Changing Tracks
Yg Entertainment, the firm behind K-pop sensation Blackpink, has appointed Yang Min-seok as its new, sole CEO. The younger brother of company founder Yang Hyun-sun, he was previously joint CEO with Hwang Bo-kyun.
The announcement was made shortly after Yg’s annual shareholder meeting that closed the books on a year in which revenues climbed 65% to $430 million.
The firm, which recently denied that it had paid $30 million to retain its position with Blackpink (but saw the girl group’s individual members sign personal representation contracts with other agencies) is busily launching BabyMonster, another all-female act that is seen in some circles as a successor to Blackpink.
BabyMonster, which was formed late last year through reality TV show “Last Evaluation 2023,” is a seven part group with members from Korea, Thailand and Japan. The group launched singles last year and in February. But Yg is now describing mini-album and new single “Sheesh,...
Yg Entertainment, the firm behind K-pop sensation Blackpink, has appointed Yang Min-seok as its new, sole CEO. The younger brother of company founder Yang Hyun-sun, he was previously joint CEO with Hwang Bo-kyun.
The announcement was made shortly after Yg’s annual shareholder meeting that closed the books on a year in which revenues climbed 65% to $430 million.
The firm, which recently denied that it had paid $30 million to retain its position with Blackpink (but saw the girl group’s individual members sign personal representation contracts with other agencies) is busily launching BabyMonster, another all-female act that is seen in some circles as a successor to Blackpink.
BabyMonster, which was formed late last year through reality TV show “Last Evaluation 2023,” is a seven part group with members from Korea, Thailand and Japan. The group launched singles last year and in February. But Yg is now describing mini-album and new single “Sheesh,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Eighty films from 32 countries, including 21 feature narratives and 43 short films, will be be showcased at the 11th Dharamshala International Film Festival (Diff) in Dharamsala next month, as announced on Thursday.
The highlights include the India premieres of Cannes Jury Prize Winner and 2022 Oscar Nominee, Joyland by Saim Sadiq; Once Upon A Time in Calcutta by Aditya Vikram Sengupta; the Anurag Kashyap-presented debut feature by Parth Saurabh, Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar (On Either Sides of the Pond); 2022 Oscar Nominee, Writing with Fire by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Sen; and Fire in the Mountains (India 2021) by Ajitpal Singh.
The India premieres of these acclaimed international features will also take place at Diff 2022: Eternal Spring by Jason Loftus; In Viaggio by Gianfranco Rosi; Lullaby by Alauda Ruiz de AzAa; Mother Lode by Matteo Tortone; Navalny by Daniel Roher; Neptune Frost by Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams; They Carry Death by Helena GirAn...
The highlights include the India premieres of Cannes Jury Prize Winner and 2022 Oscar Nominee, Joyland by Saim Sadiq; Once Upon A Time in Calcutta by Aditya Vikram Sengupta; the Anurag Kashyap-presented debut feature by Parth Saurabh, Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar (On Either Sides of the Pond); 2022 Oscar Nominee, Writing with Fire by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Sen; and Fire in the Mountains (India 2021) by Ajitpal Singh.
The India premieres of these acclaimed international features will also take place at Diff 2022: Eternal Spring by Jason Loftus; In Viaggio by Gianfranco Rosi; Lullaby by Alauda Ruiz de AzAa; Mother Lode by Matteo Tortone; Navalny by Daniel Roher; Neptune Frost by Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams; They Carry Death by Helena GirAn...
- 10/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) announced today its full lineup of narrative and documentary features, and shorts for the festival’s 19th edition, which will be held virtually and geo-blocked to California, on May 20-27.
“This is a very special year for Iffla. Taking the festival online has given us the freedom to curate programs we would not have been able to present in a physical setting. We have expanded our reach to all California residents, doubled the shorts program with a strong representation of films from the diaspora, added special programs like “Childhood on Edge”, and curated discussions on timely and pressing topics, celebrating the independent film community from India and the Indian diaspora,” said Christina Marouda, Executive Director.
Iffla will open with the Los Angeles premiere of the powerful female-centric film, Fire in the Mountains, the 2021 Sundance-selected debut feature by Ajitpal Singh that immerses audiences...
