5TH MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FESTIVAL JURY (1998)

JURY - MAIN FILM COMPETITION

MELANIE GUINEY

Melanie Guiney Born 1956, Melbourne, Australia. After initially working with Children and media, Melanie has worked as writer, producer, director and editor of educational documentaries for community, government and media organizations in Australia. She has a Graduate Diploma of Media from the Australia Film, Television and radio School and a Masters in Creative Arts in Documentary. Between 1988 and 1994, she worked with various indigenous and other groups to produce programmes on a wide range of social justice and historical subjects. Director of the 5th International Documentary Conference held in Brisbane in 1997.

 

DINO RAYMOND HANSEN

Dino Raymond Hansen born in 1942, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dino's film career began in 1965 as an editing assistant to Franz Ernst on the Danish version of the animation film Winnie-the-Pooh. Between 1967 to 1978 studied Sinology at University of Copenhagen. He has contributed to various branches of filmmaking, especially sound engineering, editing research, production and direction. Has made several documentaries on China. He was the producer and sound engineer on Jorgen Leth's doucmentary Haiti Untitled. At present he heads Exhibitions and Festivals, Film House Denmark, Danish Film Institute.

 

P.K. NAIR

P.K. NAIR Born in 1933. Headed the National film Archive of India for nearly three decades. Has been a member of the Executive Committee of International Federation of Film Archives, besides the UNESCO's Expert Committee on the Preservation of Moving Images. Has served as member / chairperson of several juries of national / international film festivals. Was Director of First International Video Festival on Science, Society and Development held in Trivandrum in 1995 as well as the Second International Film Festival of Kerala in 1994 and 1995.

 

RAM MOHAN

Ram Mohan Born in 1931. Joined the Cartoon film Unit of Films Division in 1956. He got his training in animation from Claire H Weekes of Walt Disney Studios under the US Technical Aid Programme. Between 1960 and 1967 he made a number of award-winning animation films. In 1972 he formed his own company, Ram Mohan Biographics. Apart from his Down To Earth four-part series, he co-directed along with Koichi Sasaki of Japan, Ramayana - The Legend of Prince Rama an animation feature. Currently working for UNICEF as series director for a film Meena, dealing with the problems of the girls child in South Asia.

 

ARIBAM SYAM SHARMA

A Master in Philosophy, vocalist and composer, stage actor and director, Aribam Syam Sharma is one of the few talented contemporary directors of India with a style of his own. He has single-handedly put Manipuri cinema on the film map of the country. Beginning with films that struck a fine balance between aesthetic considerations and commercial compulsions such as LAMJA PARASURAM, SAAPHABEE and OLANGTHAGEE WANGMADASOO, he began working on the films he really wanted to make. His IMAGI NINGTHEM won the Grand Prix at Nantes, France in 1982, while ISHANOU and SANABI confirmed him as a filmmaker of great importance. Though Aribam's films are apparently free from complexity, his themes are intricate and need close observation in terms of Manipuri Culture. His SANGAI - THE DANCING DEER was declared the "Outstanding Film of the year 1989" by the British Film Institute, London, His documentary ORCHIDS OF MANIPUR won the National Award.

 

ROBERT CAHEN

Robert Cahen born in 1945. Robert Cahen from France and one of the world's leading artists in the sphere of electronic arts. After studying music in 1971, he began producing a major body of work (films, videotapes, installations) that combined experimentation in sound with exploration of contemporary visual arts, photography and dance. A true pioneer, Robert has forged new ways of depicting landscape, cityscape and theatrical performance, all the while significantly reinvigorating genres like the travel diary and documentary. Retrospectives of his work have been held in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

 

RON HOLLOWAY

Ron Holloway born in 1933, Peoria, Illinois. Ronald Holloway received his B.A. in Philosophy and his M.A. in Religious Philosophy at Loyola University in Chicago and completed his Ph. D Studies in these fields at the University of hamburg with a dissertation on the cinema of Carl Theodor Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman and Robert Bresson. He co-founded the Chicago Centre for Films Study and the Cleveland Cinematheque. He lives in Berlin as correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter has authored books on film history and together with actrees wife Dorothea Mortiz publishes the quarterly Kino German Film. They've collaborated on four documentaries including Parajanov.

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