<p>This weeklong event will showcase a palette of award-winning, thought-provoking films on various topics and will be held at Lavanya Theatre in Ulsoor.<br /><br />Other than the screenings and seminars, workshops will also be held, including a seminar on the future of films in today’s digital age with a special focus on animation. The aim of the festival is to allow the entire film community from both India and Germany to come together and interact. Film-makers like Sanjay Nag (‘Memories in March’), Shaji Karun (Kutty Srank), Paresh Kamdar (Khargosh), Yasemin Samdereli (Almanya) and Heinrich Breloer (‘Buddenbrooks’) will be present for question-answer sessions after their films are screened.<br /><br />“In this film festival, we are showing nine Indian films as well as eight German films. This gives a chance of a real dialogue between two unique film cultures,” says Christoph Bertrams, Director, Max Mueller Bhavan. “I strongly recommend everyone to attend the screening of ‘Buddenbrooks’, a German film revolving around arranged marriage, popularly an Indian concept. It is very interesting to see how Yasemin has dealt with it and her perception of it,” he adds.<br /><br />Manu Chakravarthy, a film critic, has another take on the festival and explains that it has heavy cultural implications in today’s globalised world. “This is a cultural negotiation between two countries, which has been ongoing for quite a while. There is no national cultural narrative in a country like India with so many different languages and regional film industries.”<br /><br />Hindi feature films like Udaan and ‘Peepli Live’ will be screened as well as films of other languages like Bettada Jeeva (Kannada), Balgandharva (Marathi ) and Kutty Srank (Malayalam). Among the German selection, children’s films like ‘Vicky the Viking’ and youth-centric films like ‘Rock It!’ will be screened. <br /><br />“The film selection was made by special committees based on the number of awards the film won, the freshness of its content and different techniques used,” says N Shashidhara, Secretary, Suchitra Film Society.<br /><br />Registration forms can be found online at www.goethe.de/bangalore or at Max Mueller Bhavan, Suchitra Film Society, Alliance Francaise and British Library. Passes are <br />being issued from November 14 and can be collected at the Max Mueller Bhavan.</p>
<p>This weeklong event will showcase a palette of award-winning, thought-provoking films on various topics and will be held at Lavanya Theatre in Ulsoor.<br /><br />Other than the screenings and seminars, workshops will also be held, including a seminar on the future of films in today’s digital age with a special focus on animation. The aim of the festival is to allow the entire film community from both India and Germany to come together and interact. Film-makers like Sanjay Nag (‘Memories in March’), Shaji Karun (Kutty Srank), Paresh Kamdar (Khargosh), Yasemin Samdereli (Almanya) and Heinrich Breloer (‘Buddenbrooks’) will be present for question-answer sessions after their films are screened.<br /><br />“In this film festival, we are showing nine Indian films as well as eight German films. This gives a chance of a real dialogue between two unique film cultures,” says Christoph Bertrams, Director, Max Mueller Bhavan. “I strongly recommend everyone to attend the screening of ‘Buddenbrooks’, a German film revolving around arranged marriage, popularly an Indian concept. It is very interesting to see how Yasemin has dealt with it and her perception of it,” he adds.<br /><br />Manu Chakravarthy, a film critic, has another take on the festival and explains that it has heavy cultural implications in today’s globalised world. “This is a cultural negotiation between two countries, which has been ongoing for quite a while. There is no national cultural narrative in a country like India with so many different languages and regional film industries.”<br /><br />Hindi feature films like Udaan and ‘Peepli Live’ will be screened as well as films of other languages like Bettada Jeeva (Kannada), Balgandharva (Marathi ) and Kutty Srank (Malayalam). Among the German selection, children’s films like ‘Vicky the Viking’ and youth-centric films like ‘Rock It!’ will be screened. <br /><br />“The film selection was made by special committees based on the number of awards the film won, the freshness of its content and different techniques used,” says N Shashidhara, Secretary, Suchitra Film Society.<br /><br />Registration forms can be found online at www.goethe.de/bangalore or at Max Mueller Bhavan, Suchitra Film Society, Alliance Francaise and British Library. Passes are <br />being issued from November 14 and can be collected at the Max Mueller Bhavan.</p>
