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