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Persistence Resistance 2010 Persistence Resistance 2010 brought the audiences and matters of films a little closer together in a common space. With our third edition, we took forward our quest to explore the diveristy of the documentary form. Dates: 25 to 27 February 2010 Venue: |
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Persistence Resistance at MIFF 2010 As part of the Retrospectives and Special packages at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2010, Magic Lantern Foundation screened 5 films from the Persistence Resistance film festival package, which primarily showcases films distributed by Under Construction, Magic Lantern's distribution initiative. Dates: 7th February, 2010 Venue: |
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Persistence Resistance @ NID The Film and Video Communication Department of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Magic Lantern Foundation organised the South Asian Short & Documentary Film Festival at the NID Campus. The festival screened 11 films from the Persistence Resistance festival, all of which are distributed by Under Construction. Dates: 30th & 31st January, 2010, Time: 10.30 am to 5.30 pm, Venue: Auditorium, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad |
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Persistence Resistance in colleges Persistence Resistance travelled to colleges in Pune and Mumbai. The Film and Television Institute (FTII) is hosted the festival in Pune on 15, 16 and 17 September 2009. The festival then travelled to Mumbai to the Sophia College on 19, 20 and 21 September 2009. A selection of films from the 2009 edition of Persistence Resistance were screened along with seminars and discussions with filmmakers. Persistence Resistance @ FTII | Persistence Resistance @ Sophia Polytechnic |
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Persistence Resistance 2009 April 17 to 19, 2009, India International Centre The second edition of Persistence Resistance: A Festival of Contemporary Political Films took place between April 17 and 19, 2009 at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The festival had a special focus on South Asia by bringing films and directors to explore together the simultaneous nature of the composite and the fragmented cultures of the subcontinent. It also attempted to create multifaceted spaces for viewing, interaction and discussion that are as diverse and rich as the political complexity of the content and the aesthetics that infuse the works. |
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Persistence Resistance in London July 22 & 23, 2008, The Flea Pit A selection from Persistence Resistance: a festival of contemporary political films was screened in London and present works by Indian filmmakers: their concerns, styles, aesthetics and engagement with form. Held in New Delhi, India on the 28, 29 and 30 April 2008, Persistence Resistance aimed to create a cinema space to celebrate the diverse nature of films in India and to some extent, the world. The idea was to showcase the range of subjects and forms the films work with, and to interrogate the emerging aesthetics of political filmmaking. It is apparent that in the last decade or so Indian image-makers have crossed new boundaries, carried out different formal experiments and also recast the notion of political filmmaking. Women have played a significant role in this and have given a new formal twist to political documentaries that explore and engage with form and the political terrain in a nuanced manner with spaces for ambiguities and multiple reading. In New Delhi, Persistence Resistance screened nearly 100 films over three days in a multitude of spaces and manner. The Flea Pit presented a mini selection from Persistence Resistance for the documentary lovers and watchers in London. The attempt was to showcase works by some of the pioneering, and emerging, filmmakers of India. |
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Swaraj Film Festival 2008 The first Swaraj Film Festival 2008 (also called Swaraj Film Utsav), was held in Allahabad from February 18 to 21, 2008. The festival venue was spread across 8 colleges in the city. Swaraj Film Utsav was held in collaboration with the Swaraj Vidyapeeth, an open university based in Allahabad. The festival hosted a large number of film screenings to college students and featured a workshop to facilitate young thinkers and film enthusiasts. A significant outcome of the event was the establishment of the Swaraj Film Archive.
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The 9th Madurai Documentray and Short Film Festival, is an annual event in the city of Madurai. Like its previous years this year also the film festival, held between December 5 to 9, 2007, was spread across the city and villages around Madurai. In the city, there were regular screenings during the day at various colleges. The evening screenings were held at the MUTA Hall, and also Tamilnadu Theological Seminary. The film festival also traveled to villages like Perunkudi, Usilampatti, Thirupuvanam, Narimedu, Kodimangalam and Sirkali.. The film festival had five primary sections: ‘Retrospective’, ‘Rest Of India’, ‘International Films’, ‘Under Construction’ and ‘Films from Tamilnadu’. There were 10 films in the ‘Under Construction’ (UC) package. In five days, the film festival screened 95 films to an audience spread out all over the city and nearby villages. |
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The International Film Festival on Gender and Sexuality Between 12 - 15 May, 2007, the International Film Festival on Gender and Sexuality was hosted by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Two films from Under Construction, Gender Trouble by Roz Mortimer and P(l)ain Truth by Ilppo Pohjola were screened at the festival, which showed a large number of films from all over the world. |
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The ViBGYOR International Film Festival 2007 On the theme of 'Celebrating Identities and Diversity', the ViBGYOR International Film Festival 2007 was organised at Thrissur, Kerala on 10 - 13 May 2007. The festival screened short films and documentaries. 13 films from the collection of Under Construction were screened at the festival. Under Construction also set up a stall at the festival venue. |
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Prabhat Film Festival, 2007 The Prabhat Film Festival, 2007, a non-competitive festival on ‘Peace’ was organised by students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune between 7 - 12 May 2007. The festival aimed to bring together student filmmaking fraternity across Asia. A number of Film schools from China, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Serbia and Singapore participated at the festival. Some of the films distributed by Under Construction were screened at the festival. Under Construction also set up a stall at the Cineshop, a space for independent filmmakers to display and promote their films. Along with many moving films, the festival also hosted a poster exhibition on Peace, seminars and discussions with renowned film personalities, and musical performances. The venues of the festival were National Film Archives and FTII.
