Lightcube Film Society presents inaugural screenings of their short film club, Pinhole Sessions, at Ziro, 24/3, Hauz Khas Village > 7pm on 13th June 2013

Time : 7:00 pm

Entry : Limited seats, call or mail for reservations:
+91 11 26561268, management@zirocafe.com
RSVP: 7838340196 (Suraj Prasad) / lightcubefilmsociety@gmail.com

Place : Ziro, 24/3, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi
Venue Info : www.zirocafe.com | Hauz Khas Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Green Park(Yellow Line)'
Phone : +91 11-26561268, +91-9953216064, +91-8447144130

Event Description : Lightcube Film Society at Ziro Cafe, Hauz Khas Village present the inaugural screenings of their short film club, Pinhole Sessions. The idea of the short film is one borne out of convenience. Films of a shorter duration are as old as cinema itself (in the early days, these films were called two-reelers) – but this fact owes itself to the early, nascent and experimental phase of cinema: when people who had conceived the medium had no real idea of what to do with it. Apprehensive as humans are with each new form, the first films were as much creative endeavours as they were simple tests conducted as if by scientists. As experiments go, therefore, these films were short and meant, essentially, to verify a result of validate a thesis. There was also a technical circumstance: film magazines didn’t run long (usually, 760 frames or close to a minute) and therefore, films just had to be short. Other factors like still-developing popular interest and the absence of an organised industry meant that early cinema was used, if ever, to either experiment or as brief, passing entertainment. Cinema pioneers then discovered the possibility of a narrative – the idea that a film can also tell a story. Films got longer, funding came in, directors more ambitious, cast larger and plots more elaborate. But cinema’s history, as it often is, tends to traverse a circular path – we always return to an earlier point. With the introduction of the digital cinema, cinema has entered an exciting phase of experimentation, where young filmmakers, equipped with the conveniences of video editing and image manipulation software, are attempting to locate new meanings, a new idiom and a new set of images, all of which weren’t visible to the world earlier. 
The idea behind Pinhole Sessions precisely to acknowledge and admire this ambition as well as to render in 
full view the historical lineage and relevance of the short film throughout the history of cinema.

Films to be screened are as follows : 
NOVA EVA / 2010 / Guillaume Martinez 
Guillaume Martinez's newest mid-length film "Nova Eva" is a very interesting film. Lasting just a bit over a half an hour, it makes its place alongside films like Primer (2004) in the new wave of science fiction cinema. Legendary French actress Edith Scob stars as the pivotal lead, professor Eda Baykan in a very commendable performance. The underlying theme of the film is the concept of birth. Human beings evolved from simpler forms because of evolution and we are in the process of it as we speak. We often find the newest generation is faster and more intelligent that we were during our childhood. Director Martinez cleverly places the film in the near future and has a lot of shots featuring children playing in a playground. There is a great shot of a few children playing on a circular slide which could be a metaphor for the various "loops" that the programmers talk about and also for the "circle of life" theory. One can wonder that these children of the information age have never probably experienced activities like taking notes by hand or typing their own emails and that is where the point of the film lies.
37 min, Colour
A DROP OFSUNSHINE / 2011 / Aparna Sanyal 
Schizophrenia. It may be one word, but it immediately conjures up multiple connotations. Mad. Incurable. Violent. Suicidal. Chemical imbalances. Crazy. A lifelong condition. Inevitable dependency on Medicines. Dark. Terrible. 'A Drop of Sunshine' challenges these notions. It questions the mainstream view of the condition and seeks alternate ways of recovering from it. - Anonymous (IMDB)
40 min, Colour

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