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  • Manhattan Short 2014 to be held in India

    Manhattan Short 2014 to be held in India

    MUMBAI: Manhattan Short 2014, the international platform which showcases, celebrates and awards short films from across the world, is back for the fifth time in India.

     

    The three-day fest will be held in Mumbai from 3 -5 October. The festival will screen the 10 best short films that have been selected from USA, UK, Germany, France, Mexico, Australia, Netherlands, Norway, and England.

     

    The films deal with a range of subjects which includes romance to sci-fi, animation and a docu-short. These films have won multiple accolades at various festivals around the world and will be screened at Manhattan Short 2014.

     

    This film movement began in 1998 and has long established its global exposure by dedicating itself to the short film genre and witnessing hundreds of entries from across the world every year.

     

    This year Manhattan Short 2014 in India and its chief patron Vivanta by Taj conducted and named, ‘Vote for India’. This initiative saw filmmakers from across India send in their short film entries to vie for a spot in the global finalist list. The films were hosted on the India chapter’s website – www.manhattanshortindia.com where Indian audiences voted for three best movies. These three winners each have won a chance to create a short film for Vivanta by Taj.

     

    Manhattan Short 2014 in India will also present a few workshops for the youth and upcoming film makers by renowned artistes who will share their thoughtful insights with the audience.

     

    Commenting on the India chapter, India Festival director Anil Sadarangani said, “With Manhattan Short’s global reach, this is a dream come true for any filmmaker to be a part of. We hope to receive a great response from the city with the grand repertoires of short films presented at the festival.”

     

    Manhattan Short 2014 in India will kickstart with an interesting workshop on ‘The Short Film Industry: Boom!’ This session will have panelists like Shamiana Shorts Founder Cyrus Dastur, Pocket Films Managing Director Saameer Mody, renowned film maker Paromita Vohra and film-maker and Co-Curator of The FD Zone Avijit Mukul Kishore, who will share their insights on the growth of the short film industry in India.

     

    The festival  will also conduct various workshops with renowned industry veterans like- ‘Rainbow Stories – Queering Indian Shorts’ with Sridhar Rangayan from Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, ‘Joys of Film Editing’ workshop with Film Editors Dipika Kalra and Antara Lahiri, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ashvin Kumar will conduct one on making an Oscar-worthy short film at Manhattan Short 2014.

     

    The winner will be selected by the audience voting. Votes will be tallied at each participating cinema around the world and submitted to festival headquarters in New York City where the winner will be announced. Audiences can also catch the webcast live on www.vivantabytaj.com.

  • India’s first horror fest from 13 April

    India’s first horror fest from 13 April

    MUMBAI: In its endeavour to educate audience of horror short films, Cyrus Dastur’s Shamiana, a short film club that comprises film enthusiasts and budding filmmakers from across India, has organised India’s first horror short film festival starting 13 April.

    Said Dastur in a statement, “People are familiar with horror movies but the idea of short films in this category is pretty raw and hopefully will gain ground. Though our target audience falls in the clichéd 16-25-year age bracket, I think anyone who appreciates good horror films can enjoy them.”

    The festival will showcase six films, shortlisted out of 50 to 60 entries from across the globe. The short films to be screened on the occasion are: An Evening With My Comatose Mother (USA), Mazaak Mat Karna (India), Chambers (Norway), Love Hurts (Netherlands), Bloodtraffick (Hong Kong) and Divination (USA).

    Although horror short films are common in US and Europe, it’s an altogether new concept in this land.

  • Guwahati fest jury to include Onir and Cyrus Dastur

    Guwahati fest jury to include Onir and Cyrus Dastur

    MUMBAI: The second Guwahati International Short Film Festival (GISFF) will include filmmaker Onir and theatre personality Cyrus Dastur.

    The jury, to be held from 4 to 6 May, will be headed by senior filmmaker Gautam Bora. It will also consist of National award winning director Sanjeev Hazarika and this year‘s National award winning film critic Manoj Barpujari as members.

    Interestingly, Onir‘s film ‘I Am‘, a compendium of four short films that won the National Award for the best Hindi Film as well as best lyrics recently, will have its northeast premiere at the festival.

    The preview jury will be headed by noted cinema and theatre personality Nayan Prasad and have film critic Chandan Sarmah, editor Kaju and film society activist Nesimul Mazid as members. The preview juries will shortlist the entries for final screening at the festival.

    The festival will organise a number of seminars, workshops and open discussions in April as a run-up towards the main event.

    While the competitive sections of the festival will have Northeast Shorts Competition (open only for filmmakers from northeast) and National Mobile Phone Short Filmmaking Contest, the non-competitive sections will have World/Indian premiere, world kaleidoscope, Indian kaleidoscope and student kaleidoscope.