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Thursday, 18 January 2018 06:39

Bisorjon

Bisorjon
2017 | 138' | Bengali | Colour | India

Bangladeshi Hindu widow Padma who lives with her aged fragile father in law saves a Muslim man Naseer from West Bangal, who had drowned during Durga bishorjon in Ichamati river that separates the two Bangals. Padma takes care of Naseer and they plant his identity s her cousin brother to not attract suspicions as the border tensions are high and Naseer is an illegal intruder. The jamindar of Padma's village a middle aged Ganesh loves Padma and constantly tries to pursue her, and gets suspicious about Naseer. Padma and Naseer wonder how a river divided people from same ethnicity and there's so much differences in between them now be it dialect or lifestyles. Will their love cross the boundaries of nations? Can they feel secure in the society marred with hatred?

Director's Biography
Kaushik Ganguly is an Indian director, Screenwriter and actor in Bengali cinema. He is known for his works that explore sexuality, like Ushnatar Janye (2003), which deals with a lesbian relationship and Arekti Premer Golpo (2010), which examines transgender identity. His other films explore various social issues. Ganguly's Shabdo (2013) won the 60th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Bengali. He won the best director award at the 44th International Film Festival of India in 2013 for Apur Panchali

Director : Kaushik Ganguly
Cast : Joya Ahsan, Abir Chatterjee, Kaushik Ganguly
Screenplay : Kaushik Ganguly
Cinematographer : Souvik Basu
Editor : Subhajit Singha
Sound : Ritaban Basu
Music by : Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya
Production Company : Opera Movies
Festival
64th National Film Awards
48th IFFI, Goa

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Thursday, 18 January 2018 05:36

Pimpal

Arvind, a retired widower, lives along in his apartment in Pune. He follows a routine that includes video chatting with his children and grandchildren in America. One day, Arvind has a nasty fall in the bathroom. Though he's fine, his children insist that he moves to the USA. With a heavy, Arvind agrees. As he packs his belongings, he comes across an old letter remainding him of some unfinished business.

Director's Biography
Winner of Multiple State, and a National Awards, Gajendra Ahire is a multi talented director working in Marathi industy. Humans and their personal relationships, their struggle with outside world and, complex situations are prominently seen in his films. Till date, he has directed more than 40 films while writing all them. His films-Not only Mrs. Raut, Shevri, Anumati and the Silence have been screened at various festivals in India and, abroad and won many awards.

Director : Gajendra Ahire
Producer : Supriya Sunil Phadtare
Cast : Dilip Prabhavalkar, Priya Bapat, Kishore Kadam, Vrinda Gajendra, Alok Rajwade, Sakhi Gokhale
Screenplay : Gajendra Ahire
Cinematographer : Krishna Kumar Soren
Editor : Kutab Inamdar
Music : Narenfra Bhide
Production designer : Rohan Shah
Production Company : Blackberry Movies
World Sales : Arpan Bhukhanwala
Festivals :
IFFI, Goa

Director's Filmography
The Silence, Bioscope, Anumati, Postcard, Sumbaran, Shevri, Vitthal Vitthal

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Thursday, 18 January 2018 05:31

Ziprya

The film tells story of Ziprya, a 17 year-old shoeshine boy from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest turnaround of his life. He loves his sister Leela immensely and cares a lot about his friends Aslam, Pombya, Narya, Damya and Ganjoo. They are all trying genuinely to survive the life by the way of bootpolish on the busy platforms of Mumbai local trains. But things become bad to worse when Mumbai enters the monsoon season, when people do not get their shoes shined. So endurance becomes much harder for Ziprya and his gang. In this arduous situation, normally youth drifts easily towards felony. So by harnessing the skills and leadership qualities, backed with the muscle on Narya, even Ziprya has every prospect of becoming a goon and a gang leader. But he chooses a different and difficult path to survive. 'Ziprya' is a life inspiring drama combined with thrills and twists that have a roller coaster effect, and edge of the seat excitement.

