Regional Film Festival: New Genres in Indian Cinema

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30 August 2019, 3:30pm Add to Calendar 30/08/2019 15:30 30/08/2019 20:00 Asia/Kolkata Regional Film Festival: New Genres in Indian Cinema You must check this event link for more details and also on the day for any event update before attending : https://www.delhievents.com/2019/08/regional-film-festival-new-genres-indian-cinema-goethe-max-mueller-bhavan.html Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

31 August - 1 September 2019, 12pm onwards Add to Calendar 31/08/2019 12:00 01/09/2019 15:30 Asia/Kolkata Regional Film Festival: New Genres in Indian Cinema You must check this event link for more details and also on the day for any event update before attending : https://www.delhievents.com/2019/08/regional-film-festival-new-genres-indian-cinema-goethe-max-mueller-bhavan.html Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Venue : Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
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Event Description : Regional Film Festival: New Genres in Indian Cinema

While Bollywood dominates the discourse on Indian Cinema, there is also a genre of “good, middle road cinema” emerging in Indian language films – films that are efficiently made and are frequently favourites in festival circuits. Regional cinema continues to flourish, catering to its own audiences, occasionally being screened outside. Due to the commercial interests of distribution, these innovative, cinematic and rooted films hardly get to be seen outside their language regions. The films in this selection are those that are heard about, but not easy to access. Spanning the last two years, they introduce filmmakers working in regional languages who also have a need to meet audiences from newer constituencies, to build the profile of an “Indian Cinema”.

Bina Paul graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) with a specialisation in editing. She has edited over 40 feature films and has worked with illustrious directors like G Aravindan, John Abraham and P N Menon. She is a recipient of two National Awards and numerous State Awards for editing. She has been the Artistic Director of the International Film Festival of Kerala for seventeen years and has been instrumental in shaping it into an important international event. She has served on the juries of various international film festivals including those held in Locarno, Durban, Morocco and Berlin. Bina is a regular faculty at the FTII and CDIT (Science & Development Documentary Course). She is currently the Vice Chairperson of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and Vice President NETPAC.

Schedule:

Friday, 30 August 2019:
15:30: Ka Kha Ga Gha (Director: Sherin Govindan, 2018, colour, 73 min, Malayalam)
17:30: Bulbul Can Sing (Director: Rima Das, 2018, colour, 95 min, Assamese)
19:10: Conversation – Rima Das

Saturday, 31 August 2019:  
12:00: Kattumaram (Director: Swarnavel Eswaran, 2019, colour, 73 mins, Tamil)
14:30: Sukhantyam (Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 2018, colour, 29 min 18 sec, Malayalam)
15:00: Widow of Silence (Director: Praveen Morchhale, 2018, colour, 75 min., Urdu)
16:30: Conversation – Praveen Morchhale
17:30: Sweet Requiem (Director: Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam, 2018, colour, 91 min., Tibetan)
19:00: Conversation – Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam

Sunday, 1 September 2019:
12:00: The Flight (Director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta, 2018, colour, 87 min., Bengali)
14:30: And What is the Summer Saying? (Director: Payal Kapadia, 2018, colour and black & white, 24 min, Marathi)
15:00: Bebaak (Director: Shazia Iqbal, 2018, colour, 20 min 35 sec, Urdu / Hindi / English)

Curated by Bina Paul

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