INDIAN DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION
IDPA UPDATE Nov 19th 07

223, Famous Cine Building, 20 Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400 001
Tel: 24920757, 2496 1020 
e-mail : idpaindia@gmail.com
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NomadsLand - Docs in Progress Competition

NomadsLand is partnering with Docs in Progress to curate special works-in-progress documentaries from international filmmakers seeking to gain valuable feedback on their rough cuts at a critical stage of editing. Anyone can upload a 10-minute segment of their unfinished documentary to Nomadsland.com. Semi-finalists will have segments from their film included on a special Works In Progress section of Nomadsland.com.

Two winners (one short documentary and one feature documentary) will be selected for a  Docs in Progress workshop in Washington DC on February 10, 2008 where the entire rough cut will be discussed and critiqued by a live audience of filmmakers and film aficionados at progressive café/restaurant Busboys and Poets.  

How it Works?

(1) Between now and January 4, 2008, upload your work-in-progress to Nomadsland.com. Register on the site here then click on the Works In Progress Upload Console under the Nomads Only menu tab for upload instructions. If your film is longer than 10 minutes, please select up to a 10 minute segment which will give viewers a sense of the story and style of the film. Trailers will not be considered.

(2) Films that meet the minimum criteria for consideration (see below for criteria) will be selected as a semi-finalist and go live on the Nomadsland website. The general public will view your film, rate it from 0 to 5 stars and write comments and constructive criticism.

(3) A team of judges headed by Docs in Progress' Adele Schmidt and Erica Ginsberg & NomadsLand's Davin Hutchins will review the highest rated films and select five feature projects and five shorts as Finalists. These 10 films will be programmed on a special player on NomadsLand.com and Docs In Progress between January 7-February 1.

(4) Two winners to be screened in their entirety at a special Docs in Progress live workshop session to take place at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC on Sunday, February 10. After each film is screened, the filmmaker(s) will participate in an interactive feedback session with the audience live via Skype. 

Click here to Register with NomadsLand.

Click here to Upload your film to the Works In Progress Upload Console if you've already registered.

Criteria for Consideration

·         There is no fee to submit your film for consideration. 

·         Films must be at the rough cut stage.  No trailers or completed works. 

·         We accept submissions of both Documentary Shorts (under 15 minutes) and Documentary Features (16-90 minutes).  Please note that only up to 10 minutes of a film can be uploaded to the website for competition consideration.

·         Although we define "documentary" rather broadly and may screen documentaries with dramatized, experimental, political, or advocacy elements, we do not screen pure fiction films, documentaries, music videos, industrials, or works that are purely promotional in nature.  We reserve the right to deactivate any film. Any offensive or purely pornographic material uploaded to the site will be deleted.

·         Films in languages other than English must either be subtitled or dubbed in English.

·         Filmmakers must be willing to allow your film to be screened online for the general public to view.  This initiative will clearly be marked as a "work in progress" program if there are any concerns about it taking you out of consideration for other forms of exhibition or distribution.  Filmmakers are also welcome to have the same content hosted on other sites.

·         If selected, the filmmaker must be available to participate in a live feedback session with an audience in Washington DC on Sunday, February 10, 2008 between 19:00-22:30 (7:00-10:30 pm) U.S. Eastern Standard Time.  We do not have funds to pay for filmmaker travel, but can patch filmmakers in via Skype (either Skype-to-Skype , Skype-to-Phone or Skype Webcam).

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Sponsorship of Frames Film Festival 2007 Organized by and Held at SIES College (Nerul)
SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce (Nerul)

SIES (Nerul) proudly announces the commencement of the 5th annual FRAMES FILM FESTIVAL 2008 to be held in the college premises from the 22nd of January to the 25th of January.

Frames Film Festival, an initiative of the B.M.M department of S.I.E.S College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, is the largest undergraduate film festival in India. The fest expands its horizons with the inclusion of a new category, it being the Non BMM Competing Category. ". Consequently, this year's event will have a larger exposure and will attract more than 70 colleges all across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune. We are pleased to inform you that many eminent media personalities like, Mahesh Bhatt, Madhur Bhandarkar, Vinita Nanda, Ashok Pandit, Ashok Mehra, Rakesh Kumar, Shibani Kashyap, Rohit Shetty, Sanjay Chel, Dolly Thakore, Rituparna Sengupta, Abhijeet Sawant, Jagdeep Kapoor, Pushpinder Singh and Piyush Pandey and Viju Khote have graced the event by there presence. The fest with vast media coverage from media houses like NDTV 24x7, Zee Networks, Aaj Tak, Sahara One, Channel 7 and Drishti TV.

