16th Madurai Film Festival 2014: Schedule

16^th Madurai Film Festival 2014: Schedule*

6 Dec 2014

10 am   Inauguration

10:30    The Red Data Book – an appendix

Dir: Sreemith & Deepu; 75 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; Documentary; 2014

11:45    Interaction with Sreemith, filmmaker

12:00    Border Patrol

Dir: Peter Baumann; 14:43 min; German; Germany; 2013

12:15    A Good Story

Dir: Martin-Christopher Bode; 20 min; German; Germany; 2013

12:25    Viratham

Dir: Prithvi K.Raj; 11 min; Tamil; 2014; Short film

12:36    Interaction with A.Ramasamy, Yavanika Sriram, Prithvi K.Raj

1:00      Lunch break

2:30      Interaction on Green Walk with Muthukrishnan and others

3:30      Films by Films Division

PART 1: Reflections on Nationhood and Citizenship

Section A

I AM TWENTY

Directed by SNS Sastry, English and Hindi, B/W, 1967, 20 min

INDIA 67 / AN INDIAN DAY

Directed by S Sukhdev, Music, Colour, 1967, 58 min

5:00      Interaction with Yathartha Rajan

5:15      Homage: Films by Shubhradeep Chakravorthy

6:15      The Safest Nuclear Power Station in the World

Dir: Helena Hufnagel; 28 min; German; Austria, Germany; 2012

6:45      Chaliyar, the Final Struggle

Dir: C.Sarat Chandrana and P.Baburaj

English (subtitled), 36 min, 2001, India; Retro

7 Dec 2014

10 am   Kaaye Kaaye Seual

Dir: Gijantali and others; 29 min; Marathi, Hindi and English

10:30    Electric Indigo

Dir: Jean-Julien Collette; 24 min; Belgium/ France; 2013

11:00    The Heat

Dir: Bartosz Kruhlik; 23:30 min; Polish; Poland; 2013

11:30    Coming Out

Dir: Gina Wenzel; 9:21 min; German; Germany; 2014

11:40    Ants Pact

Dir: Benjamin Martins; 20 min; German; Germany; 2014

12:00    Hermes & Aphrodite    

Dir: Gregor Zootzky; 9:55 min; Germany; 2013

12:10    Beat, Beat, Beat

Dir: Christin Freitag; 29:50 min; German; Germany; 2013

12:40    Interaction on sexualities and masculinities

1:00      Lunch break

2:30      Interaction with filmmakers: P.Baburaj, Sreemith, Prithvi K.Raj and Balasubramaniyan

3:30      Films by Films Division

PART 1: Reflections on Nationhood and Citizenship

Section B

AMIR KHAN

Directed by SNS Sastry, Hindi and Urdu, B/W, 35mm, 19 min, 1970

THIS BIT OF THAT INDIA

Directed by SNS Sastry, English, B/W, 20 min, 1975

AND THE STARS LOOK ON
Directed by OP Sharma, Music, B/W, 12 min, 1968

ARRIVAL

Directed by Mani Kaul, Music, Colour, 1980, 20 min

4:45      The Bitter Drink

Dir: C.Sarat Chandran and P.Baburaj

English (subtitled), 26 min, 2003, India; Retro

5:10      Interaction with P.Baburaj

5:20      Kadamai

            Dir: M.Balasubramaniyan, 14 min; Tamil; Short film

5:34      Interaction with M.Balasubramaniyan, filmmaker

5:45      Homage : Films by Shubradeep Chakravorthy

7:15      Interaction with G.Manikandan, writer

8 Dec 2014

10 am   Padmini My Love

             Dir: Munmun Dhalaria and others; 19:30 min; Marathi; 2014

10:20    A Tres Pesos

Dir: Rosalie Hubl; 19:59 min; Spanish; Mexico; 2013

10:40    La parka

Dir: Gabriel Serra; 29 min; Spanish; Mexico; 2013

11:10    Bintou

Dir: Simone Catharina Gaul; 64 min; Burkina Faso

12:20    Omul (Human)

Dir: Brigitte Drodtloff; 10:50 min; Romanian; Germany; 2014

12:30    Interaction with Sreerasa, filmmaker, artist, writer

1:00      Lunch break

2:30      Interaction with Madurai Artists

3:30      Films by Films Division

PART 2: Constructing the Ideal Citizen

DILLY DALLYING

Directed by KL Khandpur, English, 10 min, B/W, 1957

OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM / HAMARA RASHTRAGAN

Directed by Pramod Pati, Hindi, 10 min, 1964

CLAXPLOSION

Directed by Pramod Pati, Music, 2 min, B/W, 1968

STINKING STORY

Directed by Loksen Lalvani, Hindi and English, 16 min, B/W, 1980

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Directed by S. Sukhdev, English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali with English subtitles, B/W, 1974, 17 min

