Cinemela Collectives > & > JNU Students Union, School of Arts & Aesthetics > in collaboration with > > Max Mueller Bhavan > > invites YOU to > > 2nd Cinemela > A festival of short films and documentaries by young filmmakers > > > Thursday 12 April 2007 at 5.30 pm > > Friday 13 April 2007 at 3.00pm onwards > > Saturday 14 April 2007 at 11.00 am onwards > > Sunday 15 April 2007 at 11.00 am onwards > > > The first Cinemela festival in 2006 received an overwhelming response from viewers and filmmakers and was recognized by the Limca Book of Records. The festival aims at presenting films created by young filmmakers to young audiences and is an effort to create a space for new creative voices from across countries. Cinemela believes that these works deserve attention for their ability to go beyond local issues and provincial tastes while simultaneously opening up windows into diverse cultures. It also provides a platform for interaction and exchange among veteran film persons, young filmmakers and audiences. With this aim in view Cinemela is working on taking these films to many more schools, colleges and institutions. All young filmmakers and those who consider themselves young in the field are encouraged to send in their films to the festival. > > Max Mueller Bhavan, Goethe-Institut, as part of the 2nd Cinemela, presents a series of prize winning short films by young filmmakers, titled > '> Gestures of Reconciliation> '> . This series is the result of a short film competition jointly organized by the > "> Remembrance and Future> "> Fund and the Goethe-Institut in Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, the Ukraine and the United States. The films portray gestures of reconciliation between nations and people affected by WWII, made at political levels, social and religious initiatives, in the realms of academia and the arts, and between individuals. > > Schedule > > Thursday 12 April 5.30 pm > > Inauguration > > Aruna Vasudev - Founder-Director, Osian> '> s Cinefan > Paranjoy G. Thakurta - Senior Journalist, Director, School of Convergence > Katja Kessing - Director, Programmes, Max Mueller Bhavan > Prof. Parul D. Banerjee - Dean - JNU School of Arts and Aesthetics > > GADI LOHARDAGA MAIL > Dir: Meghnath & Bijju Toppo/ 27 Min / Jharkhand > A musical with popular Jharkhandi songs> ...> the only visual documentation of the historical train> ...> . > > BERLIN DIARY > Dir: Ester Amrami / 2005 / DV colour/ 15 min / Germany & Israel > This short semi-documentary film won the 1st prize in the German section of the competition. It portrays the life of a young Israeli woman in Berlin, and takes the form of a video letter to her grandparents in Israel who immigrated from Germany during the 1930s. > > Musical performance by Indian People> '> s Theatre Association (IPTA). > Classical dance performance by Swara Bhaskar > > Friday 13 April 3.00 pm onwards > > BILORI > Dir: Sandeip Modi /12.30 min / Marathi > An innocent child grows up one night> ...> > > SARA LOHA UNKA / BABU NANDAN KI KEWAL DHAR > Dir : Sunil Umarao & Ajita Singh / 40 Min / Hindi /Bhojpuri > A Dhobia folk artist expresses his world through singing and dancing> ...> > > DEUS EX MACHINA > Dir: Moonika Siimets / 2005 / 16mm / 11:48 Min / Estonia > Former KGB spy Wilhelm tries to find his place in a newborn Estonian Republic, but it seems that his past has not forgotten him... > > 2800 KM FROM HOME > Dir: Daniel Erb / 2005 /HDV / 19 Min / GERMANY / RUSSIA > Somewhere in the Russian tundra Hans from Thuringia is driving along in his jeep. Then, after several hours he stops and begins to dig ... > > WITHOUT A WORD > Dir: Alex Kreindlln / 2005 / DV / 10:30 Min / Israel > A black and white silent comedy that makes everything just confusing enough to make the situation perfectly clear. > > THE BIRTHDAY > Dir: Georgij Bagdasarov / 2005 / mini DV / 14:59 min / Russia> > On his last birthday, Adolf Hitler decides he doesn't want to die, and orders his adjutant to kidnap Charlie Chaplin, kill him and place his corpse in the führer> '> s bunker. > > RANDOM VOICES FROM KASHMIR > Dir. Dr Parvez Imam / 11 min / Hindi > ...> the people still speak of love, peace, brotherhood, fond memories.. will they remain unheard forever? > > ANANT KALAKAR > Dir: Sudheer Gupta / 34 min / Hindi / Rajasthani > A saga of the folk artists from Rajasthan> ...> > > Saturday 14 April 11.00 am onwards > > POORVAGRAH > Dir: Surender Kumar / 20 min / Hindi > A film portraying discrimination on the basis of caste> ...> > > LANDMARKS - A JOURNEY IN JERUSALEM > Dir: Carmit Shlomi / 2005 / DV / 8:23min / Israel > A very personal tour of Jerusalem portraying the city as an abandoned zone. > > FREQUENCIES > Dir: Priit Pääsuke / 2005 / DV / 16:22 min / Estonia > Oliver, a yuppie, lives with his disabled grandfather. The old man's reality is constantly encroached upon by his past and WW II. > > PREJUDICE EXCHANGE > Dir: Ivo Bystrican, Katerina Kacerovska, Radovan Sibrt / 2005 / DV > / 15:00 min / Czech Republic > Czech and German historians come to a museum to design an exhibition on Czech-German relations. A pseudo-documentary film about prejudices, stereotypes etc. > > DIM > Dir: Anil Sadarangani / 3.30 min / English > Two women from a minority community discuss the housing problem in Mumbai> ...> > > IN INDIA > Dir: V V Maheshwar Rao / 6 min / English > A young foreigner studying in India talks about his experiences> ...> > > JALLAH EUROPE > Dir: Edit Sieradzky / 2005 / DV / 21:00 min / Israel > Jean travels with wife Marie to Israel for a series of meetings concerning Israel's EU affiliation. The meetings are cancelled due to a terrorist attack in Israel, and Hezi, an Israeli taxi driver, takes them on a journey... > > FINAL LAP > Dir: J. J. Adler / 2005 / mini DV / 12:15 min / USA > Tom, 15, spends his days committing petty crimes with friend Lindsay, till one day painful realities are revealed. > > BREAKING THE WALL OF IGNORANCE > Dir: Ashish Bhatiya / 6.34 min / Hindi / > About children and young people suffering from Down> '> s Syndrome, Cerebral