23rd Madurai Film Festival 2021 : We invite you!

23rd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2021 :

6-10 Dec; multiple venues, Madurai

More than 100 films under 7 sections & 5 categories! Online and offline interactions!

Categories :

Documentaries, Short films, Animation Films, Experimental Films and Music Videos!

Sections :

1) Retrospective : Tarun Bhartiya

2) Retrospective II : Nina Sabnani

3) Filmmaker in Focus : Abeer Khan

4) Student films from USA : curated by Swarnavel Easwaran

5) Indian films

6) International films

7) Director's Cut : curated by Amudhan R.P.

Schedule :

Day Shows : 10 am to 5 pm

6 Dec : Madurai Media and Film Studies Academy, P&T Nagar

7 Dec : IDEAS Centre, Vazhaithoppu

8 Dec : Lady Doak College, Chokkikulam

9 Dec : People's Watch, BB Kulam

10 Dec : Department of Communication, Madurai Kamaraj University, Palkalai Nagar

Evening Shows : 6 -10 Dec; 6 pm to 8.30 pm

1) Lens Media, Aarapalayam

2) Kaleidoscope, Ayyar Bungalow

More details soon!

23rd Madurai Film Festival 2021 : Selected Animation Films, Experimental Films & Music Video

23rd Madurai Film Festival : Selected Animation Films, Experimental Films & Music Video

1) Bloodslide - Pica (Official Video)

Directors Evan Pearce, Josh Tokarsky
in Animation films
Canada
MIDSFF1120

2) The Fox of the Palmgrove 

Director Divakar SK
in Animation films
India
MIDSFF1108

3) Under the Dark Clouds 

Director Kangmin Lim
in Animation films
United States
MIDSFF1041

4) FALL OF THE IBIS KING

Directors Mikai Geronimo, Josh O'Caoimh
in Animation films
Ireland
MIDSFF1028

5) The bird

Director Perrine Lamy-Quique
in Experimental films
France
MIDSFF1102

6) Devoid of Sense: Dark Side of Your Soul
Director Maxim Vorobyev
in Music videos
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1103

7) Fallen Friends
Directors Russell Lake, JazzElle
in Music videos
United States
MIDSFF1099

23rd Madurai Film Festival 2021 : Selected Short fiction

23rd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2021

Selected Short Fiction

Selection Committee : Asha Joseph, Prabhakar, Vilasini and Babu

1) Barrio Frontera

Director Reed Purvis
in Short fiction
United States
MIDSFF1118

2) Kapaat

Director Janvi Madabusi
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1113

3) Not far out

Director Beran Ergün
in Documentary , Short fiction
Germany
MIDSFF1100

4) GREENHOUSE

Director Andrey Lukyanov
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1098

5) DOCTOR

Director Alexander Solovyov
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1089

6) Since Forever

Director Nisam Asaf
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1086

7) Karl

Director Ilya Yakovlevich Noyabrev
in Short fiction
Ukraine
MIDSFF1085

8) Colors: Saffron

Director AK Srikanth
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1081

9) CHICKS

Director Olga Gagarina
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1080

10) NAIDA

Director Yuri Sholin
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1078

11) WILD ROSES OF THE BARSKOON GORG

Director Pavel Bykovchenko
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1076

12) Before We Leave

Director Natalia Gurkina
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1074

13) LIKE IN THE MOVIES

Director Maria Ivanova
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1073

14) ZERO KILOMETER 

Director SHAMAS NAWAB SIDDIQUI
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1071

15) FRIEND

Director Andrey Svetlov
in Short fiction
Belarus
MIDSFF1070

16) CONDUCTOR (short)

Director Oleg Savenkov
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1069

17) ARRIVING NOW

Director Diana Belova
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1067

18) SAVING KOLOBOK

Director Zhanna Shmakova
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1065

19) FORGET ME NOT

Director Lea Gygli
in Short fiction
Switzerland
MIDSFF1064

20) Copi

Director André Gevaerd
in Short fiction
Brazil
MIDSFF1063

21) THE MERCENARY

Director Elena Vorobyova
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1055

22) HOME

Director Yang Yang
in Short fiction
China
MIDSFF1053

23) MAVKA 

Director Anastasia Ledkova
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1051

24) The Threshold

Director Mithun Gomes
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1050

25) A Window Of Heart

Director Shrinidhi Naulakha
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1048

26) The Florist

Director Priyam Chanda
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1047

27) A Father's Gift

Director Jagannath Radhakrishnan
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1046

28) NONSENSE

Director Zhdan Tikhonov
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1043

29) 12+Director Irina Valts
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1034

30) THIS IS NOT A WAR

Director Irina Valts, Evgeniya Lazarenkova
in Short fiction
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1033

31) Imaginary Homes

Director Priya Naresh
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1027

32) When the Earth Sang a Song

Director Teenaa Kaur
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1024


33) Jadzia

Directors Kk Araujo, Ariane Porto
in Short fiction
Brazil
MIDSFF1021

34) The Falling Fruit. The Frozen Time. And the Five Variations on Mani Kaul's Uski Roti.