“This is a very special year for Iffla. Taking the festival online has given us the freedom to curate programs we would not have been able to present in a physical setting. We have expanded our reach to all California residents, doubled the shorts program with a strong representation of films from the diaspora, added special programs like “Childhood on Edge”, and curated discussions on timely and pressing topics, celebrating the independent film community from India and the Indian diaspora,” said Christina Marouda, Executive Director.
Iffla will open with the Los Angeles premiere of the powerful female-centric film, Fire in the Mountains, the 2021 Sundance-selected debut feature by Ajitpal Singh that immerses audiences...
- 4/16/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The 19th edition Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles has announced an expanded virtual lineup of shorts and narrative and documentary features after canceling 2020’s event due to the pandemic and lockdown.
Taking place from May 20 to May 27, the Iffla boasts 40 films spanning 17 languages, with 16 women directors.
The festival will open with Ajitpal Singh’s “Fire in the Mountains,” which immerses audiences in the splendor of the Himalayas, and close with Akshay Indikar’s “Sthalpuran (Chronicle of Space),” which explores the inner life of its young protagonist, Dighu. Singh and Indikar’s films will be followed by Q&As with Asif Kapadia and Anurag Kashyap, respectively.
Special programs include “Childhood on Edge,” curated by Uma da Cunha; a panel featuring South Asian showrunners; and a screening of Prakash Deka’s “Fireflies” followed by a panel on transgender and non-binary representation in India and the diaspora.
Iffla’s feature lineup includes...
Taking place from May 20 to May 27, the Iffla boasts 40 films spanning 17 languages, with 16 women directors.
The festival will open with Ajitpal Singh’s “Fire in the Mountains,” which immerses audiences in the splendor of the Himalayas, and close with Akshay Indikar’s “Sthalpuran (Chronicle of Space),” which explores the inner life of its young protagonist, Dighu. Singh and Indikar’s films will be followed by Q&As with Asif Kapadia and Anurag Kashyap, respectively.
Special programs include “Childhood on Edge,” curated by Uma da Cunha; a panel featuring South Asian showrunners; and a screening of Prakash Deka’s “Fireflies” followed by a panel on transgender and non-binary representation in India and the diaspora.
Iffla’s feature lineup includes...
- 4/15/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
★★★★☆ Upon viewing Farida Pacha's quietly lyrical and earth-bound documentary My Name Is Salt (2013), the comparison to Jean-François Millet's painting The Gleaners springs to mind. Both depict farmers or peasants, combing the land for its natural goods. Both extol the virtue and necessity of breaking one's back in order to acquire even a minimal result of success. Finally, both portraits are painted in stark realism, enlightening the viewer to a way of life that is not commonly seen. In the film's case Pacha, along with cinematographer Lutz Konermann, vividly brings to life the existence of a farming family working the salt flats of Gujarat, India.
- 3/12/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Further reminding us that the Academy Awards are irrelevant in year-end discussions for the best in documentary film, according to the experts at the Cinema Eye Honors’ voting committee, Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour, Steve James’ Life Itself and Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 Days on Earth would be among the best docu films of the year, leading the pack in almost all categories. Not to be overlooked, Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters and Robert Greene’s Actress received kudos in Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Outstanding Achievement in Direction while the major surprise of the noms belongs to Orlando von Einsiedel’s Virunga (presented at the Tribeca and Hot Docs Film Fests) grabbing a total of three. Left completely off the scorecard, Manakamana failed to produce a single nom. The Cinema Eye Honors winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 7 at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image.
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Still from Children of The Pyre
The 63rd Melbourne International Film Festival, which began on July 31 and will go on till August 17, is screening a total of 11 Indian films in different categories.
The lineup includes recent films like Kanu Behl’s Titli (world premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2014) and Avinash Arun’s Killa (world premiere at Berlin Film Festival 2014) as well as festival favourites like Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry.
A specially curated section at the festival, India in Flux: Living Resistance, will screen some of the most important Indian documentaries of recent times including Ashim Ahluwalia’s John & Jane, Rajesh Jala’s Children of the Pyre, Anand Patwardhan’s Jai Bhim Comrade, Deepa Dhanraj’s Invoking Justice, Farida Pacha’s My Name is Salt, Avijit Mukul Kishore’s Vertical City and Ranu Ghosh’s Quarter Number 4/11. These documentaries showcase the history of dissent and engagement with the ‘real’ while discussing matters of politics,...
The 63rd Melbourne International Film Festival, which began on July 31 and will go on till August 17, is screening a total of 11 Indian films in different categories.
