Today's Discussions : -  
  
1. I Am The Change Film Festival , Ahemdabad  
2. MAHIM JUNCTION IN 12TH Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2010 , New Delhi  
3. MNIK , My Name is Khan official trailer  
4. PRATYAKSH 2009 : The Annual Thetare Festival of ANKUR-THE Theatre
Society,SGTB Khalsa College,New Delhi  
5. Check out the all new ReelClever.com  
6. 29 Dec: Faiz and his Poetry , New Delhi  
7. Submissions for IndieLisboa 7th edition are now open  
8. Press Accreditation at International Documentary Film Festival of
Navarra , Pamplona (Spain), from 5th to 13th February 2010  
9. An Appeal for Gombe Mane  
  
  
  
MESSAGE 1 : I Am The Change Film Festival , Ahemdabad  
  
On 12th-13th January 2010, a 2 day film festival will be held in IIM
Ahemdabad campus. This festival, which is a part of the 'Dream Big
India' Event organized by the IIM-A Entrepreneurship Club, will bring
together unique individuals and organizations who are using media for
bringing positive change and transformation. Some unique features of
this festival are:  
  
  Film festival: Showcasing short films from ‘I am the change film
project’ and interaction with the filmmakers and changemakers.  
  
  Presentations and stalls of Media organizations who are focusing on
innovative ways through which youth can engage in contributing towards
social change.  
  
  Workshops will be held for participants on innovative ideas such as
Gift economy, social media entreprenuership, zen & independent
filmmaking, community video etc.  
  
  Everyday heroes will share their personal inspiring stories of how
and why they have dedicated their lives for service.  
  
  Idea corner: Participants will be able to book room and share their
ideas with others.  
  
  Metta Media networking Stall: A multimedia team will be covering the
entire event and will update online network throughout the event. Metta
members will be able to meet and network.  
  
  Creative space for Media installations and exhibitions.  
  
  Festival is open to all free of charge.  
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MESSAGE 2 : MAHIM JUNCTION IN 12TH Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2010  
  
`MAHIM JUNCTION', THE BOLLYWOOD MUSICAL, PERFORMS AT THE 12TH BRM (NSD
FESTIVAL),  
  
AFTER SUCCESSFUL SHOWS IN HYDERABAD, THE U.K., SINGAPORE AND DELHI.  
  
SUNDAY, JAN 10, 6:30 P.M., 95 MINUTES, KAMANI AUDITORIUM.  
  
TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NSD AND THE VENUE.  
  
PRESENTED BY SHEKHAR KAPUR & LATA BHASIN. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY SOHAILA
KAPUR.  
  
Mahim Junction is a spoof on the Bollywood of the 70s with a
contemporary sensibility. The story is set in a slum that has
encroached upon a disused local train platform in suburban Mumbai. The
colourful characters - Radha and Rahim, the lovers; Johnny the drunk,
in love with Ayesha the cross dresser; Kaladhandha, the villainous film
producer, and others - eke out their living in the midst of poverty,
exploitation, corruption and communalism, with the typical joie de
vivre style of Bollywood characters. The musical sings and dances its
way through two stories, a love tale between a Hindu girl and a Muslim
boy, and that of Kaladhandha, who provides the political subtext and
brings the two together for a happy ending in true Bollywood fashion.  
  
CONTACT  
  
National School of Drama  
Bharat Rang Mahotsav XII  
Festival Cell  
Bahawalpur House, Bhagwan Dass Road  
New Delhi 110001.  
  
Tel: +011 23073647  
Email: nsdbrm12@...  
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MESSAGE 3 : MNIK , My Name is Khan official trailer  
  
http://www.mynameiskhanthefilm.com/  
  
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MESSAGE 4 : PRATYAKSH 2009 : The Annual Thetare Festival of ANKUR-THE
Theatre Society,SGTB Khalsa College,New Delhi  
  
PRATYAKSH is the Annual Festival of ANKUR-The Theatre Society, SGTB
Khalsa College.  
  
PRATYAKSH 2009 is the 4th edition of this much-awaited theatre festival
which promises to bring to its audience some of the best talent on the
Delhi University Theatre Circuit.  
  
December 22, 2009 - STAGE PLAYS @ 11 am onwards  
  
December 23, 2009 - STREET PLAYS @ 11 am onwards  
  
Venue: College Lawns and Auditorium  
  
BE THERE TO WITNESS THE HIGH DRAMA!!  
  
Event Coordinators- Udit Mukim-9891728215 Manveer Singh-9811591515  
  
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MESSAGE 5 : Check out the all new ReelClever.com  
  
It is an exciting (and very hectic) time here at ReelClever HQ.  
  
ReelClever has officially launched.  
  
We have built our Productivity & Promotional tools from the ground up
for the film and production industry.  
  
Check out the new and improved site. Take the tour to see all the
exciting changes.  
  
