9th Madurai Film Festival 2007 : Overall Schedule

Festival Schedule: 5-9 December 2007

Venues #1: Madura College, American College, Arul Anandhar College, Lady Doak College, Tamilnadu Theological Seminary and MUTA Hall (all in Madurai)

Venues #2: Villages and small towns of Perunkudi, Usilampatti, Thirupuvanam, Narimedu, Kodimangalam and Sirkali

Inauguration : Edward Victoria Hall, 5 December 2007, 5 p.m.; Chief Guests: B.Lenin, Film maker; Ms.Sherifa, Activist

Screening #1: 5, 6, 7 December 2007; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Colleges: Madura College, American College, Arul Anandhar College, Lady Doak College

Screening #2: 6, 7 December 2007; 5p.m.-8 p.m.; Open/Main venue: MUTA Hall

Screening #3: 8, 9 December 2007; 10 a.m. – 5p.m.; Open/Main venue #2: Durairaj Peter Hall, Tamilnadu Theological Seminary, Arasaradi

Screening #4: 5,6,7 December 2007 ; 6 p.m. onwards; Open venue in villages/small towns: Usilampatti, Narimedu, Perungudi, Thirupuvanam, Kodimangalam, Sirkali

Closing Ceremony: Tamilnadu Theological Seminary, 9 December 2007 5 p.m.;Chief Guest: Pamaran, Writer

9th Madurai Documentary and Short Film Festival 2007 (5-9 December): Films list #5

Films to be screened under Retrospective Section

1) Films by Madhusree Dutta:

a. Scribbles on Akka b. Sundari: An Actor Prepares

c. Made in India d. I Live in Behrampada

e. Ailo Bailo Sailo

2) Films by R.V.Ramani:

a.ONE TWO THREE FOUR
b.IF I DIE c. OUR SYMBOL

d. BRAHMA VISHNU SHIVA

e.LINES OF MAHATMA

9th Madurai Documentary and Short Film Festival 2007 (5-9, December) : Films List # 4

Films to be screened under "Under Construction" Package

presented by Magic Lantern Foundation, New Delhi.

1. Planeta Alemania By Philip Scheffner
(Observations From Invisibility)German, Spanish (with English subtitles), 40 minutes,
2. Bushman’s Secret
English, 65 min, 2006; By Rehad Desai
3. Born Into Struggle
English, 74 min, 2004; By Rehad Desai
4. My Land My Life
English (Subtitled), 52 min, 2002; By Rehad Desai
5. P(l)ain Truth
No Dialogue, 15 min, 1993; By Ilppo Pohjola
6. Gender Trouble
English, 24 min, 2002; By Roz Mortimer
7. Born At Home
English (subtitled), 60 min, 2000;By Sameera Jain
8. From Dust
English, Sinhala (subtitled in English), 56 min, 2005; By Dhruv Dhawan
9. A Car For A Dollar
English, 60 min, 2005; By Maximilian Spohr and Reiner Derdau
10. The Half Moon Files
English (With Subtitles), 87 minutes, 2007; By Philip Scheffner

9th Madurai Documentary and Short Film Festival 2007 (5-9 December): Selection # 3

Section #3 : Films from Tamilnadu - Selected films

1) Vithai 2) Nizhal 3) Pondicherry Dreams 4) Indru 5)Kanavupalam

6) Yendru Thaniyum 7) Kodanki 8) Peridar Pathukappu

9) Thottal Sinungi 10) Vidu 11) April 1 12) Pathiram

13) Coimbatore Santhippu 14) Uppukaatru

15)A Hole in the Bucket 16)Devathaigal
17)Pothigai 18)Thangam 19)INA

9th Madurai Documentary and Short Film Festival 2007(5-9 December) : Selection list #2

International section: Selected films

1. Victim of Prejudice – Dir. Giuseppe Tilli, Italy
2. Yindabad – Dir. Roi Guitian and Mariano Agudo, France
3. Before the Wind Blows – Dir. Samer Najari, France
4. Shadow Child – Dir. Hans Hege, Germany
5. Where is Estel? – Dir. Jared Katsiane,USA
6. Choices – Dir. Namit Kumar, USA
7. You Asked Me to Wait – Dir. Gregory Rentis, Greece
8. Happy Birthday – Csaba Bereczky, USA
9. The Dark Side of Healthcare – Dir. Lotta Ekelund and Kristina Bjurling, Sweden
10. Chocolate with Churros – Dir. Mario de la Torre Espinosa, Spain
11. Mother Earth – Dir. Paul Enkelaar, Netherlands
12. Beggars of Lahore – Dir. Sheba Saeed, UK
13. Plateau (Pysaaki )– Dir. Antti Pirinen, , Finland
14. Sexy Thing – Dir. Denie Pentecost, Australia

9th Madurai Documentary and Short Film Festival 2007(5-9 December): Selected films - List #1

Rest of India : SELECTED FILMS and Directors

1. The Lost Water – Dakxin Bajrange

2. The Quest – Khanjan Kishore Nath
3. Storytellers – Daya and Prasant 4. Andhiyum – Jacob Varghese
5. The Beard – M.R.Anoop Raj 6. Myths about You – Nandita Jain
7. Tiger the Death Chronicles – Krishnendu Bose

8. On My Own Again – Anu Srinivasan
9. Ambi Jiji’s Retirement – Nandini Bedi

10. Bahurupia (Multiple Roles) – Rappai Poothokaren S.J.
11. Gadi Lohardagi Mail – Bijju Toppo and Meghnath
12. Workshop Films : a) Inside b) Hands - Anu Srinivasan
13. Shifting Prophecy – M.R. Baruah

14. If Only (Kaash) - Monty Gupta
15. Shaky souls, Empty Chairs, Testing Times – Ramachandra PN
16. Makkala Panchayat - Ramachandra PN

17. Mahua Memoirs – Vinod Raja
18. Jahaji Music – Surabhi Sharma

19. Development at Gunpoint – Pramod Gupta
20. Riding Solo to the Top of the World – Gaurav Jani

21. India Untouched – Stalin K.
22. Jashn-e-Azadi – Sanjay Kak

23. 3 men and a Bulb – Pankaj Rishi Kumar
24. Bull-dozer - Dakxin Bajrange

25. Bullets and Butterflies – Sushmit Ghosh
26. Black Pamphlets – Nitin K

27. The Sky Below – Sara Singh
28. Pedaling To Freedom – Vijay S. Jodha

29. Our Family - Anjali Monteiro and K.P.Jayasankar

30.The Lighting Testimonies -Amar Kanwar

31. If It Rains Again - K.P.Sasi

32. Resisting Coastal Invasion - K.P.Sasi

33. Hope Dies Last in War - Supriyo Sen

34.Aruvacode Diary - Sanjay Maharishi & Anuradha Chandran

Congratulations! and thank you very much friends!

9th Madurai Documentary and Short Film Festival 2007

Retrospective section

We will be screening best five films each of Madhusree Dutta and R.V.Ramani during our 9th Madurai documentary and short film festival 2007 as part our retrospective section.

Both filmmakers are veterans in documentary field and are known for their experiments with form as well as dealing with interesting and innovative themes.

Madhusree Dutta is based in Mumbai. She is associated with Majlis, a cultural activist group.

R.V.Ramani is based in Chennai. He is also one of the most respected camera persons for documentary in India.

We are happy to screen their retrospective to express our respect and acknowledgement to their contribution to Indian documentary.