We will be grateful with your association with the festival. It will help boost the morale of the young documentary film makers. "We would request you to give me an appointment at your convenience so that the details of the event can be explained personally.
Thanking You,

Regards,
Nivedita Shetty                                      
(Frames Committee)

CONTACT INFORMATION-
NIVEDITA SHETTY
9870119232
                                                           AGENDA
                VENUE: SIES (Nerul) College of Arts, Science and Commerce.

5th ANNUAL FRAMES FILM FESTIVAL 2008.

   DATE                                                       EVENT
                        
22nd January            1st Session:          Inauguration of the event.
                              2nd Session:         Non BMM Competing Category.
 
23rd January                                          Short Films

24th January                                          Documentary Films

25th January           1st Session:           Ad films:
                                                             a) Commercial Ads
                                                             b) PSA (Public Service Ads) 
                             2nd Session:          Music Videos.
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Second Edition of NATIONAL SHORT AND DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL in karimnagar

Dear Film Makers

We are organising SECOND EDITION 0F NATIONAL SHORT AND DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL at our Karimnagar Film Society in Third Week of JANUARY 2008 Our Karimnagar Film society is affiliated to Federation of Film Societies of India and It is the second society to have its own auditorium with infrastructure in South India only second to SUCHITRA we are requesting the Documentary Film makers to kindly respond to my call and give ur films to screen in the festival. Festival will be for five days in two screening locations in Karimnagar we are organising   College and University students for the festival. Film makers from Hyderabad and Film Society activists from Tamilnadu, Bengal etc. are being invited to the festival. So kindly respond and inform the availability of your films for festival we request u to send the films on DVD or VCD I solicit ur response and even suggestions for better organisation of the festival

VARALA AANAND M.A., MLISc .M. Phil
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR and PRESIDENT
KARIMNAGAR FILM SOCIETY,
FILM BHAVAN, COLLECTORATE ROAD,
KARIMNAGAR, A.P. 505001 INDIA
Cell: 9440501281           
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IFFTAC-2008
Dear friend

VANYA (an enterprise of Deptt of Tribal welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh)and iiMC(Indian Infotainment Media Corporation) are organising “International Festival of Films on Tribal Art & Culture 2008”(IFFTAC-2008) at Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 1,2 & 3 Feb 2008. It will be an International event that will bring the best films on Tribal culture and art from all over the world. Mr Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh heads the board of patrons of ifftac-2008.

Under the stewardship of Shri Shriram Tiwari as the Festival director, IFFTAC-2008 will showcase films based on the theme of Tribal culture, art, religion, architecture, philosophy, traditions, mythology, history, life-style, food, costumes, jewellery, sports and various aspects associated with them. It will also offer awards and certificates to the participants. There is a competition and any film-maker can enter his/her film. There is no entry fee. Many renowned film personalities would grace the festival. Film makers from all over the country as well as the world have shown keen interest to attend the festival.

We cordially invite you to participate in the competitive section of the festival. Entry is free, open to all film makers… amateurs, students and professionals with respective separate competitive sections for them, and the last date for submission is Jan 10, 2008. There is no entry fee.

Kindly circulate this invitation to your members so that they can take advantage of this great opportunity. On request we will provide you the delegate forms and list of hotels, offering discount to ifftac-2008 delegates. Enclosed please find  a  set of Rules/regulations/entry forms, which can be downloaded also on http://www.ifftac.org/ and if you still have some question then feel free to write to info@ifftac.org

Looking forward to hear from you, Sincerely yours
For IFFTAC Directorate
Ketaki Kapadia
Secretary, Organizing Committee
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2nd Hyderabad International Film Festival
03 – 10 January 2008

The Hyderabad Film Club and Telugu Film Director’s Association together are organizing the 2nd Hyderabad International Film Festival 3rd – 10th January.

The festival is aimed at showing the best of Indian and Foreign films to audiences of Andhra Pradesh. The earlier very successful editions of the festival have been conducted at Hyderabad. We are proud for having screened over 105 films from all over the world, with focus on country South Africa. There will be interactions with Directors and Open Forums for Discussions. Entry will be through passes.

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Festival Theatres

Lalitha Kala            Inaugural Function on 3rd evening
Thoranam               Closing Function on 10th evening.

Lalitha Kala            Evening Show only from        
Thoranam               4th to 9th – Open to all.

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