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  • MX Player, Edukemy and Rusk Media team up for a short film

    MX Player, Edukemy and Rusk Media team up for a short film

    Mumbai: EdTech company Edukemy has collaborated with entertainment app MX Player and Rusk Media for a short film named When your Roommate is a UPSC Aspirant.

    The film-cum-ad campaign is created by Rusk Media and it revolves around two young UPSC aspirants (essayed by GenZ influencers – Keshav Sadhna and Parikshit Joshi) and their efforts to clear the highly competitive examination. It highlights how Edukemy plays a vital role in fulfilling the dreams of the aspirant by providing a high-quality personalised learning experience through an AI-Driven evaluation system, along with mentors who provide them the right kind of guidance.

    “We are delighted to partner with MX Player for this video series campaign,” said Edukemy CEO & co-founder Chandrahas Panigrahi. “The UPSC exam is one of the most prestigious exams in the country and we at Edukemy are focused on providing an uninterrupted learning experience by maximizing a student’s potential. Our courses are designed meticulously to address the gaps and requirements to enhance the overall learning experience.”

    “We are pleased to announce our collaboration with Edukemy, which is supporting many students preparing for civil service examinations,” said Rusk Media’s co-founder & CEO Mayank Yadav. “We admire their efforts to provide evaluation-driven pedagogy and personalized learning experiences to learners. We are thrilled to be working with MX Player to bring the kids’ lives and hardships to life. It was a pleasure to work with both organisations, and we look forward to continuing to do so in the future.”

    “We are delighted to partner with Edukemy and make an engaging sketch on how their immersive and personalized sessions help train the UPSC aspirants to clear the CSE examination,” said MX Player’s head of brand partnerships Pankaj Malani. “Rusk Media has beautifully brought alive the journey of working professionals who prepare for UPSC CSE that millions of Indians will be able to relate to. At MX, we strive to seamlessly connect the brand’s ethos to our large and diverse audience base and this short film is yet another example of the bespoke content solutions we offer brands/advertisers.”

  • ShortsTV enters Nepal with local partnerships

    ShortsTV enters Nepal with local partnerships

    KOLKATA: SVoD platform ShortsTV has forayed into Nepal in partnership with leading DTH platform DishHome and cable TV operator SimTV. With this, ShortsTV is the first ever curated platform for short stories and films in Nepal, providing over 900 hours of unconventional and captivating short format stories.

    The service will be available to all subscribers as part of the Basic Pack and will feature a promising line-up of 4,000+ premium titles, including the best of Oscars, BAFTA and Cannes along with popular Indian short films. Subscribers can look forward to an exciting mix of award winning and nominated short films covering a variety of genres including comedy, drama, thriller, mystery, crime and adventure amongst others in specially curated one-hour programming blocks. This premium offering will be available to subscribers as a linear channel on their television and the buddy mobile app of DishHome.

    ShortsTV chief executive Carter Pilcher said, “As viewing habits evolve, & time being a rare commodity, viewers are preferring complete storytelling in a short dose. As such, short films have seen a huge surge in popularity across the globe including in India. We are introducing our choicest shorts to the Nepal market and are ramping up the regional content on our platform. We are on a quest to further strengthen our presence in Asia and the entry into Nepal marks the second country in our Asian portfolio.”

    ShortsTV’s library of short films includes international finds like Skin, Bear Story, Friend request pending, Henry, Inseparable, Shackled, The Voorman Problem, Swimsuit 46 and others. It also includes some of the most popular Indian short films starring Bollywood celebrities like Kajol, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Rajkumar Rao, Nasseruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff such as Chutney, Ahalya, Shunyata, Devi, Rogan Josh, Zahida, Carbon, Uss Din among others.

    ShortsTV Asia president Tarun Sawhney said, “With the recent digitisation and boom in content consumption, storytelling has transcended language and geographical barriers and found audiences among people who truly appreciate good cinema. The same goes for short films. With the expansion of ShortsTV, we are introducing the world’s largest library of high-quality curated shorts to one country at a time and we are sure of the success that awaits shortbusters with our every next step.” 

