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  • Indian animation film on RTI in Sweden’s I.N.S.A.N.E Animation Film Fest

    Indian animation film on RTI in Sweden’s I.N.S.A.N.E Animation Film Fest

    NEW DELHI: Chakravyuh (The Vicious Circle), an animation film on the Right to Information (RTI) by filmmaker Dhvani Desai, has been officially selected in I.N.S.A.N.E Animation Film Festival to be held in Sweden. 

     

    The film was earlier screened at the Holland Animation Film Festival in March. The I.N.S.A.N.E. Festival is held in Malmo city from 11 to 13 September.

     

    “My film Chakravyuh on RTI has got officially selected in I.N.S.A.N.E Animation Film Festival to be held in Malmo, Sweden from 11 – 13 September, 2015. The most special thing about this selection is that Sweden was the first country in the entire world to introduce RTI (Right to Information) in 1766. Whereas in India it was made a legal Act only in 2005,” Desai tells Indiantelevision.com.

     

    Chakravyuh has also been voted as the most popular film at the Mumbai International Film Festival. The film shows the struggles of four characters from different regions of India and throws light on how RTI can be used to fight corruption. 

     

    It has been produced by Films Division, and was first shown on 12 October, 2013 on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of RTI in Mumbai.

     

    Desai’s earlier animation film Manpasand on women’s empowerment had won her a National Award and had been the opening film of the Asian Women’s Film Festival 2008 in Delhi, apart from participating in around 10 international film festivals.  

     

    Desai has been making films for over 20 years and has served on many juries. Her films include five short public service films for the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation on the Principles of Mahatma Gandhi in Hindi and English.

  • Animation film on RTI in Holland Animation Film Festival

    Animation film on RTI in Holland Animation Film Festival

    NEW DELHI: Chakravyuh (The Vicious Circle), an animation film on the Right to Information by renowned filmmaker Dhvani Desai has been selected for screening at the Holland Animation Film Festival

     

    Mumbai-based Desai is the only Indian whose film is being featured at the Festival, and the only Asian to feature in the section HAFF Tube.

     

    The eighteenth edition of the international Festival – which is one of the top ten international animation film festivals in the world – is being held from 18 to 22 March at Utrecht.

     

    The film had been voted the most popular film at the Mumbai International Film Festival.

     

    The film Chakravyuh shows the struggles of four characters from different regions of India and throws light on how RTI can be used to fight corruption. It has been produced by Films Division, and was first shown on 12 October 2013 on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of RTI in Mumbai.

     

    Desai’s earlier animation film for children Manpasand on women’s empowerment had been the opening film of the Asian Women’s Film Festival 2008 in Delhi, apart from participating in around 10 international film festivals.  

     

    The film had been produced by the Children’s Film Society, India, and was based on a fast becoming extinct folk art called ‘Sanjha art’  and had won many awards, including one at New York Film Festival.

     

    Desai has been making films for over twenty years and has served on many juries. Her films include 5 short public service films for the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation on the Principles of Mahatma Gandhi in Hindi and English.