11th Madurai Film Festival - the plan

11th Madurai International Documentary and
Short Film Festival 2009 -10

Organised by MARUPAKKAM in association with educational institutions, human rights organisations, voluntary organisations, trade unions, art groups and friends.

Supported by ZINDABAD TRUST, New Delhi


The festival takes place in 3 phases:

1) One "5 day single venue" film festival with screenings, painting and photo exhibitions, music and theatre performances, stalls that sell books and films, discussions and interactions with filmmakers, media and audiences to be held on 2-6 of December 2009.

2) 10 half day, one day, 2-3 day film festivals in colleges in and around Madurai, to be held over a period of 6 months starting from January 2010.

3) 10 half day, one day, evening, full night film festivals in villages, small towns, street corners and meeting halls in and around Madurai, in association with art groups, ngo's, trade unions, people's movements and other public forums, to be held over a period of 6 months starting from January 2010.

Amudhan R.P. Coordinator, Madurai Film Festival

State Package - Films from Karnataka

11th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2009 - State Package

We will screen 10 films from Karnataka screened this year in our 11th Madurai Film Festival under the STATE PACKAGE. Pedestrian Pictures of Bangalore has agreed to curate the package. The list of films will be announced soon.

amudhan rp

11th Madurai Film Festival 2009 - entry form

Please copy the entry form given below, paste it on a word file, take a print out, fill it up and send it to us along with the dvd's.

11th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2009
Entry form

Name of the film:
Director:
Documentary/short film/animation:
International/Rest of India/Films from Tamilnadu:
Country:
Duration:
Short synopsis:
Contact email:
Contact postal address:

I allow the film festival to keep the copies for the further non-commercial screenings.

Signature:
Date:
Place:

11th Madurai Film Festival 2009

Dear Friends

We are planning to organize 11th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2009 in and around Madurai on 2-6 December 2009 in association with educational institutions, human rights organizations, film societies, trade unions, art and cultural groups and of course friends.

We would like to invite filmmakers to send their films made within approximately last 24 months both within and outside India.

There are seven sections as given below;

1) Films from Tamilnadu

2) Rest of India

3) International films

4) Retrospective: Films by Sanjay Kak and Yasmine Kabir (Bangladesh)

5) Country package: Films from Kyrgyzstan presented byCinema Development Fund - Kyrgyzstan; curated by Paul Lee, film maker from Canada

6) State package: Films from Karnataka; curated by Pedestrian Pictures

7) Under Construction: Films distributed by Magic Lantern Foundation, New Delhi

Our festival is a non-competitive one and it will take place in 3 phases. Entries are invited for the first three sections only.

Phase I: A single venue five day festival in Madurai with film screenings, discussions, face to face interactions with filmmakers and seminars. This phase will be held on 2-6 December 2009.
Phase II: A series of 10 one day or half a day festivals in the art, science, engineering and medical colleges in and around Madurai. This phase will be held between January – July 2010.
Phase III: A series of 10 half a day, full day, evening, full night festivals in villages in and around Madurai. This phase will be held between January – July 2010.

We request the filmmakers to send 2 DVD copies of the entries with a permission letter to keep the copies for further non-commercial screenings. There is no entry fee.

The deadline to send the entries: 30 September 2009. Our selection committee comprising of filmmakers, scholars, writers and artists will select and recommend the list of the films to be screened in our festival.

Interested filmmakers can send their entries to:

Marupakkam

A 9/4 K.K.Nagar

Madurai 625 020

INDIA

Ph: 93444 79353; 0452-2523992

In Solidarity
Amudhan R.P.
Festival Coordinator
11th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2009
http://www.maduraifilmfest.blogspot.com/
marupakkam@rediffmail.com

Madurai Film Festival Travels!

As Madurai Film Festival has successfully completed its 10th edition, it is now traveling across south India to share its collection of films.

As per the understanding and agreement with the filmmakers who had submitted their films to 10th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2008, MARUPAKKAM is taking initiative to take the films from the selected list to non-commercial screenings across south India.

To start with VIBGYOR film festival of Thirussur, Kerala has invited us to be part of the 2009 edition to be held on 4-8 of February this year. It will be mentioned as “MADURAI FILM FESTIVAL PACKAGE curated by MARUPAKKAM” in VIBGYOR 2009. The number of films and final list of the films will be announced soon.

Talks are on with more festivals and groups across south India.

Amudhan R.P.
Festival Coordinator
Madurai Film Festival

10th Madurai Film Festival 2008

10th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2008

Inaugurated at MUTA Hall (a trade union office) on 3rd December 2008 at 5 p.m. the festival traveled to multiple venues successfully and finally concluded at D.P. HALL in Tamilnadu Theological Seminary, Madurai on 7th December 2008 at 5 p.m.More than 100 films were screened at various venues including colleges, suburbs and villages in and around Madurai.

There were international films, Indian films and films from Tamilnadu. There were documentaries, short films, docu-fictions, experimental films and animation films. There were point of view films, abstract films, personal and reflective films, activist films, ethnographic films, poetic films, observational films and many more.

We recieved films under 7 categories. First 3 categories (FILMS FROM TAMILNADU, REST OF INDIA & INTERNATIONAL FILM) were put through selection processes. Our friends here including artists, filmmakers, students, teachers and activists formed the selection committees and selected the films. Another 3 were packages curated by friends like Paul Lee (CANADA PACKAGE), Sarat Chandran (KERALA PACKAGE) and Magic Lantern Foundation (UNDER CONSTRUCTION). The last but not the least, retrospective section was curated by the respective filmmakers.

Anand Patwardhan and Deepa Dhanraj presented their films under their respective retrospective collections.

Approximately more than 1500 people watched the films. Students, teachers, writers, artists, workers, professionals, business people and farmers were part of the wide range of audiences.Discussions followed each screenings which were based on form, content and context of the films.

The total budget was approximately Rs.50,000/- which we mobilized through donations from friends and friendly organisations. We also collected a little donation from the audiences.

We thank all the filmmakers, curators, volunteers, co-organisers, educational institutions, voluntary organisations, trade unions, artist groups and general public for participating in the festival.

Our journey continues.

Amudhan R.P. - Coordinator - 10th Madurai Film Festival 2008

10th Madurai Film Festival 2008 - Schedule 05

10th Madurai International Documentray & Short Film Festival 2008

7, Dec: Department of Communication, Tamilnadu Theological Seminary

1) 10 a.m. THE LAST BUS (Int.) 11’
2) 10: 20 Prisoners of Conscience (RETRO) 45’
3) 11:05 Interaction with Dir: Anand Patwardhan
4) 11:20 A PRETTY PENNY (Int.) 17’
5) 11:40 Circles (C.P.) 58’
6) 12:40 LA INCREIBLE HISTORIA… (Int.) 9’
7) 12:50 The Night Life (T.N.) 5’
Lunch Break
1) 2:00 View from a Grain of Sand (U.C) 82’
2) 3:30 Legacy of Malthus (RETRO) 46’
3) 4:30 MOTION (Int.) 4:30’
8) 4:35 Blood on my hands (R.I.) 30’

Closing Ceremony: 5 p.m.

Closing films:
1) 6:30 MOFETAS (Int.) 10’
2) 6:40 UN MODE MODERNE (Int.) 84’

3-7 Dec: Usilampatti:
3-7 Dec: Rajapalayam

Int. International films
R.I. Rest of India
T.N. Films from Tamilnadu
Retro Retrospective
U.C. Under Construction: Films distributed by Magic Lantern Foundation, New Delhi
C.P. Country Package: Films from CANADA
S.P. State Package: Films from KERALA