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  • Teamwork Production to organise festival for first time filmmakers in Singapore

    MUMBAI: Teamwork Production has announced that the first edition of its Asian Festival of 1st Films (AFFF) event will be held in Singapore from 23-30 November 2005.

    Planned as an annual feature, this Film & Documentary Festival will celebrate excellence of first time producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, actors and documentary makers from the Asian diaspora.

    To be held in Singapore as an event of the Asia Media Festival, the seven-day festival will provide a stage for emerging Asian film talent to excel on an international platform.

    The festival comprises of a competition segment and a non-competition programme. It aims to recognise talent in eight categories: Film (Producer); Director; Cinematographer; Actress; Actor; Writer; Documentary and Director of Documentary.

    The competition is open to film and documentary makers of Asian origin, spanning 7 continents and 152 countries of the world. The films can include any Asian language and should enter the competition as a world premiere and must not have been released commercially outside the country of its origin.

    An eminent selection committee comprising reputed filmmakers, critics and documentary producers will view submissions and select up to 56 films for the festival of which 32 will be in the competition section. Further a jury of film and documentary personalities will be invited to the festival to judge the best in each category.

    The festival partners include Media Development Authority of Singapore; Golden Village Singapore Film Society; Asia Media Market – Reed Midem.

  • Brilliant Entertainment to organise Commonwealth Relay event in Delhi

    MUMBAI: Brilliant Entertainment Networks (BEN) has announced that it has bagged the rights to organise the Commonwealth 2006 Baton Relay Event, defeating 17 event management companies.

    As the 2010 Games are scheduled in Delhi, this Relay event has generated a lot of hype. It will take place on 14 September 2005.
     
     

    Ben director Raman Raheja says, “It is an honour for all of us at Ben to assist the Govt. of NCR for this prestigious project. With our endeavor to showcase India, we plan to make a grand statement to the World that Delhi is ready to host the games.”

    The other contenders to organise the event include DNA Networks, 360 Degrees and TIC. The decision for this multi crore project was taken after a series of presentations, followed by a final presentation to the honorable CM of Delhi.

     
     

    Ben had earlier hosted the Listen-India Tour.

  • CNBC to organise workshop on ‘effective advertising’

    MUMBAI: CNBC India has taken an initiative to organise a series of workshops in the country, to be conducted by the world’s best marketing minds, through the channel’s marketing and advertising magazine Storyboard.

    As part of this initiative, the first workshop on ‘Effective Advertising’ will be conducted by acclaimed ad veteran and specialist Prof John Philip Jones in Mumbai on 26 March at the Taj Mahal Hotel. He will address issues like effectiveness and response of good advertising, two features which have become essential in a market cluttered with multiple brands. He has developed methodologies that allows one to measure the short-term effects of advertising, and measure the effect advertising is having on sales. Thus, fulfilling clients’ demand for tools that will determine the results of their advertising spends.

    Prof Jones will also conduct a comprehensive day- long workshop for registered members focusing on methodologies that makes advertising more accountable and effective on 28 March, at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi.

    Those interested can enrol for the workshop by paying a registration fee is Rs 4500 per head, which can be made through cheque or demand draft in the favour of Television Eighteen India Ltd or by sending entries to:

    Sercon India Private limited,
    NH11, Community Centre, C-Block,
    Naraina Vihar, New Delhi – 110 028.