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MESSAGE 6 : 29 Dec: Faiz and his Poetry  
  
Jana Natya Manch  
  
1973 — 1989 — 2009  
  
The Safdar Janam Talks on Culture and Politics  
  
a talk by Sohail Hashmi  
  
on Faiz and his Poetry  
  
29 December 2009, Tuesday  
  
6.00 p.m.  
  
  
Muktadhara Art Gallery  
  
Banga Sanskriti Bhavan  
  
18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg  
  
New Delhi 110001  
  
Between Gol Market and St. Columba's School  
  
Jana Natya Manch  
  
ALL ARE WELCOME  
  
Email: jananatyamanch@...  
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MESSAGE 7 : Submissions for IndieLisboa 7th edition are now open (
Deadline : 22nd January )  
  
http://sergiocruzserra.com/indie/submissionform/  
  
http://sergiocruzserra.com/indie/submissionform/lib/disclaimer.php  
  
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MESSAGE 8 : Press Accreditation at International Documentary Film
Festival of Navarra , Spain  
  
Press accreditation is strictly limited to media representatives
(press, e-press, press agencies, television and radio). The
accreditation allows the preferential access to the morning screenings
of the Official Section, press conferences and presentations. The
accredited ones will be able to accede to the screenings of other
cycles depending on the capacity.  
  
The number of accreditations is limited and will be allocated at the
discretion of the Festival organisers.  
  
  
Accreditation can be requested until 8 February.  
  
Press Department  
Montse Pérez. Telephone 848.424686; prensa-puntodevista@...  
  
Festival Punto de Vista  
c/ Navarrería, 39  
31001 Pamplona (Spain)  
Telephone: +34.848.424686  
  
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MESSAGE 9 : An Appeal for Gombe Mane  
  
18th December 2009  
  
APPEAL  
  
Dear Friends,  
  
One of our grantees under our Arts Education programme, Puppet House
(Gombe Mane), is a registered trust based in Dharwad, engaged in
activities of theatre, education and shadow puppetry. Recently on
December 12, 2009, one of the spaces at Gombe Mane where the lighting
equipments were stored caught fire due to an electric short circuit,
resulting in a loss of around Rs One lakh for the trust.  
  
Rs One lakh is a huge loss for a not for profit organization in these
financially difficult times. IFA staff have themselves contributed and
are now trying to help them to raise funds to rebuild what they have
lost.  
  
We appeal to you to donate generously to Gombe Mane. Your generous
donation towards this cause will go a long way in supporting Gombe Mane
to re-establish and continue its activities.  
  
We look forward to your sympathetic response to our appeal.  
  
 All cheques/drafts should be made in favour of ‘Puppet House’, and
sent to No. 9, Suvidha Apartments, 2nd Floor, Kabbur Road, Malamaddi,
Dharwad – 580 007 (Tel: 0836-2441361 and Email: gombemane@...).  
  
You can also make a contribution directly to 62102237321-SB A/C  
  
PUPPET HOUSE  
  
IFS code SBHY0020727 Dharwad  
  
State Bank of Hyderabad  
  
Malamaddi Branch  
  
DHARWAD  
  
  
I do hope you will join us in helping re-build Gombe Mane.  
  
Warm Regards  
Arundhati Ghosh  
Deputy Director  
contactus@...  
India Foundation for the Arts  
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Text masquerading as a poetic prose by Nandan Saxena

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till the 31^st of December 2009

timakarlekar

timakarlekar  timakarlekar@...  Dec 19, 2009
I'm a PhD candidate/researcher at New York University working on a thesis on
documentary filmmaking in India.

Hello all,

Bangalore Screenwriting workshop is totally on with Saurabh Shukla, Rajat Kapoor
and Ruchi Narain from 19th Dec-21st Dec!

This is the schedule: Time: 12: 30 pm - 7: 30 pm

18th Dec (Friday): 6:00 pm - 8: 00 pm Introductory Session: Rabi Kisku

19th Dec ( Saturday): Saurabh Shukla

20th Dec (Sunday) : Rajat Kapoor

21st Dec (Monday) : Ruchi Narain

Fee: Rs. 3500.00

Don't miss this golden opportunity!

Thanks & Regards,

Rabi Kisku- 9886539405
Arvind Kamath- 9880523606
Aditya G- 9886261717

Synopsis: Gol Pary is the harrowing story of a 12-year-old girl heroin addict living in the alleys of Kabul. It is the reflection of our society where access to resources are so sparse, and how lack of awareness oppresses the marginalized. Their almost invisible support system makes the whole situation an abyss.