4:40      The Backstage of tradition

Dir: Sarah Yona Zweig; 46:49 min; English; Germany

5:30      Only An Axe Away

Dir: C.Sarat Chandran and P.Baburaj

English (subtitled), 40 min, 2005, India

6:10      Interaction with P.Baburaj

6:20      Inmayin Padal

            Dir: Sarwothaman Sadagopan; 14 min; Tamil; 2014; Short film

6:35      Interaction with Sarwothaman Sadagopan

6:45      The City of the Sun

            Dir: Daria Orkhan; 27 min; Russian; Russia; 2014

7:12      Suddenly Our Life Changed

Dir: Aleksey Balashov; 2:52 min; Animation- Documentary; Russia; Ukraine; 2014

9 Dec

10 am   Gulabi Gang

            Dir: Nishtha Jain; 96 min; 2012; Documentary

11:30    Dammed

            Dir:Nandan Saxena, Kavita Bahl; 64 min; Hindi; Documentary

12:30    Interaction with A.Marx

12:45    Breaking News

            Dir: Sidhiq P.I.; 6:18 min; Malayalam; 2014; Short film

12:50    Interaction with Sidhiq P.I., filmmaker

1:00      Lunch break

2:30      Interaction with PUCL

3:30      Films by Films Division

            PART 3: State Initiatives for the Citizen

SYMBOL OF PROGRESS

Directed by NS Thapa, English, B/W, 1965, 14 min
VIVIDH BHARTI
Directed by Amar Varma, Hindi, 14 min, B/W, 1965
A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Directed by SNS Sastry, English, 22 min, B/W, 1976
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE NO. 4

Directed by OP Arora, English, Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati and Marathi with  subtitles, B/W, 1969, 14 min

4:30      Homage : Films by Shubradeep Chakravorthy

7:00      Interaction with A.Marx

10 Dec 

10:00    Poop on Poverty

Dir: Vijay S. Jodha; 6 min; Hindi; Documentary; 2013

10:10    Songs of the Bards of Bengal – The Bauls and Fakirs

Dir: Monalisa Dasgupta; 45 min; Bengali, English; Documentary;

10:55    Bear Mountain

Dir: Vagenak Balayan; 22 min; Armenian; Armenia; 2014

11:30    A Promised Rose Garden

Dir: Lisa Violetta Gab; 33 min; Vietnamese, German; 2014

12:00    Brother

Dir: Jarek Duda; 28 min; German; Germany; 2014

12:30    Omul (Human)

Dir: Brigitte Drodtloff; 10:50 min; Romanian; Germany; 2014

12:40    LOST HOUSE

Dir: Nikolay Kotyash; 16 min; Russia; 2013

12:56    ISLAND

Dir: Nikita Timoschuk; 4 min; Cartoon, Ballad; Ukraine; 2014

1:00      Lunch break

2:30      Interaction with Mu.Ramasamy on Madurai Theatre

3:30      The Last Will

Dir: Dustin Loose; 20:40 min; German; Germany; 2014

3:50      Call Her Lotte!

Dir: Annakathrin Wetzel; 15 min; Germany; 2014

4:05      CAN’T HIDE ME

Dir: Madhuri Mohindar; 26 minutes, English Documentary; 2014

4:25      Taweez – The Talisman Writer

Dir: Alik Hakim; 20 min; Pashto; Afghanistan, Germany; 2014

4:45      The Stowaway

Dir: Maria Brendle; 20 min; German; 2013; Children’s film

5:05      Vigia

Dir: Barelli Marcel; 8 min; Italian; Switzerland; 2013; Animation

5:15      Me Tube: August Sings Carmen Habanera

Dir: Daniel Moshel; 4 min; English; Germany; 2014

5:20      In Between

Dir: Jannis Lenz; 24:30 min; German; Austria; 2014

5:45      At the Door

Dir: Miriam Bliese; 5 min; German; Germany; 2013

5:50      Faint

Dir: Natalie Plaskura; 5:58 min; No dialogue; Germany; 2014

5:55      Devil May Care

Dir: Volker Heymann; 2:10 min; English; Germany; 2014

5:57      Not Funny!

Dir: Katharina Woll; 43 seconds; German; Germany; Spot

5:58      Life: Patented

Dir: Arne v. Nostitz-Rieneck; 1:35 min; No dialogue; Germany; 2014

6:00      Ganz Weit Im Osten

Dir: Kal Stanicke; 3:31 min; German; Germany; 2014

6:04      Deja – Moo/ Der Notfall

Dir: Stefan Muller; 9:59 min; German; Germany; 2014; Animation

6:15      Closing Ceremony

(* It is only a tentative schedule; IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES)