• Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival Looking for Funny Films for 2013 Festival

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    Calling all filmmakers with a sense of humor – the 16th Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival in Western Australia, is looking for comedy films to screen at the upcoming festival.

    According to the festival, “Our definition is ‘a film that is driven by, or ultimately concludes with an excellent sense of humour!'”

    The final DEADLINE is 13 May, 2013. 

    OTF states that their goal is to “celebrate new and independent filmmakers, their comic masterpieces and their excellent sense of humour.”

    Guidelines –

    1 – Any Format; preview on DVD pal/ntsc
    2 – Short Film, Long Form Short , Short Film Series or Feature film
    3 – Any comic genre; black, slapstick, irreverent, romantic, political, subversive, absurd … etc.
    4 – Any form; drama, doco, animation, experimental. 
    5 – Completed since 2005.
    6 – And must have an excellent sense of humour.

     

     

     

     

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  • Documentary on Naked Bike Riders to Debut at 2013 Filmed by Bike Festival in Portland, Oregon

     

    The Bare As You Dare documentary, directed by Ian McCluskey, premieres at the 11th Annual Filmed by Bike, April 20-23, 2013, at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon. The film follows several unlikely-to-get-naked cyclists as they forgo their clothes and ride with thousands of people on the Portland World Naked Ride.

    World Naked Rides started as a demonstration against excessive dependence on oil, but have quickly spread around the globe as celebrations of the freedom of bicycling. Portland’s annual ride, founded in 2002, is widely regarded as the largest in the nation, though the numbers have not yet been verified. Organizers hope to get an official count at the next ride this June.

    Filmed by Bike is a film festival showcasing the best bicycle movies from around the world. The festival runs April 20-23, 2013, at the Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton Street in Portland, Oregon.

    Bare As You Dare :: Media Preview Edit from Filmed by Bike on Vimeo.

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  • Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Picks The 2013 Jury And Add More Films

     

    The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) has picked its jury for the 2013 festival, and added four films to the program – Toronto Film Festival favorite SHIP OF THESEUS in its U.S. Premiere; the powerful environmental documentary narrated by Darryl Hannah, PAD YATRA: A GREEN JOURNEY; the Walt Disney animated Family Day film ARJUN: THE WARRIOR PRINCE; and short film IRON TRACKS (LOHPATH). 

    Three juries will award prizes to the best of the competition films in the categories of Feature, Short, and Documentary films. The 2013 feature film jurors are: International Director of the Feature Film Program at the Sundance Institute Paul Federbush, director/editor/writer Kanika Myer (HALO, HEART OF INDIA), and Assistant Curator of Film Programs at LACMA Bernardo Rondeau. The Best Documentary Award will be decided by The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times film critic Sheri Linden, Senior Programmer at Film Independent Maggie Mackay, and Academy Awardâ-nominatedfilmmaker Jessica Sanders (AFTER INNOCENCE). Judging the short films are filmmaker and IFFLA alum Prashant Bhargava (PATANG), Film Curator and Director of Industry Programming at Palm Springs ShortFest Kathleen McInnis, and actress Sheetal Sheth (ABCD, LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD).

    About the Films:

    SHIP OF THESEUS

    U.S. Premiere
    India/2012/140min/DCP
    Director: Anand Gandhi
    Producers: Mukesh Shah, Sohum Shah
    Screenwriter: Anand Gandhi
    Cast: Neeraj Kabi, Sohum Shah, Aida El Kashef, Faraz Khan, Vinay Shukla, Amba Sanyal

    The stories of three disparate people collide, as they struggle through trials unbeknownst to each other. Relying on her remarkable intuition and the help of her boyfriend, a blind woman enjoys a successful career as a photographer. When she starts to regain her eyesight, she is confronted by her own artistic limitations and an ever-changing sense of identity. A man of unshakable principles has committed his life to fighting pharmaceutical companies against animal abuse. When he is diagnosed with a severe illness, he must choose between standing by his long held moral beliefs and his own survival. An aimless stockbroker who has recently received a kidney transplant discovers a sense of purpose when he meets a man whose kidney was unlawfully stolen. As the three characters grapple to redefine themselves in the face of their new realities, the film raises the question of what constitutes identity when integral parts of us change. The three narratives gracefully converge into a soulful finale that reveals our wondrous interconnectedness in the ephemeron of life.

    Elegantly layered in its themes, evocatively photographed, and featuring beautifully understated performances, SHIP OF THESEUS reveals an original and razor sharp directorial voice in this feature debut from playwright Anand Gandhi.

    English, Hindi (English subtitles)

    PAD YATRA: A GREEN ODYSSEY
    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA/India/68min/2012
    Director: Wendy J.N. Lee
    Producers: Wendy J.N. Lee, Michelle Yeoh
    Narrator: Darryl Hannah

    PAD YATRA: A GREEN ODYSSEY takes us on an incredible journey with 700 souls who set out to trek across the Himalayas with a single passion, to spread their message of ecological compassion and global warming.  Shot with solar power by Ladakhi monk Ngawang Sodpa, the documentary features notable supporters including actor Aamir Khan. Michelle Yeoh serves as Executive Producer, and the film is beautifully narrated by Daryl Hannah.

    English, Tibetan (English Subtitles)

    IFFLA FAMILY DAY FILM

    ARJUN: THE WARRIOR PRINCE
    India/2012/96min/DCP
    Director: Arnab Chaudhari
    Producers: Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur
    Screenwriters: Rajesh Devraj
    Cast: Yuddvir Bakolia, Ila Arun, Anjan Srivastav, Sachin Khedekar, Vishnu Sharma

     [caption id="attachment_3454" align="alignnone" width="550"]ARJUN: THE WARRIOR PRINCE[/caption]

    ARJUN: THE WARRIOR PRINCE is the retelling of a beloved tale from the epic Mahabharata: the remarkable coming-of-age story of Arjun, the exceptional archer, who grows from timid prince to fearless warrior. This brilliant collaboration between UTV Motion Pictures and Walt Disney vividly captures the lavish grandeur and bloodthirsty intrigues of the time in stunning animation. Exhilarating battle scenes, catchy musical sequences, and a delightfully unexpected final act make ARJUN: THE WARRIOR PRINCE an engrossing cinematic experience for children and grownups alike.

    Hindi (English subtitles)

    IRON TRACKS (LOHPATH)
    World Premiere / Screens with SALMA
    India/2012/24min
    Director: Rupesh Aggarwal
    Producers: Deep Singh Kakkad, Anurag Kashyap Films Pvt Ltd

    [caption id="attachment_3455" align="alignnone" width="550"]IRON TRACKS (LOHPATH)[/caption]

    IRON TRACKS is an ode to the innocence corrupted and humanity lost in the vicious victimization of children.Hindi (English subtitles)

     

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  • COMING SOON: Wes Bentley, Vinessa Shaw, Haley Bennett And Jason Isaacs To Star In Saar Klein’s “Things People Do”

    Wes Bentley (HUNGER GAMES, AMERICAN BEAUTY), Vinessa Shaw (3:10 TO YUMA), Haley Bennett (UNTITLED MALICK PROJECT V) and Jason Isaacs (THE PATRIOT) have been cast in the feature film THINGS PEOPLE DO, written and directed by Saar Klein.  Filming begins April 3, 2013 in New Mexico.

    In THINGS PEOPLE DO, Bill Scanlin (Bentley) loses his job and, unable to tell his wife Susan (Shaw) for fear of losing his family, embarks on a life of crime.  He befriends a detective, Frank McTiernan (Isaacs), who has chosen to uphold the law for a living but believes very little in its value.  Ruby (Bennett), the first stranger to show him kindness, inspires Bill to commit a crime in her honor, and he starts to enjoy his newfound power.  As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.

    Saar Klein is a two-time Academy Award nominee for his work editing Terrence Malick’s THE THIN RED LINE and Cameron Crowe’s ALMOST FAMOUS.

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  • Full Film Festival Lineup Released for 2013 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin, Texas

     [caption id="attachment_3437" align="alignnone" width="550"]A Última Vez que Vi Macau (The Last Time I Saw Macao)[/caption]

    The 16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival to run from April 16 to 21, 2013 in Austin, Texas, will screen 54 feature films and 66 short films in 10 program sections. 

    The festival will feature a selection of new films from North, Central, and South America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula. Films made by or about Latinos in the U.S. or the rest of the world, and films by or about indigenous groups of the Americas are also included in the program.

    The lineup includes:

    The New Releases section presents a selection of fifteen narrative and documentary features by the finest emerging and established filmmakers to audiences in Central Texas.

    This selection highlights a diversity of themes, genres and styles characteristic of contemporary national and international cinema trends:

    3 ­- Dir. Pablo Stoll Ward, Uruguay

    A Última Vez que Vi Macau (The Last Time I Saw Macao) ­- Dir. João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata, Portugal

    Carrière, 250 metros (Carrière: 250 Meters) ­- Dir. Juan Carlos Rulfo, Mexico

    Colegas (Buddies) Dir. Marcelo Galvão, Brazil

    De jueves a domingo (Thursday till Sunday) ­- Dir. Dominga Sotomayor, Chile

    [caption id="attachment_3438" align="alignnone" width="550"]Elefante blanco (White Elephant) ­- Dir. Pablo Trapero[/caption]

    Elefante blanco (White Elephant) ­- Dir. Pablo Trapero, Argentina

    Hijos de las nubes: La última colonia (Sons of the Clouds) ­- Dir. Alvaro Longoria, Spain

    La noche de enfrente (Night Across the Street) ­- Dir. Raúl Ruiz, Chile

    Las acacias ­- Dir. Pablo Giorgelli, Argentina

    Los mejores temas (Greatest Hits) ­- Dir. Nicolás Pereda, Mexico

    O Som ao Redor (Neighboring Sounds) ­- Dir. Kleber Medonça Filho, Brazil

    Path of Souls ­- Dir. Jeremy Torrie, Canada

    Polvo (Dust) – Dir. Julio Hernández Cordón, Guatemala

    Twenty features are included in the Narrative and Documentary competitive sections. The Narrative Feature Competition presents a selection of films from emerging and promising talent, including selections from all over the Americas and Spain in a variety of genre and form. The works screened in this category are eligible for both a jury award and an audience award for Best Narrative Feature:

    [caption id="attachment_3439" align="alignnone" width="550"]Delusions of Grandeur Dir. Iris Almaraz, Gustavo Ramos, USA[/caption]

    Delusions of Grandeur Dir. Iris Almaraz, Gustavo Ramos, USA

    El efecto K. El montador de Stalin (The K Effect. Stalin’s Editor)- Dir. Valenti Figueres Jorge, Spain

    Estrella del Sur (Southern Star) – Dir. Gabriel González Rodríguez, Colombia

    Hasta nunca – Dir. Mark Street, Uruguay/USA

    I Am a Director – Dir. Javier Colón, Puerto Rico

    La jubilada (The Retiree) – Dir. Jairo Boisier, Chile

    La segunda muerte (The Second Death) – Dir. Santiago Fernández Calvete, Argentina

    Mejor no hablar de ciertas cosas (Porcelain Horse) – Dir. Javier Andrade, Ecuador

