Tuesday, 31 May 2011

AWARDS / Imagineindia 2011

The official Jury of different sections has decided to award to the following films :


BEST DIRECTOR :  Dr Biju Kumar

BEST FILM : The Way Home (Dr Biju Kumar)

Second Prize :  I am Sindhutai Sapkal (Ananth Mahadevan)

Third Prize :  Arranged Happiness (Daniela Creutz)

BEST ACTOR :  Vijanath Biradar (Riding the Stallion of dreams/ Girish Kasaravalli)

BEST ACTRESS :  Tejaswini Pandit (I am Sindhutai Sapkal / Ananth Mahadevan)

BEST MUSIC :  Ramesh Narayan (The Way Home/ Dr Biju Kumar)

HOMAGE :

      NANDITA DAS

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT : 

      JUAN PEÑA EL LEBRIJANO

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Huge success of the Press Conference Imagineindia 2011

The Press Conference of Imagineindia International Film Festival 2011 was a huge success with the attendance of some of the most important personalities of Spanish cultural arena. Among the participants we can count with FERNANDO TRUEBA (Oscar winner), EL GRAN WYOMING (Tv presenter), SERGIO PAZOS (Actor), FARAH HAMED (Actress), IMANOL URIBE (Director), DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ (Director of ICG), QAZI ABDUR RAHIM (Director of Imagineindia).

Lot thanks to all.

View the photos of the Press Conference :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagineindia_film_festival/

Sunday, 1 May 2011

PARALLEL ACTIVITIES. IMAGINEINDIA 2011

PARALLEL ACTIVITIES
Imagineindia 2011


Filmoteca Española : C/ Santa Isabel 3. Tickets : 2 euros
UNED Madrid : C/ Tribulete 14
Ateneo de Madrid : C/ Prado 21. Theatre Tickets : 10 euros
Colegio de Psicólogos : Cuesta de San Vicente 4-5
Casa Asia : Carrera de San Jerónimo 15
La Boca Espacio Cultural : C/ Argumosa 11
Intermediae : Paseo de la Chopera 14
Auditorio Joaquin Rodrigo : Aranjuez
Sala Caracol : C/ Bernardino Obregón 18. Tickets : 12 euros
Pza de Agustín Lara (Lavapiés)

1          EXHIBITION OF INDIAN GYPSIES (Kathputli Colony)
26 April – 22 May
UNED Madrid
Free Entry

2          TANUSHREE SHANKAR GROUP (THEATRE)
            17 May, Tuesday
            Ateneo de Madrid
            20.00 h
            Ticket : 10 euros


ABOUT TANUSREE SHANKAR’S DANCE TROUPE

Dancer and choreographer TANUSREE SHANKAR is the Artistic Director of Tanusree Shankar’s Dance Troupe in Kolkata. Based on the creative style, pioneered by the legendary dancer Uday Shankar, Tanusree has developed a kind of choreography known as “New Dance” which is creative and contemporary. The dances, set to the vibrant music of visionary artiste Ananda Shankar and others, are presented in a theatrical manner to reach out to audiences worldwide. The dances are a perfect blend of the rich Indian traditions and the more open outlook of the west – they are Indian in spirit, modern in presentation and universal in appeal.

The members of Tanusree Shankar’s Dance Troupe are accomplished dancers having performed both in India and in more than 40 countries. They have performed in many prestigious festivals, including Middfest International in U.S.A., the Womad Festival in U.K. & Canary Islands, and the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival in U.K. The dancers have participated in residencies, conducted by renowned international dancers and choreographers, like Jacqulyn Buglisi, Andre Tyson, Janet Kaylo, Jaan Freeman and more recently, Margaret Jenkins.


Tagore’s CHILD

Man’s journey from the darkness of ignorance, hopelessness and desperation of life, to the light of knowledge and understanding, is difficult, full of turmoil, doubt and treachery. It is only fragile hope and faith that takes him along. Even that faith seems inadequate to the rigours of this journey. Yet this faith carries him through to enlightenment and the newness of life represented by the child, full of innocence, simplicity and potential.

‘The Child’ is Rabindranath Tagore’s only poem written originally in English. Tanusree Shankar’s interpretation depicts a flowing, rhythmic, spiritual journey of Man through the ages, from the bondage of ignorance, ultimately to the freedom of enlightenment and self realization. At the same time, it may also be considered a celebration of the mother – the feminine principle in the universe.

CREDITS:

Recitation                                                   : Victor Banerjee

Concept & Choreography                      : Tanusree Shankar                         :

Music composed & orchestrated by   : Debajyoti Mishra

Transcreation of Huns Schubert’s
Ava Maria in Bengali by                          : Kamaleswar Mukherjee

Music Engineer                                         : Rabindranath Majee

Vocal Enunciation by                              : Srikanta Acharya
  Lopamudra Mitra
                                                                         Sukanya Ghosh
                                                                         Mohua Das
                                                                         Sarmistha Paul
                                                                         Harmish Hossain
                                                                         Arijit Chakraborty
                                                                         Oliva Chakraborty
                                                                         Paramita Bhattacharya
                                                                         Joy Bhattacharya
                                                                         Avik Mukherjee
                                                                         Anashmita Ghosh

Music & Sound Programming               : Debasis Shome

Percussions                                               : Ratul Shankar
                                                                          Joy Nandi

Music Associates                                      : Sukanya Ghosh
                                                                          Priyam Mukherjee
                                                                          Mandira Bose                              

Lights                                                           : Dinesh Poddar

Costumes designed by                           : Abhishek Ray


3          FILM PRESENTATION  : “KHUDA KUSHI” of Rakesh Mehta
            17 May, Tuesday
            Filmoteca Española
            17.30 h
           

The film in Competition “Khuda Kushi” of Rakesh Mehta, will be presented by the actress Tanushree Shankar.


