7TH MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SPECIAL SCREENING - INDIAN PANORAMA
(2002)
NOTTAM
Malayalam/col./16mm/60min./1999
NOTTAM, a docu-film on Keezhppadam Kumaran Nair captures in an almost minimalist sytle, the art and views of this gifted Kathakali artiste. His life for his art comes through in every gesture of his, in every act of his on stage. "My only wish is to continue serving Kathakali", he remarks and one could not wish for more. NOTTAM, is about Keezhppadam, about Kathakali, the stage, the viewers, the limitations and the possibilities.
Director : M.R.Rajan
Camera : Jayan
Editor : A.V. Narayanan
Sound : Karikumar
Location Sound : Krishnakumar
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
M.R.Rajan took his diploma in cinema direction from FTII, Pune in 1998. Back home in Kerala since then, he has made eight documentaries. His works reveal a certain consistency in his artistic concern; all of them relate to the stage or the screen. Artists who are completely involved in and dedicated to classical theatre and actors who transform the stage for social reform people his films. Some of his acclaimed films are :
'DOORAM/1998 - Screened for IFFI (1989), Karlovy Vary (1989), Bombay (1989)
'CHHAYA'/1991- Selected for Indian Panorama IFFI (1992) and Egyptian Film Festival (1992)
'PAKARNNATTAN-AMMANNUR, THE ACTOR' / 1995 -Won the National Award for the best Arts/Cultural Film Kerala State Award for Best Documentary, selected for the Indian Panorama IFFI (1996), selected for Pesaro Film Festival (1997)
'UNARVINTE KALAM' (on theatre personality and social reformer M.R.Bhattathiripad) (1998) - Won the National Award for Best Biographical Film and
'NOTTAM' (1999)- National Award 2000 for Best Biographical Film.
Enquiries:52, Savanya, Kavallur Lane , P.O.Vattivkavn, Trivandrum-13, Kerala India .
Ph.: 0471-360529 Fax: 033-432-2072/0723 E-mail : rajanfilm@hotmail.com
MATHI
Tamil/col./35mm/12min./2000
In a legal system where justice is subjective to your sex type, "Mathi" is a telling tale of a young eunuch who was murdered by his parents, but at the post mortem table, the nature of his death is pronounced as suicide. This 12-minute experimental narrative tries to exhibit the rigidity of the hypocrite "males" and "females" of the society, while Mathi, the ostracized eunuch, knew only to love everybody till his death......
Directed by : B.Lenin
Art : Thotatharani
Ediing : B.Lenin-V.T.Vijayan
Music : N.S.Ramasadanandha
Camera : B.Kannan, B.Sc., D.F.T.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
B. Lenin, born in 1947. Started his career in 1966 as an Associate Director and Negative Cutter form many feature films. Has edited many feature and non-feature films. Directed five feature films, four short films and two short videos. Short film, "KNOCK-OUT" (35mm, Colour, 28 min.) participated in the Indian Panorama Film Festival in 1993 at New Delhi . National Award for "First Best Director for the Non-feature Films" 1993-94. Participated at Copenhagen , Denmark in June, 1994. Ismalia critics award for short film at Cairo , Egypt . Short film, "MOTTUKKA" (DV, Colour, 52 minutes) presented at the 1st Digital Talkies International Film Festival in March 2001 at Delhi . Just completed a feature film titled "OORUKU NOORUPER"
Enquiries: No. 3, Murrays Gate Road , Alwarpet, Chennai-600018
India . Ph.: 044-24364267
SCRIBBLES ON AKKA
India / Eng./Col./35mm/60min./2000
Scribbles on Akka is a short film on the life and work of the 12th Century saint poet Mahadevi Akka. Her radical poems, written with the female body as a metaphor, have been composed and picturised in contemporary musical language. Mahadevi, famed as Akka-elder sister, while leaving the domestic arena in search of God, also abandoned modesty and clothing. The film explores the meaning of this denial through the work of contemporary artists and writers and testimonies of ordinary folks who nurtured her image through centuries in their folklore and oral literature. A celebration of rebellion, feminity and legacy down nine hundred years.
Director/Script : Madhushree Dutta
Producer : Flavia Agnes
Song Composition : Illyaraja
Camera : A.Mukul Kishore, R.V.Ramani
Editor : Shyamal Karmakar
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Madhushree Dutta has studied Dramatics at the National School of Drama. She has been makin non-fiction films since 1993. Gender, identity and marginalisation are her chosen areas of work. She is the executive director of Majlis, a legal and cultural resource center in Mumbai. The cultural center is a multi-cultural initiative involved in spreading cultural literacy among students and in producing plays, films and multi-disciplinary art works. Madhushree has co-edited 'The Nation, The State and Indian Identity', an anthology of essays. Her films include : 1993 I LIVE IN BEHRAMPADA, on a Muslim ghetto in the context of Bombay riots in 1992-93. Film Fare Award for best documentary. 1994 MEMORIES OF FEAR, on the relation between socializing of young girls and domestic violence. National Award for best documentary of social issues. 1998 SUNDAR : AN ACTOR PREPARES, on performance and female impersonation. Premiered at Oberhausen short film festival. 2000 : SCRIBBLES ON AKKA, a musical documentary on the 12th century bhakti poet Mahadevi Akka. National Award for best anthropological film.
Enquiries: Majlis Production, A-2/4 Golden Valley ,
Kalina Kurla Road , Kalina,
Mumbai - 400 098, India
Tel.:91-22-2618 0394
Fax:91-22-2614 8539
E-mail: majlis@vsnl.com
THE EGOTIC WORLD
SRFTI /B&W / 35mm / 34min. /Malayalam
A boy of 17 years is entrapped inside a "Zone", in a Jain Monastery (Ashram, known in India , the abode of the hermit). He escapes from the Zone for a three days of perfect freedom / bliss, and returns back on the fourth day to the Zone, finds himself elevated from the worldly pleasures, rejects liberation, and merges into the Black whole bearing the sorrow of the future.
Director : Vipin Vijay
Camera : Miling Nagamule
Editor : Parnom Dutta Majumdar
Sound : Sayandeb Mukherjee
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Vipin Vijay, born 1976. Degree in Film Direction and Screenplay writing from Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute of India, Calcutta, India. Has made several documentary, short and promotional films. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Official Indian entry); St. Xavier's International Student Film Festival, Won the Special Jury Award, nominated for Davincci Award in the world Cinematographers meet and the film is part of the Kerala International Film Festival, 2000- Film School Section.
Enquiries:SATYAJIT FAY FILM AND TELEVISION INSTITUTE E.M.
By Pass Road, P.O. Panchasayar, Kolkata-700 094
India .
Ph.:033-2432-8355 / 8356/9300
Fax : 033-2432 2072/0723
AJOPA GACHA - THE TREE
FD /Col./2000/45min/Assamese
The story addresses our unthinking destruction of nature, which is always justified by a cause, here the building of a school. The story of the old man and the tree is an exploration of what an ideal relationship with nature could be. There is really no difference between a tree and a child. We need to awaken in our children their innate love for nature.
Director : Ranajit Ray
Producer : Films Division
Camera : Abhijit Banerjee
Editor : Rabiranjan Moitra
Music : Soumitra Banerjee
Sound : Biswajit Sengupta
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Ranajit Ray, a graduate of FTII, Pune, has directed, scripted and photographed films for Indian and International television channels.
Enquiries : Films Division, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai - 400 026 India .
Tel.: 022-23861461 to 7 Fax: 022-2380 1008/3080 E-mail: filmsd@bom4.vsnl.net.in