Moh Maya Money (English: In Greed We Trust) is a Hindi Feature film directed by Munish Bhardwaj and starring Ranvir Shorey and Neha Dhupia. The film’s journey began at the NFDC Film Bazaar in 2015 where it was a Film Bazaar Recommends project. The film premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival, and has also played at the London Indian Film Festival, Silk Screen Festival at Pittsburgh and the Chicago South Asian Film Festival where it was selected in competition and as the Centerpiece film. Continue reading Moh Maya Money (Munish Bhardwaj)
SANSARE DADAYAKKARA, a film of Prasanna Jayakody (Srilanka) in Barcelona
SANSARE DADAYAKKARA, Dir. Prasanna Jayakody | Sri Lanka | 2015 |75’
Leopard Do Not Bite (Sinhalese: Dadayakkaraya) is a Sri Lankan drama directed by Prasanna Jayakody, starring Sanjeewa Upendra, Hemasiri Liyanage, and Christina Britto. It depicts a conflict between a monk and a hunter, giving a ground to a philosophical exploration of death’s place in life. The story was inspired by Simon Navagattegama’s novel Dadayakkaraya’s story. It was screened at 20th Busan International Film Festival 2015. Continue reading SANSARE DADAYAKKARA, a film of Prasanna Jayakody (Srilanka) in Barcelona
Imagineindia 2018 AWARDS
BEST FILM : Newton (India) Amit Masurkar Producers : Manish Mundra, Shiladitya Bora.
BEST DIRECTOR : Veronica Kedar (Israel) for Family
BEST ACTOR : Tzahi Grad (Israel) for The Cousin
BEST ACTRESS : Angellie Nicolle Sanoy (Phillipines) for Bomba
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY : Airat Iamilov (Russia) for Sofichka
BEST MUSIC : Daphne Keenan (Israel) for Family
SPECIAL MENTION IN MUSIC : Highway 318 (Yunxing Nie) China
BEST SHORT FILM : ADN of Wild Beasts (Delphine Montaigne) France
SPECIAL MENTION for short films :
Shmama (Miki Polonski) Israel
Nada (Adel Ahmed Yehia) Egypt
July rain (M.Khutsiev) a prophetic work at Imagineindia Navarra
Fimoteque of Navarra Paseo Antonio Pérez Goyena 3 Pamplona Tf : 848 424 795 http://www.filmotecanavarra.com
Wednesday 21 december 20.00 h
Marlen Khutsiev’s “July Rain” has lost none of its radical modernity. Often described as the Soviet version of an Antonioni film, pic follows 28-year-old Lena (Evgeniya Uralova, who bears a vague resemblance to Monica Vitti) through a kind of existential crisis, as she realizes her relationship with perfect boyfriend Volodya (Aleksandr Belyavsky) is empty and their friends are superficial fools. Continue reading July rain (M.Khutsiev) a prophetic work at Imagineindia Navarra
Taandro, a film of Samten Bhutia
TAANDRO (Nepal) 2015
Director: Samten Bhutia
Music: Aadha Sur
Producer: Satish Kumar Gautam
Cast: Dayahang Rai, Rajan Khatiwada, Buddhi Tamang
Script: Samten Bhutia, Upendra Subba
Koshish is a member of an underground Maoist group that is battling the Government of Nepal to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic. He specifically belongs to the cultural wing of the outfit, which consists of troops that go from village to village and spread awareness among the poor, uneducated masses about their rights. It is in effect the propaganda wing of the guerilla outfit. Koshish is leading an unarmed cultural troop on an awareness program in the village of Chailung, in the western district of Lamjung. Continue reading Taandro, a film of Samten Bhutia
Imagineindia in Barcelona. December – March
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
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.”
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