Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Organised by MARUPAKKAM in association with various educational institutions, cultural organisations, activist groups, trade unions and like minded people in India

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Program 01 : Seminars on Documentaries and Short films
Date : 1-5 December 2023

1, 2 December : Tamil Documentaries - Styles and Perspectives

Participants : Amshan Kumar, Swarnavel (online), Bharathi Krishnakumar, Sasikanth (online), Ravi Subramanian, RR Srinivasan, Leena Manimekalai (online), Nizhal Thirunavukkarasu, Someetharan, Divya Bharathi & Amudhan R.P.

Venue : The Arul Anandhar College, Karumathur

Jointly organised by Department of Tamil, AICUF & Media Club

3 December : Retro and Classics (old international and Indian documentaries)

Presented by Goerge Kutty, Babu, Safi, Manikandan and Amudhan R.P.

Venue : Madurai Media and Film Studies Academy, P&T Nagar Road

4 December : Indian Documentaries - Political Concerns, Aesthetic Strategies

Curated and presented by CS Venkiteswaran

Venue : Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

5 December : Visual Media Collectives : Making & Screening Practices in India

Moderated by Aswathy Senan & Amudhan R.P.

Participants : Cinema of Resistance, Chal Chitra Abhiyan, Ektara Collective, Vibgyor Collective & Akhra

Venue : Lady Doak College, Madurai

Jointly organised by Centre for Women's Studies

Program 02 : Film Screenings & Competition
Dates: 1-10 December

Evening Shows

Venue. 01: LENS Media Centre, Gnana Olivupuram; 1-5 December; 6 to 8.30 pm

Venue 02 : YMCA Hall, Nethaji Road, Madurai; 6-10 December; 5.30 to 8.30 pm

Venue 03: Kaleidoscope, Madurai; 1-10 December; 6.30 to 8.30 pm

Day Shows : 6-10 December

6 December : Lady Doak College; 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

7 December : Madurai Kamaraj University; 10 am to 5 pm

8 December : Arul Anandhar College; 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

9 December : IDEAS Centre; 10 am to 5 pm

10 December : MUTA HALL; 10.30 am to 5 pm

Competition & cash awards for Indian documentaries and short films

1) Best Indian Long documentary (60 min and above) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate

2) Best Indian Medium length documentary (40-59 min) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate

3) Best Indian Short documentary (up to 39 min) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate

4) Best Indian short film (up to 20 min) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate

5) Best Tamil short film (up to 20 min) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate

Non Competition Section

Around 50 new international documentaries, short films, experiment and animation films will be screened under the Non - Competition Section.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

25th Madurai Film Festival 2023

25th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2023

1-10 December / multiple venues, Madurai

Seminars, workshops, film screenings, interactions, guest lectures, competitions, cash rewards and more!

More details soon!

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

25th Edition! Entries Invited!

25th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2023

6-10 December; multiple venues, Chennai

Entries Invited!

Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival is one of the oldest documentary film festivals in India. Started in 1998, we have been successfully organising this festival annually to introduce and nurture documentary and short film culture in and around Madurai, one of the oldest cities in the world. Our event is an inclusive, democratic, local, independent and a small event with a purpose. By showing films at multiple venues, we reach out to the audiences who would otherwise miss out such opportunities.

We are proud to introduce a competition for Indian documentaries and short films to celebrate out 25th / silver jubilee edition.

Awards & Prizes

Competition for Indian Documentaries and short films.

1) Best Indian Long documentary (60 min and above) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate
2) Best Indian Medium length documentary (40-59 min) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate
3) Best Indian Short documentary (up to 39 min) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate
4) Best Indian short film (up to 20 min) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate
5) Best Tamil short film (up to 20 min) : Rs.25,000/- cash award and a certificate

Rules & Terms

1) Competitive event
2) No screening fee
3) Will be held offline depending upon the local administrative situation; if the local administration does not allow offline / physical event, the festival will be conducted online.
4) Downloadable links / files should be sent for the selection
5) Local stay will be provided to the filmmakers of the selected films, if the festival takes place offline
6) No travel support will be provided to the filmmakers who attend the film festival, if the festival takes place offline
7) Films that promote or support hatred will not be admitted
8) Discussions will be organized via online if the filmmakers can't attend the festival
9) The films should have subtitles in English (if required)
10) Entry fee will not be returned.

Click here to send entries

Amudhan R.P.

Festival Director

25th MIDSFF 23

Thursday, December 1, 2022

24th Madurai Film Festival 2022 : Schedule Ready!

24th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022

6-10 Dec, multiple venues, Chennai

Schedule *

6 Dec; MMFSA

10 am : Inauguration

10.30 am

Out of Sight

Dir : Corinne Falhun; 52.41 min; France; Documentary

Deedar Le, Deedar De

Dir :Abhra Singha Roy, Isha Tyagi; 24.20 min; India; Documentary

How Do I Show the Ocean Space You Carried Inside You?

Dir : Abeer Rafeeq Khan; 42 min; India; Documentary

A Beautiful Woman Dies Twice

Dir : Marina Sasina; 18.05 min; Russian Federation; Short Fiction

2 pm

Chhoti Si Baat

Dir : Kabir Shah; 10.47 min; Short fiction; India

The Lightbulb Named Byron

Dir : Nikita Epikhov; 19.49 min; Russian Federation; Short fiction

Cheepatakadumpa

Dir : Devashish Mahkija; 20 min; India; Short fiction

Puzhayal (Merman)

Dir : Prathap joseph; 64 min; Filmmaker in Focus; Documentary

6 Dec, YMCA

5.30 pm

Manjadikaalam

Dir : Padmasree Murali; 7.21 min; India; Animation

A Little Someone

Dir : Ramya Ankilla; 6.40 min; India; Animation

Kumu

Dir : Akanshya Bhagabati; 19.12 min; India; Short fiction

Sweet Biriyani

Dir : Jeyachandra Hashmi; 24 min; Short fiction; India

White Slam - a documentary and Carrom

Dir Satish Ganapathy; 31.35 min; India; Documentary

Ripples Under the Skin

Dir : Farha Khatun; 29 min; India; Documentary

6 Dec, Kaleidoscope

6.30 pm

Dajla : cinema and oblivion

Dir : Arturo Duenas Herrero; 15 min; Spain; Documentary

Those Seven Steps

Dir : Pavitra Verma; 16.55 min; United States; Short Fiction

Oblivion

Dir : Dmitry Alekseev; 6.42 min; Russian Federation; Short fiction

The Crossroads

Dir : Anna Nosatova; 15 min; Russian Federation; Short Fiction

Dream

Dir : Alexander Perkov; 13.26 min; Russian Federation; Short fiction

Ecuador

Dir : Antononia Gileva; 8.43 min; Russian Federation; Short fiction

My Friend Alexander Grigorievich

Dir: Pavel Zelenov; 25 min; Russian Federation; Documentary

7 Dec, Gandhigram University

10 am : Inauguration

Mizo Soundscapes

Dir : Joshy Joseph; 22 min; Documentary; Retrospective

One Day from a Hangman's Life

Dir : Joshy Joseph; 83 min; Documentary; Retrospective

2 pm

Life

Dir : Saurav Mookherji; 4.27 min; India; Experimental

Randuper Chumbikkumpol (When two Kiss)

Dir : Prathap Joseph; 70 min; Fiction; Filmmaker in Focus

Short films by Prathap Joseph

Frame (7 min)

Medit-e-ating (11 min)

7 Dec, YMCA

5.30 pm

Native Place

Dir: Andrew Francisco; 34.59 min; India; Documentary

An Old Story

Dir :Prateek Prajosh; 15.54 min; India; Short fiction

Third

Dir : Manash Pratim Dutta; 22.57 min; India; Documentary

We Make Film

Dir : Shweta Ghosh; 80 min; India; Documentary

7 Dec, Kaleidoscope

6.30 pm

Duswapna

Dir : Jay Kholia; 13 min; India; Short fiction

A Psychogeography of Mourning

Dir : Shayna Connelly; 8.30 min; United States; Experimental

Walking Over Water

Dir : Joshy Joseph; 89 min; India; Hybrid; Retrospective

8 Dec; Madurai Kamaraj University

10 am : Inauguration

10.30 am

Aribam Syam Sharma- Laparoscopic Cinemascapes

Dir : Joshy Joseph; 62 min; Documentary; Retrospective

Ghar se Bheghar

Dir : Musthujab Makkolath; 40 min; India; Documentary

Short films by Prathap Joseph

See…? (18.12 min)

52 Seconds (52 (sec)

2 pm

@buddhistandqueer : the journey from sprees to robe

Dir : Dani Sachnez-Lopez; 23.20 min; Spain; Documentary

Boundaries

Dir : Arun Mohan; 47 min; India; Documentary

Ruuposh

Dir : Mohd Fehmeed, Zeeshan Amir Khan; 32.25 min; India; Documentary

8 Dec, YMCA

5.30 pm

No Way Out

Dir : Sheikh Al Mamun; 61.12 min; Republic of Korea; Documentary

Chennai - the split city

Dir: Venkatesh Chakravarthy; 70 min; Tamil and English with English subtitles; 2006; Documentary

8 Dec, Kaleidoscope

6.30 pm

The Obsession

Dir : Anastasia Gorodentseva; 10 min; Russian Federation ; Short fiction

Dir : Faye Xia; 6.40 min; China; Animation

Red Lipstick

Dir : Sita Padmini Vangala; 10.46 min; United States; Short fiction

Neither a Girl Nor a Woman

Dir : Anjali Patil; 60 min; India; Documentary

9th Dec, MUTA Hall

10 am to 1 pm

Camopi One

Dir : Laure Subreville; 52.47 min; France; Documentary

Come! Let’s march to Una

Dir : Ujwal Utkarsh; 95 min; India; Documentary

2 pm

Luc : Between Darkness and Light

Dir : Marina Dessiatkina; 83.21 min; Canada; Documentary

How to Build a House out of Wreckage and Rags

Dir : Bernd Lutzeler; 8 min; Germany; Experimental

The Renegade Legacy of Bleecker and MacDougal

Dir : Karen Kramer; 72.42 min; United States; Documentary

9 Dec, YMCA

5.30 pm

In Search of Gold - a portrait of Kolar Gold Fields Dir : Basav Biradar; 34.43 min; India; Documentary

No Time for Children

Dir : Olga Samolevska; 60.13 min; Ukraine; Documentary

Defeated But Not Conquered

Dir : Mau Cardoso; 53 min; Spain; Documentary

9 Dec, Kaleidoscope

6.30 pm

Dews of the Storm

Dir : Akshit Sharma; 13.42 min; India; Documentary

Samaas - the word and the world

Dir : Dhananjay Bhawalekar; 30 min; Documentary; India

Man and an Old Mill

Dir : Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen; 19.45 min; Finland; Documentary

The Middle of the World

Dir : Erika Velenciana; 20 min; United States; Documentary

Seven Seeds

Dir : N Ravindran; 33.14 min; India; Documentary

10 Dec; IDEAS Centre

10 am : Inauguration

10.30 : "Orutharum Varela"(Nobody came)

Dir : Divya Bharathi; 100 min; Documentary; Filmmaker in Focus

Cycle

Dir : Devashish Makhija; 19.46 min; India; Short fiction

2 pm

Tanked Fish (Thotti Meengal)

Dir : Nadaraja Manivannan; 10.16 min; Sri Lanka; Short fiction

Super Power

Dir : Vikram Bolegave; 19.34 min; India; Short fiction

Mother

Dir : Anupjyothi Choudhury; 19.39 min; India; Short fiction

Life in Loom

Dir : Edmond Ranson; 100 min; India; Documentary

10 Dec, YMCA

5.30 pm

Unseparation

Dir : Natalia Gugueva; 60 min; Russian Federation ; Documentary

In the Mind’s Garden

Dir : Matteo Balsamo; 90 min; Italy; Documentary

10 Dec, Kaleidoscope

6.30 pm

Maria’s Silence

Dir : Cesare Bedgone; 38 min; Italy; Documentary

Windows of Time

Dir : Mrinmoy Nandi; 75.45 min; India; Documentary

* subject to changes

Thursday, November 17, 2022

24th Madurai Film Festival 2022 : Schedule*

24th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022

6-10 December, multiple venues, Madurai

Schedule*

Day shows ; 10 am to 4 pm

6 Dec - Madurai Media and Film Studies Academy

7 Dec - Gandhigram University

8 Dec - Madurai Kamarajar University

9 Dec - MUTA Hall

10 Dec - IDEAS Centre

Evening shows

1) 6 -10 Dec, Kaleidoscope, 6.30 to 8.30 pm

2) 6-10 Dec, YMCA Hall, 5.30 to 8.30 pm

Jointly organised by

Madurai Media and Film Studies Academy

Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University)

Department of Communication, Madurai Kamaraj University

MUTA

IDEAS

Kaleidoscope

and MARUPAKKAM

In association with

Sakthi Vidiyal

Bioscope, Tamilnadu Progressive Writers & Artists Association

Thamizhaga Makkal Panpattu Kazhagam

PUCL, Madurai

and ILAKKU, Madurai

Entry free! We welcome you all!

*subject to changes