The lineup includes recent films like Kanu Behl’s Titli (world premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2014) and Avinash Arun’s Killa (world premiere at Berlin Film Festival 2014) as well as festival favourites like Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry.
A specially curated section at the festival, India in Flux: Living Resistance, will screen some of the most important Indian documentaries of recent times including Ashim Ahluwalia’s John & Jane, Rajesh Jala’s Children of the Pyre, Anand Patwardhan’s Jai Bhim Comrade, Deepa Dhanraj’s Invoking Justice, Farida Pacha’s My Name is Salt, Avijit Mukul Kishore’s Vertical City and Ranu Ghosh’s Quarter Number 4/11. These documentaries showcase the history of dissent and engagement with the ‘real’ while discussing matters of politics,...
- 8/4/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Update: Tony Benn doc wins audience award; Hide and Seek wins Michael Powell Award, Ice Poison takes international prize.
Joanna Coates’s drama Hide and Seek has won The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature at the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival, which has revealed its winners today.
Walking on Sunshine star Hannah Arterton, sister of Gemma, is among the cast of the film about four fragile youngsters who flee London to start an unconventional utopia.
Coates wrote the film with Daniel Metz, who also stars in the film and produces.
The Michael Powell jury, chaired by director Amos Gitai with actors Nina Hoss and Michael Smiley, described the film as “innovative” and “exceptional.”
On Sunday, Skip Kite’s documentary Tony Benn: Will & Testament won the audience award.
The award for Best Film in the International Competition went to Midi Z’s Ice Poison (Taiwan, Myanmar), which charts the economic despair in the rural and developing...
Joanna Coates’s drama Hide and Seek has won The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature at the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival, which has revealed its winners today.
Walking on Sunshine star Hannah Arterton, sister of Gemma, is among the cast of the film about four fragile youngsters who flee London to start an unconventional utopia.
Coates wrote the film with Daniel Metz, who also stars in the film and produces.
The Michael Powell jury, chaired by director Amos Gitai with actors Nina Hoss and Michael Smiley, described the film as “innovative” and “exceptional.”
On Sunday, Skip Kite’s documentary Tony Benn: Will & Testament won the audience award.
The award for Best Film in the International Competition went to Midi Z’s Ice Poison (Taiwan, Myanmar), which charts the economic despair in the rural and developing...
- 6/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Farida Pacha's new documentary "My Name is Salt" is certainly ambitious. It covers the salt people of India; a group of 40,000 whom year after year, for an eight-month period, move to the desert to extract salt from the burning earth. It investigates why they consistently return to this harsh climate and devote themselves, their lives, to this goal. It screened at this year's Los Angeles Film Festival on June 14th. [Editor's Note: Indiewire reached out to filmmakers with films playing at the 20th La Film Festival (June 11-19) to ask them about how they shot their indie, and what advice they had for other filmmakers. We'll be posting their responses throughout the run of the festival. Go Here for the master list.] What camera and lens did you use? Sony EX1-r, fixed zoom lens What was the most difficult shoot on your movie and how did you pull it off? The most difficult bit was to get an elevated perspective as the desert is completely flat. To the amusement of our...
- 6/20/2014
- by Oliver MacMahon
- Indiewire
Highlights include Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Abel Ferrara’s controversial Dsk feature Welcome To New York.
The full line-up of the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been revealed this morning by artistic director Chris Fujiwara at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse.
This year’s festival, which runs from June 18-29, will comprise 156 features from 47 countries, including 11 world premieres, eight international premieres, seven European premieres and 95 UK premieres.
New titles announced today include Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final performances that was first shown at Sundance in January.
Straight from its lively premiere in Cannes is Abel Ferrara’s controversial title Welcome To New York, inspired by the case of former Imf managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, starring Gérard Depardieu, which will receive its UK premiere at Eiff.
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The full line-up of the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been revealed this morning by artistic director Chris Fujiwara at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse.
This year’s festival, which runs from June 18-29, will comprise 156 features from 47 countries, including 11 world premieres, eight international premieres, seven European premieres and 95 UK premieres.
New titles announced today include Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final performances that was first shown at Sundance in January.
Straight from its lively premiere in Cannes is Abel Ferrara’s controversial title Welcome To New York, inspired by the case of former Imf managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, starring Gérard Depardieu, which will receive its UK premiere at Eiff.
