13th Madurai Film Festival 2011

13th Madurai International Documentary & Short Film Festival 2011

Jointly organised by MARUPAKKAM
& Media Research Centre, Department of Philosophy, Madura College, Madurai
7, 8, 9 December 2011; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Film sections:
1) Competition for Sarat Chandran Memorial Award for south Indian Films
2) Non competition for films from India
3) Non competition for International films
4) Retrospective: Films by Amar Kanwar
5) Country package: films from Switzerland -curated by Paul Lee
6) Under Construction: films distributed by Magic Lantern Foundation, New Delhi
7) Student films from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad curated by Arun Gupta

Parallel cultural events:
Painting and photography exhibition
Interaction with film makers and writers
Theatre performance

1) Sarat Chandran Memorial Award for south Indian short films and documentaries:
· Films dealing with people’s struggles and human rights issues can be sent under this category.
· Films on south India - Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Pondicherry -(can be about who ever lives/what ever happens in south India), films about south Indians (whereever they are) and films by south Indians (about anything/anybody, where ever they live) can be sent!
· Short films should be less than 45 minutes; No restriction on duration for documentaries
· First prize: Rs.25,000/- Second prize: Rs.10,000/- (common for short films and documentaries. i.e., no separate prizes for short films and documentaries)
· Entry fee: Rs.500/- to be sent as demand draft in favour of R.Amudhan payable at Madurai.
· Last date to send entries: 1 December2011.
· Check list: filled entry form, demand draft, 2 DVD copies and publicity material in both hard and soft copy formats.
· Final selected list of films will be announced on 5December 2011.


2) Non competition for short films and documentaries from India and International films:
· Short Films and documentaries can be on any theme and any style
· Short films should be less than 45 minutes
· No restriction on duration for documentaries
· No entry fee
· Last date to send entries: 1 November 2011.
· Check list: filled entry form, 2 DVD copies and publicity material in both hard and soft copy formats.
· Final selected list of films will be announced on 1 December 2011.

Entry forms are available at http://www.marupakkamfilms.blogspot.com/
Entries to be sent to: MARUPAKKAM
A 9/4 K.K.Nagar, Madurai 625 020 India. Ph: 86952 79353; 93444 79353

13th Madurai Film Festival 2011

13th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2011

Hot news!
1) We will have films by Amar Kanwar under the RETROSPECTIVE section
2) Country Package will be a collection films from Switzerland

amudhan rp
festival director

12th Madurai Film Festival 2010

SARAT CHANDRAN MEMORIAL AWARD for Tamil Documentaries
and Short Films: The Winners.

First prize: MULLAI THEEVU - A SAGA; Dir: Someetharan
Second prize: AGRINAIGAL; Dir: Ilangovan

Congratulations winners!

12th Madurai Film Festival - photos

12th Madurai International Documentary
and Short Film Festival 2010

Some moments!

Discussion at Madura College

Dr.Murali and Amudhan R.P.

Dr.Sahul Hameed with an international guest

Yadharthaa Rajan and his team working
on the festival booklet

Saba Dewan, Rahul Roy, Dr.Murali,
Imayam and Amudhan R.P.

Film screening at Madura College

Saba Dewan and Rahul Roy
waiting to inaugurate the photo and
painting exhibition

Saba Dewan speaks at the inauguration.
Rahul Roy, Dr.Murali, Imayam,
Rajan (artist) and Amudhan R.P.

Registration and reception
of Madurai Film Festival

Rahul Roy lighting the lamp
Saba Dewan, Rajan, Dhatsha, Imayam
Amudhan R.P. and Dr.Murali

Parallel event: Painting exhibition

Interaction with the painters and photographers

Amudhan R.P., Rahul Roy and Saba Dewan

Painters and Artists

Welcome you!

Festival Reception and registration desk

Aravind Kumar, one of the winners 

12th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2010

Festival Schedule: SCREEN 01

Day 1: 7 December 2010

1) 11:00 a.m. Inaugural film: Circle (Vartul); Marathi; 19 mints; RI
2) 11:30 Sengkuruthi; 30 mints; SCMA
3) 12:15 Waiting; Austria; 28 mints; INT
4) 1:00 Lunch break

5) 2:30 INTERACTION WITH A WRITER: Mr.Imayam
6) 4:00 p.m. The Other Song; Hindi/Urdu/English; 120 mints; RETRO
7) 6:00 Pig Foot; Burundi; 7 mints; CF
8) 6:15 Black Badge; South Korea; 38 mints; SP
9) 7:00 Madhyantara Vol 01; 30 mints; RI

Day 2: 8 December 2010

1) 10:00 a.m. Indoor; Malayalam; 10 mints; RI
2) 10:15 Breezy Day; South Korea; 36 mins; SP
3) 10:45 Majma; Hindi; 54 mints; RETRO
4) 11:50 Varoo; Malayalam; 17 mints; RI
5) 12:15 Do Din Ka Mela; Kutch & Gujarati; 60 mints; RI
6) 1:20 Lunch break

7) 2:30 INTERACTION WITH A WRITER: Mr.Ravi Subramaniyam

8) 4:00 Aarayaa theerpu; Tamil; 28 mints; SCMA
9) 4:35 The City Beautiful; Hindi; 78 mints; RETRO
10) 7:00 Ellaigalai Vistharitha Ezhuthu Kalaignan; Tamil; 90 mints

