ENTRY CALL. Imagineindia 2013

The 12th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival (IIFF) will take place in Madrid(17th to 31st May, 2013) and Barcelona (June 2013). We are now open for selection of Feature Films, Shorts  and Documentaries.

No submission fee.

DVD,s to be sent to :

Imagineindia International Film Festival

C/ Fe 9. 3º E

Madrid 28012

Spain

CATEGORIES :

                Competition

                               Indian Section

                               Asian Section

                               International Section

                Out of Competition

                               Indian Section

                               Asian Section

                               International Section

RULES :

http://www.imagineindia.net/2013/eng/Festival/Reglamento/reglamento.html

WEB :

www.imagineindia.net

CONTACT :

http://www.imagineindia.net/2013/eng/Contact/contact.php 

12th ImagineIndia International Film Festival Madrid | 17-31 May 2013 |www.imagineindia.net | www.imagineindiabarcelona.com

Imagineindia with Mrinal Sen in July at Filmoteca Española

JULY

Sunday 1

20.30     XI ImagineIndia

Sala 2    Oka Oorie Katha (Mrinal Sen, 1977). Vasudeva Rao, Narayana Rao, Mamata Shankar. India.113’.

Tuesday 3

20.00     XI ImagineIndia

Sala 2    Antareen (Mrinal Sen, 1993). Anjan Dutt, Dimple Kapadia, Tathagata Sanyal. India. 90’.

Wednesday 4

20.30     XI ImagineIndia

Sala 2    Ek din achanak (Mrinal Sen, 1989). Shreeram Lagoo, Shabana Azmi, Aparna Sen. India. 106’

Thursday 5


 20.30     XI ImagineIndia

Sala 2    Aamaar Bhuvan (Mrinal Sen, 2002). Nandita Das, Kaushik Sen, Saswata Chatterjee. India. 108’

Imagineindia with Vietnamese Films at EL MATADERO (Intermediae)

HERE OR THERE ? (2011)

Director : Siu Pham

Cast : Jean-Luc Mello, Tu Mai Dang, Vinh Son Nguyen

Script-editor : Jean-Luc Mello

Producer : Vinh Son Nguyen

Director of photography: Cong Danh Phan

Music-editor: Jamasp Jhabvala

Editor : Julie Beziau

Runtime : 91 min. Color, 2011

For a film on cultural dislocation and "being" as a relative concept, Here or There? is all over the place conceptually. The narrative just extends over one day. A Frenchman (Mello) wakes up in his house. Concurrently, he is riding around town in a motorbike, fishing and adrift in the sea. Interspersing these scenes are voice-over dialogues between the Frenchman and his Vietnamese wife about the disruptive construction of a shrine for "forsaken spirits" next door. The wife's fruitless search for him around town, his unnoticed presence 

around her and visitations by her dead relatives prompt one to infer he is dead. Living abroad and being married to a local wife makes the protagonist an outsider and insider at the same time. 

SHORT FILMS

THE FADING LIGHT (2008)

Director  :  Thien Do

Producer : Henri Phimasset, Thien Do

Starring :  Trung Dung, Minh Duc

Length :    22:43 min. Color.

Genre :     Drama

A man comes back to his village after staying abroad. He searches for the fading lights on every corner of his memory. But one light he will never forget as he always remembers that they were two who begun the first journey of their life.

SUNDAY MENU (2011)

Director :   Liesl Nguyen

Producer :    HFF Konrad Wolf

Starring  :   Hong Berghof, Nguyen Thi, Quyet Thang, Dam Ngoc Van, Huy Van Martin Nguyen, Nathan Koestlin,Phan-Thi

Length  :    24:32 min. Color.

The short film Sunday Menu is about a teenage, Vietnamese-German girl confronting generational and cross-cultural conflicts through the ritualistic power of food in the suburbs of Berlin, Germany.

“Mi” shares her emotional world with her homesick and bedridden Grandmother “Ba”, Mi’s mother “Ma” who struggles with her unsuccessful restaurant, and upbeat cousin “Thai,” who seems to successfully straddle the German and Vietnamese cultures.

When Ba expresses dismay at the food Mi brings her from the restaurant, Mi resolves to learn how to cook one of her grandmother’s favorite meals – and what begins as the means to an end becomes the first step of an inner odyssey…

Sunday Menu is loosely inspired by the eponymous short story Thuc Don Chu Nhat [English: Sunday Menu] by Vietnamese writer Pham Thi Hoai, who lives in Berlin.

 

SNAKEHEAD FISH (2011)

Director :  Do Quoc Trung

Producer :  Doan Minh Anh , Ngo Dai Trang

Starring :  Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Tran Dinh Cuong, Nguyen Oanh Oanh

Length :   15:34 min. Color.

Genre :     Drama

The story is about a middle age woman who by all means finds a girl to sleep with her mentally challenged son. She insistently believes that her son is completely normal. And she expects a grandson to maintain the family line.

The arrangement is usually beyond human planning. That’s the disheartening message from Snakehead Fish. The well-arranged frames along with professional performances by the actors bring a bewildering atmosphere in the setting of an Hanoi ancient house.

THE MAN WHO WAS THERE (2009)

Director : Andy Nguyen

Producer : Andy Nguyen

Starring : Anphong Nguyen, Natalie Kuhn

Length :  11:58 min. Color.

Genre :    Drama

It’s Christmas Eve in New York, a man who lives alone leaves his flat for the first time in 8 years because of a silly reason and fortunately a girl helps him. Both of them walk together in the freezing Christmas Eve. The loneliness has been spreading from the empty streets .

Andy Nguyen’s film not only brings a melancholy feeling about people’s inner loneliness in modern society but also lights up a belief in love as well.

MOTHER,S MILK (2011)

Director : Andy DeJohn

Producer : Vu Quynh Ha , Phan Xine

Starring :  Nguyen Ngoc Trang Vy, Nguyen Hoang Thien Kim, Hoang Tran Minh Duc

Length :   17:44 min

Genre :    Drama

In the southern highland of the middle region, the living area of a young single-mother with two small daughters spreads between corn fields and a vú sữa (translated literally as breast milk fruit but known in English as star apple) tree behind the house. The two daughters must one day face life-changing events, only the tree continues to give fruits.

Andy DeJohn has chosen a Vietnamese story with Vietnamese images for his graduation film from USC Film School. Perhaps what touched him personally is best communicated than ever through his simple and gentle story-telling.

PROGRAMME  :

El Matadero (Intermediae)

27 june / Wednesday

19.30   HERE OR THERE? (Siu Pham, Jean Luc Mello)

28 june / Thursday

Short Films

(In collaboration with Yxine Film Fest)

With the presence of the Ambassador of Vietnam

19.30

SNAKEHEAD FISH (Do Quoc Trung) 2011

THE MAN WHO WAS THERE (Andy Nguyen) 2009

MOTHER,S MILK (Andy DeJohn) 2011

SUNDAY MENU (Liesl Nguyen) 2011

FADING LIGHT (Thien Do) 2008

Imagineindia continues in June at FILMOTECA with screenings of Ray and Benegal

Imagineindia continues in june at Filmoteca Española with the secreenings of films of Satyajit Ray and Shyam Benegal on the life of Satyajit Ray.


SADGATI 


Director :   Satyajit Ray
Producer :  Indian National Television

Script :  Satyajit Ray

Cinematography :  Soumendu Roy

Music :  Satyajit Ray

Cast :  Om Puri, Samita Patil, Mohan Agashe, Richa Mishra

Runtime :  50 min. 1981. Color.

An untouchable Dukhi (an out-caste, played by Om Puri) approaches the village Brahman to request him to set an auspicious date for his daughter's upcoming wedding according to the Hindu astrology. The Brahman promises to perform the task in exchange of Dukhi slaving over household chores in return. Dukhi is weak due to the recent sickness and dies working to fulfill the brahman’s will. In this work filmed for television, the master of Indian cinema, Satyajit Ray, criticize and condemn the caste system that governs the society of his country.

BALA

Director:  Satyajit Ray

Producer:  National Centre for Performing Arts

Script :  Satyajit Ray

Cinematography :  Soumendu Roy

Music :  Satyajit Ray

Cast :  Balasaraswati

Runtime :  30 min. 1976. Color.

It's a magnificent documentary by Satyajit Ray on T Balaswaraswati (1918-1984), the legendary Bharatanatyam Dancer. Made in 1976, when Bala was 59, this documentary traces the biography of Bala, but above all concentrates on her dance and gives us a truly unforgettable glimpse into the art of one of the greatest geniuses from India.

SATYAJIT RAY

Director: Shyam Benegal

Cast : Shyam Benegal, Satyajit Ray, Bhanudas Divkar, Govind Nihalani

Runtime : 136 min. 1982. Color.

The legendary film-maker Satyajit Ray suffered a heart attack in 1984, and shortly after, renowned director Shyam Benegal shot an unforgettable documentary on the Academyaward winning maestro. Benegal's film features other giants of Indian cinema like acclaimed editor Bhanudas Divkar and fellow film-maker Govind Nihalani in in-depth and intimate interviews Satyajit Ray who reminisces about how he established his own way of film-making, composing shots and scenes, handled the camera and so on. Clips from the maestro's films are sensitively played all along the documentary providing 
glimpses of the genius of Satyajit Ray.

PROGRAMME

26 june / Tuesday

19.30    SADGATI (S. Ray)
            BALA (S. Ray)


SOHA ALI KHAN (Actress), KUNAL KHEMU (Actor),PRASHANT CHADHA (Director and producer) will be present at these screenings.

27 june / Wednesday

21.50    SATYAJIT RAY (Shyam Benegal)

29 june / Friday

17.30    SATYAJIT RAY (Shyam Benegal)

22.00    SADGATI (S. Ray)
            BALA (S. Ray)

Imagineindia CONTINUES at FILMOTECA ESPAÑOLA and EL MATADERO (Intermediae)

Imagineindia International Film Festival continues in June with the screening of films of Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal and a selection of vietnamese films (in collaboration with Yxine Film Fest) at Filmoteca Española and El Matadero (Intermediae).


PROGRAMME :


Filmoteca Española


26 june / Tuesday


19.30   SADGATI (S. Ray)
            BALA (S. Ray)


With the presence of SOHA ALI KHAN (Actress, family of Rabindranath Tagore), KUNAL KHEMU (Actor), PRASHANT CHADHA (Director and producer).


27 june / Wednesday


21.50   SATYAJIT RAY (Shyam Benegal)


29 june / Friday


17.30   SATYAJIT RAY (Shyam Benegal)


22.00   SADGATI (S. Ray)
            BALA (S. Ray)






El Matadero (Intermediae)


SELECTION OF VIETNAMESE FILMS


27 june / Wednesday


19.30   HERE OR THERE? (Siu Pham, Jean Luc Mello)


28 june / Thursday


Short Films
(In collaboration with Yxine Film Fest)
With the presence of the Ambassador of Vietnam


19.30

SNAKEHEAD FISH (Do Quoc Trung) 2011

THE MAN WHO WAS THERE (Andy Nguyen) 2009

MOTHER,S MILK (Andy DeJohn) 2011

SUNDAY MENU (Liesl Nguyen) 2011

FADING LIGHT (Thien Do) 2008

DOG DAY (Linh Phan) 2010 

IMAGINEINDIA 2012 AWARDS

IMAGINEINDIA 2012 AWARDS


Best Film :      URUMI  (Santosh Sivan)


Best Director :  SANTOSH SIVAN (Urumi)


Best Actress :     DEEPTI NAVAL (Memories in March)


Best Actor :     SALIM KUMAR (Abu, the son of Adam)


Best Music :  EHSAAN NOORANI, LOY MENDONSA, SHANKAR MAHADEVAN (Zindegi na milegi dobara)

PRESENTATIONS and ROUNDTABLES

PRESENTATION OF FILMS and ROUND TABLES

Day 22, tuesday, FILMOTECA ESPAÑOLA

Mónica Estarreado will present the film on homosexuality "Memories in March".  17.30 h.