    Nos vemos, Papá (See You, Dad) – Dir. Lucia Carreras, Mexico

    Nove Crônicas para um Coração aos Berros (Nine Chronicles for a Screaming Heart) – Dir. Gustavo Galvão, Brazil

    The Documentary Feature Competition presents a selection of documentaries on a wide variety of topics, with the common thread of including themes and points of view that are underrepresented in popular media. The works screened in this category are eligible for both a jury award and an audience award for Best Documentary Feature:

    Cuéntame de Bia (Tell me about Bia) – Dir. Andrea Franco, USA/Peru

    El Alcalde (The Mayor) – Dir. Emiliano Altuna, Diego Enrique Osorno, Carlos Rossini, Mexico

    El cuaderno de barro (The Clay Diaries) – Dir. Isaki Lacuesta, Spain

    Goudougoudou – Dir. Pieter Van Eecke, Fabrizio Scapin, Belgium

    Há Tourada na Aldeia (Facing the Bull’s Eyes) – Dir. Pedro Sena Nunes, Portugal

    Habana muda – Eric Brach, France/Cuba

    [caption id="attachment_3440" align="alignnone" width="550"]O Céu Sobre os Ombros (The Sky Above) – Dir. Sergio Borges[/caption]

    O Céu Sobre os Ombros (The Sky Above) – Dir. Sergio Borges, Brazil

    Smoke Traders – Dir. Jeff Dorn, Catherine Bainbridge, Canada

    Yo, indocumentada (I, Undocumented) – Dir. Andrea Baranenko, Venezuela

    Young Lakota – Dir. Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt, USA

    The New Visions/Works in Progress section of the program includes two productions that are in the process of finalizing post-production, including one USA-Peru co-production and one film made in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas:

    La navaja de Don Juan – Dir. Tom Sanchez, USA/Peru

    Los Scavangers – Dir. Valente Rodriguez, USA

    Feature films included in the Panorama selection represent a diverse array of important Narrative and Documentary feature films, which we consider essential to share with Central Texas audiences. Collectively, the films represent innovative and independent filmmakers in compliment to the rest of the features program; they showcase a variety of traditionally underrepresented cultures and issues, personal experiences, new perspectives and aesthetic innovation:

    A Última Estação – Dir. Marcio Curi, Brazil

    Calle del arte (A Street for the Arts) – Viviane Blumenschein, Germany/Venezuela

    Campo abierto (Open Field) – Dir. Juan Carlos Martín, Mexico

    [caption id="attachment_3441" align="alignnone" width="550"]Corazón del Cielo, Corazón de la Tierra (Heart of Earth, Heart of Sky)[/caption]

    Corazón del Cielo, Corazón de la Tierra (Heart of Earth, Heart of Sky) – Dir. Eric Enrico Black, Frauke Sandig, Germany/Mexico/Guatemala

    El mal del sauce (The Evil Willow) – Dir. Sebastián Sarquís, Argentina

    El sueño de Lu (The Dream of Lu) – Dir. Hari Sama, Mexico

    Fraylandia (Frayland) – Dir. Ramiro Ozer Ami, Uruguay

    Justicia para mi hermana (Justice for My Sister) – Kimberly Bautista, USA/Guatemala

    La Montaña (The Mountain) – Dir. Tabaré Blanchard, Iván Herrera, Dominican Republic

    Las cosas como son (Things the Way They Are) – Dir. Fernando Lavanderos, Chile

    Mi amiga Bety (My Friend Bety) – Dir. Diana Garay, Mexico

    My Village, My Lobster – Dir. Joshua Wolff , Nicaragua/USA

    Niños de la memoria (Children of Memory) – Dir. María Teresa Rodríguez, USA

    RUTZ – Global Generation Travel – Dir. António Caetano Faria, Macao/Portugal

    Sosúa: Make a Better World – Dir. Peter Miller, Renée Silverman, USA

    Hecho en Tejas, presents a series of films shot and/or produced in Texas, to showcase the wide variety of work being produced in the state by filmmakers with varied backgrounds. Two features as well as a selection of short films are scheduled during this year’s festival. For a fourth consecutive year, Cine Las Americas is pleased to announce the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) award for the best Hecho en Tejas film. The two features scheduled for Hecho en Tejas this year include:

    Blood Cousins – Dir. Regan Arevalos, Larry Garza, Jess Castro, Comedia A Go-Go, USA

    Bordando la frontera (The Border) – Dir. Rene Rhi, Mexico/USA

    As a celebration of filmmakers on the rise, Cine Las Americas will include the Emergencia Youth Film Competition, a special section of the festival showcasing filmmakers 19 years or younger.

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  • Revelation Perth International Film Festival Announces REVEL-8 Call for Entries

    The Revelation Perth International Film Festival launches Revel-8 2013, inviting submissions from filmmakers from across the country

    THEME: PHOBIA!

    Calling all Super-8 filmmakers – whether you’re a seasoned campaigner or a Super-8 newbie, Revel-8 Film Fest is throwing out the challenge far and wide to take part in a celebration of image meets music. 

    Keanu Reeves’ recent docu Side by Side got a whole debate going between lovers of film and digital – get in on the conversation by putting your creative talents to work on celluloid’s smallest, but most accessible film medium.

    Now everyone’s a little afraid of something – be it spiders, the colour blue, stepping on cracks in the footpath, or something more unique. Tell the story of confronting a phobia ‘in-camera’ on a single 3.5 minute cartridge of Super-8 film, and the talented music composition students at the WA Academy of Performing Arts will put down a music soundtrack to help your images really pop for the audience.

    Revel-8 makes the Super 8 journey easy by providing a film cartridge as part of the registration fee and processing it for you. The fun but challenging part of Revel-8, is that films must be shot in sequence on the one Super 8 cartridge.