Other new titles added to the line-up include [link=nm...
- 5/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sudabeh Mortezai’s Macondo won the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema Competition of this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff), while Tetsuichiro Tsuta’s The Tale Of Iya took the Jury Prize.
The jury praised Macondo, an Austrian drama centring on an 11-year-old Chechnyan refugee, for its “simplicity and humanity [which] show great sensitivity to universal human problems”. Ayumi Sakamoto’s Forma received a special mention in the Young Cinema Competition.
The Firebird Award in the Documentary Competition went to Farida Pacha’s My Name Is Salt, while the Jury Prize went to Gu Tao’s The Last Moose Of Aoluguya and Bernard Bloch’s Meat And Milk received a special mention.
Hu Wei’s The Butter Lamp, about Tibetan nomads, won the Firebird Award in the Short Film Competition. The Jury Prize went to Leo Woodhead’s Cold Snap, while Janie Geiser’s Kriminalistik won the Internet Audience Award and Reka Bucsi’s [link...
The jury praised Macondo, an Austrian drama centring on an 11-year-old Chechnyan refugee, for its “simplicity and humanity [which] show great sensitivity to universal human problems”. Ayumi Sakamoto’s Forma received a special mention in the Young Cinema Competition.
The Firebird Award in the Documentary Competition went to Farida Pacha’s My Name Is Salt, while the Jury Prize went to Gu Tao’s The Last Moose Of Aoluguya and Bernard Bloch’s Meat And Milk received a special mention.
Hu Wei’s The Butter Lamp, about Tibetan nomads, won the Firebird Award in the Short Film Competition. The Jury Prize went to Leo Woodhead’s Cold Snap, while Janie Geiser’s Kriminalistik won the Internet Audience Award and Reka Bucsi’s [link...
- 4/8/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
A still from My Name is Salt
My Name is Salt, directed by Farida Pacha, won the Firebird award in Documentary competition at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival that concludes today.
A Jury consisting of Japanese documentary filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro; Lee Daw-Ming, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Filmmaking, Taipei National University of the Arts; and Hong Kong based filmmaker Angie Chen awarded the Firebird award of Usd 3,000.
My Name is Salt had also won the First Appearance award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2013. The India/Switzerland co-production revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
The other Indian films that screened...
My Name is Salt, directed by Farida Pacha, won the Firebird award in Documentary competition at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival that concludes today.
A Jury consisting of Japanese documentary filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro; Lee Daw-Ming, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Filmmaking, Taipei National University of the Arts; and Hong Kong based filmmaker Angie Chen awarded the Firebird award of Usd 3,000.
My Name is Salt had also won the First Appearance award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2013. The India/Switzerland co-production revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
The other Indian films that screened...
- 4/7/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Hong Kong, March 1: Three Indian movies will be screened at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) here March 27 March-April 7.
Amit Kumar's Bollywood film "Monsoon Shootout" and Farida Pacha's Swiss-Indian documentary "My Name Is Salt" will have their Asian premiere at the fest. Richie Mehta's Indo-Canadian feature "Siddharth" will also be screened at the gala.
Anurag Kashyap-backed "Monsoon Shootout", featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee, was earlier screened at the Cannes International Film Festival.
"My Name is Salt", an observational documentary,.
Amit Kumar's Bollywood film "Monsoon Shootout" and Farida Pacha's Swiss-Indian documentary "My Name Is Salt" will have their Asian premiere at the fest. Richie Mehta's Indo-Canadian feature "Siddharth" will also be screened at the gala.
Anurag Kashyap-backed "Monsoon Shootout", featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee, was earlier screened at the Cannes International Film Festival.
"My Name is Salt", an observational documentary,.
- 3/1/2014
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Siddharth at Hkiff
The 38th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will screen four Indian films- Monsoon Shootout, Siddharth, My Name is Salt and His New Hands. The festival is scheduled to take place from 27 March- 4 April, 2014.
Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout has traveled to several film festivals following its world premiere at Cannes last year. The film is an existential thriller. Guru, a rookie cop, has Shiva, a suspected gangster, in his line of fire. Guru has a moment of reckoning. Should he shoot a man whose guilt he is uncertain of? The film presents three scenarios, all departing from the decision that Guru makes.
