The line-up of the 2nd edition of the Dharamshala International Film festival has been announced. The festival will showcase feature films, documentaries and short films.
Organised by White Crane Arts & Media; the festival will be held from October 24 – 27, 2013 in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala.
This year, a new section ‘Art and Film’ has been introduced at the festival in collaboration with Vienna-based Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation. The section will feature art films made by international artists Sean Snyder, Wael Shawky, Marine Hugonnier, Omer Fast, Walid Raad and Rabih Mroué.
The Best of recent Indian Shorts curated by filmmaker Umesh Kulkarni will also be showcased.
Besides, Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky’s Watermark will make its world premiere at the festival.
Some of the film personalities who will attend the festival are: Jacek Borcuch (Lasting), Nishtha Jain (Gulabi Gang), Nitin Kakkar (Filmistaan), Avijit Mukul Kishore (To Let the World In), Nagraj Manjule (Fandry...
Organised by White Crane Arts & Media; the festival will be held from October 24 – 27, 2013 in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala.
This year, a new section ‘Art and Film’ has been introduced at the festival in collaboration with Vienna-based Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation. The section will feature art films made by international artists Sean Snyder, Wael Shawky, Marine Hugonnier, Omer Fast, Walid Raad and Rabih Mroué.
The Best of recent Indian Shorts curated by filmmaker Umesh Kulkarni will also be showcased.
Besides, Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky’s Watermark will make its world premiere at the festival.
Some of the film personalities who will attend the festival are: Jacek Borcuch (Lasting), Nishtha Jain (Gulabi Gang), Nitin Kakkar (Filmistaan), Avijit Mukul Kishore (To Let the World In), Nagraj Manjule (Fandry...
- 10/16/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
★★☆☆☆ Like a distorted transmission from a distant planet, Shezad Dawood's debut feature, Piercing Brightness (2013) lands in selected UK cinemas this week. Dawood is a renowned visual artist who has recently toured a major exhibition of the same name featuring film, painting and light sculpture. This cinematic iteration bares many of the hallmarks of a unique and talented artist and is at times a sensory revelation - though its abstract nature means that it is not entirely accessible. The palimpsest of its opening minutes create something of an overwhelming audiovisual experience, evoking the feature's installation roots.
After that, Piercing Brightness then settles into a slightly more conventional - though not quit linear - narrative which begins with a Chinese couple arriving in sunny Preston. It's instantly clear that these are not visitors from Beijing, however, but from another world and are on Earth to place down glowing markers. These will...
After that, Piercing Brightness then settles into a slightly more conventional - though not quit linear - narrative which begins with a Chinese couple arriving in sunny Preston. It's instantly clear that these are not visitors from Beijing, however, but from another world and are on Earth to place down glowing markers. These will...
- 6/6/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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