Category: International Film Club

“The 6th Global Film Festival NOIDA 2013 which is the pride of Asian Academy of Film & Television in collaboration with International Film & Television Club. It is to be held from 11th to 13th November 2013, hosting over 52 events in the 3 days.

A Better Brighter Tomorrow Through Cinema– A World Religion..

We have planned workshops, seminars, exhibitions, master classes, cultural events and large screenings of films of upcoming film professionals. The festival will provide an opportunity to the industry to showcase and hunt for talent.”

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It would be a downright lie if anyone would claim that he or she has never cried while watching a movie. It is kind of astounding how something fictitious can evoke our emotions in such a manner. Evoked emotions after watching a feature films is nothing other than another life and manner of this mesmerizing power The Creator has blessed us with. The strange connect that we feel in these films is because we somehow link ourselves with the character that we find most similar to us.

Feature Films all in all have contributed to our ethical self along with knocking the doors of our heart and leaving impressions on our mind which come to life sooner or later in our day to day lives.

To celebrate the mystical connection of human emotions and films, International Film and Television Club (IFTC), a constituent of Marwah Studios in collaboration with Ministry of Information and Broadcasting & Film Federation of India welcomes you to 5th Global Film Festival, NCR- 2012 (100 Years Of Indian Cinema) scheduled to be held from to 5th November 2012 at Marwah Studios Complex, Film City, Noida.

Global Film Festival is North India’s only festival to be of such high magnitude. Our previous editions speak volumes about the success of the festival. The first one was devoted to films on the theme of Peace & Spirituality, the second on documentary films and the third on Children’s films and fourth on Feature Films where our record was screening of 227 Films in 9 segments, 42 Events and 5000 Footfall in 3 days. 4 th Global Film Festival brought 7000 people to the festival campus to see 300 films in different categories supported by 48 Events rated as one of the most happening festivals of the world. These festivals were received extremely well by the audience and media alike, propelling us to mount the 5th Film Festival on a much larger and ambitious scale, with the theme – 100 Years Of Indian Cinema.

The 5th Global Film festival will be screening around 300 Films in 10 segments with Workshops, Seminars, Exhibitions, Book Releases, Daily Bulletins, Luncheon Meetings, Press Conferences, Entertainment Programmes, Gala Dinners, Film Market, Film Launches, Film Premiers, Formal Inauguration and Award Functions.

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First Time in India Festival of “CELL PHONE CINEMA” is launched by International Film & television Club of Asian Academy of Film & television, an Academy which not only produces new generation film makers but also generates innovative ideas.

A writer, producer, director in Hollywood and a Professor with Tisch school of Arts, New York Prof. Karl Bardosh co-produced mini-dramas in India along with Sandeep Marwah, Director AAFT. After the success of the Cell Phone Cinema, Together they announced A Festival of Cell phone Cinema at AAFT. Sandeep Marwah said,’’ What’s exciting about the rapidly improving technology is that people can generate their own content and find new ways of sharing it. Compared to the traditional modes of visual storytelling, it’s very spontaneous and very quick and technically pretty easy to do, and we want that the budding film makers should take full not of this exciting technology.

The launch of the festival was conducted by famous bollywood actress Neetu Chandra, who has vowed the audiences and the critics by her performance in films like Garam masala and Traffic Signal. On this occasion Prof. Karl Bardosh , who is currently in India for a special session with students of AAFT & ASMS, exclaimed,’ Its high time that storytelling becomes novel’’.

Also present on th e occasion was Ms. Pema Chodan the managing director of Bhutan Broadcasting services.

FESTIVAL OF CELL PHONE CINEMA…THE GRAND FINALE

After introducing for the first time in India the Festival of Cell Phone Cinema, AAFT created the history again. The Festival had participants from all over the world including countries like USA, Iran, Bhutan, Iraq, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Dominica, Malaysia, Nigeria, Kenya etc…Receiving 53 entries, though it was difficult for the judges to finalize the winners , they came up with four winning films.