    Sit side by side with the audience as Revel-8 films premiere to their makers for the first time at Revelation Perth International Film Festival July 4-14, 2013. Awards to be presented include Best Film, Best Music Soundtrack, Best Cinematography, Audience Choice Award and more!

    “Revel-8 has been an incredibly popular part of Rev for years and its unique blend of analogue technology and blind-dating is always enjoyable to watch unfold” says Revelation founder Richard Sowada. “Everyone takes it very seriously and from it comes some really very surprising and thoughtful work”.

    Entry forms can be downloaded from www.revelationfilmfest.org or contact revel8filmfest@gmail.com for more information and a Super 8 Help Guide.

    Registrations close 17 May and films must be completed by 31 May.

    Revelation is proudly supported by the West Australian government.

    source: Revelation Perth International Film Festival

     

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  • Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2013 Lineup Reflects Diversity of Indian Cinema

    The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) which runs April 9 to 14, 2013 at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, will screen an impressive lineup of narrative and documentary features and short films at this year’s festival reflecting the rich diversity of Indian cinema,

    Highlights include: a special screening of Mira Nair’s THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, a political thriller based on the New York Times bestseller with a star-studded cast; MISS LOVELY by Ashim Ahluwalia, a dark look at the seedy underbelly of Bollywood C-movies and soft-porn during the 1980’s, that premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes last year; PEDDLERS, Vasan Bala’s directorial debut, which premiered at the 2012 International Critics’ Week, a crime thriller following the desperation of young drug runners who are merely looking to survive; SHAHID, based on the true story of Shahid Azmi, a human rights activist murdered in India in 2010, directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by Guneet Monga and Anurag Kashyap; and Sundance and Berlin favorite SALMA, directed by Kim Longinotto, a documentary about one South Indian woman’s courageous journey in the face of mass oppression.

    Anurag Kashyap’s GANGS OF WASSEYPUR will open the festival, while Deepa Mehta’s MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN will feature as the closing night film.

    Attending the festival this year to present their films will be a host of celebrated filmmakers, including Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga, Hansal Mehta, Vasan Bala, Nitin Kakkar, and S.S. Rajamouli among others.

    Other titles include a documentary about India’s obsession with cricket called BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES, which will have its world premiere at the festival, and the Malayalam extravaganza EEGA, a delightful tale of love, rebirth, and revenge with dazzling special effects.

    Two films at the festival this year celebrate the power of Indian cinema: CELLULOID MAN, a documentary about beloved Indian film expert and archivist P.K. Nair, and the charming FILMISTAN, the fictional tale of one man’s love of Hindi films and how cinema has the power to unite us all.

    The festival’s popular Bollywood by Night series returns this year with three films by legendary director, writer, producer, and Hindi cinema’s ‘king of romance,’ Yash Chopra.: KABHI KABHIE (1976), SILSILA (1981), and CHANDNI (1989).

    The lineup of films include:

    OPENING NIGHT GALA

    GANGS OF WASSEYPUR I
    Los Angeles Premiere
    India/2012/159 minutes
    Director: Anurag Kashyap
    Writers: Zeeshan Qadri, Sachin Ladia, Akhilesh Jaiswal, Anurag Kashyap,
    Producers: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga, Sunil Bohra,
    Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chaddha, Reema Sen, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui,

    Epic in scope, GANGS OF WASSEYPUR I and II is a mafia revenge saga that chronicles the violent and bloody decade-long turf war between two mob families.
    Hindi with English Subtitles

    CLOSING NIGHT GALA

    MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN


    Los Angeles Premiere
    Canada/United Kingdom/2012/148 minutes
    Director: Deepa Mehta
    Writer: Salman Rushdie
    Executive Producers: Deepa Mehta, Dilip Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding, Steven Silver, Neil Tabatznik, Elizabeth Karlsen, David Hamilton, Stephen Woolley
    Producer: David Hamilton
    Cast: Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Shriya Saran, Siddharth, Ronit Roy, Rahul Bose, Anita Majumdar, Zaib Shaikh, Anupam Kher 

    Oscar©-nominated director Deepa Mehta brings us her latest work, MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN, a poetic and visual journey scaling time and space.
    English and Urdu with English subtitles

    FEATURE FILMS

    EEGA


    India / 2012 / 134min
    Director: S.S Rajamouli
    Producer: Korrapati Sai
    Screenwriter:  S.S Rajamouli
    Cast: Sudeep, Nani, Samantha Ruth Prabhu

    EECHA flies into our hearts and proves that with true love, even the most unlikely of heroes can conquer any adversity, no matter how large – or in this case, how small.
    Telugu with English subtitles

    FILMISTAAN


    Los Angeles Premiere
    India / 2012 / 116min
    Director: Nitin Kakkar
    Producer: Nitin Kakkar
    Screenwriter: Nitin Kakkar,
    Cast: Sharib Hashmi, Inaamulhaq, Kumud Mishra, Gopal Datt

    FILMISTAN is Nitin Kakkar’s feature-length directorial debut, and has won hearts across the globe at festivals like MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, Gothenburg Film Festival, Jaipur International Film Festival, and the International Film Festival of Kerala.
    Hindi with English subtitles

    MISS LOVELY


    Los Angeles Premiere
    India / 2012 / 110 minutes
    Director: Ashim Ahluwalia
    Producers: Shumona Goel, Sanjay Shah
    Screenwriters:  Ashim Ahluwalia, Uttam Sirur
    Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh, Anil George, Zeena Bhatia

    The story of two brothers immersed in the seedy underbelly of Bollywood C-movies and soft-porn during the 1980’s. MISS LOVELY made its world premiere in competition in the Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
    Hindi with English subtitles

