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  • Sixth Jagran Film Festival to open with ‘Masaan’

    Sixth Jagran Film Festival to open with ‘Masaan’

    MUMBAI: With India’s high profile entry in Cannes Film Festival Masaan directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and starring Sanjay Mishra, Richa Chaddha and Shweta Tiwary, the sixth edition of Jagran Film Festival is ready to take off starting 1 July.

     

    Winner of two prestigious awards the FIPRESCI, International Jury of Film Critics prize and Promising Future prize in the Un Certain Regard section, Masaan has received wide critical acclaim globally.

     

    While Variety’s Jay Weissberg writes, “A ‘Promising Future’ prize in Cannes should help this narratively challenged drama of two families trapped in the strictures of India’s rigid caste system.”

     

    Hollywood Reporter’s Deborsh Young describes it as “India’s modern and traditional sides face off in two interlocking love stories.”

     

    A collaborative effort of Phantom Films, Drishyam, Macassar Productions, Pathe, Sikhya Entertainment and Arte Cinema, France,  Masaan will be presented on 1 July, 2015 evening by Ghaywan and the star cast of the film to the festival delegates personally. 

     

    Cannes Film Festival’s strategic consultant Manoj Srivastava said, “It’s a matter of pride to open the festival with such a prestigious and worthy film. Masaan is just the beginning; the festival has a lot in store for film delegates this year which would be revealed over the next few days.”

     

    The Film Festival begins in New Delhi’s Siri Fort Auditoria and will present a wide ranging Indian and foreign cinema with specially curated sections on thematic lines. Masaan an official entry in the Festival will compete for the Indian Showcase Awards.

  • Jagran Filmfest to screen over 100 films in Mumbai

    Jagran Filmfest to screen over 100 films in Mumbai

    NEW DELHI: Commenced on 22 September in Mumbai, the fifth Jagran Filmfest is showcasing over 100 films from more than 35 countries.

     

    The festival was inaugurated by Irrfan Khan along with Neetu Chandra, script writer-director Vinod Pandey, screenplay writer Sanjay Masoom, festival strategic consultant Manoj Srivastava and Vinod Srivastava of the Jagran Group.

     

    The festival began with a 106 minute film The Woods Are Still Green by Slovenian filmmaker Marko NaberSnik. Based on the First World War, the lead actor of the movie, Michael Kristof, was also present at the Filmfest. 

                                                                                                                                                    
    Apart from showcasing Indian and International cinema, an integral part of the festival is the Master Class, where directors take listeners through the journey of film making.

     

    The festival features films under several sections including Cinema of the Uprising, First World War Movies, International Competition, Indian Showcase and Country Focus (Cyprus).
     

    The workshops include ‘Finding spaces in film festivals’, ‘Cinematography’, ‘Is independent cinema taking over Bollywood?’, ‘Starting small with shorts’ and ‘Casting? What do directors lookout for?’, ‘Reviewing cinema’, and ‘Making advertising films.’
     

    Renowned filmmaker Phillip Cheah, Cyprus international film festival director Lokim Milonas and former Entertainment Society of Goa CEO Manoj Srivastava will also be addressing various workshops and ‘Master of Cinema’ sessions at the Festival which will continue till 28 September.

     

    The Festival is an initiative by the Jagran Group towards creating a culture of cinema appreciation. The festival screens films across genres, documentaries and world classics apart from student films and ad films.

     

    The festival will also hold a series of Panel Discussions with the cast and crew of the movie to discuss various elements of the films with the audiences. 
     

    Jagran Film Festival is the country’s only festival which runs across 16 cities including Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Agra, Meerut, Dehradun, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Raipur, Indore, Bhopal and Mumbai.

     

    Films are being screened at two venues in the city: PVR Andheri, and Cinemax, Versova. 

  • Prasad Lolayekar takes over as CEO of Entertainment Society of Goa

    Prasad Lolayekar takes over as CEO of Entertainment Society of Goa

    NEW DELHI: Prasad V. Lolayekar, Director for Art and Culture in the Goa Government and Officer on Special Duty to the Chief Minister, has been given additional charge as Chief Executive Officer of the Entertainment Society of Goa.

