Abhay Kumar’s documentary, Placebo, will have its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). The film will compete in Idfa First Appearance competition.
The hybrid documentary is about a filmmaker going undercover in one of the toughest grad schools in India to pull off an outrageous social experiment.
DearCinema had earlier reported that Helsinki-Filmi had come on board Placebo as a minority co-producer. The Finnish Film Foundation financed the sound-post of the documentary. The filmmaker had earlier raised funds for the project through crowdfunding in 2013.
Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang and Nilita Vachani’s Eyes of Stone will also be screened at the festival in “The Female Gaze” section, a themed program on the role of women in documentary. The festival invited fifteen leading international female directors, including Nishtha Jain from India, to put together a program of old and new documentaries by themselves and other female directors.
The hybrid documentary is about a filmmaker going undercover in one of the toughest grad schools in India to pull off an outrageous social experiment.
DearCinema had earlier reported that Helsinki-Filmi had come on board Placebo as a minority co-producer. The Finnish Film Foundation financed the sound-post of the documentary. The filmmaker had earlier raised funds for the project through crowdfunding in 2013.
Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang and Nilita Vachani’s Eyes of Stone will also be screened at the festival in “The Female Gaze” section, a themed program on the role of women in documentary. The festival invited fifteen leading international female directors, including Nishtha Jain from India, to put together a program of old and new documentaries by themselves and other female directors.
- 10/11/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from “When Mother Comes Home for Christmas”
What:
Screening of Nilita Vachani’s:
Eyes of Stone (91 mins / 1990 / FilmSixteen Production for Doordarshan India)
When Mother comes Home for Christmas… (109 mins / 16 mm / 1995)
At Fd Zone. The discussion post screenings will be moderated by Nishtha Jain and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
When:
25th January, Saturday, at 2 pm
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
Rr Theatre
10th floor
Films Division
24, Pedder Road
Mumbai-400026
About the event:
Eyes of Stone
Multiple award winning documentary film Eyes of Stone is a film about rural women in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and their rituals of possession and exorcism: expressions of faith, rebellion and healing that thrive within the confines of a stringent patriarchal order.
When Mother comes Home for Christmas…
Josephine Perera is a domestic worker from Sri Lanka who takes care of a two year old in Athens, Greece. She’s been away from her own...
What:
Screening of Nilita Vachani’s:
Eyes of Stone (91 mins / 1990 / FilmSixteen Production for Doordarshan India)
When Mother comes Home for Christmas… (109 mins / 16 mm / 1995)
At Fd Zone. The discussion post screenings will be moderated by Nishtha Jain and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
When:
25th January, Saturday, at 2 pm
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
Rr Theatre
10th floor
Films Division
24, Pedder Road
Mumbai-400026
About the event:
Eyes of Stone
Multiple award winning documentary film Eyes of Stone is a film about rural women in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and their rituals of possession and exorcism: expressions of faith, rebellion and healing that thrive within the confines of a stringent patriarchal order.
When Mother comes Home for Christmas…
Josephine Perera is a domestic worker from Sri Lanka who takes care of a two year old in Athens, Greece. She’s been away from her own...
- 1/21/2014
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
The 12th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff), presented by the Indo-American Arts Council announced the nominations for various categories of awards.
The festival will be held from May 23 to 27 at the Tribeca Cinemas in Lower Manhattan.
Nyiff will more than 50 features, documentaries, and short films over a span of five days.
Best Film
Nominees:
Aadukalam Chitrangada Chittagong Gangs of Wasseypur Gattu Shala Best Documentary Film
Nominees:
Big in Bollywood Inshallah Football Kumare Saving Face Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret Best Screenplay
Nominees:
Pooja Desai, Anvita Dutt, Rajesh Narasimhan, Ashish Patil (Mujshe Fraaandship Karoge) Avinash Deshpande (Shala) Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada) Vetri Maaran (Aadukalam) Bedabrata Pain, Shonali Bose (Chittagong) Best Director
Nominees:
Sujay Dahake (Shala) Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada) Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur) Vetri Maaran ( Aadukalam) Prashant Nair (Delhi in a Day) Bedabrata Pain (Chittagong) Best Young Actor
Nominees:
Sihle Dlamini (Lucky) Dilzad Hiwale (Bubble Gum) Dilzad Hiwale (Chittagong) Ashuman...
The festival will be held from May 23 to 27 at the Tribeca Cinemas in Lower Manhattan.
Nyiff will more than 50 features, documentaries, and short films over a span of five days.
Best Film
Nominees:
Aadukalam Chitrangada Chittagong Gangs of Wasseypur Gattu Shala Best Documentary Film
Nominees:
Big in Bollywood Inshallah Football Kumare Saving Face Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret Best Screenplay
Nominees:
Pooja Desai, Anvita Dutt, Rajesh Narasimhan, Ashish Patil (Mujshe Fraaandship Karoge) Avinash Deshpande (Shala) Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada) Vetri Maaran (Aadukalam) Bedabrata Pain, Shonali Bose (Chittagong) Best Director
Nominees:
Sujay Dahake (Shala) Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada) Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur) Vetri Maaran ( Aadukalam) Prashant Nair (Delhi in a Day) Bedabrata Pain (Chittagong) Best Young Actor
Nominees:
Sihle Dlamini (Lucky) Dilzad Hiwale (Bubble Gum) Dilzad Hiwale (Chittagong) Ashuman...
- 5/21/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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