    PEDDLERS


    Los Angeles Premiere
    India / 2012 / 116min
    Director: Vasan Bala
    Producers: Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga 
    Screenwriter: Vasan Bala
    Cast: Gulshan Devaiya, Nishikanth Kamath, Nimrat Kaur

    PEDDLERS, debuting at the 2012 International Critics’ Week, which runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival, is a crime thriller following the desperation of young drug runners who are merely looking to survive.
    Hindi with English subtitles

    THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST


    USA / 2013 / 128min 
    Director: Mira Nair
    Producer: Lydia Dean Pilche
    Screenwriters: Ami Boghani, Mohsin Hamid, William Wheeler
    Cast: Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Meesha Shafi, Shabana Azmi

    Based on the best-selling novel by Mohsin Hamid, THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST is a riveting thriller about the story of Changez, a young Pakistani man chasing corporate success on Wall Street in the era of globalisation.
    English

    SHAHID


    U.S. Premiere
    India / 2012 / 126min
    Director: Hansal Mehta
    Producers: Guneet Monga, Sunil Bohra
    Screenwriter: Sameer Gautam Singh
    Cast: Raj Kumar Yadav, Prabhleen Sandhu, Baljinder Kaur, Vipin Sharma, Mohb Ayyup Mohd Ayyub

    Shot in secrecy, SHAHID is based on true events and the life of Shahid Azmi, a defense lawyer and human rights activist who was murdered in 2010 at the age of 32, in retribution for his defense of a man accused in the Mumbai terror attacks.
    Hindi with English subtitles

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

    CELLULOID MAN


    Los Angeles Premiere
    India / 2012 / 150min
    Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
    Cast: P.K. Nair

    An exploration of the life and work of the legendary guardian of Indian cinema, P.K. Nair.
    English

    BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES


    World Premiere
    India / 2013 / 96min
    Director/Writer: Sushrut Jain
    Eat, sleep, breathe cricket.
    Hindi with English subtitles 

    MOHAMMED TO MAYA


    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA / 2012 / 74min Director/Producer/Editor: Jeff Roy
    Cast: Maya Jafer

    Meet Maya: a 42 year-old from Chennai, India, who goes through a life-changing sexual- reassignment surgery.
    English

    SALMA


    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA / 2012 / 91min
    Director: Kim Longinotto

    Master documentarian Kim Longinotto returns to IFFLA with her latest compelling work, SALMA, the extraordinary story of one South Indian woman’s courageous journey in the face of mass oppression.
    Hindi with English subtitles

    BOLLYWOOD BY NIGHT

    KABHI KABHIE
    India / 1976 / 178min
    Director: Yash Chopra 
    Producer: Yash Chopra 
    Screenwriter: Pamela Chopra (story), Sagar Sarhadi (screenplay)
    Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rakhee, Neetu Singh, Rishi Kapoor

    KABHI KABHIE remains one of Hindi cinema’s most beloved films. Sweeping several awards, it began a definitive tradition of romance in Hindi cinema, which Mr. Chopra mastered to perfection and his fans came to love. 
    Hindi with English subtitles

    SILSILA
    India / 1981 / 183min
    Director/Producer: Yash Chopra
    Screenwriters: Preeti Bedi, Yash Chopra, Sagar Sarhadi, Romesh Sharma
    Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Kulbhushan Karbandha

    A melodrama in the best sense of the word, SILSILA is stunningly shot in spectacular locations. It is remembered both for its pairing of Amitabh and Rekha and its evocative poetry. A must-see for lovers of mainstream Bollywood cinema. 
    Hindi with English subtitles

    CHANDNI
    India / 1989 / 187min
    Director/Producer: Yash Chopra 
    Screenwriter: Kamna Chandra, Umesh Kalbagh, Arun Kaul, Sagar Sarhadi
    Cast: Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna

    Shot in beautiful locations in Switzerland, the CHANDNI was a turning point for Chopra and established him as the successful commercial director of the 1980s. Sridevi was to become the star of the decade and the film launched what was to become Bollywood’s signature style: a musical genre combined with an ensemble cast.  CHANDNI must be seen on full screen in order to appreciate Chopra’s signature elements: stunning sets, costumes, colorful landscapes all mingled with a star cast.
    Hindi with English subtitles

    SHORTS

    …OR DIE
    Shorts Program 2
    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA / 2012 / 14min
    Director: Gregory Bonsignore and John Petaja

    This is what happens in Hollywood when three ‘brown’ actors meet with an entertainment exec to pitch their latest internet masterpiece.
    English

    AFTERGLOW
    Shorts Program 2
    U.S. Premiere
    India / 2012 / 19min
    Director: Kaushal Oza 

    Fed up with entertaining a slew of annoying guests, Minocher defies her traditional Parsi community and mourns the loss of her husband in her own way.
    English, Gujarati with English subtitles 

    DOSA HUNT
    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA / 2012 / 22min
    Directors: Amrit Singh, Sam Carroll

    Searching for a connection to the motherland…through your stomach.
    English 

    HERE AND AWAY
    Shorts Program 1
    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA/India / 2012 / 11min
    Director/Producer: Meena Nanji

    A village, standing at the crossroads between tradition and modernity, is seen through the curious perspective of a young boy.
    Hindi with English subtitles

    HOMECOMING
    Shorts Program 1
    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA / 2011 / 26min
    Director/Producer: Gursimran Sandhu
    Producer: Michael Candelori

    When Nina Patel’s strict Indian parents refuse to let her attend the eighth-grade homecoming dance, she resorts to emotional blackmail.
    English

    HUMBLE THE POET
    Shorts Program 2
    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA / 2011 / 12min
    Directors/Producers: Brendan Nahmias, Ruth Paul