Today's Discussions :

1. 2010 HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning
Competition
2. Launch of Camerawork Issue 5 | 17 Dec, 5.30 pm | Vadehra Book|Store,
New Delhi
3. The Internet: Past, Present & Future : comScore 10th Anniversary
Video
4. Bonjour India - Concert by MORIARTY on Sunday 20th Dec 2009, 8 pm,
Select CityWalk, Saket, FREE ENTRY
5. CII Roundtable on Proposed Copyright Amendment Bill 2009 : 24
December 2009, New Delhi
6.Launch of "Rediscovery of India" by Meghnad Desai on 17 Dec.09, New
Delhi
7. Re.: Wed.& Sat. screening at Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New
Delhi: Love in the time of cholera
8. 5Elementz Art & Culture Society ®, present’s Two New Comedy Plays in
Hindi , New Delhi
9. Animation Film Making Workshop at IIT Delhi
10.CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 12th TONGUES ON FIRE SHORT FILM COMPETITION (
Deadline for Short Films: January 22nd, 2010)
11. THE $500 DRIFT @ 7 MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION
12. Free Culture Roadshow : A presentation on The Right to Share and
The Promise of Open Video, New Delhi
13. Digital Film Making Workshop... @ Vadodara [23 dec to 27 dec]
14. My body, My Wisdom - A Workshop
15. The Revised Kamasutra-- an Akshara Dramatised Book Reading, New
Delhi





MEESAGE 1 : 2010 HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning
Competition

   HASTAC and the MacArthur Foundation are excited to launch the third
year of the Digital Media and Learning Competition. Today, young people
are learning, socializing, and participating in civic life in dramatic
new ways and assessing information in ways never before imagined. They
are reimagining learning on a daily basis and are engaged in what is
called "participatory learning." The 2010 Digital Media and Learning
Competition challenges designers, entrepreneurs, practitioners,
researchers, and young people to put participatory learning to work on
behalf of science, technology, engineering, math and their social
contexts in the 21st century.

The online application system will open January 7, so now's the time to
develop your ideas and pull your information together.

Click here ( http://www.dmlcompetition.net./application.php)  to see
what you will need to include in your application.


Expert judges will select Best in Class awards in a number of
categories. This year, the public will be invited to comment on
proposals and vote for People's Choice competition awards.

So read through the website carefully and be ready to apply beginning
on January 7!

Click here ( http://www.dmlcompetition.net./timeline.php )  to see the
timeline.

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MESSAGE 2 : Launch of Camerawork Issue 5 | 17 Dec, 5.30 pm | Vadehra
Book|Store

Camerawork Delhi, Vadehra Art Gallery & Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council

invite you to the launch of Issue No 5.



Photographers will show and tell. Come by to celebrate with us!



Thursday, 17 December 2009, 5.30 - 8.00 pm



Vadehra Art Gallery BOOK|STORE

D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024

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MESSAGE 3 : The Internet: Past, Present & Future : comScore 10th
Anniversary Video

Good Afternoon:

As the year draws to a close and we look back on how far we’ve come in
the past twelve months, it is quite remarkable to consider all of the
growth, change and excitement the Internet has experienced. In addition
to all of the external industry factors contributing to this year’s
success at comScore, 2009 was a particularly special year for the
company because it marks our 10th anniversary as the leading global
provider of digital market intelligence.

And so, as we celebrate with you the end of another year and the
accomplishments of the past ten, we invite you to please enjoy a
commemorative video we’ve put together with some of our friends in the
industry. It provides a look back to the early days of the Internet, a
reflection on where we are today, and ultimately what tomorrow will
bring us. The video features some of the brightest minds in digital
media: John Battelle, Andrew Braccia, Mark Cuban, Esther Dyson, Wenda
Harris Millard, John Markoff, Dave Moore, Tina Sharkey and Fred Wilson.

We hope you enjoy it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf4KZwr_JRk

Neither our ten year milestone nor the many successes achieved this
year would have been possible without the loyal support of our clients,
partners and colleagues. Each and every one of you plays a vital role
in the comScore community. From our commitment to quality data and
service to our devotion to innovation, you and your needs are always at
the forefront of our minds.

  From all of us at comScore, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and
a happy new year!

Magid Abraham
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
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MESSAGE 4 : Bonjour India - Concert by MORIARTY on Sunday 20th Dec
2009, 8 pm, Select CityWalk, Saket, FREE ENTRY

Kindly check the attached invite for more info .

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MESSAGE 5 : CII Roundtable on Proposed Copyright Amendment Bill 2009 :
24 December 2009, New Delhi

The CII Media & Entertainment division has over the years been driving
several initiatives to promote the Indian Entertainment Industry, and
brainstorm the issues, trends and developments for shaping an industry-
friendly government policy.



As part of its ongoing initiatives, CII is organizing a “Roundtable on
Proposed Copyright Amendment Bill 2009: Implications to Media and
Entertainment Industry” on 24 December 2009 in New Delhi.



