Madurai’s tryst with parallel cinema
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
26th Madurai Film Festival 2024 : We welcome you!
26th Madurai International Documentary and
Short Film Festival 2024
6-10 December, multiple venues, Madurai
Screening Schedule (subject to changes)
Parallel Shows (subject to changes)
Sections
Music Videos & Experimental Films
Selection Committee :
Lata Murugan, filmmaker / teacher
Mini Hari, filmmaker
Prof Rachel
Babu K, artist / designer
Amudhan RP, filmmaker / curator / teacher
Shankar, Festival Coordinator
We are a non commercial, non funded, not for profit, independent, local, small, democratic, inclusive, consistent and brave film festival. Support us financially!
Friday, November 24, 2023
25th Madurai Film Festival : Program Schedule
25th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2023
1-10 Dec; multiple venues
Program Schedule
Phase 01
Seminars (1-5 December)
1) Tamil Documentaries - Different Styles and Perspectives
2) Retro Section : World and Old Documentaries
3) Indian Documentaries - Political Concerns, Aesthetic Strategies
4) Film Collectives in India - Making and Screening Practices in India
Phase 02
Film Screenings (1-10 December)
click above for the schedule
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
25th Edition! Silver Jubilee!
25th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2023
1-10 December / multiple venues, Madurai
Organised by MARUPAKKAM in association with various educational institutions, cultural organisations, activist groups, trade unions and like minded people in India
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
it
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
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