Dear video/filmmaker,

it’s film sharing festival season again!

Bless us with your new and old video & film productions

Send us your film/s now!!

The film sharing festival is an unique alternative independent filmfestival with a programme and open screenings. All entries, under the stipulated 15 minutes, will be screened providing an opportunity for the interested public beyond the internet.

Send us your short films! There are no restrictions or censorship regarding theme, narrative or issue. Whether brand new or dusty old, we warmly welcome all entries.

The Festival will take place in Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Mainz, Schwäbisch Gmünd and later on tour in selected independent cinemas and other locations.
Deadline for films is the 1st of April 2011!

thank you very much,
yours

Albert Beckmann & Ingo Klopfer
www.film-sharing.net

filmfestival@film-sharing.net

Dear Anand,

I reget to inform you that this morning I received a call from the Indian censor board stating that after having referred the film to a revision panel that censor certification will not be given. We have not been asked to make any cuts. The reason given was that it spoke against the Indian government and it was one sided. I am still waiting on written confirmation.

Earlier, we ran into simmilar trouble with the censor board who, having heard that a private screening of film was scheduled on the 02 of November 2010 at the India Habitat Center, Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi, got in touch with me (I am not sure if the job of the cc is to be a proactive body) and insist on screening the film first without any application being made to them for censorship. This, despite the fact that we had obtained a no-objection certificate for private screenings from the I&B ministry earlier that week; the censor board overturned that exemption.

The CEO of censor board flew to Delhi from Mumbai on the 1st of November with the sole purpose of watching our film a day before the screening. We were given permission to screen the film provided we added a disclaimer in the beginning of the film that stated that the views expressed therein were that of the film maker and we complied with this direction. We were also given a verbal reassurance that certification will now only be a formality as the CEO has reviewed and passed the film. Attached the said permission.

Similarly, my other film Dazed in Doon has also run into trouble with the censors. They have given it a U/A certificate, but requested a no-objection certificate from The Doon School ostensibly because the film contains the name “doon” in its title. I am also awaiting official confirmation regarding this. Why the Indian censor board is concerned with the sentiments of The Doon School is a mystery. If the Doon School is opposed to the screening of the film, we have a contract in place that clearly outlines means of redressal. How does the Indian censor board play any part in what should be a matter between producer (myself) and co-producer (Doon School) to resolve privately?

The Indian censor board is a board of film certification. It should restrain itself to that role. It has extended its definition to being a moral guardian, arbitrator or conscience of the nation. It is every citizen’s right to express, particularly highlight aspects of our democracy, governance and society in a free and open manner. Going by the role that the Indian censor board has appropriated unto itself, no film maker would be able to express themselves freely which contradicts the basic fundamental right to speech and expression.

Please go ahead and circulate this as you see fit among your media contacts. My number incase anyone wants to speak to me is +919819714754 / ashvinkumar@mac.com

Kind regards,
Ashvin Kumar.

“Panahi, an outspoken supporter of Iran’s opposition green movement, was convicted of gathering, colluding and propaganda against the regime,” reports Saeed Kamali Dehghan. “Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian studies at Columbia university, told the Guardian the sentence showed Iran’s leaders could not tolerate the arts. ‘This is a catastrophe for Iran’s cinema,’ he said. ‘Panahi is now exactly in the most creative phase of his life and by silencing him at this sensitive time, they are killing his art and talent.

Iran is sending a clear message by this sentence that they don’t have any tolerance and can’t bear arts, philosophy or anything like that. This is a sentence against the whole culture of Iran. They want the artists to sit at their houses and stop creating art. This is a catastrophe for a whole nation.”
Gheirat has announced that she will appeal this decision, so we do have some hope that this incredibly harsh sentence will not stand. Panahi was one of several mourners who’d gathered near the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan in a Tehran cemetery who were arrested in July 2009. So, too, was filmmaker Muhammad Rasoulof, who has also been sentenced
to six years today. When Panahi was released that summer, his passport was revoked and he was forbidden to leave the country. In March of this year, he was arrested again because, as the Iranian culture minister put it, he “was making a film against the regime and it was about the events that followed election.” Throughout the ordeal,prominent filmmakers, film societies and festivals formally protested Panahi’s detainment, and finally, in May, he was released on bail.