Richie Mehta’s Indo-Canadian feature Siddharth is about Mahendra, a south Delhi street vendor barely eking out a living repairing zippers who finds himself stuck in a nightmare when his 12-year-old son goes missing. He embarks on a trek to find his son,...
The 38th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will screen four Indian films- Monsoon Shootout, Siddharth, My Name is Salt and His New Hands. The festival is scheduled to take place from 27 March- 4 April, 2014.
Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout has traveled to several film festivals following its world premiere at Cannes last year. The film is an existential thriller. Guru, a rookie cop, has Shiva, a suspected gangster, in his line of fire. Guru has a moment of reckoning. Should he shoot a man whose guilt he is uncertain of? The film presents three scenarios, all departing from the decision that Guru makes.
Richie Mehta’s Indo-Canadian feature Siddharth is about Mahendra, a south Delhi street vendor barely eking out a living repairing zippers who finds himself stuck in a nightmare when his 12-year-old son goes missing. He embarks on a trek to find his son,...
- 3/1/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
2013 proved to be yet another exciting year for Indian documentaries: they screened at numerous international film festivals and took home awards. In a small but significant step, a few of them even found their way into theatres in India. Though the domestic funding and distribution scenario still remains gloomy, there’s much to rejoice in the international acclaim that these documentaries have found in the last year.
We have compiled a list of the 10 most successful documentaries of 2013, taking into account factors such as film festivals, awards, popularity, reviews and distribution.
Special Mention for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man that has recently been selected for its fiftieth festival, Saurav Sarangi’s Char..The No Man’s Island and Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang for still being hot on the festival circuit and Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s When Hari Got Married for its theatrical release in August. All...
We have compiled a list of the 10 most successful documentaries of 2013, taking into account factors such as film festivals, awards, popularity, reviews and distribution.
Special Mention for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man that has recently been selected for its fiftieth festival, Saurav Sarangi’s Char..The No Man’s Island and Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang for still being hot on the festival circuit and Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s When Hari Got Married for its theatrical release in August. All...
- 1/3/2014
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
A still from “My Name is Salt”
My Name is Salt directed by Farida Pacha won the First Appearance award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2013. The award consists of a cash component of €5,000 (Inr 4 lakh).
The documentary was made with financial support from the Idfa Bertha Fund for Script and Project Development in 2008 and Production and post-production in 2010.
My Name is Salt (India/Switzerland) revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2013 was held from November 20-December 1, 2013.
My Name is Salt directed by Farida Pacha won the First Appearance award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2013. The award consists of a cash component of €5,000 (Inr 4 lakh).
The documentary was made with financial support from the Idfa Bertha Fund for Script and Project Development in 2008 and Production and post-production in 2010.
My Name is Salt (India/Switzerland) revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2013 was held from November 20-December 1, 2013.
- 12/1/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from “My Name is Salt”
My Name is Salt, a documentary by Farida Pacha, has been nominated for First Appearance Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). The other two nominees in this category are Ariel by Laura Bari (Canada) and Judgment in Hungary by Eszter Hajdú (Hungary / Germany).
The winner of the competition will be announced on Friday in Amsterdam. The award consists of a cash component of €5,000. Besides, the Jury will present the Peter Wintonick Special Jury Award for First Appearance (€2,500) named after the Canadian filmmaker who passed away earlier this month.
My Name is Salt (India/Switzerland) revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
My Name is Salt, a documentary by Farida Pacha, has been nominated for First Appearance Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). The other two nominees in this category are Ariel by Laura Bari (Canada) and Judgment in Hungary by Eszter Hajdú (Hungary / Germany).
The winner of the competition will be announced on Friday in Amsterdam. The award consists of a cash component of €5,000. Besides, the Jury will present the Peter Wintonick Special Jury Award for First Appearance (€2,500) named after the Canadian filmmaker who passed away earlier this month.
My Name is Salt (India/Switzerland) revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
- 11/28/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The nominations in the various competition sections have been announced at the documentary festival.
Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) has announced the nominees for its 26th edition. Winners will be named on Friday evening in Amsterdam.
The jury of the Idfa Competition for First Appearance will also present an extra Award in memory of Peter Wintonick, who died earlier this month.
The BankGiro Loterij Idfa Audience Award, worth €5,000, and the Idfa Music Audience Award, worth €2,500, will then also be presented.
In addition, the Mediafonds Kids & Docs Award 2013, which consists of € 15,000 with which to develop a new youth documentary, will be presented by a youth jury.