The ceremony saw a huge gathering of professionals from all walks of life; the crowd was both enthusiastic and anxious as to how mini dramas would come out. As the winning films were screened, there was a huge round of applause and cheering from the audience. Present on the occasion, as the chief guest was Mr. Shantanu Das, CEO & MD Mospay InfoTech India Pvt. Ltd with the guest of honor Mr. Raj Krishan Mishra, Producer, Director & member of U.P. film development council and Mr. Rahul Mitra, CEO Brandsmith. The benign guests were delighted to handover the Camera Cell Phones as the prizes for the winners. Mr. Sandeep Marwah expressed his contentment on the grand success of the show and said that he will keep on giving his students chances like this to show their talent. It was also declared as an annual International event by Mr.Sandeep Marwah.

STILLS FICTION

JIHAD
Fiction 1st Anuj Kevin: Shadow Z

2nd
in fiction: Rajeev Ranjan stills
“Our Responsibilities”

3rd
3nd Vitesh Soin; No exit

STILLS REALITY

1st
Prabitha Pahwa Reality;
untitled

2nd
reality: Manish Kulkarni reality stills
“The Future of Nation”

3rd
in reality: Akansha Singh
Innocent Smiles

VIDEOS REALITY

1st
Place Award Rajeev Ranjan
(Morning on Footpath)

2nd
Award Esther Duine-Peters Ratrace

3rd
Place Suman Zangmo Bhutia-
Suryanshu Rai: The Indian Foreigner

FICTION

1st
Place in fiction: Vertika Dvivedi Pragati

2nd
Place Gurvinder Arora the Evil (fiction)

2nd
Place Glenn D’Souza to Love Music

3rd
Place fiction shared Nitin David Cellphone

3rd
Place in Fiction: Jayesh Sharma
Please Save Water (music video)

S.No.	Name of the applicant	Affiliation	Entry	Category
1.	Sapna choudhay	ASMS/MSC Mass comm..	Still	N.A
2	Rahul Bongo	ASMS/ BSC Multimedia	Video	Fiction
3	Shubankar Ghosh	ASMS/ MCAJ	Still	Reality
4	Miteal Chitnis	AAFT/PGD	Video	Fiction
5	Kumar Vijay Garapati	AAFT/Visual Comm.	N.A	Fiction
6	Rahul Singh	ASMS/BSc Multimedia	Still	N.A
7	Sicky & Group	ASMS	Video	Fiction
8	Aarti Dwivedi	AAFT	Video	Fiction
9	Plaban Bagchi	AAFT	Video	Both
10	Gurvinder Singh Arora	AAFT	Video Still	Fiction
11	Gautam Mishra	AAFT	Video	Fiction
12	Jonathan Gideon	AAFT	Still	Reality
13	Yadop Kr. Adhikari	AAFT	Video	Fiction
14	Nitin David	AAFT	N.A	Fiction
15	Akhilesh Kumar	AAFT	Video	Fiction
16	Rajeev Ranjan	AAFT	Both	Both
17	Eother Peters	AAFT	Video	Reality
18	Aslam & Marika	ASMS	Video	Fiction
19	Bismal Preet singh	AAFT	Video	Fiction
20	Jayesh J. Sharma	ASMS	Still	N.A
21	Priyadarshani	ASMS	Still	Reality
22	Akanksha	ASMS	Still	Reality
23	Joni R. Leivon	ASMS	Still	Reality
24	Manas P. Das	ASMS	Still	Reality
25	Biplab	ASMS	Video	Fiction
26	Debasis	ASMS	Still	Reality
27	Veer Narayan	ASMS	Video	Fiction
28	Pratibha	ASMS	Still	Reality
29	Debasis	ASMS	Video	N.A
30	Dileep Kumar	ASMS	Still	Reality
31	Manish Kulkarni	ASMS	Still	Reality
32	Harsh Vardhan	ASMS	Still	Reality
33	Glenn D’Souza	ASMS	Video	Fiction
34	Suryanshu Rai	AAFT	Both	Reality
35	Anuj Kakkar	ASMS	Still	Fiction
36	Shruti Smita	ASMS	Still	Reality
37	Saba Ajai	AAFT	Both	N.A
38	Vertica Dwivedi	AAFT	N.A	N.A
39	Prateek Jain	AAFT	Video	Reality
40	Bimal preet	AAFT
41	Ponathan gideor	AAFT	still
42	Miteal chitnis	AAFT	fiction

