Dear Friends
Greetings from the Kriti team!! There is a slight
nip in the air and winter seems around the corner, so hope you are gearing up
for the season of picnics in the sun, cultural performances and some cosy times
with friends and family.
In November, Kriti Film Club presents a day
long Children’s
Film Festival on Saturday, 15th November, followed
by our monthly screening on Saturday, 29th November (with
new winter timings).
We hope to see some parents drop their kids over
for the children’s film festival and funday!
Children’s
Film Festival 2014
On Saturday,
15th November
Timings: 12
noon – 6 p.m.
Open for
children 7 – 16 years of age
Hello little folks, let’s get together to celebrate
Children’s Day (which is 14th November, birthday of chacha
Nehru) by watching some lovable films, having yummy eats and talking and
sharing with other friends. So, come along with siblings, cousins, your domestic
helps children and friends from your colony and in the city, for a Film
Festival especially for YOU!
After watching each film, we will have a fun,
light-hearted chat about what we liked or about an inspiring lesson or message
from the film. Also, there will be some very exciting prizes for you for
sharing your thoughts with everyone!!
at the Kriti Team workplace
A-15, Tara Apartments,
Alaknanda
New Delhi – 110019 (nearest
metro: Govindpuri)
Festival Films include:
Jadui Pankh (Hindi,
60 mins) by Nitin
Das – Jadui Pankh is made up of 7 interlinked stories, a collection of 7 funny
short films rolled into one movie. These are stories of magic and adventure, of
friendship and mischief, of courage and a clever ghost. These films take you to
an unusual world through the eyes of children.
Lukka Chhuppi (Hindi,
87 mins) - the world’s first children’s feature film fully shot in
Ladakh by Vinod Ganatra – A thriller, the film is about a servant boy who is
kidnapped for no apparent reason and two slightly elder boys who venture out to
save him. Driven by twists and turns, it heads for a climax in the middle of
the magnificent Hamis festival and Matho Monastery of Ladakh.
Stanley Ka
Dabba (Hindi, 96 mins) by Amole Gupte– Stanley studies in an
all-boys Holy Family High School in Andheri East, Mumbai. While his class-mates
bring their very own Tiffin-boxes, Stanley does not do so on the pretext that
his mother is away and shares food with his friends much to the chagrin of the
Hindi teacher, who virtually forces children to share their food with him. With
extra classes being imposed on both students and teachers, and the
recess-breaks being doubled, parents are also forced to pack more food in
lunch-boxes. When students evade the Hindi teacher and continue
sharing food with Stanley, he calls the latter aside and warns him that he
cannot attend school until and unless he brings his own food.
12.00 noon – 12.15 p.m. Welcoming
& Short Introductions
12.15 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. 3 selected short films from Jadui Pankh series by Nitin Das (with sharing)
1.00 p.m. – 1.45 p.m. Lunch Interval
1.45 p.m. – 3.15 p.m. Lukka Chhupi (with discussion & sharing)
3.15 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Other 4 films from Jadui Pankh series by Nitin Das (with sharing)
4.00 p.m. – 4.15 p.m. Snacks Interval
4.15 p.m. – 5.45 p.m. Stanley Ka Dabba (with discussion & sharing)
5.45 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Good bye surpriZes!
12.15 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. 3 selected short films from Jadui Pankh series by Nitin Das (with sharing)
1.00 p.m. – 1.45 p.m. Lunch Interval
1.45 p.m. – 3.15 p.m. Lukka Chhupi (with discussion & sharing)
3.15 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Other 4 films from Jadui Pankh series by Nitin Das (with sharing)
4.00 p.m. – 4.15 p.m. Snacks Interval
4.15 p.m. – 5.45 p.m. Stanley Ka Dabba (with discussion & sharing)
5.45 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Good bye surpriZes!
Registration requested: We request
children or their parents to register (through phone or email) for
participating in this festival so that we can make the necessary arrangements.
We will have some healthy eats to go along too. You can stay for one or more
films as you like! A token contribution of Rs 150 /- per child is requested.
Children from marginalized/ low income communities
are most welcome at a subsidized contribution.
*This is an independently
organized initiative of Kriti Film Club towards an educational and motivational
purpose along with celebrating Children’s Day!