Idfa Competition for Feature-Length Documentary (€12,500)
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case by Andreas Johnson (Denmark);Ne Me Quitte Pas by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden (the Netherlands / Belgium);Song from the Forest by Michael Obert (Germany).
Idfa Competition for Mid-Length Documentary (€10,000)
Kismet by Nina Maria Paschalidou (Greece / Cyprus);Pussy Versus...
Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) has announced the nominees for its 26th edition. Winners will be named on Friday evening in Amsterdam.
The jury of the Idfa Competition for First Appearance will also present an extra Award in memory of Peter Wintonick, who died earlier this month.
The BankGiro Loterij Idfa Audience Award, worth €5,000, and the Idfa Music Audience Award, worth €2,500, will then also be presented.
In addition, the Mediafonds Kids & Docs Award 2013, which consists of € 15,000 with which to develop a new youth documentary, will be presented by a youth jury.
Idfa Competition for Feature-Length Documentary (€12,500)
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case by Andreas Johnson (Denmark);Ne Me Quitte Pas by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden (the Netherlands / Belgium);Song from the Forest by Michael Obert (Germany).
Idfa Competition for Mid-Length Documentary (€10,000)
Kismet by Nina Maria Paschalidou (Greece / Cyprus);Pussy Versus...
- 11/27/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Eight Indian films will be part of a Retrospective on Indian documentaries at the Cinema Verite Iran International Documentary Film Festival.
The films are Bahadur The Accidental Brave by Aditya Seth, There Is Something In The Air by Iram Ghufran, The Women In Blue Berets by Farida Pacha, Mayong: Myth/Reality by Utpal Borpujari, Director, Painter Shri Babura Laad Saheb by Richa Hushing, Dhananjay Kulkarni “Chandragupta” by Rirvu Laha, The Sound Of Old Rooms by Sandeep Ray and Powerless (Katiyabaaz) by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar.
Organised by the Documentary & Experimental Film Center (Defc), the 7th edition of the annual documentary festival will be held from December 10-17, 2013 in Tehran.
Bahadur The Accidental Brave traces the Nepalese labour migration to India. Their high risk sexual behaviour makes them susceptible to HIV. The documentary is an in-depth look into the social, economic and political life of the Nepalese migrants.
There Is...
The films are Bahadur The Accidental Brave by Aditya Seth, There Is Something In The Air by Iram Ghufran, The Women In Blue Berets by Farida Pacha, Mayong: Myth/Reality by Utpal Borpujari, Director, Painter Shri Babura Laad Saheb by Richa Hushing, Dhananjay Kulkarni “Chandragupta” by Rirvu Laha, The Sound Of Old Rooms by Sandeep Ray and Powerless (Katiyabaaz) by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar.
Organised by the Documentary & Experimental Film Center (Defc), the 7th edition of the annual documentary festival will be held from December 10-17, 2013 in Tehran.
Bahadur The Accidental Brave traces the Nepalese labour migration to India. Their high risk sexual behaviour makes them susceptible to HIV. The documentary is an in-depth look into the social, economic and political life of the Nepalese migrants.
There Is...
- 11/7/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Menstual Man by Amit Virmani and Powerless or Katiyabaaz by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar will screen under the Relecting Images: Best of Fests section while My Name is Salt by Farida Pacha will compete in the Idfa Competition for First Appearance section at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. The festival will be held from November 20 – December 1, 2013.
Amit Virmani’s Menstrual Man is a Singapore – India production. Arunachalam Muruganantham is considered a madman in his village for he has achieved a feat that is considered to be pervert by his community. He has devised a manually operated machine to make low-cost sanitary pads. The napkins are made by and for rural Indian women. The film made its Canadian Premiere at the HotDocs, the Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto this year.
Powerless or Katiyabaaz traces the city of Kanpur that has 15-hour power cuts. Hundreds of people steal electricity,...
Amit Virmani’s Menstrual Man is a Singapore – India production. Arunachalam Muruganantham is considered a madman in his village for he has achieved a feat that is considered to be pervert by his community. He has devised a manually operated machine to make low-cost sanitary pads. The napkins are made by and for rural Indian women. The film made its Canadian Premiere at the HotDocs, the Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto this year.
Powerless or Katiyabaaz traces the city of Kanpur that has 15-hour power cuts. Hundreds of people steal electricity,...
- 10/12/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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