The speech he delivered during his hearing in November has been widelycited and quoted, and you can read it in full at Current Conflicts.Here’s just a bit: “You are putting me on trial for making a filmthat, at the time of our arrest, was only 30 percent shot. You musthave heard that the famous creed, ‘There is no god, except Allah,’turns into blasphemy if you only say the first part and omit thesecond part. In the same vein, how can you establish that a crime has been committed by looking at 30 percent of the rushes for a film that has not been edited yet?… I, Jafar Panahi, declare once again that I am an Iranian, I am staying in my country and I like to work in my owncountry. I love my country, I have paid a price for this love too, andI am willing to pay again if necessary. I have yet another declaration to add to the first one. As shown in my films, I declare that I believe in the right of ‘the other’ to be different, I believe in
mutual understanding and respect, as well as in tolerance; the tolerance that forbid me from judgment and hatred. I don’t hate anybody, not even my interrogators.”

Earlier this month, TIFF Cinematheque ran a retrospective of Panahi’s work: “With five critically acclaimed and copiously awarded features to his name, Panahi is one of the major figures of the New Iranian cinema; once the prot�g� to Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi has forged a style and path all is own. His cohesive body of work owes much to Italian neo-realism, with his documentary style and preference for mostly non-professional actors, and a fierce belief in human and social rights.”

One of the films screened was The Accordian, a short that’s Panahi’s contribution to Then and Now: Beyond Borders and Differences, an omnibus film supported by the United Nations; the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September. Panahi: “The Accordion is the story of humankind�s materialistic need to survive in a pretentious
religion. In it, a boy is prevented from playing for reasons of religious prohibition, which he accepts in order to survive. But the main character of the film is the girl or, perhaps, in my view, the symbol of the next generation.”

SPACE TOURISTS

A film by Christian Frei

Dec 25 – 3 pm

Dec 26 – 1 pm

Frei’s latest film takes a humorous and laconic view of the way billionaires depart our planet earth to travel into outer space for fun.

SPACE TOURISTS succeeds in surprising its audience with images and situations that have very little to do with the futuristic fantasy of “space tourism”.

The filmmaker sets up encounters with the least likely people imaginable: places even stranger and more unknown than outer space itself. With extra-ordinary  access and truly first-time images the film investigates the emotional oscillations of an expensive enterprise and questions the meaning and boundaries of the human spirit and our hunger for adventure and discovery

Venue: JAAGA Screening Room

Address: No. 16/1, Rhenius Street, Off Richmond Road
Opposite Hockey Stadium, Shanthinagar
Bengaluru – 560025. INDIA

20 DECEMBER 2010

05:30 PM – The Vern – A One Hit Wonder Story (U S A), Director: joe
McReynolds
07:30 PM – Summer Trip (Japan), Director: Hiroshi Toda

21 DECEMBER 2010

05:00 PM – Souvenirs (Germany), Director: Florianphilipp Gaull
06:15 PM – Buddhism Revolutions (Germany), Director: Torsten Lenz

Shortlist – 2010 : http://wannabestudios.org/s2f2/archives/760

Mission and Objective

MISSION AND OBJECTIVE

The Stepping Stone Film Festival [S2F2] aims to be a showcase for
emerging independent filmmaking talent from around the world. A strong
focus on recognizing and rewarding outstanding narratives and excellent
production values in low/no-budget films will aim to encourage aspiring
filmmakers to take up the craft. An India-centric section, ‘India
Calling’, will focus on feature films and shorts of Indian origin and
in Indian languages, in order to give a much-need shot in the arm to
independent filmmaking in India.

Are films your thing? Then DO something about it.™

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The S2F2 is a not-for-profit venture of Wannabe Studios, an online
social network for independent filmmakers and aspirants from around the
world, founded with a mission to make truly border-less collaboration
possible in making commercially viable films without the big stars and
the big budgets. The festival will be a seven-day-long event beginning
on 06 December and ending on 13 December every year, to coincide with
“Independent’s Day”, the anniversary of the founding of the Wannabe
Studios online network. The grand finale will include a formal
announcement of the winners in each category.

Following the event, “The S2F2 Roadshow” will take the winning films
around India in a series of screenings across multiple venues in
multiple cities, to reach out to the maximum possible audience.

All the best! We look forward to receiving your submission. For any
queries or clarifications, please contact us at the following email
address:
steppingstone at wannabestudios dot org

THE STEPPING STONE FILM FESTIVAL IS AN IMDB QUALIFYING FESTIVAL.

