[Reader-list] Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking

[rohitrellan at aol.in]

Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
Every month, we will conduct a mentoring workshop for young and new filmmakers on different aspects of the making of a documentary film: the language and ethics of documentary narrative. This discussion will take place in an informal, round table setting, moderated by 2 mentors, to enable the filmmakers to question, and thereby push their ideas/concepts further.
We invite filmmakers to submit their concepts / proposals in 1-2 pages, accompanied by a short bio, to enable us to select 4-5 proposals that can be discussed. The project may be at any stage:concept /pre production or even post.

Please note: 
The event is for young documentary filmmakers to share their ideas. It is not for observers.
This session is free of charge.

The mentoring workshop will be a day long session and will be conducted every month with a new set of proposals. 

Projects which were not short listed earlier, please feel free to apply again, preferably with additions.
(The following people were short listed for 1st round. 
Sumit Verma, Tinni Mitra, Ketaki Savnal, Subhashis Roy, Abhijeet Parmar. The workshop took place on 20th April.)

Send copy of your Proposal by Email to both the mentors: kumartalkies at yahoo.com, bmukhtiar at gmail.com

Deadline: 1st May
Selected candidates will be notified by 6th May
Workshop: 15th May
Venue: Films Division, Mumbai

Mentors: 
Pankaj Rishi Kumar is a one man crew producing, directing, shooting and editing his own films. (Kumar Talkies, Pather Chujaeri, The Vote, Gharat, 3 Men and a Bulb, Punches n Ponytails, Seeds of Dissent, In God’s land). His films have been screened at festivals all over the world. He has won grants from Hubert Bals, IFA, Jan Vrijman, AND (Korea), Banff, Majlis, Sarai and Pad.ma. Pankaj was awarded an Asia Society fellowship at Harvard Asia Centre (2003). He was a TA at the first Asian Film Academy (Pusan). Pankaj also curates and teaches. 

Batul Mukhtiar: has worked as a line producer and associate director for several international documentaries. She has directed some documentary shorts, and a docu-feature, 150 Seconds Ago. She has made 2 children’s fiction features, Lilkee and Kaphal.


- Rohit 
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Regards,
Rohit Rellan
Skype :rohitrellan



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