Osian's-Cinefan was one of Asia's leading

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s devoted to Asian and Arab cinema, and was part of ''Osian's Film House Division''. The festival celebrated its 10th anniversary in July 2008. After a two-year break, the 12th staging of the festival took place in July 2012. It has been discontinued since.

History

Cinefan began in 1999 as an outgrowth of '' Cinemaya'', a quarterly Asian cinema magazine published in

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since 1988. The festival was launched with 27 films presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) and supported by the government of Delhi. The focus that first year was on

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as well as the 30th anniversary of the Indian New Wave with a selection of films by New Wave directors.

10th Osian's-Cinefan

Osian's-Cinefan, the 10th festival of Asian and Arab cinema was held in New Delhi from 10–20 July 2008. The main focus was the relationship between writing and cinema, which was explored through film screenings and seminars. This section, comprising novels in adaptation, will be the basis of a new literary festival, introduced at Osian's-Cinefan for the first time. Girish Kasaravalli's Kannada movie ''

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'' gained the best

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award at the festival, and Umashree won the Best actress award for the same film. Osian's Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Cinema instituted that year was awarded to eminent filmmaker

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. Aruna Vasudev Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Cinema was conferred on Jose "Pete" F. Lacaba.

2012 Osian's-Cinefan Festival

At the 2012 Osian Cinefan Festival, held in August 2012, Hindi film '' B.A. Pass'' won the Best Film Award in Indian competition section, while Shadab Kamal won the Best Actor award.

Sections

Competition

Asian and Arab: Asian and Arab films made between May 2007 and April 2008 Indian Competition: Indian films made between May 2007 and April 2008 First Features: First features by Asian, Arab or Indian directors made between May 2007 and April 2008 In-Tolerance: A competitive section, it includes feature and documentary films that respond to or deal with the intolerance of our times, intolerance of the other, of differences, deviations and departures.

Out of competition

Frescoes: New films from Asian and Arab countries that showcase the richness and diversity of their cinemas Indian Mosaic: New films from

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Cross-Cultural Encounters: Films that show a cross-cultural connection between Asian, Arab and other cultures Filmcraft:

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(World Cinema): Films chosen with a view to opening a debate on whether the

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is a necessary evil and whether the verbal document called the

can presage the living reality of images and sound in cinema Films from

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and

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: A glimpse of Israeli and Palestinian cinema 60 years after U.N. partition of Palestine Writing and Cinema: The novel in

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. Springboard: A Tribute to Osian's-Cinefan The

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): Celebrating the significance of the number 10 on the occasion of the festival's 10th anniversary. The films explore the manner in which cinema has navigated the narrow alley between

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, transgression and pleasure throughout its history. A New Focus: Short fiction films of less than 40 minutes duration from Asian, Indian or Arab countries. Retrospectives and Tributes

Talent Campus India #5 2008

Osian's-Cinefan announced the 5th edition of ''Talent Campus India'' organised in collaboration with Berlinale Talent Campus,

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and Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi. Talent Campus is a six-day workshop where up to 30 young aspiring filmmakers will be invited from India, neighbouring South Asian countries, and Iran to New Delhi to interact with renowned filmmakers and film professionals from India and abroad. The aim of the workshop is to provide youth a forum for learning and sharing the process of filmmaking.

References

External links

Official Website10th Osian's Cinefan: Interview with Joint Festival directorOfficial site - Osian's Connoisseurs of Art Pvt. Ltd.10th Osian's-CinefanTalent Campus India #5 2008Archive - 9th Osian's-CinefanPicture Gallery - 9th Osian's-Cinefan
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