Day 23, wednesday, CINETECA del Matadero

Presentation of the film  "Ramblers, roamers, vagabonds" (Sandor Sillo, Hungary) by Diego Fdez, director of Instituto de Cultura Gitana. 20.00 h.

Diego Fernández will be talking about the relation of "Gypsy Music" with their counterparts of India.


Day 24, thursday, FILMOTECA ESPAÑOLA

Presentation of the film "Antareen" (Mrinal Sen) by the actress ALBA FERRARA. 17.30 h

Day 25, friday, CINETECA del Matadero

Presentation of the film  "The curse of the Hedgehog" (Dumitru Budrala, Romania) by Instituto de Cultura Gitana. 19.00 h.

Day 26, saturday, CINETECA del Matadero

Round table on the documentary "Amrit, the nectar of inmortality". 19.00 h.

Invitees :  Philipp Eyer / Jonas Scheu (directors of the documentary).

Presentation of the films of David Varela Alvarez. 21.00 h.

Last portrait

No men´s children

Solitudes - Dawn nº 1.856.280

Round table on the Ganga River, the meaning of this river for the indians. with the participation of the journalist and producer  Lola Martínez, the writer and editor of Indika Books, Álvaro Enterría, and David Varela. With the stellar participation of the invitees of the festival Philipp Eyer y Jonas Scheu.

CHANGE IN FILM SCHEDULES in SALA BERLANGA

THESE ARE THE NEW FILM SCHEDULES :

Imagineindia 2012 film schedule at SALA BERLANGA, Madrid.

Sala Berlanga (Calle Andrés Mellado 53. Madrid)

More info :  www.imagineindia.net

MAY

18 Friday

20.00              July Rain 

                        (Marlen Khutsiyev) Russian Section

22.00              Volga Volga 

                        (Andrey Silvestrov, Pavel Labazov) Russian Section

19 Saturday

20.00               A Gift for Stalin  

                         (Rustem Abdrashitof)  Russian Section
           

22.00               The Moon at the Bottom of the Well  

                         (Nguyen Vinh Son)  Section Vietnam

20 Sunday

20.00                Achal  (The Stagnant)

                          (Bikramjit Das Gupta)  Competition

22.00                SHORTS

                           Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute

                           Beauty  (Torsha Banerjee)

                           Bamboo Shoots  (Steven Imna Tumsu Ao)

                           Thugberam  (Venkat S Amudhan)

                           Falling Awake  (Ryan Demello)

                           The Threshold  (Shishir Ray)

                           Karyukai  (Dominic Megam Sangma)

                           Googles  (Shamik Kr Rakshit)

                           OTHER SHORTS

                           The Cabin Man  (Ashish Pandey)

21 Monday

20.00                 The Insatiable Moon 

                           (Rosemary Riddell)  Section New Zealand

22.00                 The Tracker 

                           (Rolf de Heer)  Australian Section

22 Tuesday

20.00                 Scenes from Bohemian Life 

                           (Konstantin Seliverstov)  Russian Section

22.00                 Here and There ?

                           (Siu Pham, Jean Luc Mello)  Section Vietnam

23 Wednesday

20.00                Andrei Rublev 1 

                          (Andrey Tarkovskiy)  Russian Section

22.00                Andrei Rublev 2 

                          (Andrey Tarkovskiy)  Russian Section

24 Thursday

20.00                 A Gift for Stalin 

                           (Rustem Abdrashitof)  Russian Section

22.00                 One Night the Moon 

                           (Rachel Perkins)  Australian Section