The 4th ‘Cut.In’ Students Film Festival

The 4th ‘Cut.In’ Students Film Festival will be held as a part of “Resonance“ at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on the 21st and 22nd December 2011. http://cutinfest.wordpress.com/ The festival is being organized by the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies (CMCS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences. This year Cut.In is organized as a part of “Resonance” as the institute is celebrating its platinum jubilee. CMCS is an independent centre of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, engaged in media teaching, production, research and dissemination. Currently the Centre runs a two-year Masters degree in Media and Cultural Studies focusing on professional media practice and research within a framework that enables the development of a critical perspective on media, culture and society. It seeks to enable the creation of a lively group of thinking doers and doing thinkers. Entries are invited for the following categories: a) Documentary (under 45 min) b) Short fiction (under 45 min) c) Public Service Message (Under 2 min) The festival will feature works by graduate/postgraduate/diploma students all over the country and other interested international students selected by a panel of judges. Two prizes will be given in each category. The prize consists of a trophy and a citation. In addition there are prizes for Best Cinematography, Editing and Sound Design. For any queries please write to : cmcs.cutin@gmail.com Also for any other specific queries please contact: Shweta – 07709520655 Vikram – 09920147057 -- ---------------------------------------------------------- K.P. Jayasankar, Ph.D., Professor Centre for Media and Cultural Studies Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India Phone: +91 22 2552 5660(Work) Fax: +91 22 2552 5050 e-mail: kpj[AT]tiss[DOT]edu URLs: www.cmcs.tiss.edu

The 2nd Siliguri International Short & Documentary Film Festival

The 2nd Siliguri International Short & Documentary Film Festival is scheduled to be held on 12th and 13th November 2011 at Siliguri, the 2nd largest city of West Bengal, at the foothills of the Darjeeling-Himalayas in India only 582KM away from Kolkata, 86KM from Darjeeling and 114KM from Gangtok. Films of any genre from any country made in any format with English subtitles within the period 2009-2011 with a duration of NOT more than 30 minutes are eligible for the festival. There is NO entry fee. Entries (two copies of the DVD, an application in plain paper duly signed by the right-owner and publicity materials) should be sent to the festival authorities before the deadline positively. After the success of the 1st edition, this time there will be a competition section also for the films made by the directors from North-Bengal and North-Eastern Provinces of India. A three-members jury will be there to declare the awards. A preview committee constituted for the purpose will select the films for final screening in relevant sections like (a) National Panorama, (b) International Panorama and (c) Competition for NB & NE Regions. Deadline for receiving the entries at the the following address is 31st October 2011.

Premendra Mazumder
For Siliguri International Short & Documentary Film Festival

Please send your entries to:
Mr. Pradip Nag
Convener 12th Siliguri International Film Festival Committee
General Secretary Siliguri Cine Society
Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation
Nivedita Market, Hospital Road
Siliguri - 734001
West Bengal, India
Ph: 09434233833/ 09233424101/03532430856
mail: email:competition.siff@gmail.com , diptalukdar@gmail.com