[Reader-list] MULTIPLICITIES - A Seminar on Experiences with Form

[Kavita Joshi]

Below is the concept note and schedule for the seminar organised by Films for
Freedom, titled "MULTIPLICITIES". The seminar is a dialogue on film form. It is
aimed at film-makers, film students and film enthusiasts...

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Films for Freedom
in partnership with School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU
presents

"MULTIPLICITIES"
A Seminar on Experiences With Form

Date: Sept 18th & 19th.
Venue: School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU
Time: 10 am to 6 pm
Regn Fee: Rs. 50 / - students; Rs. 100 - others.

About the Seminar
Different periods in history have imposed different norms on on the practice of
filmmaking. How are filmmakers trying to question, resist & break these norms to
evolve their own personalised forms? Films for freedom & the School of Arts &
Aesthetics, JNU, invite you for a brainstorming session on the creative process
of filmmaking. The idea is to bring together on the same platform, filmmakers
with varied concerns and approaches, to present a multiplicity of viewpoints.
The group of speakers includes young filmmakers, experienced practitioners, film
students, and also people who felt an urge to make a film, and so went ahead and
made one! The filmmakers will present their work, and share with us their
philosophies of image making. The audience in turn will get a chance to
question, discuss and debate both their work and their words. Within this
framework, we will focus on how digital filmmaking has profoundly impacted
questions of 'norm' and 'form', and how it is redefining the very concept of a
'film', a 'filmmaker' and the process of filmmaking.

Amar Kanwar, Anu Srinivasan, Gurvinder Singh
(on behalf of Films for Freedom, Delhi)


Schedule
18th September

10:00 am: Introduction
10:30 am: Om Dar-b-dar  (100 mins)
A film by Kamal Swaroop. Followed by a presentation by
the filmmaker and discussion with the audience.
Discussion moderated by Gurvinder Singh.
1:00 pm: Lunch Break
2:00 pm: My Friend Su (55mins)
A film by Neeraj Bhasin. Followed by a discussion with
the filmmaker. Discussion moderated by Rahul Roy.
3:30 pm: A package of Short Films:
Reverb (7min): Sunayana Singh
Juxtapose (1min): Saumyananda Sahi
Go Slow, School Ahead (2min 30sec): Giftie Sahany
The Greatest Discovery that was Never Made (2 min):
               Sandeep Francis
Discussion moderated by Anu Srinivasan.
4:00 pm: Nusrat Has Left the Building... But When?
                                                                   (20 mins)
A film by Farjad Nabi.
Discussion moderated by Amar Kanwar.
4:30 pm: Tea Break
4:45 pm: Keshkambli  (25mins)
XYZ (22 mins)
Two films by Amit Dutta. Followed by a discussion with
the filmmaker. Discussion moderated by Gurvinder
Singh.

19th September

10:00 am: Nee Engey (Where Are You?) (90mins)
A film by RV Ramani. Followed by a presentation by the
filmmaker, which will include selections from his
other films.
Moderator to be announced.
12:00 am: Tea Break
12:15 pm: A Winter Tale (68 mins)
A film by Gurvinder Singh.
Moderator to be announced.
1:30 pm: Lunch Break
2:30 pm: A Night of Prohecy (77mins)
To Remember (7 mins)
Two films by Amar Kanwar, followed by a discussion
with Amar Kanwar and Sameera Jain.
Discussion moderated by R.V.Ramani.
4:00 pm: Tea Break
4:15 pm: Unmathabudham Jagath (The Egotic world)
                                                                   (33 mins)
Hawa Mahal (58 mins)
Two films by Vipin Vijay, followed by a presentation
by Vipin Vijay and Debkamal Ganguly.
Discussion moderated by Amar Kanwar.

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