Sohil Vaidya
Sohil Vaidya is an Indian writer and film director. His films have screened at top tier festivals including Rotterdam, Chicago, Raindance, Melbourne, International Film Festival India, Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, LA Asian Pacific and have won him awards like Directors Guild of America's Best Asian American Student Filmmaker Award, Grand Prix for Best Short at Melbourne International Film Festival, Platinum Remi at Worldfest Houston, Leo Award at DaVinci International Film Festival. Early life and education Vaidya was born in Pune, India. He attended Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya's School and Junior College. He later attended Sinhagad College of Science where he did Master's in Computer Science. During this time he got interested in cinema. He started watching films at National Film Archive of India and developed liking for Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson, Yasujiro Ozu, Wong Kar Wai and Satyajit Ray. He subsequently was selected for University of So ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental filmmaking by showcasing emerging talents and established auteurs. The festival also places a focus on presenting cutting edge media art and arthouse film, with most of the participants in the short film program identified as artists or experimental filmmakers. IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL, for film producers to seek funding. The IFFR logo is a stylized image of a tiger that is loosely based on Leo, the lion in the MGM logo. History The first festival — then called ''Film International'' — was organized in June 1972 under the leadership of Huub Bals. The festival profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. Around 1983, the festi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of film-making, Ray is celebrated for works including '' The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), ''The Music Room'' (1958), ''The Big City'' (1963) and '' Charulata'' (1964). Ray was born in Calcutta to nonsense rhyme author Sukumar Ray. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent film-making after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist film '' Bicycle Thieves'' (1948) during a visit to London. Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. Ray's first film, '' Pather Panchali'' (1955) won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. This film, along with '' Aparajito ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crossroads Film Festival
The Crossroads Film Festival is an independent film festival that takes place annually around the Jackson metropolitan area in the state of Mississippi. The second oldest film festival in Mississippi, Crossroads Film Festival focuses on independent film of all kinds, as well as regional and Mississippi films. Its parent organization, the Crossroads Film Society, celebrated the 20th Festival in April, 2019. The festival takes place over three days, as more than 100 selected films are screened throughout the weekend. Special events include educational film-related workshops, panels, and Master Classes; kid-friendly activities; live local music; nightly after-parties; and special badge-holders-only receptions. An awards brunch on the Sunday of the festival culminates in awards and other prizes being given to winning films and filmmakers. Workshops, parties, and receptions are typically held at various locations, including Millsaps College, local clubs and restaurants, and the Missis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bentonville Film Festival
The Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) is an American film festival held annually in Bentonville, Arkansas that focuses on diversity. Foundation Bentonville Film Festival was founded by actress Geena Davis and ARC Entertainment executive Trevor Drinkwater. Bentonville was chosen as the location after Walmart, the founding sponsor, suggested it. After Drinkwater learned Walmart was interested in supporting diversity initiatives, he brought in Davis, who he knew would be interested because of her work with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The BFF is the only film festival in the world to offer guaranteed multi-platform distribution to its winners. Films that win the Audience, Jury, and Best Family Film awards receive theatrical distribution from AMC Theatres, are shown on Lifetime Lifetime may refer to: * Life expectancy, the length of time a person is expected to remain alive Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Lifetime (band), a rock band from New ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edmonton International Film Festival
The Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) is a nine-day film festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, hosted at Landmark Cinemas at Edmonton City Centre. It is supported by and partnered with Telefilm Canada, Government of Alberta, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton City Council, and the Edmonton Arts Council.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f9860cf2131d951fa9508cb/t/5fc69bb8f81c9a2a0c8c1232/1606851533917/2020+Program+Guide+-+FINAL.pdf The festival schedule consists of over 150 films of various genres, ranging from short to feature-length, domestic to foreign, studio to independent, and from dramatic work to documentary. The EIFF showcases films that are produced within 20 months of each festival, selected on the basis of story, quality, and originality. The Festival also presents, other films that have garnered a 'buzz' around the festival circuit, along with filmmaker talks, Q&As, gala screenings, spotlights on local filmmakers, and shorts with lunch, amo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jaipur International Film Festival
The Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) is held annually in Jaipur, India, since 2009. The festival is conducted by the Jaipur International Film Festival Trust. The Jaipur International Film Festival started in 2009 under Hanu Roj. The 8th edition of JIFF took place from 2 January 2016 with Prakash Jha as the Chief Guest. The 10th JIFF was held on 6–10 January January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the ... 2018. The 12th JIFF was held on 17–21 January 2020 The 13th Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) was held from 15 to 19 January 2021 in Jaipur, India. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaipur International Film Festival Film festivals in India Tourist attractions in Jaipur Film festivals established in 2009 2009 establishments in Rajas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chittaranjan Giri