The recently proposed Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2009 has created quite
a stir in the industry. The CII roundtable aims to generate a debate
and bring forth the implications to various stakeholders- from
broadcasting industry to films and music companies. Viewpoints on the
legal repercussions on major copyright hinges will also be discussed in
order to get an overall picture and move towards a more amicable
solution.


For more info on the above mail at kavita.rnath@... .

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MESSAGE 6 : Launch of "Rediscovery of India" by Meghnad Desai on 17
Dec.09

enguin Books India
and
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library

present
a path-breaking account of India’s past and present

THE REDISCOVERY OF INDIA
by Meghnad Desai

on Thursday 17 December 2009 at 4.30 p.m.
at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
Teen Murti House, New Delhi

with a panel discussion based on the book between
Jaswant Singh, Mushirul Hasan, Ashis Nandy, MJ Akbar
Mridula Mukherjee and the author
to be moderated by Rajdeep Sardesai

A truly remarkable work of historical analysis from a world-renowned
economist and one of the foremost social and political historians of
our time, The Rediscovery of India is a comprehensive account of five
hundred years of Indian history (from the time that Vasco da Gama
landed in India in the late fifteenth century) to make sense of the
present. In many respects it is a postmodern, post-Independence
response to, and an advancement from, Jawaharlal Nehru’s classic The
Discovery of India, which was published six decades ago in 1946.

The Rediscovery of India is the fourth book to be published under
Penguin India’s prestigious non-fiction imprint Allen Lane, the imprint
of ideas, which was launched exactly a year ago, in November 2008, with
Nandan Nilekani’s Imagining India. The other two books to be published
by Allen Lane in India have been NR Narayana Murthy’s A Better India: A
Better World and Gurcharan Das’s The Difficulty of Being Good. The
Allen Lane comprises some of the finest and most prestigious new
non-fiction being written today, and The Rediscovery of India is the
latest addition to this exclusive list.

What has allowed India to sustain its commitment to the democratic
process, given its location in a region that is largely undemocratic?
In this magisterial analysis of the last five hundred years of Indian
history, Meghnad Desai looks at India’s colonial past, its struggle for
independence and its many contemporary conundrums, to discover answers
to the questions that have confronted India-watchers for decades.

Rejecting much received wisdom, including narratives fashioned by
India’s ruling establishment, Meghnad Desai goes back to the beginnings
of the East–West encounter at the end of the fifteenth century. He
tracks its impact on the cultures and politics of the present day, from
the emergence of new classes under colonialism, the influence of
Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi on the idea of Indian nationhood,
to the entirely parallel discourses that developed in North and South
India. Yet this trajectory, this outcome, was not inevitable. Through a
series of ‘Counterfactual Boxes’ Meghnad Desai analyses the accepted
defining moments of India’s past and suggests alternative courses that
history could so easily have taken.

Meghnad Desai draws on a wealth of sources to illuminate India’s
journey to the twenty-first century. Whether it is an examination of
British parliamentary debates on the question of India’s independence,
or the liberalization of the economy after decades of licence-permit
raj, or the state’s complicity in the Gujarat riots, Meghnad Desai’s
original, occasionally iconoclastic, approach to seemingly settled
arguments makes The Rediscovery of India a path-breaking and
comprehensive account of India’s past and present.

Advance praise for the book
‘Meghnad Desai’s learned, elegant and provocative book is sure to
rekindle the debate about the idea of India, its political and cultural
roots and meanings. The reader will enjoy joining the author on his
journey of rediscovery, as he deftly situates the unfolding of India’s
modern history in its global context.’—Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor
of History & Director, South Asia Initiative, Harvard University

About the author
Meghnad Desai was born in Vadodara, Gujarat, and received his BA and MA
degrees from the University of Bombay. He went to the US in 1961 where
he completed a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught
economics from 1965 to 2003 at the London School of Economics, where he
now holds the post of Professor Emeritus. He has authored over twenty
books and two hundred articles. His recent books include Marx’s
Revenge: Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism;
Nehru’s Hero: Dilip Kumar in the Life of India; Development and
Nationhood: Essays on the Political Economy of South Asia; Rethinking
Islamism: Ideology of the New Terror; and a novel, Dead on Time.

Meghnad Desai has been an active member of the British Labour Party
since 1971. He was made Lord Desai of St Clement Danes in 1991, and was
awarded the Bharatiya Pravasi Puraskar in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in
2008. He divides his time between London, Delhi and Goa.

____________________________________

To schedule an interview with the author/ extracts or more information
please contact Bharti Taneja at bharti.taneja@... /
011 4613 1411

For information on Penguin India please contact Hemali Sodhi at
hemali.sodhi@...
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MESSAGE 7 : Re.: Wed.& Sat. screening at Italian Embassy Cultural
Centre, New Delhi: Love in the time of cholera

FILM SCREENING

Love in the time of cholera



WEDNESDAY, 16TH DECEMBER 2009, AT 6.30 P.M.