    ShortsTV is already available in over 100 million homes across the US, India, Latin America, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Eastern Europe.  In India, ShortsTV is available as a value-added service across all leading DTH platforms including Tata Sky, Dish TV, D2H and Airtel Digital TV. The platform has also forayed into OTT streaming with its recent partnership with Airtel Xstream App.

  • Zee Keralam invites short-film makers to showcase their films

    Zee Keralam invites short-film makers to showcase their films

    MUMBAI: Short-films are no longer short! Malayalam entertainment channel Zee Keralam is giving a platform to short-film makers through a new programme titled ' Short Premiers.' The programme will premiere short-films made in Malayalam. It is aimed at encouraging short-film makers.  

    Filmmakers can send their short films to zeekeralam@zee.esselgroup.com and to the WhatsApp number 7824074744. The last date for the entries is on June 10. The entries should be in Malayalam. A selected panel picks the best out of the entries and will screen those films in a prime-time in the channel in the coming days.

    Zee Keralam said that they have initiated such a unique programme to give a platform for budding film-makers. During this lockdown, the industry saw a lot of creative work shot from the restrictions of everyone's homes. Many aspiring filmmakers see the short-films as their stepping stone into the big world of cinema. Though very few get the desired attention for their movies, the rest would be deprived of viewers and appreciations for their films. Zee Keralam is choosing to balance that with this novel initiative. This initiative of Zee Keralam would give the filmmakers more space and opportunity to showcase their films, said the channel.   

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  • FTII short film fails to get the Cinéfondation award at Cannes Fest

    FTII short film fails to get the Cinéfondation award at Cannes Fest

    NEW DELHI: The only Indian film that had officially made it to Cannes – the short film from the Film and Television Institute of India – has failed to get any awards although it was among the sixteen films shortlisted by the Cinéfondation Selection of the Cannes International film festival to mark the twentieth year of this section.
    The film was ‘Afternoon Clouds’ by Payal Kapadia with duration of 13 minutes.

    The 16 films included 14 works of fiction and 2 animations from among the 2,600 works submitted this year by film schools from all over the world. Fourteen countries from three continents are represented. Four of the films selected come from schools taking part for the first time.

    The three Cinéfondation prizes that were awarded – in that order – are:

    THE CINÉFONDATION SELECTION:
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    The Cinéfondation allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.

    The winner of the First Prize is also guaranteed the presentation of his/her first feature film at the Festival de Cannes.

    The awarded films will be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on 30 May.

    However, all the films of the Cinéfondation selection will be screened at the Cinémathèque française on 31 May and 1 June 2017.

     

  • Yes Foundation organises social film movement

    Yes Foundation organises social film movement

    MUMBAI: Yes Foundation, the social development arm of Yes Bank, is giving the public an opportunity to select the winners of India’s largest social film movement – YES! I am the CHANGE.  

     

    The top 50 short film entries have been shortlisted and will now compete for the Indian social filmmaking challenge 2014. The five minute long films represent the true spirit of positive social change and touched on social topics including education, women’s safety, women empowerment, animal care and responsible citizenship.

     

    The main aim of this campaign is to spread mass awareness about social causes through the thought provoking films made by youth participants. Over 72,000 viewers have already participated and voted for the popular choice awards. The public can watch the films Yes Foundation India’s YouTube channel and vote for their favourite film. The film with the largest number of likes will be adjudged the winner. Voting ends on 31 January 2015. 

     

    The top three winners of the YES! I am the CHANGE popular choice awards will receive prizes worth Rs 25,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.

     

    This programme is mentored by eminent filmmakers and educationists including Shoojit Sircar, Vikramaditya Motwane, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Pritish Nandy, Guneet Monga, Kailash Surendranath, Dr. Indu Shahani, Dr. Nagesh Rao and Nina Lath amongst others.