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VAW Reels @Kriti Film Club
on Saturday, 29th November
2014
I Am Nirbhaya
India/9:30 mins/ Various
languages
(From the series “India
Unheard” by Video Volunteers)
Directors: Areeb Hashmi,
Stalin K
&
Journey of Two Women
Pakistan/15 mins/ Urdu
Directors: Risham Waseem,
Rabia Arif, Ghazala Remat
(Above films
from IAWRT India’s ‘OUR Lives…To Live’ seeking a JUST world! 2014)
Hai Dupatta
India/30 mins/ Hindi
Director: Tess Joseph
(in collaboration with PSBT)
Date: Saturday,
29th November
Time: 4.00 pm
to 6.00 pm (winter timings)
(screenings followed by
discussion)
at the Kriti team workplace
A-15 Tara Apartments, near
Alaknanda market
New Delhi 110019 (nearest
metro – Govindpuri)
ABOUT THE
FILMS:
I am Nirbhaya – The anger after the “Nirbhaya” rape case
has diffused but not disappeared. We – women, men, feminists, activists and
politicians – continue to ask questions and seek answers as to how we can end
rape. This video poses some pointed questions to patriarchy, in the voices of
women from the most marginalised communities. The reality looks bleak. Yet the
future is hopeful, if only because women across India are beginning to be
heard; their desire to govern their own lives is being acknowledged. Everywhere
there are thousands of Nirbhayas rising. These are some of their stories.
About the Filmmakers – Areeb Hashmi is a
filmmaker with over six years’ experience in producing and directing
documentaries, short films and TV commercials. In 2008 his documentary
Poliomyelitis in India won him an 8000 pound scholarship by the London Film
Academy for a Postgraduate Diploma in Filmmaking. Stalin K is
a well-known documentary filmmaker, media trainer and human rights activist. He
has won several international awards for his films. Stalin has produced 6
community radio programs, designed more than 20 rights-based campaigns and
conducted over 300 trainings in filmmaking and participatory video, street
theatre, radio production, and development communications. He is Managing
Trustee of Video Volunteers.
Journey of Two Women – This short film is an
honest look at societal attitudes towards women and women’s rights in Pakistan,
through casual interviews in the streets and conversations with activists, NGO
heads, lawmakers and media persons. It also becomes a personal journey for the
young women making the film, as their own perceptions are shaped and altered in
the process.
About the Filmmakers – Risham Waseem is a
student of Film and TV at the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan. She
has been involved in interactive theatre since the age of 11. She aspires to be
a documentary filmmaker and tackle the various social issues that prevail in
Pakistan. Ghazala Remat grew up in Hunza, Pakistan (where she
felt she never quite fit in), and graduated in Film and TV from the National
College of Arts, where she learnt to weave stories about characters through the
threads of the mind. Rabia Arif has a Master’s in Mass Media.
Her film Zindagi Tamasha Bani about hijras, won an award at the Vasakh Film
Festival. She has made a number of other documentaries on social issues, health
dilemmas, traditional approaches and cultural preservation, all of which are
available online at Maati TV, youtube, Express Tribune and Daily Motion.
Hai Dupatta – The stole or dupatta has
long been a symbol of modesty. With the changing times and the changing face of
women, this piece of cloth has given reason to both, conform and protest. The
Film tries to unravel what the stole means to young people and captures moments
of violation and prejudices.
About the Filmmaker – Tess Jospeh is a
freelance media person with experience in ideation, research and television
production. She started as an Associate Producer on TV and went on to direct
India’s longest running children’s programme –The Bournvita Quiz Contest. She
began her tryst with films by casting for Mira Nair’s Namesake and then went on
to be casting Director for Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, Claire Mc
Carthy’s ‘The Waiting City’ and, Doug Liman’s Fair Game. She has also been
first assistant director on Bollywood blockbusters like Ghajini and other
international films.
ABOUT THE FILM CLUB: Kriti Film Club is an educational and research oriented initiative of
Kriti: a development research, praxis and communication team. We offer an
independent and informal space for screening documentary films on a whole range
of development, human rights &environment issues. We also serve as a
borrowing & access space for documentary films.
Days and Dates to Remember
We remember and mark the following important days in the
month of November that address diverse issues and movements worldwide:
16 November
International Day for Tolerance
21 November World
Fisheries Day
25 November International
Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women
29 November International
Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
30 November South
Asia Women’s Day
There is lot of action as the year is drawing to an end and we hope that
the collective efforts of all institutions and groups bring about the much
needed change and growth for humanity. Our Docushop of films, books, music and
greeting cards; along with our Gestures stall of personal and home based
products are open for any shoppers!
In solidarity
Kriti Team
Phone: 26027845/
26033088
Facebook group: Kriti
team
Facebook page: Gestures
by Kriti team
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