IMAGINEINDIA in collaboration with Casa Asia presents a number of 11 films, seven of which come from India, one from Sri Lanka, one from Pakistan and two from Nepal. Continue reading Imagineindia in Barcelona. December – March
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IMAGINEINDIA AT FILMOTEQUE OF NAVARRA (DECEMBER 2016)
Few films have shown early 1960’s Moscow, its young inhabitants, its streets, squares, houses, and apartments in such lively, immediate fashion and created a such clear-sighted portrait of a whole generation’s attitude towards life as Marlen Khutsiev’s MNE DVADTSAT LET (I Am Twenty, 1961-64). Born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1925 and trained at the State Film Academy (WGIK) in Moscow, this director, screenwriter, actor, professor, and outstanding protagonist of the 1950s and 60s Soviet New Wave produced the central work of Soviet Thaw-Era cinema with this film, despite the fact it had to be cut and reworked following an intervention by Khrushchev. Continue reading IMAGINEINDIA AT FILMOTEQUE OF NAVARRA (DECEMBER 2016)
The Quest, a film of Sikta Biswas, at Imagineindia Barcelona 2016
THE QUEST (Pather Sandhan) Sikta Biswas. 2016. India. 115 min. Cast : Shubhashis Mukherjee, Sikta Biswas, Arun Chakraborty
Adapted from a story by Bibhutibhusan, the author of “Pather Panchali”, the film “PatherSandhan” (The Quest) is set in the rural Bengal of the 1950s. The story traces the journey of aphilanthropist school-teacher, Naran Master, who has devoted himself to nation-buildingexpecting nothing in return. He believes confined within the classroom, students can’t feelMother Nature; he thus insists that they keep their inner eye open. In his sole mission ofeducating students with values, Naran Master has to confront numerous hurdles of life. His sonbecomes a rouge, his daughter is tortured at her in-laws’ house, and the School Committeeconspires against him. Only a magistrate Mr. Kanwar truly understands Naran Master and isproud of him as a real teacher. To make life worse, his son flees from their village home, whichshatters Manorama, Naran Master’s wife. Later, a telegram informs him that his son is in jail fortheft, and after Naran Master manages to meet him there, the boy commits suicide. Unable tobring the news to his wife, Naran Master tells her that their son hasn’t returned because he is ingreat peace and happiness in his current condition. Meanwhile, the magistrate, Mr. Kanwarhappens to meet Naran Master and feels deeply sorry for his sufferings. He offers Naran Master aposition in a Govt. level education committee. But Naran Master shows no interest in that andreturns to his village. However, the devastated teacher is at once rejuvenated when the youngstudents call on him to tutor them. Oblivious of his present condition, Naran Master continues toeducate the poor village children
Imagineindia Barcelona 2016. From 2 july to 13 august.
The Eighth edition of Imagineindia Barcelona will take place with the collaboration of Casa Asia during the months of July, August, at Cines Girona, every Saturday at 20.00 h.
Imagineindia International Film Festival and Casa Asia present a film programme on India whose contents include narratives exploring urban and rural life through the stories that exchange its protagonists. This first part of the programme will be screened during four Saturdays in July 2016, and will consist of 5 feature films . As in previous editions, the films presented in this Edition are related to gender issues and dramas of everyday life, whose protagonists living in the current India, sharing with the anonymous multitudes of this country culturaly complex and socially diverse.
FILMS SELECTED :
2 july, 20.00h
RADIOPETTI (Hari Viswanath) India
9 july, 20.00h
THE SILENCE (Gajendra Ahire) India
23 july, 20.00h
FROZEN (Shivajee Chandrabhusan) India
30 july, 20.00h
OTTAAL (Jayaraj) India
6 august, 20.00h
THE QUEST (Sikta Viswas) India
13 august, 20.00h
FROZEN (Shivajee Chandrabhusan) India
Imagineindia 2016 Awards
BEST FILM : RAUF (Soner Caner , Baris Caya) Turkey
BEST DIRECTOR : HANNA POLAK (Something better to come) Denmark, Poland RUCHIKA OBEROI (Island City) India
BEST ACTRESS : TANISHTA CHATTERJEE (Island City) India
BEST ACTOR : RAGHUVIR YADAV (The Silence) India
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY : VEDAT ÖZDEMIR (Rauf) Turkey
BEST MUSIC : RICHARD FORD (Radio Set) India
BEST CHILD ACTOR : ALEN HUSEYIN GURSO (Rauf) Turkey ALI AKBAR SAHRAIE (The sea and the flying fish) Iran
BEST SHORT : MOUSSE (John Hellberg) Sweden
SPECIAL RECOGNITION : TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (TISS) India
The festival pays lot of attention to gender issues. So we are obligued to add this text of Nishta Jain and Nagraj Manjule :
Nagraj Manjule’s words have stayed etched in my mind since I read them a couple of weeks ago after the release of his film Sairat. His words ring true especially in the context of the men and women of our elite institutions denying the charges of widely prevalent misogyny. It might be well worth for all of us to pay attention to his words. Rarely a man has spoken so honestly on the subject of men’s treatment of women. It requires rare courage to speak this:
“I am tired of this world created by men, ruined by men. I want a woman now to build the world or mess it up. I also realise that a woman is the Dalit in every case. Even when you look at savarnas [forward castes], the woman is secondary. Even a Dalit man would look down upon a savarna woman. Yet, the fact is that half the world is populated by women. We are fighting small fights — Hindus versus Muslims, Dalits versus upper castes. Gender is the bigger battle. I am tired of the man within me. I also want to change. You get unconsciously trapped in male values. You are superior only because you happen to be a man. I want a break from this male-dominated world.”