AND RE-SCREENING

SATURDAY, 19TH DECEMBER 2009, AT 2.00 P.M.



FOCUS ON MARVELLOUS REALITY FESTIVAL



Directed by  :  Mike Newell, 139 min. USA.

Starring       :  Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt,

                        Catalina Sandino Moreno, …..….

Venue          :  Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi



Due to security reasons membership is mandatory
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MESSAGE 8 : 5Elementz Art & Culture Society ®, present’s Two New Comedy
Plays in Hindi

5Elementz Art & Culture Society ®, present’s Two New Comedy Plays in
Hindi “ Vasant Kanetkar’s “DHAI AAKHAR PREM KE”, & I. S. Johar’s
“PADAMSHRI .” Both Plays Directed by Rakhi Manuv.

Date : 23rd Dec.  2009 (Wednesday)… Time :19:00hrs onwards ….Venue:
P.S.K Auditorium, Vikas Marg, Lakshmi Nagar, Delhi.

Enty:- Free to all

For Query : (9313702251,9811445355)



Synopsis – Dhai Aakhar Prem ke (80 Min.)

Dhai Aakhar Prem ke

Dhai Aakhar Prem Ke  is a comedy play written by Mr. Vasant Kanetkur it
presents the story of our home,  No matter we celebrated millennium,
life at our home will always remain same.

We all take birth and grow-up under going more or less same situation
in our daily to daily life, where we share moments of joy and
happiness, problems and join heads to solve them and one fine day we
suddenly grow up become selfish, start thinking individually take
decisions to satisfy own eyes without wondering about the feelings of
our elders. We leave them alone, deserted.

Dhai Aakhar Prem Ke  welcomes you to the family of Prof. Marthand
Verma,the professor of psychology. He is head of the family but actual
ruler of his kingdom is his wife priyumvada.She is aggressive
unpredictable and spontaneous woman by nature but have extremely soft
hearted for her grown up daughter bablee and son bachhu.Real story
starts when bablee falls in love with Baza son of Mr. Raja Ram Sharma
who runs a business of coal.

When Baza and Bablee finds their parents against them, they run away
and get married. Latter there is accepted by the family.  Influenced by
love story of Bablee, Bacchu falls in on side love with Suhila, student
of Professor Verma but Sushila gets marries Politician Pratap Babu
leaving Bacchu heart broken. To wittness all these funny situations you
are welcome to home of proff.Martand Verma.

DIRECTED BY:- RAKHI MANUV (9811445355, 9313702251)


Padamshri :-(20 Mins)



      Padamshri (One Act comedy play) written by Inder Sen Johar, (16
February 1920 - 10 March 1984),[1] better known as I. S. Johar was
anIndian actor, writer, producer and director.

He acted in numerous Hindi films from the 1950s through to the early
80s, and played cameos in international films such as Harry
Black(1958), North West Frontier (1959), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) [4]
and Death on the Nile (1978), besides acting in Maya (1967), a US TV
series. He also acted in a few Punjabi films like, Chaddian Di Doli
(1966), Nanak Naam Jahaaz Hai (1969) with Prithviraj Kapoor and Yamla
Jatt with Helen I.S. Johar also wrote and directed films some of which
included Johar Mehmood in Goa and Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong in which
he co-starred with comedian Mehmood. These were inspired by comedy
films of the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby style Road to... series.

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MESSAGE 9 : Animation Film Making Workshop at IIT Delhi

For more info contact Mr.Nitin Donde 9350874962  or else meet him at
the IIT Campus on   Tuesday/ Friday between 3:00- 5:00 pm .

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MESSAGE 10 : CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 12th TONGUES ON FIRE SHORT FILM
COMPETITION ( Deadline for Short Films: January 22nd, 2010)

Tongues on Fire presents its annual Short Film Competition to identify
and showcase the work of new and upcoming creative talent in the field
of film and digital media and to create a platform for them to network
within the industry.  The short-listed selection of films will be
screened at the 2010 Tongues on Fire Asian Film Festival.

THE BRIEF

The competition is open to everyone above 16. (However we will NOT
accept entries from professionals who are currently working in the film
industry.)

Films can be any genre and we strongly welcome animations, music videos
and documentaries among others. The films must be 10mins or less, and
submitted with the entry form with a brief synopsis of your film. The
film can be shot in any format but needs to be sent in DVD format for
screening.

THE JUDGING PROCESS

The entries will be judged by industry specialists and the best entries
will be screened at a special event as part of the Film Festival in
March 2010. The panel of judges will decide the overall winner based on
the criteria of content, direction, and photography. They will win a
Tongues On Fire trophy in addition to a very exciting prize! Details of
this will be provided in Feb 2010.