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Between February 16 to 18, 2007, the Point of View film festival screened 13 powerful films on the politics of environment at the Prasad's preview theatre. The festival was organised by the Hyderabad Documentary Circle, a small group of filmmakers and viewers that regularly organises film screenings in the city. Magic Lantern Foundation and ECOMOVE International contributed to the festival with films. The Festival | Note from the Organisers | Top
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Magic Lantern Foundation, as part of @Culture - a collective of Indian artists and cultural organizations, co-organised a programme Moving People: Africa-Asia Interface on Migration/ Refugee/ Exile/ Diaspora conducted during the World Social Forum 2007 at Nairobi between January 20 to 25, 2007. Among a wide range of cultural programmes, was an international film festival presenting 24 moving stories of migration, exile, displacement and exploitation on film selected by four curators from two continents. The Programme | The Festival | A Report | Top
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The 8th edition of this annual film festival was spread across the city and villages around Madurai. In the city, there were regular screenings during the day at Madura College, Lady Doak College, American College and Madurai Institute of Social Sciences. The evening screenings were held at theTamilnadu Theological Seminary. There were also full day screenings at the MUTA hall. These parallel screenings in different venues showcased 85 films from India and abroad. The festival provided a special section to Under Construction to screen 11 of its films at the festival, along with a special retrospective package of films by Sehjo Singh.
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The 3 Screens Film Festival was put together by the Delhi Film Archive at the Public Ka Multiplex, during the India Social Forum in New Delhi, from November 10 to 12, 2006. The festival featured 99 films, over 3 days, in 3 auditoriums running parallel to the India Social Forum. Magic Lantern Foundation, as part of the Delhi Film Archive, helped in the curation and screening the Other Worlds Are Breathing 2005 as a section of the film festival. Several films from Under Construction were also screened at the festival. The Festival | A Report | Top
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Quotes From the Earth A film festival on the environment, organised by Toxics Link and India International Centre (IIC) from November 3 to 5, 2006, at the IIC. Quotes From the Earth attempted to bring together a multitude of voices and views on environment from across the globe, the unifying thread being equitable justice for all. From the rare cloud forests of Latin America to the impact of global warming on the world's largest mangrove forests of Sunderbans in Bay of Bengal; from organic farming in Thailand to the impact of genetically modified cotton in Andhra Pradesh. 23 documentaries have were woven together under the themes of Earth, Survival and Water. Magic Lantern Foundation contributed to the festival by providing some of the films. More on Toxics Link | A Report | Top
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7th Madurai Film Festival Between December 6 and 10, 2005, the 7th Madurai Film Festival, organised by Marupakkam and other local groups, screened a large number of films to Madurai residents, comprising students, people interested in literature, journalists and common citizens. Magic Lantern Foundation contributed with 11 films that it is distributing through its distribution initiative Under Construction.
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The Woman's World Magic Lantern Foundation curated a film festival on women and health for the 10th International Women and Health Meeting (IWHM) held in New Delhi, India, from the 21st to the 25th of September, 2005. The festival ran parallel to the various workshops and discussions at the conference and screened 25 films that depicted women's health in a broad canvass. Thematically the films were structured in four themes, which were also the significant focal themes of the conference. |
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Other Worlds Are Breathing 2005 After the resounding success and encouraging response of the first edition of Other Worlds Are Breathing in Mumbai, Magic Lantern Foundation, as part of @Culture, a coalition of organisations and artists from India, curated a Global Film Festival at the WSF 2005, this time at Porto Alegre, Brazil. Unlike the 2004 festival with multiple themes, the focus of this festival was on Alternatives. The festival is now ready to go travelling! 22 powerful films on the theme of alternatives, 22 films filled with creative energy, people's power, courage, 22 films to inspire and set us all in action! Check it out and join us in spreading the alternative message around by hosting the festival! The Festival | Travelling Package | Top
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Other Worlds Are Breathing 2004 In January 2004, Magic Lantern Foundation had organised the Other Worlds Are Breathing, a four-day film festival during the World Social Forum in Mumbai. In this festival, 84 documentaries from all over the world on the dominant themes of the forum were screened to packed audiences. Subsequently, a collection of films from this festival travelled to various parts of India and several other countries, and are still being shown around.
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