RANSOM
Director: Alaba A Idowa
Dur:07.28mins
A resolute girl tries to defend her dignity and refuses to trade her chastity for a cherished dream job. Will she get to her goal without compromising in this world infested with sharks?…

LAWS & CONSEQUENCES
Director: Mandeep Singh Gambhir
Dur:07.28mins
In a live-in relationship a boy exploits the girl for more than 2 years. The girl tries to make her partner see reasons but fails as he cleverly avoided the issue of marriage. Finally she takes desperate measures which the boy could never imagine in his wildest dreams.

EHSAAS
Director: Hemant Kumar
Dur:09.33mins
An irresponsible act can turn the life upside down not only for yourself but for all the near and dear ones. Fatal accidents due to drunken driving are on the rise and fills up the headlines at frequent intervals. Every other day a BMW case is filed in the court. By the time this comes out in the print a few more cases would be added to the statistics. Shouldn’t the society educate these demons behind the wheels? That’s what the film tries to depict.

THE PROMESSA
Director: ShubhamBhatnagar
Dur:09.03mins
It is a poignant story of a girl who couldn’t bear the trauma of sudden death of her mother and gets mentally affected. Due to the shock her mental age remains that of a child even as she grows up. Her pain is felt by the audience through the beautiful portrayal of the character of a mentally retarded child.

I LOVE MUSIC(Special effect film).
Director: Praveen Pratyush
Dur: 01.35mins

MR. IRRESISTABLE!
Director: FrodeSchlichting
Dur: 08:30mins
It is a comic situation depicting opposite attracts. Ceaseless effort by Babulal rings a bell in the mind of the gorgeous Shagun who is a complete mismatch for the simpleton boy from the small town…comical formula to win the heart of a girl may not necessarily always be true. However a few good shots can be seen in this short film…

JIHAD
Director: Jaya RajendraCholan
Dur:13.54mins

No religion permits violence! The holy word Jihad is grossly misrepresented. Violence in any form has no justification. It boomerangs back…that’s what the film depicts poignantly.

HAQEEQAT
Director: Raman Kumar
Dur:08.30mi

Life doesn’t always give a second chance to rectify your errors. Wisdom by hind sight will make you live your life in remorse. Hold back before it is too late…That’s the Haqeeqat of life depicted in this film marinated in tears!

DUGDH GANGA…a success story!
Director: Rahul Attakil
Dur:03.00mins

This is a story of a very effective intervention by ‘CAINE’ of Vedanta group that has elevated the living standard in the core operational area in its command. The documentary is a very interesting real life case study of the farmers of Rajasthan traditionally engaged in rearing cattle that had till now only seen poverty and exploitation.The film portrays the ring side view of their success story.

MANN YE BAAWRA
Director: Nishant Ray
Dur:03:37mins
Love is blind or love makes one blind? … A song filmed by Nishant Ray.

RECOMMENDATION
Director: Rahul Attakil
Dur:08.20mins

All through the academic career students slog through to achieve high grades and add on to their qualifications. However in the job market what sadly matters is the recommendation…This is the story of one such highly qualified fresher amongst the millions who compete to get a jobladen with knowledge and qualifications but no recommendations to realize their dream

OASIS
Director: Raman Kumar
Dur:03.00mins
Communication revolution has touched the remotest villages of Rajasthan. In sparsely populated Barmerdistricta mobile repairing course helped people like Padma Ram to enhance their earning and improve living standards. Small vocational training in these impoverished villages goes a long way in developing self respect and dignity through a better standard of living.

GOD’S OWN CHILD
Director: PriyankaSinha
Dur:07.00mins
Physically challenged children are everywhere in world but in developed countries there are special schools for such children. The society is also very sensitive towards their special needs and helps to bring them in the main stream. But here in India it’s not the same story. However in some small pockets few individuals and NGOs are making commendable efforts to lend dignity to such children. They try to sensitize their parents about the special needs of such children. They help uplifting these physically challenged children with innovative methods to make them self-reliant.