    This follows the resignation of Manoj Srivastava, who was Deputy Director in the Directorate of Film Festivals of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Earlier, Srivastava had been a producer with Doordarshan.

    During his tenure from June 2008 to 31 December 2012, Srivastava managed the International Film Festival of India on behalf of the Goa Government, since the ESG had been established for collaborating with the DFF after Panaji became a permanent venue for the IFFI in 2004.

    During his tenure, Srivastava introduced short films to IFFI by launching the Short Film Center in 2008, giving a fillip to short film movement.

    Ever since, the short film movement began in India. During his tenure, Goa bagged the Best Film Destination Award last year.

    From a state having five films shot each year, Goa last year boasted of shooting 79 films. Sources said the non-existent film business in Goa has shot up to an industry of Rs four billion.

    The attendance at the IFFI has risen from a paltry 3,700 in 2008 to over 13,000 in 2012.

    During Srivastava’s tenure, the first Digital Film Archive in Asia was set up in ESG, apart from Goa Cinephile, a famous Film Club for Goans and development of film culture in Goa.

  • Copyright challenges with globalisation of the Indian film industry

    Copyright challenges with globalisation of the Indian film industry

    NEW DELHI: Media lawyers Jamshed Mistry and Suneera Madhok have said categorically that copyright belongs to the filmmaker by right, simply because he or she has created a piece of art – film – and the right was inviolate.

    It is when these rights are transferred that copyright issues come to the fore. Unless sold outright (not advisable under any circumstances) all transfer of rights are temporary and applicable to the media/format, the geographical territory and for a given period.

    If these issues are taken care of through a contract, then issues of insurance come up to cover not-budgeted for legal expenses on cases thrust on the production/producer by some mischievous litigants, asserted insurance expert Maneck Dastur.

    These experts were taking part in a panel discussion on challenges following globalisation of the film industry in India. The discussion was moderated by writer and filmmaker Ramesh Tekwani. Filmmaker Brahmanand Singh also spoke at the discussion jointly organised by Entertainment Society of Goa and the Film Federation of India.

    Filmmaker and distributor Vincent Corda confirmed that no international co-production or distribution deal could be finalised unless the project is adequately insured. He went on to explain that besides the various development funds that existed to initiate and sustain project development, there was also a risk fund to cover such exigencies.

    Straying from films yet staying with entertainment, Entertainment Society of Goa CEO Manoj Srivastava wanted to know just how IPR applied to events; the system of collection of fees seemed to be in place but he was not quite sure how the IPR owners got their dues from the collections. As this flummoxed all, the Film Federation of India had been asked to tackle it at the industry level with a condition that it must take up the copyright issue as a full-fledged, daylong seminar and thrash out the issue in detail.

  • ESG CEO Manoj Srivastava is observer at Berlinale

    ESG CEO Manoj Srivastava is observer at Berlinale

    MUMBAI: Manoj Srivastava, the CEO of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), has joined the team of international observers for the European Film Market (EFM), a part of the Berlin International Film Festival that gets going on 9 February.

    Srivastava will observe and guide co-productions between various countries. He will be presented case studies at the Berlinale co-production market and will also attend the Talent Project Highlights where two prizes will be awarded.

    Srivastava joins Sonja Heinen, Martina Bleis, Kathi Bildhauer, Míriam Boixader, Antje Glawe, Tanika Sajatovic, Agita Duwe, Henning Adam, Inez Templeton and Brigid O’Shea, the other observers in the team.

    Last year too Srivastava was invited to serve on the International Film Jury in Korea at CINDI Film Festival in August 2011, along with other members from UK, France, Japan and Korea.

    The ECG co-organises the International Film Festival of India at Goa.

  • Government committed to preserve cinematic heritage: I&B Secy

    Government committed to preserve cinematic heritage: I&B Secy

    PANAJI: Information and Broadcasting Secretary Uday Kumar Varma has said film posters and ancillaries are a treasure of the country‘s film heritage and the government is committed to preserve this heritage for the future generations to appreciate.