    A bold and personal look at Sikh hip-hop artist, Humble the Poet, a second generation South Asian poet and musician defining his own cultural identity.
    English

    ENNAKUM ORU PER
    Shorts Program 2
    Los Angeles Premiere
    Sri Lanka / 2011 / 12min
    Director: Suba Sivakumaran

    A nun residing in a monastery hides her daughter from an approaching military as civil war ravages modern day Sri Lanka. 
    Tamil with English subtitles

    IKA
    Shorts Program 2
    U.S. Premiere
    India / 2012 / 15min
    Director/Producer: Raam Reddy

    Who needs a camera to make a film when you have a cardboard box, a magnifying glass, an old VHS tape and a chicken?
    Telugu with English subtitles

    QUEEN OF MY DREAMS
    Shorts Program 1
    USA/2012/3min/DCP
    Directors: Fawzia Mirza, Ryan Logan

    Fawzia falls under the spell of Bollywood heroines and their promise of love and feminine perfection – in a queer light.
    English 

    RAGS TO PADS
    World Premiere
    India/US / 2012 / 3min
    WORLD PREMIERE
    Director/Producer: Chithra Jeyaram

    Fed up with his wife’s lack of sanitary menstrual hygiene, a poor villager takes matters into his own hands, and unexpectedly starts a small revolution resulting in a million jobs for rural women.
    Tamil with English subtitles

    RECURRENCE
    Shorts Program 1
    World Premiere
    USA / 2013 / 7min
    Directors/Producers: Sonia Albert Sobrino, Miriam Albert Sobrino

    A lush, visual exploration of the transcendental space between memory and dream.
    English 

    RIPPLES
    Shorts Program 2
    Los Angeles Premiere
    USA / 2012 / 4min
    Director/Producer: Shreyasi Das 

    An elderly woman remembers her youth back home in Calcutta, India in beautiful animation.
    English 

    TATPASCHAT
    Shorts Program 1
    World Premiere
    India / 2012 / 15min
    Director: Vasudev Keluskar

    One odd day, every single boy at a reform school becomes obedient.
    Hindi with English subtitles

    UNRAVEL
    Shorts Program 2
    Los Angeles Premiere
    UK / 2012 / 14min
    Director: Meghna Gupta 

    Tall tales, dreams and stories are spun as Western society’s least wanted clothes are literally unraveled a world away. 
    Hindi with English subtitles

     

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  • TRAILER: First Look at Documentary Film Featuring Final Interviews with Gore Vidal to World Premier at 2013 Tribeca Film Festival

    Trailer for 2013 Tribeca Film Festival world premiere GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA was released.

    Directed by Nicholas Wrathall (Abandoned: The Betrayal of America’s Immigrants), the film features the final interviews with the iconic American writer, essayist, and singular intellectual.  Featuring interviews with Gore Vidal, Burr Steers, Christopher Hitchens, Jodie Evans, Tim Robbins, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sting, David Mamet, Bob Scheer, William F. Buckley, Jay Parini, Norman Mailer, Nina Straight and Dick Cavett.

    No twentieth-century figure has had a more profound effect on the worlds of literature, film, politics, historical debate, and the culture wars than Gore Vidal.  Anchored by intimate one-on-one interviews with the man himself, Nicholas Wrathall’s new documentary is a fascinating and wholly entertaining portrait of the last lion of the age of American liberalism. 

    Commentary by those who knew him best—including filmmaker/nephew Burr Steers and the late Christopher Hitchens—blends with footage from Vidal’s legendary on-air career to remind us why he will forever stand as one of the most brilliant and fearless critics of our time.

    GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA is playing in the Spotlight Section of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, and will world premiere on Thursday, April 18th at 8:30pm at the AMC Loews Village 7.  Additional public screenings are Saturday, April 20th, 2:30pm at the AMC Loews Village 7, and Friday, April 26th at 5:30pm at the Clearview Cinemas Chelsea.

    http://youtu.be/INW6i6K1NmQ

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  • Full Frame Documentary Film Festival to Feature Series of Provocative Conversations for 2013 A&E IndieFilms Speakeasy

    Durham, NC – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has announced a series of provocative conversations for the 2013 A&E IndieFilms Speakeasy. Speakeasy conversations will be held Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6, 2013 in the Durham Convention Center during the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

    The Speakeasy is a place where everyone from a first-time filmmaker to industry visionaries like D.A. Pennebaker and Michael Moore can share their expertise, dialogue about the state of documentary filmmaking and tackle issues immediately facing the documentary community.

    Panelists include Academy Award-nominated directors, filmmakers whose films have grossed millions of dollars in revenues, as well as provocateurs who are pushing boundaries on topics that are playing out in news headlines and others that are often sidestepped as taboo.

    Each panel is filmed and made available online after the festival, and the use of social media is encouraged. The panel conversations are free and open to the public, no ticket is required.  For more information, please visit: http://www.fullframefest.org/filmsevents/speakeasy-conversations/

    Based on a True Story                                              Friday, April 5 — 12:30 pm

    Narrative films built on real-life stories have been fertile ground for filmmakers for almost as long as movies have existed, but increasingly documentaries have become good source material for feature filmmakers. What is the process to take your own documentary into the world of fiction, and what should a documentarian look for should someone wish to option their material?

    Panelists include: Nancy Buirski, filmmaker (THE LOVING STORY); Marshall Curry, filmmaker (STREET FIGHT, RACING DREAMS, IF A TREE FALLS); Mark Landsman, filmmaker (THUNDER SOUL); and Stephen Nemeth, producer (THE SESSIONS).

    Pay the F**king Filmmakers                                 Friday, April 5 — 3:30 pm

    In February Sean Farnel, former programmer for Hot Docs, wrote a series of provocative web-articles about film festivals, culminating in a piece stating that film festivals should pay filmmakers to screen their work. Setting off comments on both sides, filmmakers urged Full Frame to bring this topic to the Speakeasy for further examination.

    Panelists include: Sean Farnel, columnist and programmer; Caroline Libresco, senior programmer, Sundance; and David Wilson, filmmaker and co-director, True/False.

    Making the Cut                                                        Saturday, April 6 — 9:30 am

    Documentary film editors work through hundreds of hours of footage and materials to shape a ninety-minute feature. In this panel, a selection of esteemed editors talk about their art and how the approach to cutting interview, vérité, and archival content distinguishes a film.

    Panelists include: Matthew Hamachek, editor (GIDEON’S ARMY, IF A TREE FALLS, RACING DREAMS); Amy Linton, editor (A.K.A. DOC POMUS, SACCO AND VANZETTI, JEWS AND BASEBALL); Sam Pollard, editor (VENUS AND SERENA, REMOTE AREA MEDICAL, THE PLEASURES OF BEING OUT OF STEP); and Toby Shimin, editor (BUCK, EVERYTHING’S COOL, SEABISCUIT).

    To Be Seen                                                                 Saturday, April 6 —12:30 pm

    When it comes to explicit footage, how do filmmakers choose what, and what not, to show? At what point does “bearing witness” become “exploitation”? Can revealing less particulars act to strengthen a story? Filmmakers discuss their bold choices to reveal and conceal.

    Panelists include: Martha Shane, filmmaker (AFTER TILLER, BI THE WAY); Marco Williams, filmmaker (THE UNDOCUMENTED, BANISHED, TWO TOWNS OF JASPER); and Farihah Zaman, filmmaker (REMOTE AREA MEDICAL).

    Stories About Stories                                               Saturday, April 6 — 3:30 pm        

    The truth can be tricky. This panel brings together three incredible filmmakers to reflect on Amir Bar-Lev’s Thematic Program and to discuss the complex waters of storytelling, the act of projecting meaning onto reality, and “the inevitable friction that happens when multiple stories collide and compete.”

    Panelists include: Amir Bar-Lev, filmmaker (Fighter, My Kid Could Paint That); John Walter, filmmaker (THEATER OF WAR) and editor (MY KID COULD PAINT THAT); and Jessica Yu, filmmaker (PROTAGONIST, IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL).

    The 16th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be held April 4-7, 2013, in Durham, NC, with Duke University as the presenting sponsor. Along with the complete schedule of films, tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at http://www.fullframefest.org.

    source: 16th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 

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  • Not in NYC? 2013 Tribeca Film Festival Unveils Lineup for Tribeca Online Festival

    [caption id="attachment_3411" align="alignnone" width="550"]Fresh Meat[/caption]

    The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) which runs April 17-28, 2013 in lower Manhattan, New York, announced the lineup and programming for the Tribeca Online Festival.  The Tribeca Online Festival (TOF) will provide free streaming of Festival films.

    Seven titles including features Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution, Lil Bub & Friendz, and Farah Goes Bang (which will be streamed just after their Festival theatrical premieres), and short films RPG OKC, Delicacy, The Exit Room, and A Short Film About Guns will be accessible on tribecaonlinefestival.com . Via TribecaOnlineFestival.com audiences can vote on the best online feature and short, with the winners receiving a total of $16,000 in prize money.  

    The Tribeca Online Festival will also stream a number of highly anticipated conversations during the Festival as well as the 2013 TFF awards show on Thursday April 25, 2013.  

    Tribeca Film will also release 2013 TFF selections What Richard Did, Greetings from Tim Buckley, Fresh Meat andThe English Teacher nationwide via on demand during the Festival window. The titles will be available in more than 50 million homes in the U.S. and Canada through all major cable video-on-demand providers, as well as iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly, VUDU, Xbox, Google Play and YouTube.

    New this year is the launch of Tribeca Film Festival’s #6SECFILMS Vine Competition, an online juried competition using the six-second, micro-movie making app. Filmmakers can  submit in one of four categories — #genre, #auteur, #animate and #series – using both the category hashtag and #6SECFILMS . Shortlists in each category will be viewable for the public on April 17 and will compete for cash prizes of $600. Submissions are now open through midnight on April 7. Winners will be announced by the Tribeca Online Festival on April 26.

    Details on the VOD and Tribeca Online Festival offerings follow:

    TRIBECA ONLINE FESTIVAL

    FREE STREAMING OF OFFICIAL FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:

    Three feature titles and four short films from the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival will be available on TOF. Each film will have limited screening windows and capacity. Online viewers will be able to vote for the Best Tribeca Online Feature Film, a prize of $10,000, and the Best Tribeca Online Short Film, a prize of $5,000. Winners will be announced at the Tribeca Film Festival Awards on April 25.

    The full list of feature films streamed on the Tribeca Online Festival is as follows:

    [caption id="attachment_3412" align="alignnone" width="550"]ALIAS RUBY BLADE: A Story of Love and Revolution[/caption]

    Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution, directed by Alex Meillier, written by Tanya Ager Meillier and Meillier. (USA) – North American Premiere. Kirsty Sword Gusmão went to Timor-Leste to document injustice in an area closed to Western journalists. Over the next decade, she became the lynchpin that sustained the nation’s harrowing struggle for independence and met the man who would redefine the cause for which she was fighting. Using astonishing footage of the years-long resistance, director Alex Meillier presents a highly personal account of the courage needed to create a new democracy in modern times.