Inauguration Of 73rd Festival Of Short Digial Films

Films

EHSAAS
Director: Hemant Kumar
Dur:09.33 mins
An irresponsible act can turn the life upside down not only for yourself but for all the near and dear ones. Fatal accidents due to drunken driving are on the rise and fills up the headlines at frequent intervals. Every other day a BMW case is filed in the court. By the time this comes out in the print a few more cases would be added to the statistics. Shouldn’t the society educate these demons behind the wheels? That’s what the film tries to depict.

Just an old friend
Director: Mumtaz Jahan
Dur:10.49 mins
Gunnu returns from abroad after a long time and tries to rediscover her familiar surroundings of childhood which appears strange. Her extreme timid nature puts her in a bizarre situation!

THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE!
Director: Shrey Shrivastava
Dur:10.20 mins
The conquest of happiness may not be as simple as popping up a few pills. Happiness has to be extracted…that’s what Bertrand Russell says.

PRATISHODH
Director: Rahul Choudhary
Dur: 10.32 mins

A man who is in his last moment in life tries to identify his enemy who has poisoned him. A suspense thriller with a message against violence tells that any form of coercing results in disaster. Revenge in any form is self destructive.

MUSIC VIDEO
Director: Shrey Shrivastav
Dur:04.36 mins

‘KADWA SACCH’ (BITTER TRUTH)
Director: Dhirendra Singh
Dur:07.18 mins
Government apathy and cockeyed land procurement policy of compensation uproots the labor and drives him towards destitution. The biggest irony is the man who builds the houses for the rich urban population has no roof over the head for his children. A coarse coconut rope is the life line of safety for his child living by the road side. He ties the child to a pole while he is out for work. Any form of government sop doesn’t reach the poor. Corrupt middlemen make the situation from bad to worse and there is no hope in the eyes of these millions of labors who have been displaced by the rapid unplanned urbanization. There is a poignant question raised at the end of the film. “Will the country be tied to these shackles forever?”

Films

A TOUCH OF INNOCENCE
Director: Simran Narula
Dur:07.51 mins
A hardcore criminal inadvertently kills the father of a mentally challenged girl. However her innocence triggers a change in the stone-hearted criminal and he decides to take care of the orphaned girl…

‘PRANAV’
Director: Achal Singh
Dur:04.26 mins
An honest entrepreneur finds impossible to pursue his business without taking the recourses of dishonest path. The corrupt system puts hurdles in every single step. However he decides to fight corruption and finds a few sympathetic lawyers by his side…Will India be ever able to free it from such malignancy which has eroded the very foundation of the country?

‘ANTERDWAND’
Director: Ramprasad.
Dur:07.07 mins
It is an established fact that there are many communicable diseases all around. However would you ever believe that hallucination could also be a communicable disease? That is precisely the slick film tries to depict through wonderful cinematic expressions.

I LOVE MUSIC (Special effect film).
Director: Praveen Pratyush
Dur:01.35mins

ADVERTISEMENT FILM (HDFC Life)
Director: Parul Gupta
Dur:00.49 mins

SACHIN SONG
Director: Ramprasad
Dur:03.10 mins
A song filmed in praise of Sachin Tendulkar.

LIMITATIONS
Director: Rebecca Chadwick
Dur: 07.13mins
Peer pressure of life may lead to temporary insanity in many. However a little tolerance and understanding from elders may go a long way to help drop the baggage of embarrassment of the past and move forward…

KALEIDOSCOPE
Director: Sana Warsi
Dur: 05.09mins
By the name ‘Dilli Haat’ you expect to see Delhi in its fullest grandeur…However a surprise waits for you when you visit this place…In fact it is a colorful spectrum of the vast Indian society and its culture. That’s precisely the well made documentary tries to depict as it takes you around the diverse Indian culture through the colorful Kaleidoscope. The well made documentary is a visual treat.