[art/film] "Human Rights in Frames" Tri Continental Film Festival 29-31 Jan

[Rakesh 'arky' Ambati]

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--arky 

Information courtesy Bangalore Film Society. 

BREAKTHROUGH PRESENTS:-
In collaboration with Federation of Film Societies of
India (FFSI), Habitat
Film Club, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise Delhi, JACIC,
Mumbai, Bangalore
Film Society, Bangalore, Suchitra Film Society,
Bangalore, Alliance
Francaise Bangalore, Indo-Cine Appreciation Forum,
Chennai, Cine
Central,Kolkata, Swayam, Kolkata


TRI CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006: HUMAN RIGHTS IN
FRAMES
29th to 31st Jan. 06 from 10.30 am


 Moving images speak to us as nothing else does. Films
can enthrall and
educate: the TRI Continental Film Festival
demonstrates this. Successfully
bringing to India the finest human rights cinema from
the 
global south, for a second time, the festival has been
organized by
Breakthrough tv, a human rights organization that uses
media, education and
popular culture to promote values of dignity, equality
and justice.


National Award winning actress Tara will open the
festival in Bangalore on
January 29, where it will travel from Delhi and
Mumbai. The 15-day long
festival will then tour Chennai and Kolkata in the
days following.


The 16 documentaries selected this year have won
accolades all over the
world. A jury of five - Amar Kanwar, Arjun
Chandramohan Bali, Ira Bhaskar,
Rituparno Ghosh and Shohini Ghosh - will award one of
these with the Jury
Prize. Additionally, the non-competitive section
showcases 4 outstanding
features.


Filmmakers will be present to discuss their films
following certain
screenings.


Initiated in Latin America in 2002, South Africa in
2003 and India in 2004,
the TRI Continental Film Festival (3CFF) has become an
annual platform for
narrative, documentary, feature and short length films
in the 3 continents.
In the last year, the first 3CFF in India has
travelled to Bangalore,
Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai,
and Pune, reaching
students and practitioners of human rights and film,
IITs as well as
cultural institutions, focused groups as well as
general audiences. These
films spark discussions, debates and conversations
everywhere around human
rights and social justice issues.

In this year's festival, find out what it means to be
young, talented and a
'born criminal' ("Acting like a Thief"). Meet
musicians and activists from
the 'other' Americas ("Rebel Music Americas"). Watch
the global media fight
the war in Iraq ("Weapons of Mass Deception"). Join
the global resistance
to water privatization ("Thirst").


SCREENING PROGRAMME BANGALORE

In association with Uhuru Productions, FFSI, Suchitra
Film Society,
Bangalore Film Society & Alliance
Francaise, Bangalore


JANUARY 29: 10.30 am        HOME AND BELONGING

The Concrete Revolution Dir. Xialou Guo (China & UK/
2004/ 61 min)

Grand Prix, International Human Rights Film Festival,
Paris, 2005)


Traje: Women and Weaving in Guatemala Dir. Phoebe Hart
(Guatemala/ 2004/ 10
min)

The House on Gulmohar Avenue Dir. Samina Mishra
(India/ 2005/ 30 min)


1.00 pm         BODY/CONTROL

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan Dir. Petr Lom
(Kyrgyzstan, Canada &

Czech Republic/ 2004/ 52 min)

 Sancharram (The Journey) Dir. Ligy Pullapally (India/
2004/ 107 min) (The
Chicago Award for Best Film, 40th Chicago
International Film Festival,
Chicago, 2004; India's Best Debut Director, The
Lankesh Award, Bangalore
India, 2005; Special Jury Prize, John Abraham Award,
Kerala, 2004; Jury
Prize, Kerala State Film Awards, 2005; Frameline Film
Completion Award, San
Francisco, 2004)


4:30 pm         EMERGING SONGS

Angola saudades from the one who loves you Dir.
Richard Pakleppa (Angola/
2005/ 65 min)


6:00 pm INAUGURATION by Tara


6:30 pm         SNAPSHOTS OF COURAGE

No More Tears Sister: An Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal
Dir. Helene

Klodawsky (Canada/2004/ 80 min)

(Columbus International Film and Video Festival,
Worthington, USA, 2005)


JANUARY 30 10:30 am        EMERGING SONGS

Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where the Twain Shall Meet) Dir.
Ajay Bhardwaj

 (India/ 2005/ 72 min)

Rebel Music Americas Dir. Malcolm Guy & Marie Botie
(Canada/ 2004/ 79 min)

(Best Documentary, Roma Independent Film Festival,
Rome, 2005)


1:30 pm      EVERY WAR HAS ITS IMAGE


14 Episodes Dir. Murad Muzaev (Ukraine, Netherlands &
Chechen Republic

of Ichkerya/ 2004/ 9 min)

(Award for Short Film Promoting Human Rights (special
citation), Melbourne
Film International Festival, Melbourne, Australia,
2005; Amnesty
International Prize, International Documentary Film
Festival, Amsterdam,
2004)

Weapons of Mass Deception Dir. Danny Schechter (USA/
2004/ 98 min) (Best
Documentary, Denver International Film Festival,
Denver, USA, 2004)


3:30 pm         SNAPSHOTS OF COURAGE

Beauty Will Save the World Dir. Pietra Brettkelly (UK
& New Zealand/

 2004/ 62 min)

5:00 pm         CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

 Justiça Dir. Maria Ramos (Netherlands/ 2004/ 102 min)

7:00 pm         BIRTH OF A NEW SOUTH AFRICA

 Homecoming Dir. Norman Maake (South Africa/ 2005/ 90
min) FEATURE


 JANUARY 31

10:30 am        CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

 Acting Like a Thief Dir. Kerim Friedman & Shashwati
Talukdar (India &

USA/ 2005/ 15 min) WORLD PREMIERE


Sisters in Law Dir. Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi
(UK/ 2005/ 106 min)

(Prix Art Et Essai, Cannes, France, 2005)
1:15 pm         IN A VEIN IRREVERENT

West Bank Story Dir. Ari Sandel (USA/ 2005/ 21 min)


1:45 pm         CIVIL STRUGGLES

 The Take Dir. Avi Lewis (Canada/ 2004/ 87 min)


Thirst Dir. Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow (USA/ 2004/
62 min) (The Chris
Statuette, Columbus International Film Festival,
Columbus, Ohio, 2004; 1st
Prize (Environment & Social Justice), Earth Vision
Film Festival, Santa
Cruz, California, 2004; CINE Golden Eagle Award, Fall
2004)


4:30 pm         BIRTH OF A NEW SOUTH AFRICA

Zulu Love Letter Dir. Ramadan Suleman (South Africa &
France/ 2004/

100 min) FEATURE

(Grand Prix Du Mellieur Scenariste - Special Jury
Award, organised by
Sopadin, France, 2001)


6:30 pm         RESCREENING: Jury Prize Winner