[Reader-list] Invitation to Persistence Resistance 2011

[Magic Lantern Foundation]

Dear Friends
Apologies for cross posting.
Magic Lantern Foundation and India International Centre invite you to the 4th edition of Persistence Resistance: Edge of Visual Narrative. The festival aims to create a cinema space that celebrates the diverse nature of films today. The festival will screen more than 80 films, many of which are distributed by Under Construction, as well as special invited packages, in a multitude of viewing spaces. 

Dates: 7, 8, 9 & 10th February 2011, 
Time: 9:30 am to 10:00 pm
Venue: India International Centre, 
40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003 

Entry Free and all welcome. 

For more information and regular updates visit and register at: - http://persistenceresistance.in/

Some of the highlights of 4th editions are:

Retrospectives of:
Rahul Roy
Kim Longinotto
Arun Khopkar

Special packages from:
Doc Alliance films brought by Dok Leipzig
Selection from London International Documentary Festival
Student films from Zelig School, Italy.
Selected films from South Korea curated by Asian Network of the Documentary, Pusan International Film Festival

World premiere of:
- ‘This is cricket no?’ by Sudhir Aggarwal and Gregory French
- ‘You don’t belong’ by Spandan Banerjee
- ‘Partners in crime’ by Paromita Vohra

Seminars:
Film Festivals as Public Cultures' on 7 February at the Max Mueller Bhavan. Directors of 8 international and 3 Indian film festivals will speak at this.
Gender and governance' in collaboration with UN Women, focused on the work of Kim Longinotto and Rahul Roy on 10 Feb at the IIC
And:
Workshop on 'Crowd Funding for Production and Distribution' conducted by Charlie Phillip, director of Markets at Sheffield Doc fest and Jamie King, director Vodo, an on-line distribution platform. Peter WIntonick, award winning filmmaker and creator of several public access digital archives, would moderate the workshop. On 8 Feb at IIC.
[These seminars and workshop will require prior registration.]

The festival will be inaugurated on 8 February, 10 am with the release of Shohini Ghosh's book 'Fire.'

For those in New Delhi, we're doing a curtain raiser at Yodakin, the bookshop at Hauz Khas Village on 29th Jan, at 6.30pm. Please come.

Please also circulate this information among those who might be interested to attend or write about the festival.

With Warm Wishes
MLF Festival Team

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