1ST BOMBAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Continued > > FESTIVAL JURY (1990)

DENNIS O' ROURKE

DENNIS O' ROURKE - Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1945, Dennis O'Rourke now resides in Canberra, where he is a guest lecturer at the research School of Pacific Studies. He dropped out of University in the 1960s and drifted through various jobs before landing at ABC Television as an assistant gardener. By the time he left ABC in 1974, he was an assistant cameraman , and two years later made his major first documentary Yumi Yet about the independence of Papua New Guinea. The importance of his work has received wide recognition with retrospectives at the Berlin Film Festival. The Institute of Contemporary Art (London) the International Film Festival of India, the Pacific Film Archive (San Francisco) et al. His significant films include Yumi yet (1976), Iieksen (1978), Yap… How did you Knowwe'd like TV? (1980), Angels of War (1981), Shark Callers of Kontu (1982), Couldn't be fairer (1984), Half Life (1985), Cannibals Tours (1987). Dennis O'Rourke is internationally recognised as one of the exciting and perceptive film makers. His film "essays" reveals the tensions between European and Traditional cultures.

 

MIKHAIL LITVIAKOV

MIKHAIL LITVIAKOV - Having Studied in Moscow, at the High School of Cinema under Elia Kopalin, one of the greatest Soviet documentarists, and associate of the famous Dziga Vertov, Mikhail Sergevitch Litviakov was moulded into the medium, in a manner many would perhaps seek. Born in 1938 in the town of Pushkin, near Leningrad, Litviakov has been working at the Leningrad Documentary Film Studio for the last 25 years. His is also a member of the Film Makers Union Board A product of the sixties - called the tune of the Thaw he is a part of the generation that boldly expressed its views and convictions. Litviakov's films largely deal with social issues. Criminality amidst teenagers was tackled in Difficult Kids made in 1966, mothers abandoning their new-born babes was the theme of Goodbye mama(1971), the issue of private property was dealt with in his Pleasant Homestead (1978). The World Council of Peace Awarded him a Prize of the Jury for his film we Don't Give Up, We Go Ahead in 1983. Besides, several of his films have won awards at various International Films Festivals. Mikhail Litviakov is the Director General of the Leningrad International Non-Feature Film Festival. The motto of this festival is Message to Man which expresses its human essence.

 

ULRICH GREGOR

ULRICH GREGOR - Born in 1932 in Hamburg, Ulrich Gregor Studied journalism / publishing in Hamburg, Paris and Berlin. Since 1955 he has been working as a film critic for newspapers, periodicals, radio and television. In 1963 he established Friends of the German Cinema. Between 1966 to 1972 he lectured on film history and theory at the German film and TV Institute, Berlin. Since 1971, Ulrich Gregor has been the Director of the International Forum of Youth Films. In 1980, he became Head of the International Berlin Film Festival Committee, together with Moritz de Hadeln. He is Chairman of Friends of German Cinema with Sylvia Andresen and Gerhard Schoenberner and is in charge of the theatre programme Arsenal. He made Style and Technique of Films (Part I - VI) with Michael Strauven in 1966. His publication include: History of Films (with Enno Patalas 1963; new edition (1982), How to Film (1964), The American Film 1930-39 (1968), Jean Renoir and His films (1970), History of Films Since 1960 (1978 new edition 1982), he has also published the soviet Film 1930-39 with Erika Gregor, Ulrich has been publishing a series Cinema Since 1963.

 

DR.(MS) EIRKA RICHTER

DR.(MS) EIRKA RICHTER - EIRIKA Richter was born in 1938. She grew up in the German Democratic Republic. Having studied film making and film history at the High School for Films in Potsdam-Babelsberg and later at the Film school (VGIK) in Moscow, she developed a deep interest in World cinema, especially cinema of the developing countries. She worked as a film critic from 1967 to 1969, and taught German language at the Cultural Centre of German Democratic Republic in Cairo. With her fascination for films of the developing countries - especially the Middle East come her book Realistic Cinema in Egypt (1973). In 1975, she brought out a thesis on feature films in the GDR, dealing with experiences, trials and tribulations of women in day-to-day living. Since then she has been a dramaturg, i.e. advisor for literary work, collaborating with film directors in the feature films studio DEFA in DGR, Erika Richter was associated with 15 feature films as also numerous documentaries made by prominent directors of the GDR. During this period, she continued to critically appreciate the work of Arab, African and Asian feature and documentary films. Since 1979, Richter has been a member of Executive Council of the International Federation of Films Societies.

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