Supriyo Sen
Indian independent filmmaker Supriyo Sen will serve on the ‘Mecenat’ Jury at the Busan International Film Festival 2012. The Biff Mecenat Jury will select and award the winners for the best Asian documentary presented in the Wide Angle section.
Supriyo Sen has produced and directed feature and short documentaries such as The Nest (2000), Way Back Home (2003), Hope Dies Last in War (2007) and Wagah (2009).
The Nest (2000) won National Award for the Best Film on environmental issues. Way Back Home (2003) received BBC Audience Award for the best documentary in Commonwealth Film Festival at Manchester and National Award for the best documentary on social issues.
Sen’s Hope Dies Last in War (2007), was funded by Asian Network Documentary (And) of the 2006 Asian Cinema Fund (Acf).Furthermore, with his film Wagah (2009), he received several awards that include the Berlin Today Award at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival and the Best Short Documentary at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Indian independent filmmaker Supriyo Sen will serve on the ‘Mecenat’ Jury at the Busan International Film Festival 2012. The Biff Mecenat Jury will select and award the winners for the best Asian documentary presented in the Wide Angle section.
Supriyo Sen has produced and directed feature and short documentaries such as The Nest (2000), Way Back Home (2003), Hope Dies Last in War (2007) and Wagah (2009).
The Nest (2000) won National Award for the Best Film on environmental issues. Way Back Home (2003) received BBC Audience Award for the best documentary in Commonwealth Film Festival at Manchester and National Award for the best documentary on social issues.
Sen’s Hope Dies Last in War (2007), was funded by Asian Network Documentary (And) of the 2006 Asian Cinema Fund (Acf).Furthermore, with his film Wagah (2009), he received several awards that include the Berlin Today Award at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival and the Best Short Documentary at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
- 8/27/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
New Gift (USA) directed by Supriyo Sen will compete in Short Film Competition at the La Film Fest 2012 which is being held from June 14-24, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
The 3-minute film deals with ‘farmers in India harnessing the power of seeds’. It highlights the work of Dr. Vandana Shiva, a renowned environmental activist and eco-feminist in India.
The film is part of a series of 30 three-minute stories about innovative people who are reshaping the world through act or invention, directed by celebrated documentary filmmakers.
Supriyo Sen’s earlier documentary Wagah had been screened in Sundance Film Festival 2010. He also won the Berlin Today award at Berlinale Talent Campus for the same film.
The 3-minute film deals with ‘farmers in India harnessing the power of seeds’. It highlights the work of Dr. Vandana Shiva, a renowned environmental activist and eco-feminist in India.
The film is part of a series of 30 three-minute stories about innovative people who are reshaping the world through act or invention, directed by celebrated documentary filmmakers.
Supriyo Sen’s earlier documentary Wagah had been screened in Sundance Film Festival 2010. He also won the Berlin Today award at Berlinale Talent Campus for the same film.
- 6/15/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The ongoing World Cinema Festival Amsterdam is holding a special section on independent Indian cinema called “Soul of India”. The festival will be on till August 21, 2011.
Besides “Soul of India”, Gandu (Asshole) by Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) is one of the nine films competing at the festival. The Jury comprises of actor Achmed Akkabi, Esther van Driesum, Head of Programmes of Programmes of Binger Filmlab and Meenakshi Shedde, Indian consultant to International film festivals.
The films that are being screened in “Soul of India” are Aamir Bashir’s Harud (Autumn), Onir’s I Am, Sidharth Srinivasan’s Pairon Talle (Soul of Sand) and Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir (The Well). Two short films: Wagah by Supriyo Sen and Udedh Bun (Unravel) by Siddharth Sinha are also being screened at the festival.
“The early years of the 21st century seem to have brought forth a first cautious flowering of a new, independent, artistic Indian cinema.
Besides “Soul of India”, Gandu (Asshole) by Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) is one of the nine films competing at the festival. The Jury comprises of actor Achmed Akkabi, Esther van Driesum, Head of Programmes of Programmes of Binger Filmlab and Meenakshi Shedde, Indian consultant to International film festivals.
