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4TH
MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LIST
OF AWARDS WINNING FILMS OF MIFF'1996
BEST
FILM OF 60 MINS. DURATION OR LESS IN FICTION
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THRITY
FIVE ASIDE
Director
- Damien O'Donnell Country - Ireland
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| Synopsis:
The women in his life are driving himm crrr…azzzy.
His nine-to-five colleagues are nothing but animals.
And he is much too small for his age. Philip Marguire
has terrible problems. Terrr…ibbble, indeed. |
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CONTACT
ADDRESS : Cling Films 4 Windmill Lane, Dublin
2, Ireland Ph: 353-671 3122 Fax: 353-671 8413.
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SECOND
BEST FILM OF 60 MINS. DURATION OR LESS IN FICTION
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BIDESHI
Director
- Frances-Anne Solomon Country - United Kingdom
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| Synopsis:
"The night before my father died, he dreamed
he was travelling through a dark tunnel, and couldn't
find his way out." Based on a prophetic dream, Bideshi
follows Ajoy, a 50-year-old bengali man on his final
journey to self-knowledge and liberation, as he
lies in a coma in a hospital bed attended by an
endless queue of family members and friends. Though
his body is trapped his sould enters a mysterious
tunnel, glowing with the colours of earth and fire.
Here he meets a saffron-robed priest who gently
guides him to his ultimate liberation. At every
turn he encounters scenes from his life: from arriving
in Britain in the 1960s to the wrenching conflict
with his daughter Jyoti when she becomes preganant
by a black man. Ajoy is haunted by a life-long reputre
with his daughter - the last unfinished business
of his life. His eventual acceptance of her love
enable him finally to break free, and his unleashed
spirit dances away down a leafy suburban street
hand-in-hand with his enigmatic guardian, the priest
from the tunnel. |
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DIRECTOR'S
BIO-DATA : Frances-Anne grew up in Trinidad
and came to Britain in 1986. Trained in Theatre
Arts at Toronto University, She has a postgraduate
diploma in radio, film and television from the
University o Bristol, too. In Paris she worked
with the video collective Dermieres and as researcher
for BBC - 2's Ebony. Her film credits include
What My Mother told Me (1994), Reunion (1992),
I Is a Long Memoried Women (1989). She is currently
a producer in BBC Single Drama, and Series Editor
for Black Screen, a season of six 60-minute film
by Black and Asian writers.
CONTACT
ADDRESS : British Film Institute 29 Rathobe
Street, London W1P 1AG Ph: 071-6265587 Fax: 071-5809456.
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BEST
ANIMATION FILM
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SANDBURG'S
ARITHMETIC
Director
- Lynn Smith Country - USA / Canada
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| Synopsis:
Based on a poem Arithmetic by Carl Sandburg,
this animation shows Carl Sandburg, a beloved American
writer also is depicted as one of the animated characters,
reading his peom "Arithmetic". It is worth noting
that the voice heard through the film is that of
the poet himself. |
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DIRECTOR'S
BIO-DATA : Born 1942, New York City. Received
her formal training at the Cooper Union (BFA in
Painting and Sculptue) and the University of Wisconsin
(MA in Drawing). She also earned a Master's Degree
in Teaching from Harvard University. A variety
of techniques can be found in Lynn's work.
CONTACT
ADDRESS : Lynn Smith 4358 Girouard Ave., Montrael
Quebec, Canada H4A 3E4 Ph: 514 486 1606 Fax: 514
486 2202.
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SECOND
BEST ANIMATION FILMS
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HIS
COMEDY
Director
- Paul Bush Country - United Kingdom
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| Synopsis:
The poet Dante is taken by Virgil through the
gates of the city of desolation and into the centre
of hell. What he sees is not simply an apocalyptic
vision of the punishment that awaits sinners after
death but also the vary real horrors committed by
human hands on earth. The film is based on gustav
Dore's nineteenth century woodblock engravings illustrating
Dante's Divine Comedy and all the images are images
are produced b Year engraving directly into the
surface of 35mm colour film stock. |
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DIRECTOR'S
BIO-DATA : Born 1956, London. Studied fine
arts and got involved in experimental film making
and the film workshop movement in Britain. Between
1981 and 1993, he taught film in London. Then
he gave up teaching to concentrate on his onw
productions. Most of his work has been commissined
for broadcast but he has also made films for arts
organisations and the corporate sector.
CONTACT
ADDRESS : Art Conucil Films 14 Great Peter
Street London, Swip 3 NQ, UK.
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INTERNATIONAL
JURY AWARD
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FATHER,
SON AND HOLY WAR (PITRA, PUTRA AUR DHARAM YUDDA)
Director
- Ananda Patwardhan Country - India
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| Synopsis:
Father, Son and Holy War began as a film about
communal violence in India. In the seven years it
took to complete, the connection between religion,
violence and male identity became increasingly apparent.
Politiics have changed in the world. Universalist
values are in short supply. The vacuum created by
the demise of socialist ideals has been filled by
religious revival. Minorities are the scapegoats
of ever calamity. Identity has closed in upon itself
as nations subdivide into narrower nationas, each
ready, almost eager, to annihilate the other or
extinguish itself an inevitable product of the very
construction of the notion of "manhood". The film
is divided into two parts, viz. Trial by Fire and
Hero Pharmacy. |
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DIRECTOR'S
BIO-DATA : Born 1950. Anand did a B.A. in
English Literature and another B.A. in Sociology,
followed by an M.A. in Communication. He has been
active in the fight for civil liberties, housing
rights, the movements for communal harmony and
for a just and sustainable world.
CONTACT
ADDRESS : Anand Patwardhan 27, Lokmanya Tilak
Colony Marg, No.2 Dadar, Bombay - 400 014 Ph:
91-22-414 3782 Fax: 91-22-414 2946.
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