Application Form available on the Tongues On Fire website under Short
film competition. www.tonguesonfire.com

Short Film Submissions c/o Balvinder Mudan
Tongues on Fire
5 House of Farrell
St. Leonards Road
London NW10 6SX
T: +44 (020) 8961 8908
F: +44 (020) 8965 7586
www.tonguesonfire.com
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MESSAGE 11 : THE $500 DRIFT @ 7 MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION

The below cash awards will be given to the top three contestants judged
to have the highest score per the selection criteria below. Drift @ 7
will have unrestricted use of prize winning videos for promotional use.
All prizes to be made payable through PayPal.

     * First Place - $350
     * Second Place - $100
     * Third Place - $50

SELECTION

Contestant videos that adhere to the RULES will be judged by the
following criteria, in order, on the ending day of the contest:

     1. Five contestant videos having the highest amount of YouTube views
will gain contest points. The video with the highest number of views
will gain 5 points, the second highest number of views will gain 4, and
so on.
     2. Contestant videos with points from criteria 1. above will gain
additional points based on the video’s Drift @ 7 website rating (i.e. #
of stars times number of viewers giving a rating). The video with the
highest rating will gain 5 points, the second highest will gain 4, and
so on.
     3. The five contestant videos with points from criteria 1. and 2.
above will be rank ordered by Drift @ 7 (i.e. Gerry, Wayne & Jaimen) in
terms of quality and fit with the Drift @ 7 mission (see ‘about’
section of website). The highest rank ordered video will gain 5 points,
the second highest will gain 4, and so on.
     4. All points from criteria 1. and 3. will be totaled to determine
the first, second and third place winners. In the event of a numerical
tie, the contestant with the highest Drift @ 7 rating (i.e. criteria
2.) will gain a one point advantage.

SCHEDULE

     * Contest start date: January 1, 2010
     * Contest end date: 12midnite Friday, December 17, 2010
      * Contest award notification on the www.driftat7.com website: 12
noon, Monday December 20, 2010

RULES

All videos must:

      * Have a five (5) second beginning showing ‘www.driftat7.com’ in
the video
     * Have ‘Brownberry In The Sun’ in the title
     * Have a five (5) second ending showing ‘www.driftat7.com’
      * Use open source (i.e. free of copyright restrictions) and/or
original content
      * Not use spam, viruses nor any other illicit means to gain views
or ratings
      * Be registered through the Drift @7 website which requires a valid
email address along with a first name
      * All three contest winners will be notified on December 20, 2010
and have seven (7) days to respond with contact information including a
valid PayPal account. Should any one of the winners not respond within
seven (7) days, the allocated prize will be offered to the contestant
next in line in terms of total points.

HOW

      * Download the Drift @ 7 audio file from the www.driftat7.com
webiste (you
       can also download instrument parts to help the creative process)
     * Download any Drift @ 7 content that may help
     * Add your pictures, video or clips to make a video
     * Upload your video to www.youtube.com
     * Register your video on the www.driftat7.com website (follow online
       directions)
     * Gain views and ratings through your friends and family
     * Check on the Drift @ 7 website to see if you’ve won!

NOTES

      * Drift @ 7 is seeking publishing and distribution for its creative
works. There are no guarantees of professional publishing nor
distribution of videos associated with this competition.
     * Drift @ 7 has no affiliation with MTV nor VH1.
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MESSAGE 12 : Free Culture Roadshow : A presentation on The Right to
Share and The Promise of Open Video.

Organised by Centre for Internet Society
and Magic Lantern Foundation

Date: 20 December 2009

Venue:
India International Centre
Conference Room 2
40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003


Entry Free

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and Magic Lantern Foundation
are jointly organising the Free Culture Roadshow – a presentation on
The Right to Share and The Promise of Open Video in New Delhi.

A Brief Abstract of the two discussions and the profile of the speakers
are given below:


The Right to Share: What Does Copying Have to Do with Freedom?

The Internet has unleashed the potential to communicate and collaborate
like never before, and the result has been an unprecedented flow of
culture and information. Millions of individuals are now sharing and
creating culture: copying, cutting, remixing, and participating in new
and different ways.

Sometimes this activity is transformative. Sometimes it's straight
copying. In either case, there is a clear connection between this
sharing of culture and personal freedom.

This talk will explore how various conceptions of "freedom" have shaped
the social movements for free software, free culture, and free
knowledge, and how this ideology has manifested itself in real action.
It will connect theory with practice, exploring the cultural
innovations and political changes that have spawned forth from these
movements. Lastly, it will make the case that the broad-based
availability, accessibility, and abundance of culture is a good thing
for our global society.

