SHORT FILM SCREENING

IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCHOOL OF MEDIA STUDIES, KAKKANAD
SCREENING OF SHORT FILMS

AT ADHYAPAKA BHAVAN,
KARIKKAMURI CROSS ROAD,
ERNAKULAM

ON 20TH SEPTEMBER 2007,
6.00 P.M.


"MYSTERY HUNTERS"

A Documentary Film on B. Premanand

The revelation of a Traveling Philosopher who exposed the so called Divine Miracles by his scientific rationale.

Produced and Directed: Sajeev Anthikkad

Camera and Editing: Babu Nazar
Duration: 86 Minutes

Premanand, is a traveller and visionary who through scientific rationalism, debunked the so-called miracle-makers and godmen all over the world.


Born in Kerala, he started fighting 'miracles' from the age of 12, and later travelled in over 49 countries to spread the message of scientific temper and rationalism. In his journey, he unravelled several godmen and miracles, and in the process learned over 1500 such 'god tricks'.

In the 70's he travelled all over Kerala to unravel miracles. He also wrote a column in Janayugam weekly to propagate scientific temper. Premanand is one of the most prominent rationalists of India after Dr Kovoor who took the latter's message forward with greater enthusiasm and rigour.





"EDAVAPPATHY"
Heavy monsoon showers. Man with an umbrella meets girl without an umbrella. Sivan gives the umbrella to the girl. And then begins the search for the elusive girl and the umbrella.
A world of insanity in which only the umbrella seems to retain sanity. And Ramettan who denies the existence of anything and everyone…
Umbrella becomes the symbol of the elusive defence against the raging storm of globalisation.
Script & Direction: Sudhamsu







"POOMARAM / A FLOWERING TREE"

Filmmaker's thought: "It seems unfair that men don't get to menstruate. Fortunately, though, some of us get to live with people who do".
The film is an attempt at constructing a MALE EDITION of the audio- visual dictionary on Menstruation. Of how menstruation created the world, unraveling the Metaformic theory, postulated by Feminist Author Judy Grahn. A new relational origin story that women's menstrual rituals are the roots of human culture, and that in human evolution women and men have markedly different relationships to blood. Metaform, briefly, means an embodied or enacted idea with menstruation at its base.
The film is a mythographic observation of the interconnections among ancient menstrual rites and the development of agriculture, mathematics, writing, calendars, and other realms of knowledge.

Vipin Vijay , studied filmmaking at SRFTI, Calcutta. He received support from IDFA, Amsterdam, IFA, Bangalore, and Majlis, Mumbai, for his early works. In 2003, he received the Charles Wales Arts Award for research at the British Film Institute (BFI), London, for a film. At present working on a feature film with a support from Hubert Bals Film Fund, Rotterdam. He was invited to 3 Continents Film Festival 2007, Nantes, Paris, at Produire au Sud to represent India.
His films have won National Jury Award, Tiger Award-Rotterdam, Golden Pearl-HIFF, International Jury prize, Kodak Award, Kerala State Film & TV Award, IDPA Award, and the John Abraham National Awards (2005 and 2006). His films have widely been shown in festivals at Rotterdam, Karlovyvary, Oberhausen, Montreal, Japan, Karachi, Tehran, Chicago, Seattle, Berkley, Mexico, Croatia, Milan, and the Indian Panorama. Two of his films have recently been acquired for permanent archive at the U.S. Library of Congress.

Credits:
Malayalam / 60 Minutes / Colour 2007
Script, Sound Design, Camera, Direction: Vipin Vijay
A Holy Grail Film Studio Production