Lightcube Film Society presents "Transmissions" a festival of Independent films from around the world at Kunzum Cafe, T-49, GF, Hauz Khas Village > 20th-24th July 2012
Entry : A single Festival pass costs Rs. 500. A special discount will be issued to the members of Club Kunzum and Lightcube Film Society, who have to pay Rs 250/- each for a pass.
Contact : Suraj Prasad / 7838340196 or email us at : lightcubefilmsociety@gmail.com or collect membership forms from the cafe.
Event Details : Lightcube Film Society presents 'Transmissions' a festival of Independent films from around the world.
Films, Discussions, Video Exhibitions!
Schedule :
20th July 2012
6 PM - 6:30 PM Statement of Purpose / About Lightcube Film Society / The
Dhenuki Project / A Talk on the notion of ‘Independence’ in the Indian Context by Mr. Santosh Desai
6:30 PM - At the Stairs / Children of the Pyre by Mr. Rajesh Jala
8:15 PM - Post-film discussion with the Director present.
21st July 2012
6 PM - Representative from a leading theatre chain to speak about independent distribution
system and its changing face.
6:30 PM - Chitrasutram by Mr. Vipin Vijay
8:30 PM - Post-film discussion with the Director present.
22nd July 2012
5:30 PM – About Ladakh, a travel talk.
6 PM - Riding Solo to the Top of the World by Mr. Gaurav Jani
7:40 – Sita Sings the Blues by Ms. Nina Paley
23rd July 2012
6:30 PM - Khargosh by Paresh Kamdar
7:45 PM - Post-film discussion about the film
24th July 2012
6 PM – A discussion of the ‘Film vs. Digital’ paradigm by Mr. Gautam Valluri
6:30 PM – Nova Eva by Guillaume Martinez
7:15 PM – Post-film discussion
8 PM – Closing address
INTRODUCTION
The idea behind the festival of independent cinema is to establish a platform that devotes itself specifically and wholly to the cause of independent film production and exhibition in the country – the festival will not only be a screening platform, but also act as a conference, a convention and a platform for an elaborate discussion of the fundamentals involved in the independent film scene in the country as well as a gathering of the most important independent artists working throughout the capital and other parts of the country. This will be achieved through film screenings, post-film discussions, elaborate program notes, performances by independent music artists, a talk by a representative from the most popular DIY technology available in the market and ofcourse, through the participation of the audience – all in the relaxed yet engaging, intimate and yet wholly serious atmosphere provided by the travel café.
PRECEDENTS
Throughout the world, attempts are being made to move cinema outside the auditorium, and yet, still preserve its essentially communal nature. This fervor is supported by historical evidence – the New Hollywood movement in America began with screenings of the controversial film Bonnie and Clyde at drive-in theatres where youngsters of the era could appreciate the outspokenness and reality of a violent situation as presented in the film. Such festivals, that take films to all over the country, whether with a mobile screening unit or the film being projected on the side of a truck, or films being shown on a remote island somewhere, are cinema’s answer to the computer screen – cinema must be watched with others, as a shared experience, and not alone. Relevant precedents to such an ambition are the various festivals organized by famous Scottish actor Tilda Swinton in different corners of the world and even the locally-grown BYOFF, Puri. Reports below:
ABOUT US
Lightcube is an agency devoted to revising film screening habits and to devise new methods and techniques to disseminate culture beyond its mainstream-specified boundaries and metropolitan nature. The agency also believes that it is imperative that films are programmed that are beyond the currently fashionable, venues are chosen that are outside of the large auditoria or seminar halls and old world methods of audience-film interaction such as panel discussions, program notes and post-film discussions are reinstated, while also including innovative new methods such as video criticism, video installations and exhibitions to present a more wholesome view of the film or the director at hand.
It is also the belief of Lightcube that cinema or culture belongs to everyone and is too powerful a force for select circles to contain within their own boundaries – as such, in times of rampant proliferation of the new media in this century,
Lightcube aims to show films in an imagined, vast, open, quickly-evolving and mobilized land – this is fulfilled by its participation in the organisation/creation of a number of cinema projects, exercises in which a film projector and some great films are carried to different parts in the country, and then screened for local audiences.
