5^th Jagran Film Festival, Delhi concludes; now all set to travel across the next 15 cities in India

Insightful master class, Engaging discussions, World of short films, Indian Showcase, and much more at last day of 5^th Jagran Film Festival, Delhi

 

8^th July, 2014: With a promise to take the film festival to 16 cities across India, the5^th Jagran Film Festival promises to keep the momentum on, the final day of 5^thJagran Film Festival, New Delhi was an absolute treat for movie lovers and a learning experience for those more serious about the business. Needless to say that people will be talking about this one for a sometime to come. Scheduled between 5th July, 2014 to 8^th July, 2014 the festival concluded with a lot of inspiration and excitement amongst the audience.

 

After three days of celebrating cinema, the final few films screened today included The Tale of Nayachampa (Bengali), Kerala Verma Pazhassi Raja (Malayalam), A Rainy Day (Marathi ), Ankhon Dekhi (Hindi), Dekh Tamasha Dekh (Hindi), Punjab 1984 (Punjabi), A woman as a friend (Italian), Barbarians (Serbian), The Man of the Crowd (Portuguese), Bad Hair (Spanish), Madras Café (Hindi) and Revival (Czech Republic).

The last of the 5^th Jagran Film Festival, New Delhi master classes were conducted bySanjeev Gupta (Director-Q), Cyrus Dastur (Founder-Shamiana), Rajendra Talakand Manoj Srivastava on ‘Starting Small with Shorts’.  This session was an interesting conversation where short films as not just a starting point, but also a genre that is budding and being explored more by even established directors was discussed.  Right from the treatment of short films to the kind of gear to be used was touched upon and talked about in this session.

The second master class was ‘Writing on Cinema-What You Need to Know,’ was chaired by Feroz Abbas, Ajay Brahmatmaj, Ajit Rai and Manoj Srivastava. It was moderated by Prakash K Ray. ‘The session was important and interesting for all those interested in becoming the future ‘critics’ of cinema. The discussion revolved around the need for critics themselves to study cinema in particular and arts in general, to know the masters and their work, to have a understanding of the growing trends worldwide and a perspective towards what’s being made in the country and why? A very interesting discussion as everything from sociology to psychology and of course movies was discussed.

Well, the fourth day has gone and 5^th Jagran Film Festival, New Delhi has come to an end. But not so soon! The festival is now set to travel to the next 15 cities with their interesting lineup of films for cinema lovers across the country.

So, stay tune, as there is still more that has to be shared by your very own Jagran Film Festival, with you!

 

About Jagran Film Festival:

Jagran Film Festival (JFF) is an initiative by the Jagran Group towards creating a culture of cinema appreciation. JFF is an honest and sincere attempt by Jagran to spread this culture, and create a platform that connects great content with audiences across the country. The festival screens films across genres, documentaries and world classics apart from student films and ad films. A unique feature of JFF is that the cast and crew of a few select films are invited to a discussion with the audience on various elements of the film. An important aspect of the festival is to generate a discussion on the various aspects of Cinema and its impact on society and popular culture. A series of Panel Discussions will be held with deliberations by eminent personalities from the film industry.

For further details please visit  http://www.jff.co.in/

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