The films that are being screened in “Soul of India” are Aamir Bashir’s Harud (Autumn), Onir’s I Am, Sidharth Srinivasan’s Pairon Talle (Soul of Sand) and Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir (The Well). Two short films: Wagah by Supriyo Sen and Udedh Bun (Unravel) by Siddharth Sinha are also being screened at the festival.
“The early years of the 21st century seem to have brought forth a first cautious flowering of a new, independent, artistic Indian cinema.
- 8/15/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is set to run June 17-27 in a brand new location. Oh, it’s still in L.A, but it’s moving across town, from Westwood — where it’s been held the past few years — all the way over to Downtown.
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
- 5/17/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Jalsaghar (The Music Room) (1958) directed, written and produced by Satyajit Ray will be presented by The Film Foundation and American Express as part of "20 Years/20 Films" at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. Now in its 16th year, the festival will take place from June 17-27, 2010 in downtown Los Angeles.
Starring Chhabi Biswas, Padmadevi, Pinaki Sengupta, the festival website describes the film as - “A turn of the century Indian aristocrat's wealth is dwindling, yet he continues to spend his fortune on lavish music concerts in his decaying mansion in Satyajit Ray's elegiac 1958 classic.”
Supriyo Sen’s acclaimed short film Wagah will be screened in the section for Short films at the festival.
The Kids Are All Right directed by Lisa Cholodenko will open the festival while Despicable Me by Chris Renaud will be the closing film of the festival. Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival will present more than 200 features,...
Starring Chhabi Biswas, Padmadevi, Pinaki Sengupta, the festival website describes the film as - “A turn of the century Indian aristocrat's wealth is dwindling, yet he continues to spend his fortune on lavish music concerts in his decaying mansion in Satyajit Ray's elegiac 1958 classic.”
Supriyo Sen’s acclaimed short film Wagah will be screened in the section for Short films at the festival.
The Kids Are All Right directed by Lisa Cholodenko will open the festival while Despicable Me by Chris Renaud will be the closing film of the festival. Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival will present more than 200 features,...
- 5/4/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Wagah and Bilal will be screened in the international competition sections at the 50th edition of the Krakow Film festival. The festival will run from May 31- June 6.
Wagah, a thirteen minute film directed by Supriyo Sen is in the International Competition of short length documentary, fiction and animated films. The festival website writes about the film- “Wagah is a town on the border between India and Pakistan, the only road border crossing between two states in conflict. Every day it hosts a bizarre show. Military representations of both sides passionately cheered by an audience of several thousand, open the border for a moment, at the same time demonstrating their power and love for home country. The film shows this peculiar tradition through the eyes of three Indian boys, which only makes the grotesqueness of the situation as well as the fascination with border shows more conspicuous.”
Bilal, an 88 minute...
Wagah, a thirteen minute film directed by Supriyo Sen is in the International Competition of short length documentary, fiction and animated films. The festival website writes about the film- “Wagah is a town on the border between India and Pakistan, the only road border crossing between two states in conflict. Every day it hosts a bizarre show. Military representations of both sides passionately cheered by an audience of several thousand, open the border for a moment, at the same time demonstrating their power and love for home country. The film shows this peculiar tradition through the eyes of three Indian boys, which only makes the grotesqueness of the situation as well as the fascination with border shows more conspicuous.”
Bilal, an 88 minute...
- 4/11/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Wagah and Bilal will be screened in the international competition sections at the 50th edition of the Krakow Film festival. The festival will run from May 31- June 6.
Wagah, a thirteen minute film directed by Supriyo Sen is in the International Competition of short length documentary, fiction and animated films. The festival website writes about the film- “Wagah is a town on the border between India and Pakistan, the only road border crossing between two states in conflict. Every day it hosts a bizarre show. Military representations of both sides passionately cheered by an audience of several thousand, open the border for a moment, at the same time demonstrating their power and love for home country. The film shows this peculiar tradition through the eyes of three Indian boys, which only makes the grotesqueness of the situation as well as the fascination with border shows more conspicuous.”
Bilal, an 88 minute...