Director Jay Kholia
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1020

35) Sita

Director Abhinav Singh
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1011

36) VISITORS

Director Navnita Sen
in Short fiction
India
MIDSFF1010

23rd Madurai Film Festival 2021 : Selected Documentaries - List 02

23rd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2021

Selected Documentaries : List 02

Selection Committee Members : Debaranjan, Santhosh Kumar KC & Abeer Khan

1) We Stay in the House
Director Kiyoko McCrae
in Documentary
United States
MIDSFF1119

2) STATE
Director Swanand Kottewar
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1111

3) The Disappearance of Tom R.
Director Paul Sirague
in Documentary
Belgium
MIDSFF1109

4) Not far outDirector Beran Ergün
in Documentary , Short fiction
Germany
MIDSFF1100

5) Kerala hip hop - Into the roots
Director Akshay k p
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1075

6) Hanlong Soymilk Shop
Director Ina Morken
in Documentary
Taiwan
MIDSFF1031

7) Atomkraftwerk Zwentendorf
Director Hope Tucker
in Documentary
United States
MIDSFF1030

8) 652 miles = 0 (or the wonderful convenience of video calling)
Director Giulio Gobbetti
in Documentary
United Kingdom
MIDSFF1023

9) I won’t remain alone
Director Yaser Talebi
in Documentary
Iran, Islamic Republic of
MIDSFF1015

10) Id-Tal
Director Yamini Makeshwar
in Documentary
Canada
MIDSFF1002

23rd Madurai Film Festival 2021 : Selected Documentaries List 01

23rd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2021

Selected Documentaries : List 01

Selection Committee : Sushma Veerappa, Mini Hari and Ramdass Kadavallur

1) WAITING ROOM

Director Aleksandra Folczak
in Documentary
Poland
MIDSFF1110

2) BACKSTAGE

Director LIPIKA SINGH DARAI
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1104

3) The Price of Cheap

Director Barry Stevens
in Documentary
Canada
MIDSFF1101

4) TUN-RUNG-KHAM (The Golden Willow)

Director Mridupawan Bora
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1097

5) 80.000 Schnitzel

Director Hannah Schweier
in Documentary
Germany
MIDSFF1096

6) Neither a Girl Nor a Woman

Director Anjali Patil
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1095

7) Murder Most Modest

Director Shany Moran Haziza
in Documentary
Israel
MIDSFF1093

8) The Sako Tapes

Director Machiel van den Heuvel
in Documentary
MIDSFF1092

9) The custodians of the Andean gold

Director Marcella Menozzi
in Documentary
Italy
MIDSFF1090

10) IshimDirector Kirill Sultanov
in Documentary
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1087

11) The Russian Rondo of Natalia Shakhovskaya

Director IRINA ZAITSEVA
in Documentary
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1083

12) Who Says The Lepchas Are Vanishing

Director Abhyuday Khaitan

in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1079

13)SHADOWS OF YOUR CHILDHOOD

Director Mikhail Gorobchuk
in Documentary
Russian Federation
MIDSFF1068

14) The Broken Femur

Director Luyckx Jonas
in Documentary
Belgium
MIDSFF1066

15) Moving Upstream: Ganga

Director Shridhar Sudhir
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1057

16) The hook you will not bite

Director José David Apel
in Documentary
Argentina
MIDSFF1044

17) In their eyes

Director Arnaud Blin
in Documentary
France
MIDSFF1042

18)[Emptiness crossing us]

Director Fernando Moreira
in Documentary
Brazil
MIDSFF1040

19) 65 Rose

Director Davide Del Mare
in Documentary
Italy
MIDSFF1035

20) FatherDirector Deng Wei
in Documentary
China
MIDSFF1025

21) Ghar Ka Pata (Home Address)

Director Madhulika Jalali
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1014

22) AILLEURS PARTOUT

Directors Isabelle INGOLD, Vivianne PERELMUTER
in Documentary
Belgium
MIDSFF1007

23) Street Out

Director Sofia Rocha
in Documentary
Argentina
MIDSFF1006

24) Talilo and Wassla

Director Jon Meyer
in Documentary
United States
MIDSFF1003

25) From Durban to Tomorrow

Director Dylan Mohan Gray
in Documentary
South Africa
MIDSFF1001

26) perm
Director shekh al mamun
in Documentary
Korea, Republic of
MIDSFF1082

27) Jacaranda
Director Austin Spies
in Documentary
United States
MIDSFF1049

28) La mujer salvaje
Director Sara G. Cortijo
in Documentary
Spain
MIDSFF1039

29) Dreaming of Words

Director Nandan
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1061

30) Dancing with Rosa
Director Robert Muñoz Rupérez
in Documentary
Spain
MIDSFF1018

31) Days of Summer
Director Adhiraj Buragohain
in Documentary
India
MIDSFF1037

23rd Madurai Film Festival 2021 : Selection is on!

 23rd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2021 

Dates : 6-10 Dec

Both online and offline!

We received 120 films so far.

The selection process is going on.

We will be announcing the final list of films on 20th Nov 2021.

Amudhan R.P.

Festival Director

Madurai Film Festival 2021