Day 3: 9 December 2010
1) 10 a.m. My Village is Bambai; Tamil; 29 mints; SCMA
2) 10:40 Naach; Hindi; 84 mints; RETRO
3) 12:15 Mullaitheevu Saga; Tamil; 46 mints
4) 1:15 Lunch break

5) 2:30 Interaction with film makers Rahul Roy and Saba Dewan

6) 4:00 A story without words; Spanish; 18 mints; INT
7) 4:20 Thattum Porathappan; Malayalam; 56 mins; RI
8) 5:30 Non-violent Action; English; 33 mints; INT
9) 6:10 Films from BURUNDI; English; 43 mints; CF
10) 7:00 Interview; South Korea; 32 mints; SP

Day 4: 10 December 2010

1) 10 a.m. Talking Heads; UK/India; 27 mints; INT
2) 10:30 God only knows; Hindi; 15 mints; RI
3) 10:45 Maythil; Malayalam; 41 mints; RI
4) 11:35 The Ground Water Up – Project; 36 mints; RI
5) 12:10 I have ignored this for long; Malayalam; 19 mints; RI
6) 12: 35 Solitary; Tamil; 11 mints; SCMA
7) 1:00 Lunch break

8) 2:30 Interaction with a writer: Mr.Ayyappa Madhavan

9) 4:00 Life, Love, Hope; Tamil; 15 mints; SCMA
10) 4:30 Agrinaigal; Tamil; 29 mints; SCMA
11) 5:15 Super 6; Tamil; 40 mints; SCMA
12) 6:00 A Story without words; Spain; 18 mints; INT
13) 6:20 Have you dreamt of cinema?; Hindi; 16 mints; RI
14) 6:45 Dear Child Jesus; Spanish; 9 mints; INT
15) 7:00 Yaroo Oruvan; Tamil; 28 mints; SCMA


Day 5; 11 December 2010

1) 10 a.m. Khel; Indian languages; 100 mints; RETRO
2) 11:45 Nadada Kathai; Tamil; 21 mints; SCMA
3) 12:15 Puli Yarukku? Tamil; 33 mints; SCMA
4) 12:50 Hungry; Tamil; 10 mints; SCMA
5) 1:00 Lunch break

6) 2:00 The Tape; Spain; 19 mints; INT
7) 2:20 Thank you Skin head girls; UK; 45 mints; INT
8) 3:10 Living with out Men; UK/China; 27 mints; INT
9) 3: 40 Run Granny Run; Germany; 4 mints; INT
10) 3:45 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly; Dialogue less; 10 mints; RI

Festival Schedule: SCREEN 02

Day 1: 7 December 2010

2:00 p.m. When four friends meet; Hindi; 43 mints; RETRO
3:00 p.m. Taxi Blues; South Korea; 100 mints; SP

Day 2; 8 December 2010

2:00 p.m. Delhi- Mumbai-Delhi; Hindi; 63 mints; RETRO
3:15 Shame in the name of Cholera; Spanish; 52 mints; INT

Day 3; 9 December 2010

2:00 p.m. Women Aloud; many Indian languages; 38 mints; RI
2:45 The Cortege; Spain; 52 mints; INT

Day 4; 10 December 2010

2:00 Video Volunteers; many Indian languages; 30 mints; VV
2:35 Battle Fields Calling; South Korea; 88 mints; SP

Day 5; 11 December 2010

2:00 Radiation Stories; Tamil; 54 mints; TN
3:00 The Mask is the face; Tamil; 59 mints; TN

Retro: Retrospective – films by Rahul Roy and Saba Dewan
VV: package from Video Volunteers
RI: films from Rest of India
SP: Special Package- films from South Korea
INT: International films
TN: films from Tamilnadu
SCMA: Sarat Chandran Memorial Award
CF: Country Focus – films from Burundi

12th Madurai Film Festival 2010 : Selected flims: Tamil

12th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2010:
Selected films list:

Competition for SARAT CHANDRAN MEMORIAL AWARD

1)Sengurudhi
2)Aarayatheerpu
3)Nadandha Kadai
4)The Hungry
5)Mullaitheevu Saga
6)Puli Yarukku?
7) Agrinai
8) Super 6
9) My Village Bombay
10) Live Love Hope
11) Solitary
12) Yaaro Oruvan

12th Madurai Film Festival - special features

12th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2010
Special features
1) Retrospective section: Renowned film makers Saba Dewan and Rahul Roy will be felicitated during the festival under the retrospective section. Their best films (5 each) will be screened. They will be present on 7,8,9 December to present their films and take part in the discussion following the screenings.
2) Country Package: short films from first timers of Burundi (Africa) presented by Burundi Film Centre – Canada, curated by Paul Lee, film maker from Canada.
3) Special package of documentaries from South Korea courtesy Magic Lantern Foundation and the Asian Network for Documentary, Pusan International Film Festival.
4) Competition for Tamil films on people’s struggles and human rights for SARAT CHANDRAN MEMORIAL AWARD (cash awards and certificates)
5) Short documentaries produced by the trainees of Video Volunteers.
Apart from the above mentioned 4 sections there will be films from Rest of India and International films as well.
Please visit www.maduraifilmfest.blogspot.com for further details.