INDIAN DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION
IDPA UPDATE September 21st 2007
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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9th Madurai documentary and short film festival 2007
Dear friends
Greetings from Marupakkam, a media action group based in Madurai involved in organising regular screenings, video workshops and film festivals since 1996.
This is to remind you about the last date for submitting your entry to our forthcoming 9th Madurai documentary and short film festival 2007 to be held on 2-6 December 2007 in Madurai.
Deadline: 30 September 2007
kindly send a dvd copy of your recent documentary/short film to the following address with
synopsis, posters and filmography.
We invite the filmmakers to send their entries to the following address:
Marupakkam,
A 9/4 K.K.Nagar, Madurai 625 020, India
Ph: +91 9344479353; +91 9344156392; +91 452 2523992
Email: marupakkam@rediffmail.com
More on the festival:
- The festival is jointly organised by 15 organisations including educational institutions, voluntary organisations, media groups and film societies.
- The festival will be a non-competitive one with no entry fee. There is no limit for duration of the films.
- Short films and documentaries produced after January 2006 are eligible to take part in the festival.
- The films in non-Tamil, non-English language should have subtitles in English.
- Films will be screened under three sections: 1) Tamil 2) Rest of India 3) Foreign Films.
- We invite the film makers to send their entries on DVD format with synopsis, filmography, stills, posters and other publicity materials on or before 30 September 2007.
- A Selection committee consisting of filmmakers, writers, teachers, activists, artists and students will select the best 80 films in total (including Tamil, Rest of India and Foreign short films and documentaries) to be screened in 10 venues.
- The selection committee's recommendation will be declared on 31 October 2007. The festival will not return the dvds as they will be used for further non-commercial screenings in and around Madurai, India.
- We also have a retrospective section under which 10 best films (5 each) of RV Ramani and Madhusree Dutta will be screened. Besides Magic Lantern Foundation, New Delhi will screen 10 films from their Under Construction collection.
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Chitra Katha - A Short Film Contest on RTI
Chitra Katha:
A Creative Commons, India Film Contest On The Right To Information
Visit: http://www.sjmsom-avenues.org, http://cc-india.org
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of India's independence, Creative Commons India is organizing a short film contest, on Better governance through Right To Information.
We at Creative Commons [CC], India feel that the effective use of the Right to Information is really critical for creating better governance models across the length and breadth of our country. The CC movement and the RTI campaign commonly believe that information made available either through disclosure or through liberal copyright licensing is a great public asset.
Such ease of access can play a decisive role in creating more transparency, accountability and hopefully more citizen participation in daily governance.
Creative Commons [CC], India seeks to provide a decisively more flexible approach to copyrighting. It believes in empowering the user by voluntarily waving away some of its copyrights.
The plan: Contestants will be invited to make a short film up to 5 minutes in length in Hindi or English based on the dramatization of preferably a true story on -- 'Better Governance through Right to Information'. The top 5 films will be given exciting awards and chosen for viewing at Avenues at a special prize distribution ceremony.
Relevant RTI Links: http://indiarti.blogspot.com/
Dates:
September 05: Registration for contest begins
October 14: Closing of registration
October 25: Declaration of results on sites
October 27/28: Prize distribution ceremony during Avenues, IIT Bombay.
Supported and sponsored by Creative Commons, India
Knowledge Partner: National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI)
Shishir K. Jha
Project Lead: Creative Commons, India
IIT Bombay, Powai
Bombay 400 076
Phone: +91.22.25767845(Work),25767781/82(Ext.7845)
Fax: +91.22.25722872 (SOM-office)
Help build a sharing culture: participate in 'Chitra Katha', a Creative Commons, India Film Contest:
Visit http://www.sjmsom-avenues.org/; http://cc-india.org
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Broadcast India 2007
Exhibition & Symposium
The Symposium which will be held on 30-31 October, 2007 at the Y.B. Chavan Centre, near Mantralaya, Nariman Point, Mumbai will cover all aspects of Television, Film, Radio, Video, Audio, Film Computer Graphics, Visual Effects, Multimedia, Music, Lights, Cable, Satellite, Broadband, Internet and IPTV, Mobile TV and much more.
The broadcast India Exhibition will be held from 1 – 3 November, 2007 at World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai
You will witness more than 450 brands from 31 countries occupying 5 halls.
If you have anything to do with the Television, Film and Entertainment industry, you cannot afford to miss this exhibition.
This year Broadcast India Awards for Excellence in Film & Television will be held on 31st October, 2007 from 7.00 pm onwards at the Y. B. Chavan Centre, near mantralaya, Nariman Point, Mumbai. The awards will have dances from unreleased films alongwith a scintillating entertainment Programme presented by the professionals of our industry.
If you would like to be nominated for the Broadcast India Awards for Excellence in Films and Television, kindly fill in the nomination form.
For further detail visit our website www.broadcastindiashow.com
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Broadcast India 2007 Awards
For Excellence in Film & Television
The Following categories:
- Best Digital Visual Effects Feature Film
- Best Digital Visual Effects Tele Serial
- Best Digital Visual Effects Ad / Promo / Short Film
- Best 3D Animation Feature Film
- Best 3D Animation Ad / Promo / Tele Serial / Short Film
- Best 2D Animation Feature Film
- Best 2D Animation Ad / Promo / Tele Serial / Short Film
- Best Animated 3D / 2D Logo / Channel ID
- Best Digitally Shot Feature Film
- Best Digitally Shot Short Film / Documentary
Last Date for submission 15th October 2007
Award Ceremony:
Date: 31 October 2007
Timing: 7.00 pm onwards
Venue: Y.B. Chavan Centre, Near Mantralaya, Mumbai.
The awards will be presented alongwith a entertainment programme by India’s leading entertainers in the presence of all dignitaries. All are cordially invited.
Kindly sent the completed nomination form along with the Beta SP cassette / DVD to:
For Nomination form & further details please contact:
Technical Awards Committee:
SAICOM TRADE FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS PVT LTD
148, Admiralty House, Near Colaba Bus Station, Mumbai – 400 005
Tel: (91-22) 215 1396 / 2215 2721, Fax: (91-22) 2215 1269
Email: saicomtradefairs@vsnl.com
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