Speaker:

Elizabeth Stark is a leader in the global free culture movement. She is
a Fellow at the Yale Information Society Project and a Lecturer in
Computer Science at Yale University.  A graduate of Harvard Law School,
Stark founded the Harvard Free Culture Group and served on the board of
directors of Students for Free Culture. While at Harvard, she was
Editor-at-Large of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, and worked
on using new media to promote human rights with the Harvard Advocates
for Human Rights.  Elizabeth has worked extensively with the Berkman
Center for Internet & Society and has taught courses in Cyberlaw,
Digital Copyright, Technology and Politics, and Electronic Music. She
recently produced the inaugural Open Video Conference in NYC, garnering
over 8000 viewers across the web. Elizabeth regularly gives talks
around the world on free culture, and has collaborated with myriad
organizations on promoting shared knowledge and the open web.


The Revolution Will Be Recorded, Remixed, and Redistributed: The
Promise of Open Video

Between news, cinema, television, and documentary film, we find
ourselves swimming in a sea of moving images. This has been the story
of the 20th century. Yet in this age, the tools for creating and
sharing video are becoming widely distributed in the hands of millions
of individuals. Desktop video editing software is pervasive; webcams
and video-equipped mobile phones abound. Video now belongs to everyone.
It is becoming a powerful medium for self-expression, a kind of
cultural currency.

How will this phenomenon change the Internet? How will it change
society? What questions persist for the architecture of the Internet,
and how will public policy address this ultimately political
transformation? This talk sets forth a vision of networked video as a
truly participatory medium, one that will power the next 10 years of
innovation on the web. Dean Jansen and Ben Moskowitz introduce some
core technologies for open video, and the obstacles they face on the
road to mass adoption.

Speakers:

Dean Jansen is a Free Culture activist and guerrilla artist based in
New York. He attended Harvard University and was a leader in the
Harvard Free Culture Group.

Dean assisted in teaching media studies and law courses at MIT and
Harvard, and has organized numerous academic conferences.

He currently serves as outreach director at the non-profit
Participatory Culture Foundation, makers of the Miro internet TV
player. His art projects can be viewed at www.notthemessiah.net.




Ben Moskowitz is general coordinator at the Open Video Alliance, a
coalition to democratize the moving image. Ben co-founded the UC
Berkeley chapter of Students for Free Culture and taught a seminar on
the politics of piracy at Berkeley's School of Information.

He currently serves on the board of directors of the international
organization Students for Free Culture, dedicated to promoting access
to knowledge, technological freedom, and participatory culture.



The Roadshow at other venues

The roadshow will travel between December 7 and 22, 2009 to other
cities: at IIT-Bombay, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai), Anna
University, IIT-Madras, Mount Carmel College (Chennai), National Law
School (Bangalore), Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology
(Ahmedabad), and Jadavpur University (Kolkata).
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MESSAGE 13 : Digital Film Making Workshop... @ Vadodara [23 dec to 27
dec]

Namaste,

After successful DIGITAL FILM MAKING workshops at IIM Ahmedabad, IIT
Bombay, IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi, BITs Pilani, SVNIT, Shastra University
and Ahmedabad
We are conducting more interactive & hands on workshop in VADODARA .
Check out the following details.

Maximum No of Seats available : 10
Eligibility : You must have passion for filmmaking.

Fees : Rs 5950.

Dates : 23 dec to 27 Dec
Time : 9 am to 6 pm

Venue : Jai jalaram nagar soc., Sahayog, Gorwa Vadodara.

Contact : +91 999 800 9613
mail_ftfm@...

Regards,

Mehul Upadhyay
Director(strategy & planning)
FTFM
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MESSAGE 14 : My body, My Wisdom - A Workshop

Kindly check the attached doc for more info
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MESSAGE 15 : The Revised Kamasutra-- an Akshara Dramatised Book Reading


Richard Crasta's applauded novel: The Revised Kamasutra. Why not give
adolescence and sex a whirl? About the growing up of a small town boy
(Mangalore) with hilarious consequences.

Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009
Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Akshara Theatre, Baba Kharak Singh Marg (nxt RML Hosp
Emergency Gate 5) N. Delhi


Richard Crasta’s wickedly funny novel recreates the experience of
growing up in small-town India under the watchful eyes of nuns,
priests, teachers and parents. But the well-established social
structures, peer groups and hierarchies go for a six when the twin
distractions of the Opposite Sex and Logic make their appearance.
Awkward, nostalgic, hilarious, redolent with the spices of India’s
south-west coast, The Revised Kama Sutra is a delightful romp through
the fuzzy yearnings of adolescence and the first glimmerings of
self-awareness.


Jalabala Vaidya, Sunit Tandon, Vikalp Mudgal,  Dhruv Shetty, Shubham
Vaish and Kinjal Dua are the performers in The Revised Kama Sutra.
Director: Jalabala Vaidya; Music & Graphics: Gopal Sharman. Entry free.


Audience and performers get together after the show for refreshments at
the charming Akshara Garden Café.

PLEASE DO COME.

*** NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN, TEENAGERS ARE OK

   There is dress rehearsal on Thursday, December 17, at 5.30 pm, would
you like to come either to review the show. Mail  AT
aksharatheatre@...  if you want to come.