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Contact : Suraj Prasad / 7838340196 or email us at : lightcubefilmsociety@gmail.com or collect membership forms from the cafe.
Place : Kunzum Cafe, T-49, GF, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi 110016
Tel: +91.11.2651 3949, +91.9650 702 777
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Event Details : Lightcube Film Society presents 'Transmissions' a festival of Independent films from around the world.
Films, Discussions, Video Exhibitions!
Schedule :
20th July 2012
6 PM - 6:30 PM Statement of Purpose / About Lightcube Film Society / The
Dhenuki Project / A Talk on the notion of ‘Independence’ in the Indian Context by Mr. Santosh Desai
6:30 PM - At the Stairs / Children of the Pyre by Mr. Rajesh Jala
8:15 PM - Post-film discussion with the Director present.
21st July 2012
6 PM - Representative from a leading theatre chain to speak about independent distribution
system and its changing face.
6:30 PM - Chitrasutram by Mr. Vipin Vijay
8:30 PM - Post-film discussion with the Director present.
22nd July 2012
5:30 PM – About Ladakh, a travel talk.
6 PM - Riding Solo to the Top of the World by Mr. Gaurav Jani
7:40 – Sita Sings the Blues by Ms. Nina Paley
23rd July 2012
6:30 PM - Khargosh by Paresh Kamdar
7:45 PM - Post-film discussion about the film
24th July 2012
6 PM – A discussion of the ‘Film vs. Digital’ paradigm by Mr. Gautam Valluri
6:30 PM – Nova Eva by Guillaume Martinez
7:15 PM – Post-film discussion
8 PM – Closing address
INTRODUCTION
The idea behind the festival of independent cinema is to establish a platform that devotes itself specifically and wholly to the cause of independent film production and exhibition in the country – the festival will not only be a screening platform, but also act as a conference, a convention and a platform for an elaborate discussion of the fundamentals involved in the independent film scene in the country as well as a gathering of the most important independent artists working throughout the capital and other parts of the country. This will be achieved through film screenings, post-film discussions, elaborate program notes, performances by independent music artists, a talk by a representative from the most popular DIY technology available in the market and ofcourse, through the participation of the audience – all in the relaxed yet engaging, intimate and yet wholly serious atmosphere provided by the travel café.
PRECEDENTS
Throughout the world, attempts are being made to move cinema outside the auditorium, and yet, still preserve its essentially communal nature. This fervor is supported by historical evidence – the New Hollywood movement in America began with screenings of the controversial film Bonnie and Clyde at drive-in theatres where youngsters of the era could appreciate the outspokenness and reality of a violent situation as presented in the film. Such festivals, that take films to all over the country, whether with a mobile screening unit or the film being projected on the side of a truck, or films being shown on a remote island somewhere, are cinema’s answer to the computer screen – cinema must be watched with others, as a shared experience, and not alone. Relevant precedents to such an ambition are the various festivals organized by famous Scottish actor Tilda Swinton in different corners of the world and even the locally-grown BYOFF, Puri. Reports below:
ABOUT US
Lightcube is an agency devoted to revising film screening habits and to devise new methods and techniques to disseminate culture beyond its mainstream-specified boundaries and metropolitan nature. The agency also believes that it is imperative that films are programmed that are beyond the currently fashionable, venues are chosen that are outside of the large auditoria or seminar halls and old world methods of audience-film interaction such as panel discussions, program notes and post-film discussions are reinstated, while also including innovative new methods such as video criticism, video installations and exhibitions to present a more wholesome view of the film or the director at hand.
It is also the belief of Lightcube that cinema or culture belongs to everyone and is too powerful a force for select circles to contain within their own boundaries – as such, in times of rampant proliferation of the new media in this century,
Lightcube aims to show films in an imagined, vast, open, quickly-evolving and mobilized land – this is fulfilled by its participation in the organisation/creation of a number of cinema projects, exercises in which a film projector and some great films are carried to different parts in the country, and then screened for local audiences.
Related Events : Films at Cultural Places | Movies | Film Festivals
Lightcube Film Society presents "Transmissions" a festival of Independent films from around the world at Kunzum Cafe, T-49, GF, Hauz Khas Village > 20th-24th July 2012
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