If your film is accepted for consideration at the festival, it is
automatically entitled to a film page on the world’s biggest movie
database – imdb (The Internet Movie Database).

Contact Details

Address for Communication:

The Stepping Stone Film Festival
6D/3 Nandi Gardens Phase One,
J P Nagar 9th Phase,
Bangalore – 560 062
INDIA

Tel:
+1 (310) 651 8042 [USA]
+91 (80) 28436745 [INDIA]
+91 8971475795 [INDIA]

A new documentary on the triumph and tragedy of Bulgaria’s response to the “Final Solution” during World War II, 1940-1943.

Genre: Historic/Documentary

Studio:Gamut Media

Release Date: October 11,

ವಾಕ್ಚಿತ್ರ.ಕಾ೦ (www.vaakchitra.com)

ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರರ೦ಗದ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ಸುದ್ದಿ , ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ , ವಿಮರ್ಶೆ,ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಹಾಗೂ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯ ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲ ಸಂಗಾತಿ , ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಂದ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗಾಗಿ, ಕನ್ನಡತನವನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿ , ಬೆಳೆಸಲು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾದ ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲ ತಾಣವೆ ವಾಕ್ಚಿತ್ರ.ಕಾ೦ .

ನಮ್ಮ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದಿಷ್ಟು ಮಾಹಿತಿ : ಒಂದು ಸೃಜನಶೀಲ ಉದ್ದೇಶದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಗಿರುವ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯೇ ವಾಕ್ಚಿತ್ರ.ಕಾ೦ . ನಮ್ಮ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾವಿರಾರು ಜನ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ , ಓಹೋ ಎಂದು ಉದ್ಗರಿಸಬಹುದಾದ ಅತ್ಯಾಧುನಿಕ ಉಪಕರಣಗಳಿಲ್ಲ , ರಾಜ್ಯದೆಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಶಾಖಾ ಕಚೇರಿಗಳಿಲ್ಲ , ದಶಕಗಳಷ್ಟು ಇತಿಹಾಸವಿರುವ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಂತೂ ಅಲ್ಲವೇ ಅಲ್ಲ!! .

ಆದರೆ ಹಲವು ಇಲ್ಲಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯೆಯೇ ಒಂದಷ್ಟು ಇದೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನೇನಾದರೂ ಸಾಧಿಸಿ ತೋರಿಸುವ ಛಲ ನಮ್ಮದು . ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಸಹಜವಾಗಿಯೇ ನಾವಿನ್ನೂ ಚಿಕ್ಕವರೆಂಬ ವಿನೀತ ಭಾವವಿದೆ ಹಾಗೂ ನಿಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದ , ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಂದೊಂದು ದಿನ ಈ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಗಿಡ ಬೆಳೆದು ಹೆಮ್ಮರವಾದರೂ ಸಹ ಇದೇ ವಿನೀತ ಭಾವವನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗಬೇಕೆನ್ನುವ ಬದ್ಧತೆಯಿದೆ. ಈಗ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿರುವ ವೆಬ್ ಪುಟ ಅದರ ಒಂದು ಅಂಕುರವಷ್ಟೇ .

ಮುಂಬರುವ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವು ಮಜಲುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ , ವಿವಿಧ ವಿಷಯ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಗಳೊಡನೆ ಇದು ರಂಗೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ , ಬೆಡಗು-ಬಿನ್ನಾಣವನ್ನು ತೋರಲಿದೆ . ಆ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಈ ಪುಟವನ್ನು ಅವಲೋಕಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ನೀವುಗಳೆಲ್ಲಾ ಒಂದಲ್ಲಾ ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಈ ವಾಕ್ಚಿತ್ರ.ಕಾ೦ ನ ಒಂದು ಭಾಗವೇ ಆಗಿಹೋಗಿರುತ್ತೀರಿ ಎಂಬ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ನಮ್ಮದು .

ನಿಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಆಶೋತ್ತರಗಳೇನು? ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿರುಚಿ ಎಂಥಾದ್ದು? ಒಂದು ಅಪ್ಪಟ ಕನ್ನಡ ಹೃದಯದಿಂದ ನೀವೇನನ್ನು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತೀರಿ ಎಂಬುದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಮಗೆ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ ಅರಿವಿದೆ. ಇದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ರೂಪಿಸಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿಡಲು ನಮಗೊಂದಿಷ್ಟು ಸಮಯ-ಸಲಹೆ-ಸಹಕಾರ ಬೇಕು. ದೇವರ, ಹಿರಿಯರ ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದಗಳ ಜೊತೆಗೇ, ಸಹೃದಯಿಗಳಾದ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹಾರೈಕೆಯೂ ಬೇಕು. ಅದನ್ನು ನೀವು ಖಂಡಿತಾ ನೀಡುತ್ತೀರಿ ಎಂಬ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ನಮ್ಮದು….

ಮಾರ್ದನಿ:

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ ನಮಗೆ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಓದುಗ ಮಹಾಷಯರ ಸಧಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಅಭಿರುಚಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ತಾಣವನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸುವ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಮೇಲಿದೆ, ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹ ಅತ್ಯಗತ್ಯ. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅಂಗಳ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ, ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಆಕ್ಷೇಪಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮೊಡನೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಗೆ, ಪ್ರೀತಿಪೂರ್ವಕ ಆಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ವಾಕ್ಚಿತ್ರ.ಕಾ೦ ತಂಡ ಸದಾ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ.

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಲು ಈ ಮೇಲ್ ಬಳಸಿ: info@vaakchitra.com

ನಿಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಸುದ್ದಿ, ಲೇಖನ, ಚಿತ್ರ, ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಅಥವಾ ಯಾವುದೇ ಉಪಯುಕ್ತ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಇದ್ದರೆ ತಡ ಮಾಡದೇ ನಮಗೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸಿ : info@vaakchitra.com

ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿ…. ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಿ…. ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಹರಸಿ…

ಹೃದಯಪೂರ್ವಕ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರಗಳೊಡನೆ,

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ,

ವಾಕ್ಚಿತ್ರ.ಕಾ೦ ಬಳಗ

ಖ್ಯಾತ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾಸರವಳ್ಳಿಯವರ ಹೊಸ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ “ಕನಸೆಂಬೋ ಕುದುರೆಯನ್ನೇರಿ” ಡಿ. 10 ರಂದು ಸಂಜೆ 7 ಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕೋರಮಂಗಲದ ಫೋರಂನ ಪಿವಿಆರ್ ಥಿಯೇಟರ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ.

ಅಮರೇಶ ನುಗಡೋಣಿಯವರ ಕಥೆಯ ಎಳೆಯನ್ನಾಧರಿಸಿ ರೂಪಿಸಿದ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರ ಹಲವು ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಗೆದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿದೆ. ರೋಮ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಏಷ್ಯಾಟಿಕ್ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವದಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಚಿತ್ರ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ, ಎನ್ಇಟಿಪಿಎಸಿ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ, ರಜತ ಪದಕ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಚಿತ್ರಕಥೆಗೆ, 2009 ರ ರಜತ ಕಮಲ ಗೌರವ ಗಳಿಸಿದೆ.

ಏಷ್ಯಾಟಿಕ್ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ, ವಿಸೋಲ್ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ, ಫಿಲಿಫೈನ್ಸ್ ನ ಸಿನಿಮನಿಲಾ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ, ಸ್ವೀಡನ್ ನ ಗೊಟಬರ್ಗ್ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ, ಯುಕೆ ಯ ಗ್ಲಾಸ್ಗೋ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ, ಮುಂಬಯಿಯ ಎಂಎಎಂಐ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ,ಗೋವಾ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ, ತ್ರಿವೇಂದ್ರಂ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ, ಕೋಲ್ಕತ್ತಾದ ಸಿನಿ ಸೆಂಟ್ರಲ್ ಉತ್ಸವ, ಚೆನ್ನೈ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವ, ಪುಣೆ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಚಿತ್ರೋತ್ಸವದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡಿದೆ

ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಾಹಕ ಎಚ್ .ಎಂ.ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ಅವರು ಸಿನಿಮಾದ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು  ಚಿತ್ರೀಕರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ  ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳ ಒಂದು ಜ್ಹಲಕ್ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ…

ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಫೋಟೋಗಳು : ಅವಧಿ

ಚಿತ್ರ ಕೃಪೆ : ಪುಟ್ಟಕ್ಕನ ಹೈವೇ