    Speaking to mediapersons after inaugurating an exhibition on ‘Music & Songs in Indian Cinema‘ by the National Film Archives of India, he said today‘s generation which is used to e-posters finds it difficult to believe that people were crazy about posters of films released in yesteryears.


    Goa Chief Secretary of Goa Sanjay Srivastava, Goa Information Secretary Rajiv Verma, and I&B Joint Secretary DP Reddy were present on the occasion.


    Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat also visited after the inauguration of the exhibition being held to coincide with the International Film Festival of India.


    Music and Songs are integral to Indian cinema since sound came in 1931. Technological developments in sound across the years have been highlighted in this exhibition. The contribution of music directors, singers and lyricists has been discussed. All the exhibits are accompanied with bilingual captions.


    Meanwhile, Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff inaugurated the ‘Actors Lounge‘ and the ‘Director‘s Lounge‘ at the IFFI Campus.


    A special addition to this year‘s cinematic journey of IFFI, the lounges will act as the comfort point for the cinematic luminaries and will provide a venue to relax, meet and network with industry colleagues.


    Entertainment Society of Goa CEO Manoj Srivastava said “The Director‘s and Actor‘s Lounge act as a relax zone for our distinguished guests and provide comfort to the stalwarts while they are at IFFI. A platform where creative minds connect and network, the lounges act as the artistic zone of the festival and thus are counted amongst the main attractions in this 42nd IFFI.”

  • I&B Minister wants IFFI dates to be changed

    I&B Minister wants IFFI dates to be changed

    MUMBAI: The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni said that the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) would be approached with a proposal to change the dates of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as the concluding day – 3 December – clashes with the St. Francis Xavier feast.

    Soni was speaking after presenting renowned French filmmaker Bernard Tavernier with the Lifetime Achievement Award, a tradition revived after a decade. The award includes a shawl, a scroll and a cash prize of Rs 1 million at the 42nd IFFI in Margao.

    Accepting the award, Tavernier said he had tried through his films to share his vision and the pleasure and joy of filmmaking. Films opened the windows of the world, he said, adding that ‘films can be weapons of massive construction‘.

    Soni wanted the film festival to become a people‘s festival and promised that two more theatres would be ready by the time of the next festival in 2012.

    She expressed the hope that the market section should be strengthened to reach out internationally. IFFI has become an agent of the growing acceptance of Indian cinema and has given an impetus and an identity to the industry making it one of the most prosperous film industries of the world, she added.

    Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan, who was the chief guest at the inauguration of the Festival, said that one should not be afraid to destroy systems and try new things in cinema, which “is food for the soul and the singular experience to which all relate.” Khan, however, did not like to demarcate between art and commercial cinema since all films were mirrors of the world.

    Speaking on the occasion, Goa chief Minister Digambar Kamat said that the state is being developed into a major film centre with a film culture of its own. He has already introduced single-window clearance for producers wanting to make films here. He said he had himself had the privilege of hosting the Festival for the fifth time in a row.

    After the vote of thanks by Film Federation of India President (FFI) TP Aggarwal, the opening film The Consul of Boredeaux directed by Francisco Manso and Joao Correa was screened.

    Others present at the inauguration included I&B Secretary Uday K Varma and Joint Secretary DP Reddy, Margao Mayor Sushila Nayak, Goa chief secretary Sanjay Srivastava, Festival Director Shankar Mohan, Entertainment Society of Goa CEO Manoj Srivastava and the five-member International Jury headed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

    Also present were producer-directors Ramesh Sippy, Jahnu Barua and Sudhir Mishra, Dharmesh Tiwari who represents a workers association in the industry, Oscar awardee Resul Pokkutty, Steering Committee Chairman Mike Pandey, and Prem Chopra.

    In a change of tradition, the IFFI, being held for the eighth time in a row in Panaji had its inauguration at the Rabindra Bhavan in Margao.