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 for a living planet                      World Wide Fund for Nature-India

                                                                             172 B, Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 003

                                                                        Tel:  41504815/4816/4817/4819

                                                       Fax: 4150-4779/4795 E Mail: rbakshi@...

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FILMS TO BE SCREENED AT INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE � 2009

December 19, 2009 � English � 24 minutes -  Living with the Park � Ranthombore National Park  = The film is a look at the popular tiger reserve as an integrated universe comprising its animals and people in the adjoining areas. The forests connects the two and neither one can flourish with the other.  So is the policy of segregating the park as a preserve for animals alienating the people who lived in harmony with the park for decades, helping the Park. There are no quick answers.  The film depicts the main attraction of the park the Bengal Tiger which is in danger of getting decimated here, as it has already happened in Sariska earlier.  Is it time we looked outside the park for the reasons, at the humanity which is living outside, their lives still connected to the Park � the people who are living with the park.  Filmed and directed by Dr. Susan Sharma.

TO CORBETT WITH LOVE -  ENGLISH � 24 MINUTES

Corbett National Park nestles in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is the first national park of the Indian sub-continent and was the launching pad for the region's ambitious conservation plan called Project Tiger in 1974. This 24 minute video was exclusively shot in Corbett Park and portrays the park's magnificent forests with their rich flora and fauna which attract more than 48,000 tourists annually. The park consists tigers, elephants, deer, ghariyals etc. and some 500 odd species of birds. The film looks at the conversion of Jim Corbett, the Nainital- born Britisher who founded the National Park, from hunter to protector of wildlife. In the film you can meet Subedar Ali, the mahout who survived a tiger attack, spent a year in hospital and then came back to work in Corbett Park as a mahout, taking photographers and tourists for jungle trips. The film is a tribute to the silent protectors of the tiger. Filmed and directed by Dr. Susan Sharma. Dr Susan Sharma � director of the film will introduce and have interaction session with audience for both of the films.

For further information please contact: Mr Raj Pal Singh,Network Services and Supporter Relations, World Wide    Fund for Nature-India, Pirojsha Godrej National Conservation Centre, 172 B, Lodi Estate, New Delhi, 110003    = Tel: 41504815-19/41504808 E-mail:  rbakshi@...

Hello folks,

Anyone gone to DocEdge in Kolkata before? Our current project got
accepted, and I am planning to go, but was wondering what to expect
and how best to get the most from the experience. Would love to hear
from people who have gone through the experience and have suggestions,
advice, insight to share.

--
warm regards,

Shashwati Talukdar
-----------------------------------
mail@...
http://fournineandahalf.com

Hi,

I need help of someone who has basic knowledge of video shooting to help in
conducting a video interview in gurgaon on 17th Dec.
It would need max 45 minutes.

I am also in need of a handicam tripod. Anybody there to support?

Regards
Deepika

Someone should tell (and educate) the organisation seeking quotations that
film makers are not suppliers of car parts or mineral water jars, that they
be asked to give quotations per minute film!

Krishnendu Bose
Member of IUCN Commission on Education and Communication
Earthcare Productions
B-91, Defence Colony
New Delhi
India
Off- 91-11-24334171, 24332005
Cell- +91-9811843111
Website <www.earthcarefilms.com>



> From: Social <jodha@...>
> Reply-To: "docuwallahs2@yahoogroups.com" <docuwallahs2@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:17:10 +0000
> To: "docuwallahs2@yahoogroups.com" <docuwallahs2@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [DOCUWALLAHS2] Film on sugarcane
>
> Friends
>
> I have received email inviting quotations  from Sugarcane Breeding Institute,
> Coimbatore for getting a film made.
>
> I must clarify beforehand that among the conditions (and I quote):
>
>  - Please quote the rate of video production per minute for the final format
> (which included all the production )including travel)  and post production
> charges)
>
> - Rate  per  unit should be given precisely.
>
> - In case ready stocks are not available, stocks in hand may please be stated
> and the delivery period for the balance items/quantities may be given.
>
> - The quantity of  the  materials as indicated below is only approximate.
> This   Institute  reserves the right to  increase or decrease the quantity.
>
> - You will  have to send supply production notes along with the supply and a
> pre-receipted bill in triplicate indicating clearly the purchase  order No.
> and  date, F. R. No. and  other details of  supply.
>
>
> Those interested in this project may get in touch with them at:
> Extension Section
> Sugarcane Breeding Institute
> (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)
>  COIMBATORE - 641 007.
>  PHONE: 0422 2472621, 2476261- Ext:  238 & 219
>
> or their website
> www.sugarcane-breeding.tn.nic.in
>
> or via email at
>
>  sbiextension@...
>
> Thanks.
>
>  Vijay
>
>
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