    [caption id="attachment_3413" align="alignnone" width="550"]LIL BUB & FRIENDZ[/caption]

    Lil Bub & Friendz, directed by Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary. Called “the most famous cat on the Internet,” the wide-eyed perma-kitten Lil Bub is the adorable embodiment of the Web’s fascination with all things cats. Join Lil Bub and her owner on a wild cross-country romp as they meet the Internet’s most famous cat-lebrities. Chock full of adorable kitties, hilarious videos and the dedicated cat enthusiasts who love them, Lil Bub & Friendz is a fun and hip peek behind the memes we know and love. Includes Mike “The Dude” Bridavsky, Ben Lashes, Grumpy Cat, Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat.

    Farah Goes Bang, directed by Meera Menon, written by Laura Goode and Menon. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative. Farah hits the road with her buddies to stump for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, hoping the trip will be her opportunity to finally shed her unwanted virginity. She soon finds her efforts on both political and sexual fronts continuously thwarted. Comically balancing that moment’s climate of intolerance with a universal coming-of-age tale, Farah Goes Bang paints a comic portrait of the overdue growing pains of a group of girlfriends and the country itself.

     

    The full list of short films streamed on the Tribeca Online Festival is as follows:

    RPG OKC, Directed and written by Emily Carmichael, (USA), World Premiere. Two video game characters forge an unlikely romance.

    Delicacy, Directed by Jason Mann, written by Frieda Luk and Jason Mann, (USA), New York Premiere. A culinary connoisseur and a chef go on a hunt for a rare animal.

    The Exit Room, Directed and written by Todd Wiseman Jr, (USA), World Premiere. It is 2021, and imprisoned journalist Joseph Michaels faces government execution and contemplates a desperate escape attempt in order to return to his young family.

    A Short Film About Guns, Directed by Minos Papas, (Cyprus), (U.K.), (USA), World Premiere. Four experts on arms trafficking recount first-hand experiences with the black market and how the illegal flow of weapons facilitates loss of life and devastation.

     

    TRIBECA FILM VIDEO-ON-DEMAND

    [caption id="attachment_3415" align="alignnone" width="550"]WHAT RICHARD DID[/caption]

    What Richard Did, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, written by Malcolm Campbell. (Ireland) – U.S. Premiere, Narrative. Charismatic Richard leads a group of devoted friends through the rituals of their final summer break together: partying on the beach, hazing younger students, hooking up. But the good times will not last forever. When jealousy leads to a senseless act, Richard’s perfect life unravels amid self-doubt, shame, grief and guilt. What Richard Did is a gripping dissection of an action and its consequences, featuring a stellar lead performance by Jack Reynor.  A Tribeca Film release.

    [caption id="attachment_3416" align="alignnone" width="550"]Greetings from Tim Buckley[/caption]

    Greetings from Tim Buckley, directed by Daniel Algrant, written by David Brendel, Emma Sheanshang and  Algrant. (USA) – U.S. Premiere, Narrative. “Like father, like son” is a demanding expression for someone who never knew his dad. When young Jeff Buckley (Penn Badgley) is asked to participate in a tribute concert for his late musician father Tim, music opens his eyes to the artistic legacy that he is destined to follow. Imogen Poots co-stars in this quiet and powerful tribute to those legends sustained by admiration, love and, in this case, beautiful music.  A Focus World and Tribeca Film release.

    [caption id="attachment_3411" align="alignnone" width="550"]Fresh Meat[/caption]

    Fresh Meat, directed by Danny Mulheron, written by Briar Grace-Smith. (New Zealand) – New York Premiere, Narrative. After a poorly executed escape from the police, a gang of dysfunctional criminals flees to the suburbs and gets more than it bargained for when it crash lands in the garage of an upper-class Maori family whose refined palates have developed a taste for human flesh. This action-packed horror comedy tells a blood-spattered tale of basement butchery and shifting allegiances as these unlikely adversaries enter a deadly showdown. A Tribeca Film release.

    [caption id="attachment_3417" align="alignnone" width="550"]THE ENGLISH TEACHER[/caption]

    The English Teacher, directed by Craig Zisk, written by Dan Chariton and Stacy Chariton. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative. Teacher Linda Sinclair (Julianne Moore) balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject, but her routine is forever altered when a former star pupil and his unsupportive father reenter her life. Go-to television director Craig Zisk, whose credits include Scrubs, Weeds and United States of Tara, takes a turn on the big screen with this insightful comedy about self-discovery co-starring Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane, Michael Angarano and Lily Collins. A Cinedigm and Tribeca Film release.

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  • Baltimore’s 12 O’Clock Boys Biker Film to be Released in the US

    Fresh off its world premiere at SXSW, Oscilloscope Laboratories announced that it will release Lotfy Nathan’s debut feature, 12 O’Clock Boys, in the US. The film is is next scheduled to screen at the Hot Docs and Full Frame Documentary Festivals, among others. O-Scope will continue to roll the film out to more festivals prior to its theatrical, DVD, and digital releases.

    The 12 O’Clock Boys are a notorious urban dirt bike pack in Baltimore. Converging in groups and invading the streets, they dangerously–yet magnificently–make their presence known as they pop wheelies and weave in and out of traffic at excessive speeds, all the while taunting the police who must obey a self-imposed “no chase” rule for fear of endangering the public. Nathan frames the three-years-in-the-making narrative through the eyes of the adolescent Pug – a kid from the Westside eager to join the 12 O’Clock Boys’ ranks. Pug reveres the Boys’ every move, and Nathan follows this young man through some of the most pivotal years of his life, providing a compelling and intimate personal story within the broader depiction of the wild, dynamic world of the 12 O’Clock Boys.

    Filmmaker Lotfy Nathan said, “Oscilloscope’s great. I really hope they don’t f*&k this up.”

    http://youtu.be/5oU0fiFn_IM

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