Nfdc Film Bazaar is introducing a new segment for films in need of gap financing this year. Eighteen projects will be pitched to potential investors to find finishing funds at the first Investor Pitch in Goa this year.
“We learnt that independent films invariably run out of budget at post-production stage. So we thought of organizing a pitching session of such films from Nfdc Recommends section and presenting them to investors, producers and distributors. Here prospective investors can get to watch full films,” says Deepti DCunha, the curator of Investor Pitch.
In order to try out the idea, Nfdc invited selected filmmakers from the Viewing Room section last year for a pitching forum. Filmmakers were asked to showcase the trailers and talk about their films for about five minutes.
One of the filmmakers who pitched his film at the forum last year was Lajwanti director Pushpendra Singh. He met Delhi-based...
“We learnt that independent films invariably run out of budget at post-production stage. So we thought of organizing a pitching session of such films from Nfdc Recommends section and presenting them to investors, producers and distributors. Here prospective investors can get to watch full films,” says Deepti DCunha, the curator of Investor Pitch.
In order to try out the idea, Nfdc invited selected filmmakers from the Viewing Room section last year for a pitching forum. Filmmakers were asked to showcase the trailers and talk about their films for about five minutes.
One of the filmmakers who pitched his film at the forum last year was Lajwanti director Pushpendra Singh. He met Delhi-based...
- 11/19/2014
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Nfdc Labs announced the six participants of the Nfdc – Harlequin Romance Screenwriters’ Lab.
The first of its kind,three-part Lab with romance and women-centric plots as the themes, will be mentored by screenwriters Habib Faisal and Bhavani Iyer and popular authors Ashok Banker and Shoma Narayanan for the parallel Harlequin Lab. Post the Lab, Harlequin will offer book deals to the most promising writers.
The experts will mentor three scripts each for their respective Labs – Nfdc and Harlequin. The Lab will include 2 residential programs: First part at a hotel in Pune from 27 – 31 July, 2014; Second part – offline program conducted as per schedule mutually decided between the mentors and the writers; Third and the final part from 16 – 20 November, 2014 at Film Bazaar in Goa.
The selected scripts are:
1. Anjuna Beats - Thomas Jacob
2. Love in the Time of Moral Policing - Niharika Negi
3. Magic for Maria - Annie Zaidi
4. Vanmala - Abhimanyu Kulkarni...
The first of its kind,three-part Lab with romance and women-centric plots as the themes, will be mentored by screenwriters Habib Faisal and Bhavani Iyer and popular authors Ashok Banker and Shoma Narayanan for the parallel Harlequin Lab. Post the Lab, Harlequin will offer book deals to the most promising writers.
The experts will mentor three scripts each for their respective Labs – Nfdc and Harlequin. The Lab will include 2 residential programs: First part at a hotel in Pune from 27 – 31 July, 2014; Second part – offline program conducted as per schedule mutually decided between the mentors and the writers; Third and the final part from 16 – 20 November, 2014 at Film Bazaar in Goa.
The selected scripts are:
1. Anjuna Beats - Thomas Jacob
2. Love in the Time of Moral Policing - Niharika Negi
3. Magic for Maria - Annie Zaidi
4. Vanmala - Abhimanyu Kulkarni...
- 7/18/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
“Someone You Love,” the latest film from Danish filmmaker Pernille Fischer Christensen, centers on the complicated, though universal issue of family, and everything that that entails — love, heartbreak and hope. Even for someone who seems to have a charmed life, you can’t escape family, and the responsibilities, joys, and drama along with it. Thomas Jacob (Mikael Persbrandt) is an aging rockstar, slipping into his quieter older years as gracefully as he can. He’s got a highly controlled, comfortably appointed set up in Denmark (he’s in from La) where he’s recording new material with his long time collaborator Molly (Trine Dryholm). He’s got this kind of controlled set up because he’s a recovering addict, his only leftover vice a penchant for smokes (and the nicotine stained voice to match). The women in his life, his manager Kate, his housekeeper, Molly, all create an easy, affectionate and stress-free atmosphere for him,...
- 6/22/2014
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
While the Danish director Pernille Fischer Christensen's "Someone You Love" doesn't tread any new ground in its tale of heartbreak, loss and discovery, it's also a rich and engaging demonstration of how commitment, craft and execution can create something worthy of note despite any seemingly initial familiarity. The movie is anchored by the stalwart acting work of Mikael Persbrandt as Thomas Jacob, the fictional singer-songwriter icon at the center of the film. As we open, Jacob's landing in Denmark, jetting in from his usual base in L.A. to make a new album with Molly Moe (Trine Dyrholm) the producer-writer-collaborator he's known for years. He has his patient manager Kate (Eve Best) in tow; he's tending to a few minor tasks and appearances before he'll to go into the studio and work; a brief meeting with his long-estranged daughter Julie (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen) and her son Noa (Sofus Rønnov) is just one of them,...
- 6/16/2014
- by James Rocchi
- Indiewire
The 8th Berlin Talent Campus commenced on February 13. The Berlinale Talent Campus is a creative academy and networking platform for 350 up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world. It will last for six days and will offer a huge variety of different programme elements for directors, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers, producers, editors, sound designers, composers, production designers, film critics and visual artists. Uma da Cunha spoke to the five Indians participate in this year’s Berlinale Talent Campus…
Siddharth Mathawan
Production Designer/Art Director, New Delhi
I have worked in various fields like designing for built environment, theatre, art exhibition, installations, photography, events, and gradually but progressively increased my canvas.
I believe that experimenting with different spaces, media and forms is full of surprises and fulfilling at different levels be they objects, structures, forms, fabrics or colours. Each one is dynamic, transforming space through time, in which an observer observes and discovers...
Siddharth Mathawan
Production Designer/Art Director, New Delhi
I have worked in various fields like designing for built environment, theatre, art exhibition, installations, photography, events, and gradually but progressively increased my canvas.
I believe that experimenting with different spaces, media and forms is full of surprises and fulfilling at different levels be they objects, structures, forms, fabrics or colours. Each one is dynamic, transforming space through time, in which an observer observes and discovers...
- 2/14/2010
- by Uma da Cunha
- DearCinema.com
All those attending the 60th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival from February 11-21 will get a good deal of Indian Cinema this year. From Culinary cinema to Forum Expanded, Indian presence can be felt almost everywhere. It is a major shift from Berlinale 2009 when Indian presence in the festival was marked by only a short film Wagah by Supriyo Sen. Two days for the festival to begin, Dearcinema gives you an account of India at Berlinale this year:
The Generation 14plus competition of the Berlinale will open with Dev Benegal’s Road, Movie. In this moving homage to the mobile cinema culture of India starring Abhay Deol and Tanishtha Chatterjee, the director pays tribute to the place where screen, light and audience come together in a magical event. Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir will also be screened under Generation 14plus section. Vihir is the story of two adolescent boys...
The Generation 14plus competition of the Berlinale will open with Dev Benegal’s Road, Movie. In this moving homage to the mobile cinema culture of India starring Abhay Deol and Tanishtha Chatterjee, the director pays tribute to the place where screen, light and audience come together in a magical event. Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir will also be screened under Generation 14plus section. Vihir is the story of two adolescent boys...
- 2/9/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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