  • Gangs of Wasseypur to screen at Glasgow film fest

    Gangs of Wasseypur to screen at Glasgow film fest

    MUMBAI: Anurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur will be screened at the Glasgow Film Festival in Scotland to be held from 14 to 24 February.

    Writes the festival website about the film, “Acclaimed as India‘s The Godfather, Gangs of Wasseypur was one of the discoveries of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Director Anurag Kashyap blends the ferocious energy of South Indian action movies with the sweep, scope and richness of a gangster epic by Sergio Leone or Martin Scorsese.”

    Both the parts of the film will be screened on 23 and 24 of next month.

    Another Indian film, Vanishing Point, a short film by Abhijit Mazumdar will compete in Adrift: International Competition section of the Festival. It tells the story of a location scouting trip that falls into disarray.

    The Glasgow Film Festival, that was launched in 2005, is known as one of the fastest growing festivals in the UK.

  • 100 short films to screen at docu fest in Kerala

    100 short films to screen at docu fest in Kerala

    MUMBAI: Over 100 short films and documentaries would be screened in the fifth International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK-2012) to be held at Thiruvananthapuram from 8 to 12 June.

    Chosen from among 620 entries, the films would be screened in six categories in the competition section. The event is organised by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy.

    Short films and documentaries from various countries would be screened at the festival.

    Eight films of eminent documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock would be screened in the Homage section.

  • 3 creative teams get Screen Australia’s short film initiave’s funding

    3 creative teams get Screen Australia’s short film initiave’s funding

    MUMBAI: Screen Australia‘s Springboard Short Film Initiative has ensured that three creative teams receive investment for their upcoming projects. The idea behind the Springboard Short Film Course is to offer creative teams the opportunity to make a short film that will be the grounding for a feature film idea.

    Screen Australia‘s head of development Martha Coleman said, “This year‘s Springboard workshop has encouraged participants to focus on providing an intense emotional experience by combining a great script with a strong director‘s vision.”

    While writer-director Nicholas Verso and producer John Malloy will make The Last Time I Saw Richard, writer-director Miranda Nation along with producer Lyn Norfor will make Perception. Lastly, writer-director Sean Kruck will make Snowblind with producer Caroline Barry.

    It may be noted that previous recipient writer-director Zak Hilditch made the short film Transmission with producer Liz Kearney that was selected for this year‘s Tribeca Film Festival. The Springboard Short Film Initiative also helped the makers to get finance for their feature These Final Hours.
    Another previous recipient was Grant Scicluna whose film The Wilding won at this year‘s Melbourne Queer Film Festival for Best Australian Short and was in competition at this year‘s Berlin Film Festival.

    Five teams were selected for the Springboard course with convenor Paul Welsh. The teams will receive up to $150,000 each to make a short film.

  • JIFF 2012 to have awards for best premiere

    JIFF 2012 to have awards for best premiere

    NEW DELHI: The Jaipur International Film Festival is introducing a special award for the best film that will be have its Indian or world premiere at the Festival to be held in January.

    The Red Rose will be conferred on a new film which the jury finds is unique in its content and treatment. This feature is being added as an ‘open category‘ in JIFF 2012.

    Entries from all over the world will be eligible for this category. The festival has invited any member of the crew – the filmmakers, musicians and composers – to be present for the launch of their film, music release etc.

    Any filmmaker/musician can also deliver the live performance of the concerned project, at the opening or closing ceremonies.

    This practice is popular and applicable among many prestigious film festivals like Berlin, Toronto and Cannes, Festival Director Hanu Roj told indiantelevision.com.

    In the feature film category, Golden Camel, Red Rose, Green Rose, Yellow Rose and Best Director for first film will be presented, in addition to awards in the category of Short Film, Documentary Film, Director, Cinematography, Sound, Script, Editing, best film From Rajasthan, Critics‘ Award, Animation Film, and Upcoming Star.

    The Festival had last year attracted as many as 144 films including 71 from overseas at the 3rd Jaipur International Film Festival in January 2011.