4          “PSYCHOLOGY and MULTICULTURALISM”
            17 May, Tuesday
            Colegio de Psicólogos
            19.00 h
           

Presentation of the film “The way we are” (2008, Ann Hui - Hong Kong) by the collaborator of Imagineindia :  SILVINA MONTEROS OBELAR

5          FILM PRESENTATION : “PINK SARIS” of Kim Longinotto
            18 May, Wednesday
            Filmoteca Española
            17.30 h
            Presented by  :  JESUS FERRERO / QAZI ABDUR RAHIM


6          PRESENTATION OF FILMS ON  R. TAGORE
            Screening of  “Charulata”
            18 May, Wednesday
            Casa Asia
            19.30 h
            Presented by  : MENENE GRAS  /  QAZI ABDUR RAHIM


7          PRESENTATION OF FILMS FROM  Satyajit Ray Film and
         Televisión Institute
            18 May, Wednesday
            La Boca Espacio Cultural
            21.00 h
            Presented by :  JAVIER MUÑIZ (Film festival director)

8          FILM PRESENTATION :  “Smoking Babas” of A. de
            Braganza.
            19 May, Thursday
            La Boca Espacio Cultural
            21.00 h
            Presented by  : QAZI ABDUR RAHIM

9          FILM PRESENTATION :  “Our School” / “Gypsy
            Woman”
            21 May, Saturday
            Ateneo de Madrid
            20.30 h
            Presented by  : JOAQUIN BUSTAMANTE (ICG)

10       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Wailing Wall” of Elyes Baccar.
            22 May, Sunday
            Ateneo de Madrid
            19.30 h
            Presented by  : CHEMA RODRÍGUEZ



11       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Dance Town” of Jeon Kyu Hwan.
            23 May, Monday
            Ateneo de Madrid
            18.00 h.
            Presented by  : ROBERTO CUETO

12       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Daayen ya Baayen” of Bela Negi
            23 May, Monday
            Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo
            Presented by : JUAN CARLOS ALCALA (UCM)

13       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Romnia” of the gipsy director Pablo
            Vega. Q&A with the Director PABLO VEGA.
            24 May, Tuesday
            Intermediae
            19.30 h

14       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Volga Volga” of A. Silvestrov/
            P.Lavazov.
            25 May, Tuesday
            Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo
18.00 h
            Presented by  : JUAN CARLOS ALCALA (UCM)

15       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Dhallywood” of Javier G. Serrano,
            Q&A with the Directors Javier G. Serrano / Stephane
            Grueso.
            25 May, Tuesday
            Intermediae
            19.30 h

16       FILM PRESENTATION :  “I am Sindhutai Sapkal” of A.
            Mahadevan. Presentation and Q&A  with the Director
            and producers : A. Mahadevan, Bindiya y Sachin Khanolkar
            26 May, Thursday
            Filmoteca Española
19.30 h

17       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Color en Matruchhaya” of Ramón
            López de Benito. Q&A with the director.
            26 May, Thursday
            Intermediae
            19.30 h

18       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Arranged Happiness” of Daniela
            Creutz, with the presence of the Director and the actor Ashiq Dar
            27 May, Friday
            Filmoteca Española
            19.30 h


19       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Banaras Me” of David Varela, with the presence of the Director, Lola Martínez, Alejandro Mulattieri
            27 May, Friday
Intermediae
19.30 h



20       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Mahanagar”, roundtable with
             MIGUEL MARIAS / NANDITA DAS
            28 May, Saturday
            Filmoteca Española
            19.30 h

21       FILM PRESENTATION :  “Shahib bibi aur gulam”.
            Conversations about the film with NANDITA DAS
            29 May, Sunday
            Filmoteca Española
            17.30 h

22       ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN

            Staging of  The Posmaster by alumni of St Mary School.
            Reading of poetry of  Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam (spanish and bengali children will read these poems in spanish and bengali)
            Staging of  “Indian Tales” by the Alumni of the Theatre Academy :
            Teatro de la Academia AKATT,  Sala Triángulo.
            PRESENCE OF  :  NANDITA  DAS, who will read poems in Bengalí.
           
            29 May, Sunday
            Pza de Agustín Lara
            Time : to be confirmed
           

23       IMAGINEINDIA CLOSING CEREMONY GALA
           
            With the presence of  NANDITA DAS, SERGIO PAZOS, MARIA DE
            MEDEIROS, TETE DELGADO, GRAN WYOMING,  ALBERTO LUCHINI, ANTONIO SAURA, ANANTH MAHADEVAN, KAREN ZUSMAN, GENE HEWETT, DANIELA CREUTZ, ASHIQ DAR, BINDIYA KHANOLKAR, SACHIN KHANOLKAR, DIEGO FERNANDEZ, PABLO VEGA,  and othersetc.

PERFORMANCES : Chandra Sound System, Monica Tello Grupo, Patricia Alvarez Danza, El sentir de la vida, among others

PREMIERE of the film on India by the great photographer :  EUGENIO RECUENCO.

HOMAGE   TO   : 

NANDITA DAS

JUAN PEÑA EL LEBRIJANO  ( HONORARY AWARD)


SALA  CARACOL
30 May, Monday
20.00 h
Ticket : 12 euros


PUBLICATION :

            For the first time Imagineindia will be publishing poetry of KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM with the collaboration of EDICIONES AMARGORD.