[Reader-list] International Film Festival of Kashmir

[Nishant]

You are cordially invited to the first International Film Festival of Kashmir. Please feel free to pass the invite to your friends. You can get in touch with Emran Ali in Srinagar at 09419719009 for the help in accommodation in Srinagar. (He can direct you to the right guest houses.) 

With regards 

Nishant. 
Festival Coordinator 
Ph.: 9811454929. 


International Film Festival of Kashmir (IFFK) 

It is an annual film festival that will show films from all over the world in all genres. Its first edition will be held in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, from 28 to 30 April 2007. The first edition of the festival opens with the films that have been made on Kashmir and by the people of the state. Apart from this there will be some other documentaries and short films made by well-known filmmakers. The format of the film festival supports independent curators to curate a part of the festival. This year we will have a package of films on gender in this section. From the next year onwards the IFFK will have a retrospective and a lot more feature films from around the world and be a much longer event attracting films and audience from different parts of the world. 

Filmmakers 

Some of the filmmakers whose work is being shown include: 

Amar Kanwar, Anand Patwardhan, Ajay Raina, Sonia Jabbar, Abir Bazaz, Meenu Gaur, Emran Ali, Monica Bhasin, Kavita Pai, Ansa Thaplial, Atul Gupta, Shabnam Aara... 

Venue and Date 

Tagore Hall, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. 
>From 28 to 30 April 2007. 

Organisers 

The IFFK is co-organised by XMITA (Xperimental Moving Images and Theatre Association) and J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages. 

XMITA is a Srinagar-based non-governmental organisation comprising of artists, filmmakers and writers from Srinagar and Delhi. Some of the people associated with include Emran Ali, a Srinagar-based filmmaker, Aarshad Mushtaq, a Srinagar-based theatre director and filmmaker, Noushad Gayoor, a Srinagar-based artist, and Nishant, a Delhi-based writer. XMITA seeks to support young artists and filmmakers in a variety of ways, some of which include organising events, helping them get funds for their projects and pitch for their works at international events. A few prominent artists and writers of Kashmir are on the advisory board of XMITA. 

Contact 

In Srinagar, Emran Ali: 09419719009 
In Delhi, Nishant: 9811454929 
email: nicheant at gmail.com


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