Wagah, a thirteen minute film directed by Supriyo Sen is in the International Competition of short length documentary, fiction and animated films. The festival website writes about the film- “Wagah is a town on the border between India and Pakistan, the only road border crossing between two states in conflict. Every day it hosts a bizarre show. Military representations of both sides passionately cheered by an audience of several thousand, open the border for a moment, at the same time demonstrating their power and love for home country. The film shows this peculiar tradition through the eyes of three Indian boys, which only makes the grotesqueness of the situation as well as the fascination with border shows more conspicuous.”
Bilal, an 88 minute...
- 4/11/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Wagah directed by Supriyo Sen will be the opening film of Persistence Resistance, the festival of contemporary political films which will be held in New Delhi from February 25-27.
The festival will be inaugurated by film maker Jai Chandiram on February 25. The New Delhi launch of the book 'From Rajas and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond' by Vijaya Mulay would close the inaugural session.
The closing film of the festival will be Sound of Tibet: Awakening Kindness by Kim Joon-Nyeon, with a repeat screening of wagah.
89 films will be screened in 14 venues across the venue of the festival. Films will be screened in 2 auditoria, in 6 simulated video parlours, outdoors at night, as installations and at a muti-hub video library.
The festival will present retrospective of six directors: Manjira Datta, Deepa Dhanraj, Saba Dewan, Krishnendu Bose, Sanjay Barnela (with Vasant Sabarwal) and Supriyo Sen. The festival this year will also showcase...
The festival will be inaugurated by film maker Jai Chandiram on February 25. The New Delhi launch of the book 'From Rajas and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond' by Vijaya Mulay would close the inaugural session.
The closing film of the festival will be Sound of Tibet: Awakening Kindness by Kim Joon-Nyeon, with a repeat screening of wagah.
89 films will be screened in 14 venues across the venue of the festival. Films will be screened in 2 auditoria, in 6 simulated video parlours, outdoors at night, as installations and at a muti-hub video library.
The festival will present retrospective of six directors: Manjira Datta, Deepa Dhanraj, Saba Dewan, Krishnendu Bose, Sanjay Barnela (with Vasant Sabarwal) and Supriyo Sen. The festival this year will also showcase...
- 2/24/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
All those attending the 60th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival from February 11-21 will get a good deal of Indian Cinema this year. From Culinary cinema to Forum Expanded, Indian presence can be felt almost everywhere. It is a major shift from Berlinale 2009 when Indian presence in the festival was marked by only a short film Wagah by Supriyo Sen. Two days for the festival to begin, Dearcinema gives you an account of India at Berlinale this year:
The Generation 14plus competition of the Berlinale will open with Dev Benegal’s Road, Movie. In this moving homage to the mobile cinema culture of India starring Abhay Deol and Tanishtha Chatterjee, the director pays tribute to the place where screen, light and audience come together in a magical event. Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir will also be screened under Generation 14plus section. Vihir is the story of two adolescent boys...
The Generation 14plus competition of the Berlinale will open with Dev Benegal’s Road, Movie. In this moving homage to the mobile cinema culture of India starring Abhay Deol and Tanishtha Chatterjee, the director pays tribute to the place where screen, light and audience come together in a magical event. Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir will also be screened under Generation 14plus section. Vihir is the story of two adolescent boys...
- 2/9/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
First the features, which were unveiled last week; and now the shorts.
I haven’t looked through the list yet, but I will eventually. Feel free to flag any for me if you’re aware.
For now, here’s the full press release I received:
2010 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program
from Sundance Film Festival | Press Releases
Park City, Ut- Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. This year the Festival’s Short Film Program comprises 70 short films from U.S. and international filmmakers selected from 6,092 submissions up 8% over 2009. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
As previously announced, the Festival will break tradition by foregoing the conventions of one opening night film and instead focus on...
I haven’t looked through the list yet, but I will eventually. Feel free to flag any for me if you’re aware.
For now, here’s the full press release I received:
2010 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program
from Sundance Film Festival | Press Releases
Park City, Ut- Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. This year the Festival’s Short Film Program comprises 70 short films from U.S. and international filmmakers selected from 6,092 submissions up 8% over 2009. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
As previously announced, the Festival will break tradition by foregoing the conventions of one opening night film and instead focus on...
- 12/7/2009
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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