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This time in the GraFTII Adda at Mumbai, we have two NEW aspects happening.
One, we are screening two Documentaries - The much talked about multi Award Winners - 'I'm The Very Beautiful !' & 'Bilal'.
Two, we are going to have one of the filmmakers participate in the Adda from Kolkata... Yes he will answer all our queries LIVE, but from the screen with a hook up to the webcam on his laptop in Kolkata.
So do make it to the Event this "SATURDAY" at 5pm.
VENUE : Goregaon Film City, Whistling Woods International, Foundation Hall 1.
And Please Note... The contributions towards this event will be Rs.100/- for a general audience, Rs.75/- for GraFTII members and Rs.50/- for students with bona-fide ID cards. These contributions go towards paying the projectionist and for tea/coffee.
Since Whistling Woods has been kind enough to offer us the venue, the event will be open to Whistling Woods students for free.
Hope to see you there!
And FYI Here's The Synopsis Etc...
Synopsis
I' M THE VERY BEAUTIFUL!
The film follows a man-woman relationship, the woman incidentally being an "international" bar singer by profession and the man a film maker and also, the director of the film.
If a human being is the best plot, then Ranu is one thick plot. Over the past 6 years of filming, she has moved from one relationship to another, from one home and even one country to another. After an extremely modest upbringing in a refugee family, an abduction, a child, suicide attempts and many failed relationships later, Ranu is a total contrast to Shyamal who is well educated, well to do and of course, well respected.
Where Ranu's predicament as a poor exploited beer bar singer "inspires" a film maker to make a film, the filming of 6 odd years makes it quite clear that she knows her way around in the "male world". In a life, full of men and stories, the director is being just one among the many. But the relationship grows with the film as the two accept each other despite moral archetypes and the film ultimately, turns out to be a sign of their trust and respect for each other as human beings.
The film is a compassionate view of the struggles and dreams of a woman perceived as an outcast and also in which the film maker dares to bare his own dilemmas.
Dir: Shyamal Kumar Karmakar
Prod: Sanghamitra Karmakar (M/S-SAMLA KAMAR)
Cam: Satya Prakash Rath & Gnana Sekara
Sd: Pritam Das & Bobby John
Edit: Namrata Rao
Music: Chiradip Das Gupta
Synopsis
'BILAL'
Dir: Saurav Sarangi
Bilal can see but his parents cannot. He is only three years old and hardly understands what blindness is. Bilal also has a little brother, Hamza. And inside a tiny dark and dank room together they live in a curious game of seeing and not seeing. Neighbors and relatives surround them. The film tells this unusual story by observing the little boy over a year by capturing rare moments of sharing love, fun, cruelty and hope… the wonder world of Bilal.
BILAL
-Festivals-
1. IDFA,Amsterdam, 2008 (WP)
2. Visions du Reél, Nyon, Switzerland, 2009
3. Al Jazeera international Documentary Film Festival, Doha 2009
4. DOK.FEST, Munich International Documentary Film Festival, Munich, 2009
5. International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2009, India
6. Best Documentary Award at Zanzibar Intl. Film Festival, Tanzania, 2009
7. 7mo Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre de Humberto Solás(Competition), Cuba, 2009
8. We Care Film Festival, New Delhi, India, 2009
9. Las Vegas International Film Festival, 2009
10. Mexico International Film Festival, 2009
11. Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa,2009
12. Canada International Film Festival, 2009 (Finalist)
13. World Filmfest Tartu, Estonia 2009
14. Gdansk Doc Film Festival, Poland, 2009
15. SIGNS 2009 (Competition), Kerala, India
16. Film Festivalen Vera, 2009, Finland
17. Documantarist, Istanbul 2009
18. OXDOX, International Documentary Film Festival, England, 2009
19. ETHNOCINECA, Austria, 2009
20. EDOC, Ecuador, 2009
21. Bollywood & Beyond, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009
22. TALKING PICTURES FESTIVAL, USA 2009
23. 27 festival internacional cinematográfico del Uruguay, 2009
24. 49th Krakow Film Festival, (competition) 2009, Krakow, Poland
25. Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival, 2009
26. World film festival of Bangkok, 2009
27. Auburn Intl. Film Festival for Children & Young Adults, Sydney, 2009
28. Pusan International Film Festival, Corea, 2009
29. Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan, 2009
30. DOCUPERU, Peru, 2009
31. DOCBOAT, Warsaw, Poland, 2009
32. Taiwan Ethnographic Film Festival, 2009
33. El Ojo Cojo, Spain, 2009
34. Sao Paolo Intl. Film Festival, Brazil, 2009
35. GZ DOC, China, 2009
36. Valdivia Intl. Film Festival, Chile, 2009
37. Vancouver Intl. Film Festival, UK, 2009
38. Docudays Beirut, 2009
39. International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2009, India
Special Screening
• The Museum of Modern Art, New York, An exhibition of contemporary films from India
• OVNI Archives, Spain, 2009
• Prasad Academy, Chennai, India, 2009
Awards for Bilal
• The Al Jazeera Golden Award Winner at Al Jazeera international Documentary Film Festival, Doha 2009
• Best Documentary Award (Horizons) at DOK.FEST, Munich International Documentary Film Festival, Munich, 2009
• Best Documentary Award at International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2009, India
• Best Documentary Award at Zanzibar Intl. Film Festival, Tanzania, 2009
• Jury Special Award Winner 7mo Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre de Humberto Solás(Competition), Cuba, 2009
• Best Award in 60 minutes’ category at We Care Film Festival, New Delhi, India, 2009
• Best Feature-length Documentary at Docudays Beirut, Lebanon, 2009
• Audience Award at Auburn Intl. Film Festival for Children & Young Adults, Australia, 2009
• Silver Ace Award Winner at Las Vegas International Film Festival, 2009
• Silver Palm Award Winner at Mexico International Film Festival, 2009
posted by Niranjan Thade
for The GraFTII Team
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