniversary of Mani Kaul who is best known as one of the most experimental auteurs in Indian cinema. Some of his famous films are Uski Roti,...
- 6/20/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
13th Osian’s Cinefan was scheduled to take place in July 2013
13th Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema won’t take place in July 2013 as announced earlier. The new dates for the festival are still being finalized.
The official Osian’s website had earlier announced that the 13th Osian’s Cinefan will take place in July 2013 and celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema.
Last year the festival had taken place from July 27th to August 5th at Siri Fort Auditorium Complex in New Delhi.
Cinefan (as it was earlier known) was started by film critic Aruna Vasudev, the founder of Asian Cinema Quarterly “Cinemaya”. She also started the Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) which presented the first edition of the festival in 1999.
The festival was taken over by Neville Tully’s Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art Private Limited in 2008. After celebrating the tenth edition of the...
13th Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema won’t take place in July 2013 as announced earlier. The new dates for the festival are still being finalized.
The official Osian’s website had earlier announced that the 13th Osian’s Cinefan will take place in July 2013 and celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema.
Last year the festival had taken place from July 27th to August 5th at Siri Fort Auditorium Complex in New Delhi.
Cinefan (as it was earlier known) was started by film critic Aruna Vasudev, the founder of Asian Cinema Quarterly “Cinemaya”. She also started the Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) which presented the first edition of the festival in 1999.
The festival was taken over by Neville Tully’s Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art Private Limited in 2008. After celebrating the tenth edition of the...
- 6/12/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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