Uttar Falguni (Asit Sen) Suchitra Sen
Uttar Falguni
Asit Sen
India. 1963. 135 min
Cast : Suchitra Sen, Bikash Roy, Chhaya Devi
This is the story of a women dogged by misfortune. Devjani,s engagement to Manish is cancelled as he has to go abroad to return as a barrister. She is thus doomed to marry Rakhal, who has lent money to her father. Soon, she is with a child but Rakhal has treated her all along so brutally that she attempts to escape and put an end to her life.
Saptapadi (Ajoy Kar) Suchitra Sen
Saptapadi
Ajoy Kar
India. 1961. 160 min
Cast : Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Khitish Acharya
Set in World War II, the reverend Krishnendu runs a military hospital in Bankura. A drunken Anglo-Indian woman soldier is brought to him for treatment and he recognized her as his former love Rina Brown.
Press Conference / Presentation of Imagineindia festival 2016
“The 15th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival will kick out next 17 may in Madrid.
A prelude of the festival has had its space at the headquarters of B The Travel Brand Xperience in April and will continue in may and June.
A total of 71 films in 14 sections, 7 venues (Filmoteca Española, B The Travel Brand Xperience, Teatro del barrio, Casa Asia, Función Lenguaje, Russian Center of science and culture, CC Pilar Miró) for 16 days will give good account of the independent film scene.
Comedies, thrillers, dramas and much more where the public can choose to their taste!
To highlight the films on/of Russian director Igor Savchenko, the Indian actress Suchitra Sen and the most outstanding concerned about social inequalities Indian director Shyam Benegal.
Abound in the sections which reflect the efforts of the great institutions of India as the Tata Institute (TISS), or Public Broadcasting Service (PSBT) that year after year bring to the festival films from research on social trends, gender rights, situations of conflict, among many other social issues.
If everybody’s mouth echoes the word Bollywood with the imminence of their awards in Madrid, Imagineindia has for 15 years been showing great Maestros who have left their mark in our lives through “other cinema”.
PRESS CONFERENCE :
Day : 11 may, wednesday. 12.00 h
Venue : B The Travel Brand Xperience. Calle Miguel Ángel 33. Madrid
Invitees : El Gran Wyoming, Sergio Pazos, Yolanda Font (Actriz), David Marqués (director), Alicia Lledó (Kamala Producciones), Sara Casasnovas, Qazi Abdur Rahim.
More info : www.imagineindia.net
Rauf (Soner Caner, Baris Kaya) Official Section
Rauf
Soner Caner, Baris Kaya
Turkey. 2016. 90 min
Cast : Alen Huseyin Gursoy, Arif Arifogullari, Metin Asasin
Venue : Función Lenguaje
Date : 21 may. 19.00h
Rauf hopes to win over his big crush, the older Zana, with the help of the colour pink. But what does pink really look like anyways, and will he even be able to find it in his snowy little Kurdish village up in the mountains? Meanwhile, disturbing rumours sweep in from the outside world.
The sea and the flying fish (Mehrdad Ghafarzadeh)
The Sea and the Flying Fish
Mehrdad Ghafarzadeh
Iran. 2015. 78 min
Cast : Homayoun Ershadi, Akbar Fallah, Amir Hossein Rostami
Venue : Función Lenguaje
Date : 22 may. 20.00h
Ehsan could neither speak nor hear but with his innocent eyes he could see the flight of flying fish over the sea of freedom.
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