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Biggest Women’s Film Festival of India (MWIFF) announced its call for entries

Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival (MWIFF) 2014, India’s biggest women’s film festival is calling for entries. The festival organized by Oculus Creations is in its second edition and will be

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Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival (MWIFF) 2014, India’s biggest women’s film festival is calling for entries. The festival organized by Oculus Creations is in its second edition and will be held from 6th to 13th December 2014. The festival brings in an opportunity for the filmmakers to showcase their talent on an international platform.

The festival intents to spawn opportunities for the filmmakers worldwide, especially the female filmmakers. With various categories, the festival provides a platform for the filmmakers to choose their niche. The film submissions are divided into two sections namely Competitive section and Non-competitive section with a total of 7 categories. The Competition section includes Short Films, Documentary Films, Public Service Announcement (PSA) and Feature Film; the Non-Competition section includes World Cinebusters, Indian Panorama and World Premiere. The films made after 1st January 2012 are only eligible for entry.

The eligibility criterion for Short Film and Documentary Film is to have at least a woman at the forefront departments of filmmaking i.e. Producing or Direction or Editing or Cinematography or Screenplay or Writing. For PSA films made by both male and female or either of them is acceptable. Feature Films, World Cinebusters, World Panorama and World Premiere accepts films made by woman directors or producers only.

In its 5-Day celebration, MWIFF features 5 days of film screenings, closing night networking parties, industry panels, post-screening discussions, masterclass, award ceremony, a pink carpet and much more. The first deadline for the submission of films is 31st July 2014 followed by second deadline on 31st August 2014 and 30th September 2014 as the last deadline. For more details about the submission, please log on to www.mwiff.com or mail the festival at contact.mwiff@gmail.com .

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/07/biggest-womens-film-festival-of-india-mwiff-announced-its-call-for-entries/

Digitized Imagi Ningthem to be screened at Pune Intl Film Festival

  NEW DELHI, January 13 (Manipur Information Centre): International acclaimed Manipuri film- IMAGI NINGTHEM ( My Son, MY Precious) directed by Aribam Syam Sharma are among seven Indian films selected under the section- Gems From NFAI of the ongoing 12th … Continue reading →

 

NEW DELHI, January 13 (Manipur Information Centre): International acclaimed Manipuri film- IMAGI NINGTHEM ( My Son, MY Precious) directed by Aribam Syam Sharma are among seven Indian films selected under the section- Gems From NFAI of the ongoing 12th Pune International Film Festival 2014. The film-Imagi Ningthem has been  digitized by the National Film Archives of India. The Archive has digitized 566 films and restored 329 so far under the National Film heritage Mission. Other films to be screened under the section are Bhavni Bhavai( Gujarati) directed by Ketan Mehta, Samskara (Kannada) by Pattabhirami Reddy, Daasi (Telegu) by B. Narsinga Rao, Agraharathal Kazhuthai (Tamil) John Abraham, Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (Assamese) by Jahnu Barua and Esthappan (Malayalam) by G. Aravindran.

Imagi Ningthem will be screened in Blu-ray version in the ongoing 12th Pune International Film Festival in the section “Gems from NFAI” on 14th January at 9.00 am at City Pride, Screen 5, Abhiruchi, Pune.

The 110-minute long Imagi Ningthem tells the story of an orphan. A lady teacher, new to the village is asked by an old man to tutor his grandson who is sickly all the time. The teacher becomes curious to know more about the old man and the boy. She finds out from a colleague that the boy’s mother had been seduced by a man and died in child birth. It turns out that the father is the husband of her cousin who is promptly apprised of the fact.  Her cousin is attracted to the unfortunate boy and adopts him while her husband is absent. Subsequently the husband returns home and objects to the boy being adopted for he does not know it is his own son. The grandfather wants to take the boy back but the step mother does not let him and ultimately keeps the boy.

Master Leikhendra, Ingudam Mangi, Rashi, Bhubhaneswari, Indra Kumar are main cast of the film scripted by M. K. Binodini and cinematographed by K. Ibohal Sharma. Khundrapam Joykumar scored the music. Imagi Ningthem brought Aribam Syam Sharma international recognition when the movie received theGolden Montgolfiere in the Nantes International Film Festival in 1982. Imagi Ningthem was the first Indian Film to bag the prestigious  award in the  Nantes International  Film Festival.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/01/digitized-imagi-ningthem-to-be-screened-at-pune-intl-film-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=digitized-imagi-ningthem-to-be-screened-at-pune-intl-film-festival