Sixteeen : Nine - A Rendezvous between Achievers and Aspirants
By IMP News Wire, March 01 2008
SIXTEEN: NINE International Students Film Festival is a stage which will give an opportunity to the learners in cinema world and those carved niche for themselves in cinema to meet and share their experiences till date. SIXTEEN: NINE International student’s film festival a SVKM’s Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management initiative will walk the ramp on 3rd and 4th March 2008. At Bhaidas Maganlal Sabhagriha, Jashoda Rang Mandir (JRM) and Santokba Sanskar Sadan, were over 150 colleges around the globe will share their talents.
The fest will share the resplendent work of Film makers and ad makers with the audience and the jury to introduce their aspirations of presenting better work compared to that in the past. The student film makers from 150 colleges will screen their imagination and thoughts during the festival.
The two day festival will showcase the contemporary ideas and thoughts of the young blood blended with enthusiasm and creativity. The main objective of this festival is to explore new talents and give them an opportunity to make their dream come true.
Sixteen: nine being a rare and distinct festival is been looked upon as a cautious approach aggravating to the film fraternity. The competition will be healthy as it not only aims to screen movies at the festival but will also promote new faces by judging and felicitating the best work through awards. ‘SIXTEEN: NINE’ welcomes each and every student to the magical world of cinema where all can come true if one has the potential to prove his or her talent.
‘SIXTEEN: NINE’ other than screening films will also have seminars on various aspects of film making including script writing, direction, Ad film making, film reviewing etc. which will be under the guidance of stalwarts in film Industry passing on knowledge they inherit.
The seminars will be held at Santokba Hall on 3rd March 2008
3:00 PM Ishaan Raina Topic: - "The future of advertising in India."
5:00 PM Javed Siddique Topic: - "How to avoid the most damaging errors a script writer can make?"
6:30 PM Tarun Agarwal Topic: - "Seminar on animation."
4th March 2008
11:00 AM Taran Adarsh Topic: - "The Art of Understanding Cinema
1:00 PM Sudhir Mishra Topic: - "What can make a mortal script a classic Film?"
3:00 PM B.P. Singh Topic: - The Technicalities of camera."
Categories of the film to be screened are:
Ad Films [Public Service Ads]: 60 seconds maximum
Category II : Ad Films [Commercial Ads] : 60 seconds maximum
Category III : Short Films [Non-Fiction] : 30 minutes maximum
Category IV : Short Films [Fiction] : 30 minutes maximum
Category V : Cell phone Films : 5 minutes maximum
Category VI : Animation Films : 10 minutes maximum
The honors for different categories are:
Awards for Ad films:
1)Best Ad Film { Public Service Ads} 2)Best Ad Film { Commercial Ads}
3)Best Copy 4)Best Concept 5)Best Jingle
Awards for Short Films
1) Best Film {Fictional} 2) Best Film {Non- Fictional} 3) Best Director 4) Best Actor 5) Best Actress 6) Best Editor 7) Best Cinematographer 8)Best Script 9) Best Special Effects
Awards for Cell Phone Films
Best Cell phone Film, Best Concept, Best Cinematography
Awards for Animation Films
Best Animated Film, Best Special Effects, Best Storyline, Best Character
Prize holding categories are: (presented by Knit Factory)
Short Films (Fiction) - Rs. 1, 00,000
Short Film (Non fiction) – Rs. 1, 00,000
Public Service Advertisement – Rs. 50,000
Cell phone Films – Rs. 25,000
Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar a for new directors will coincide the inception by announcing opening of the festival on the 3rd March at 10.00 am at Bhaidas Hall.
Mr. Aamir Khan, a Perfectionist in the film industry will be the chief guest at ‘SIXTEEN: NINE’ to give away the awards on the felicitation night function on the 4th March at 6.00 pm.
The event is supported by eminent personalities from the entertainment industry like, Mr. Rajkumar Santoshi, Mr. Sudhir Mishra, Mr. Taran Adarsh, Mr. Vipul Shah, Mr. Prasoon Joshi, Mr. Pralhad Kakkar, Mr. Javed Siddique, Mr. B.P. Singh, & Mr. Ashoke Pandit to name a few.
Jury for Short fiction Film includes: Raman Kumar, Ketan Mehta, Kundan Shah, Bhavna Talwar
Jury for non fiction includes: Soham Shah, Sachin Yardi, Mahesh Limaye, Ramesh Talwar
Jury for Ads includes: Ashok Pandit, Chandrakant Kulkarni , B.P.Singh
Jury for commercials includes: Ishaan Raina, Kiran Deohans
Jury for Animation includes: Tarun Agarwal
The venues for the Festival are Bhaidas Maganlal Sabhagriha, Jashoda Rang Mandir (JRM) and Santokba Sanskar Sadan.
Supported by Knit Factory, the fest is sponsored by Blue Dart .
For further details on Sixteen: Nine International Students Film Fest, log on to www.16isto9.org.