Director's Biography
Kedar Vaidya is a Marathi film director who has vast experience as a film maker. He has worked in Hindi cinema with Vikram Bhatt and, was Chief AD on famous Marathi film Aga Bai Areccha ! Ziprya is his debut film

Director : Kedar Vaidya
Producer : Ranjeet Darekar, Ashiwini Darekar
Cast : Prathmesh Parab, Hansraj Jagtap, Amruta Subhash, Saksham Kulkarni, Chinmay Kambali, Aman Attar
Screenplay : Kedar Vaidya
Cinematographer : Rajesh Nadone
Editor : Devendra Muradeshwar
Sound : Anmol Bhave
Music Composer : Troy & Arif, Sameer Sapitskar
Costume Designer : Prakash Nimkar
Production designer : Hemant Bankar
Production Company : Deevas Productions, ARD Entertainments
Festivals :
IFFI
Asian film festival

Director's Filmography
Ziprya

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Thursday, 18 January 2018 05:24

Muramba-Pickle

When young Alok calls off his relationship with his childhood sweetheart who his is soon to be married to, his parents are stunned. Left with tough choices that deeply challenge their emotional, ethical and social roles as parents, they struggle to understand the reasoning behind their son's sudden decision. The film dives into the fundamentals of the parent - child relationship and on how the two generations view the intricacies of a man-woman relationship.

Director's Biography
Varun has always been inclined towards theatre. After writing, directing many plays in college, he started working as Chief AD with directorial duo Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukathankar for 7 years. He has worked on the film Kaasav which won President's Golden Lotus for best Indian film 2016. He was associate director and co-screenplay writer of the film The Bright Day directed by Mohit Takalkar, which was screened at Torronto International Film Festival 2013. Travelling all across India, he has made more than 60 short documentaties on social work happening in remote villages.

Director : Varun Narvekar
Producer : Ranjit Gugle, Anish Joag, Apama Padgaonkar, Ninad Vaidya, Nitin Vaidya
Cast : Sachin Khedekar, Mithila Palkar, Chinmayi Sumit, Amey Wagh
Screenplay : Varun Narvekar
Cinematographer : Milind Jog
Editor : Vishal Bate
Music : Hrishikesh, Saurabh, Jasraj
Production designer : Siddharth tatooskar
Production Company : Dashami Studios LLP
World Sales : Dashami Studioz
Festivals :
IIFI, Goa

Director's Filmography
Muramba

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Thursday, 18 January 2018 05:06

The Nothing Factory

25th January 2018
CLOSING FILM : 6.00 PM

One night, a group of workers realizes that their administration has organized the stealing of machines from their factory. They soon understand that this is the first signal of a massive layoff. Most of them refuse to cooperate during the individual negotiations and they start to occupy their workplace. So when the administration vanishes to their great surprise, they’re left with a half-empty factory... As the world around them collapses, new desires start to emerge.

Director’s Biography
Pedro Pinho studied Cinema in Lisbon and Paris. In 2008 he co-directed with Frederico Lobo the documentary feature Bab Sebta (Prize Marseille Esperance award at FID MARSEILLE’08,Best Film at Doclisboa and Forum Doc Bh. The End Of The World (2013) is his first medium-length fiction film ad it was screened at the 63rd Berlinale, Indielisboa, and Festival Do Rio. Currently he works as a director, writer and producer. The Nothing Factory is his first fiction feature.

Director : Pedro Pinho
Producer : Tiago Hespanha, Luisa Homem, João Matos,Susana Nobre , Leonor Noivo , Pedro Pinho
Cast : Carla Galvão, Daniele Incalcaterra, Hermínio Amaro, Joaquim Bichana Martins, José Smith Vargas, Njamy Sebastião
Screenplay : Tiago Hespanha, Luisa Homem , Leonor Noivo, Pedro Pinho , Jorge Silva Melo
Cinematographer : Vasco Viana
Editor : Edgar Feldman , Luisa Homem , Cláudia Oliveira
Sound : João Gazua
Production Company : Terratreme Filmes
World Sales : Memento Films International
Festivals
Cannes Film Festival 2017 - FIPRESCI Prize
CPH PIX 2017
Mar del Plata Film Festival 2017 Cut if not fitting in design.
Munich Film Festival 2017 Cut if not fitting in design.
Toronto International Film Festival 2017
Original Title : A Fábrica de Nada
English Title : The Nothing Factory
Language : Portuguese | French
Country : Portugal
Year : 2017
Runtime : min 176
Type (colour/ black & white) : Colour

Director’s Filmography
The Nothing Factory
As Cidades e as Trocas (Documentary)
Um fim do mundo
Bab Sebta (Documentary)

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Thursday, 18 January 2018 04:57

Djam

Friday : 19th January 2018
OPENING CEREMONY @ 05:00 pm
followed by screening of OPENING FILM

Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor and passionate fan of Rebetiko, on a mission to find a rare engine part for their boat. There she meets Avril, 19, who came from France to volunteer with refugees, ran out of money, and knows no one in Turkey. Generous, sassy, unpredictable and free, Djam takes Avril under her wing on the way to Mytilene—a journey made of music, encounters, sharing and hope.

Director’s Biography
French director Tony Gatlif is something of a specialist in odysseys - notably in his epic 1993 docu-musical Latcho Drom, about the historic journeys of Gypsy peoples across India, Europe and North Africa. It was applauded as the "Most genuine film of the year" in Cahiers du Cinema. Gatlif brought the world of the author J. M. G. Le Clézio to the screen in much appreciated Mondo (1994). His 2004 film Exils, won him the Best Director Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. His recent films Transylvania (2006) and Geronimo (2014) have also premiered at Cannes

Director : Tony Gatlif
Producer : Delphine Mantoulet
Cast : Daphné Patakia, Simon Abkarian, Maryne Cayon, Kimon Kouris
Screenplay : Tony Gatlif
Cinematographer : Patrick Ghiringhelli
Editor : Monique Dartonne
Production Company : Princes Production, Pyramide Productions, Blonde, Güverte Films, Auvergne-Rhône Alpes Cinéma, Princes Films
World Sales : Les Films du Losange
World Sales Phone : +33 1 44 43 87 28:
World Sales Email : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Web site : www.filmsdulosange.fr
Website of the film : http://www.filmsdulosange.fr/en/film/241/djam
Festivals:
Cannes International Film Festival 2017 – Official Selection
Hofer Filmtage
Warsaw Film Festival
Taipei Golden Horse FF
Raindance FF
Original Title : DJAM
English Title : DJAM
Country : FRANCE, GREEK, TURKEY ,
Year : 2017
Runtime : 97MINS
Colour : Colour
Language : French, Greek

Director’s Filmography
2017 Djam
2006 Transylvania
2004 Exiles
1995 Mondo
1993 Latcho Drom (Documentary)

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Thursday, 18 January 2018 04:06

CULTURAL HALL

CULTURAL HALL, Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, General Jagannath Bhosale Marg,
Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021, Opposite Mantralaya, Near Sachivalaya Gymkhana

Friday : 19/01/2018
NO SHOW

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Wednesday, 17 January 2018 11:51

RANGSWAR - 4TH FLOOR

RANGSWAR, 4TH FLOOR, Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, General Jagannath Bhosale Marg,
Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021, Opposite Mantralaya, Near Sachivalaya Gymkhana

Friday : 19/01/2018
NO SHOW

Wednesday : 24/01/2018
09:30 AM : The Day After | Geu-Hu Dir.: Sangsoo Hong | Korea (South) | 2017 | 92’ | DVD (WC)
10:45 AM : West Of The Jordan River | A L'ouest Du Jourdain Dir.: Amos Gitai | France | 2017 | 85’ | DVD (WC)
01:30 PM : LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS BY STUDENTS 125’ (SF)
04:00 PM : Frank Serpico | Frank Serpico Dir.: AntoninoD'Ambrosio | USA | 2017 | 98’ |
06:00 PM : The Last Suit | El Ultimo Traje Dir.: Pablo Solarz | Spain | Argentina | 2017 | 86’ | DVD (WORLD CINEMA)

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Wednesday, 17 January 2018 11:06

MAIN AUDITORIUM

Main Auditorium, Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, General Jagannath Bhosale Marg,
Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021, Opposite Mantralaya, Near Sachivalaya Gymkhana

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Friday, 05 January 2018 09:52

THE PRINCIPAL

Sari is a high school principal with high standards but has no idea what to do with them, In the teachers’ lounge her nitpicky style has not won her popularity. When Sari hears that the teachers are organizing a get together and she’s not invited, she decides to act; get an invitation and win everyone’s hearts. There is nothing standing in her way but for a broken mug.

Title : THE PRINCIPAL
Run time : 24:21
Country : Finland
College/Institute Name : ELO - Aalto University

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