Friday, November 26, 2010

12th Madurai Film Festival - special features

12th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2010
Special features
1) Retrospective section: Renowned film makers Saba Dewan and Rahul Roy will be felicitated during the festival under the retrospective section. Their best films (5 each) will be screened. They will be present on 7,8,9 December to present their films and take part in the discussion following the screenings.
2) Country Package: short films from first timers of Burundi (Africa) presented by Burundi Film Centre – Canada, curated by Paul Lee, film maker from Canada.
3) Special package of documentaries from South Korea courtesy Magic Lantern Foundation and the Asian Network for Documentary, Pusan International Film Festival.
4) Competition for Tamil films on people’s struggles and human rights for SARAT CHANDRAN MEMORIAL AWARD (cash awards and certificates)
5) Short documentaries produced by the trainees of Video Volunteers.
Apart from the above mentioned 4 sections there will be films from Rest of India and International films as well.
Please visit www.maduraifilmfest.blogspot.com for further details.

12th Madurai Film Festival: Selection list - International films

12th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2010
Selected films – section: International
1) Waiting- Dir: Danielberes (Austria)
2) Detol-U Yasam - Dir : Deniz Akaadojan (Turkey)
3) Dear Child Jesus - Dir: Jesus Perez-Miranda (Spain)
4) A Story Without Words - Dir: Pepe Carrasco (Spain)
5) 0.39 - Dir : Juan Bidegain (Spain)
6) Shame In The Time Of Cholera - Dir: Javier Arcos (Spain)
7) The Cortege - Dir: Marina Seresesky (Spain)
8) The Tape - Dir: Jorge M. Rodrigo (Spain)
9) Interior Landscapes - Dir: Gabriel Folgado (Spain)
10) Non-Violent Action - Dir : Hans-Jurg Pfaff (Switzerland)
11) Talking Heads - Dir : Fathima Nizaruddin (UK)
12) La Settimana Prossima - Dir : Andrea Monzani (Italy)
13) Beyond The Water Front - Dir : Amelie Von Marschalack (Germany)
14) Bedel - Dir : Nail Pelivan (Turkey)
15) Run Grany Run - Dir : Nikolaus Von Uthmann (Germany)
16) Panic To A Ridiculous Death -Dir : Rubin Stein (Spain)
17) Living Without Men –Dir: Luo Yi (UK/China)
18) A Beautiful Tragedy – Dir: : David Kinsella ( Norway)
19) Thank You Skinhead Girl - Dir : Sharon Woodward (UK)
20) Crossing The Line - Dir : Anita Barar (Australia)
All the selected films may not be screened during the festival; they will be screened across the state of Tamilnadu over a period of six months till June 2011.

12th Madurai Film Festival - Selected Films: Rest of India

12th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2010
Selected films for screening: Section - Rest of India
1) Varoo - Dir:P.P. Sudevan
2) Thattum Porathappan -Dir: P.P.Sudevan
3) The Lament of Nilam Raja -Dir: Surya Shankar Das
4) Madhyantara- Dir:Surya Shankar Das
5) God only knows -Dir: Priti Chandrini / Bhaskar Pal
6) Sacred Eggs -Dir: K.P. Muraleedharan
7) Maythil -Dir: K. Gopinathan
8) End of Flight -Dir: Tariq Thekaekara
9) The Nine months -Dir: Merajur Rahman Baruah
10) Ground water up Project -Dir: Fathima Nizaruddin
11) One and half litre and some more -Dir: R. Samuel
12) Anaavaranam -Dir: Narayanan Poomulli
13) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly -Dir: Bishwasbalan
14) Have you dreamt Cinema? - Dir: Hansa Thapliaz
15) I have ignored this love for long - Dir: R.V . Ramani
16) In Search of my home - Dir: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
17) Indoor - Dir: K.J. Siju
18) Director Painter Shri Baburoo Laadsheb - Dir: Richa Hushing
19) Do din ka mela - Dir: Anjali monteiro & KP Jayasankar
20) Jhat pat ghich pich ,& Khel khel mein - Dir: Mahim Kaur & Varun Halder
21) Circle - Dir: Santosh Ram
22) Glare - Dir: Santosh Viswanath
23) Is this how crates are formed in moon? - Dir: R.V . Ramani
24) All the world is a stage - Dir: Nirmal Chandra Dandriyal
25) Ye Zameen - Dir: Mustafa Desamangalam
All the selected films may not be screened during the festival. They will be used in our regular screenings across Tamilnadu over a period of six months till June 2011.