Chittaranjan Giri (born 10 June 1965) is an Indian actor, who is most known for his award-winning and internationally acclaimed film '' The Man Beyond the Bridge'' (2009, Paltadacho Munis) which won in the competition category at Toronto International Film Festival. Early life and education Chittranjan Giri was born on 10 June 1969 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. After completing elementary education and education, he went to the National School of Drama in 1993 to receive bachelor's degree and mastery of Dramatology. Upcoming projects *Naham Avkash (Title role) Career Plays directed * ''Pratibimb'' - written by Mahesh Elkunchwar * ''Parinati'' - written by Robin Mohom * ''Gunda'' - written by Jay Shankar Prasad * ''Sapne Chuttan Dube Ke'' - written by Gyan Chaturvedi * ''Gur Gobar Ganj'' - N.S.D. Acting Workshop Benares - written by Ashok Mishra * ''The Great Raja Master'' Drama Co. - written by Dinesh Bharti * ''Wang Chu'' - written by Bhisma Sahani * ''Dilli Ki Deewar'' � ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abhay Mahajan
Abhay Mahajan is an Indian actor known for his work in TVF drama series - ''Pitchers''. Life and career Mahajan completed his schooling from Abhinava Vidyalaya and graduated from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce. He started his career working as a child actor. He moved to Mumbai from Pune in 2015. Mahajan learnt body movement for a year at the Attakkalari Institute of Movement Arts (Bengaluru) and also conducts body movements workshop. He is also one of the founding members of the Pune-based theatre troupe, Natak Company. Mahajan has been active in theatre and has been part of many award-winning and acclaimed films. In 2018, he was part of Bharatiya Digital Party Bharatiya Digital Party is a Marathi YouTube Channel, popularly known as BhaDiPa. They are known for their comedy and music videos. As of October 2018, it had 150 Million views across their Facebook page and Youtube Channel and more than 1 Mill ...'s Harry Potter spoof video, titled ''If Hogwarts was a M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sohil Vaidya - DGA
Sohil is a name used across india. Often « Sohil and Soheil » get confused but both the words are totally different. « Sohil » is commonly used in India. As a variant spelling of Sohail, it refers to Canopus, the second brightest star in the Sky. References See also * Suhail * Sahil (other) * Sohan Sohan is a village and union council of Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Jhelum Tehsil, and is located at 33°3'25N 73°26'30E with an altitude of 303 metres (997 feet). Most of the population belong to th ... {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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LA Shorts Fest
The LA Shorts International Film Festival (LA Shorts) founded by Robert Arentz in 1997 is one of the largest international short film festivals in the world with more than 300 films screening annually. In order to qualify for a short film award at the annual Academy Awards (the Oscars) you must meet the Rules and Eligibility criteria, which includes qualification through awards at qualifying festivals. LA Shorts is the only film festival with 7 award categories recognized by the Academy Awards. Now in its 26th year, LA Shorts is the longest-running short film festival in Los Angeles. The festival screens over 300 films and attracts over 10,000 attendees each year including Hollywood industry professionals and emerging independent filmmakers. The festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and award winners are eligible for Academy nomination. LA Shorts is also an official qualifying event for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) sho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dharamshala International Film Festival
The Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) is an international film festival held annually in the Himalayan town McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala in India — home to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan community in exile since 2012. The 10th edition was held online from 4 to 10 November 2021. History The festival was founded by filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam in 2012 to promote contemporary cinema, art and independent media practices in the Himalayan region. DIFF also aims to encourage local filmmaking talent and create a meaningful platform to engage with the area's diverse communities. The DIFF Film Fellows Programme was established in 2014 to give opportunities to up-and-coming filmmakers from the Himalayan region to receive mentorship sessions from filmmakers such as Gurvinder Singh, Anupama Srinivasan, Umesh Kulkarni, Kesang Tseten and Hansal Mehta. Since 2016 DIFF has partnered with Kangra-based organisations to organise community screenings in villages, schools, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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SiGNS Film Festival
SiGNS Film Festival is one of the short film and documentary film festivals in India. The tenth edition was conducted in October 2018 in association with the Kochi-Muziris Biennale Festival organization FFSI-Keralam is one of the five chapters of the Federation of Film Societies of India started by Satyajit Ray. Unlike the other four (namely, Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern India), FFSI-Keralam is a State chapter. It is funded by the government of Kerala, has its own library of film DVDS, and has 99 film societies affiliated to it, in addition to hosting its own film festival. Chelavur Venu, V. K. Joseph, and K.S. Prasannakumar are the president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. Jury members over the years *SiGNS 2020: Suma Josson (chairperson), Amudhan R P, and Surabhi Sharma *SiGNS 2019: Supriyo Sen (chairperson), Baburaj, and Dr Asha Joseph *SiGNS 2018: K.G. JAYAN (chairperson), GEORGEKUTTY. A.L, and B. Ajithkumar *SiGNS 2017: Amrit Gangar (chairperson), D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |