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Mahua Arts Project are offering one new filmmaker the chance to create their own short film with full creative, production and post production support provided free!
Participants need to submit a proposal (max 500 words) and a script example if necessary in addition to a CV for a short film of no longer than 5 minutes. Please email all applications to info@mahuaartsproject.co.uk
The deadline for submissions is 5pm Friday 8th January 2010. Applications received after this time will not be considered. For full terms and conditions please visit www.
We welcome applications from all genres except for animation and are happy to receive proposals that are any length up to 5 minutes.
The proposal should include information about the story/theme, the structure of the film, the look/style and the sound/music.
Eligibility criteria:
Applicants must be over 18
Applicants must live or work in London
Only one application per person
Students in full-time education are not eligible to apply
Applications will only be accepted from individuals NOT companies
Applications will only be accepted by first time filmmakers
Eligible support:
Comprehensive filmmaking training if required
Script development support
Camera and accessories, lighting, sound recording equipment
Three professional crew members, one runner and one production manager (travel, subsistence and food costs included)
Maximum 3 (8hours) days shooting
Post production, editing, sound transfer and a basic level of graphics
Post production will be max 2 (8hours) days with one editor
Participant will receive five DVD copies of the completed film and one final edited avi file.
Non eligible support:
Any costs incurred due to:
participants transport/food/subsistence
location hire charges or fees
fees for additional crew
food/travel/subsistence for any additional crew
Make-up artist
Costumes
Location recee
Props
Mahua Arts Project will endeavour to find practical solutions that will be either free or very cheap with prior consultation if there are any requirements in the non eligible support.
NB Only music that is specifically created for the film can be used in this competition.
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Sunday 6th December at 4pm
at The Shortwave Cinema.
Mahua are pleased to present the DVD launch of the deeply moving and distinguished Bengali drama Tahar Namti Ranjana Sunday 6th December at 4pm at The Shortwave Cinema. This will be followed by a discussion with members of the cast and crew. For further information please visit www.mahua.co.uk
This event is FREE but please RSVP to info@mahua.co.uk . Seats will go on a first come first served basis.
Ranjana, originally a radio play was adapted for the stage and was successfully performed in the UK. The production was then specially filmed at a theatre venue readapted in the form of a TV drama.
Ranjana tells the story of a woman visiting a convict awaiting to be hanged who she thinks is her long lost brother. It is a sinuous tale that shifts between reality and fiction, it is a story of half-truths that steps out of the shadow to take centre place in a cleverly orchestrated chessboard of lies, emotions and death.
“As a director for both theatre and film I wanted to create a fusion between the two formats as I felt that TV dramas were dominating the media and the smaller independent stage productions are falling behind.”
“I have always been very interested in capturing live acting in a filmic way so that the surprise of reality can be preserved with the calculated premeditation of a TV drama.”
Duration: 50mins
Language: Bengali with English subtitles
Location: Shortwave Cinema, 10 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN (Near Tower Bridge / Borough / London Bridge / Bermondsey Tube Stations)
Read more on Tahar Namti Ranjana
Watch trailer
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FEEDBACK
DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING
UNDERSTANDING TRAFFICKING
Mahua were proud to have hosted the London premiere screening of Ananya Chakraborti’s informative and powerful documentary about human trafficking in the Indian sub continent. It was followed by an eye opening Q&A with the director herself. The event was very successful and we would like to wish Ananya the best of luck in promoting her documentary around the globe and look forward to seeing her next film!
“This is rare footage to capture the plight of a trafficked victim and her actual trafficker, a very brave and valuable documentary, congratulations Ananya. “ - Trish, Founder of Unchosen.
“It's great to have access to such rare material, I look forward to being a regular attender of these screenings.” - Ali Pretty, Director of Kinetika
“I really enjoyed watching Ananya's film. It was a real eye-opener about how human trafficking works in India, and put over at times disturbing and at other times uplifting account of how these girls are forced into these desperate situations. It left me wanting to see more about how the girls can adapt to normal life again after being "rescued" and the emotional journey they may go through to get there.” - Jules Seymour, Producer
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DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING
UNDERSTANDING TRAFFICKING
Mahua is pleased to host the screening of Understanding Trafficking a documentary film made by Ananya Chakroborti on Sunday 15 November 2009 at 3 pm at the Shortwave Cinema. There will also be a Q&A session with the director at the end of the screening. The event is FREE and is organised by Mahua Productions in association with Creative Enterprise Network.
Understanding Trafficking (2009)
Legend tells of a magical line that Laxman drew around Sita which no woman is supposed to cross. If any woman dared to cross the magical line, she would risk being kidnapped by Ravan the demon.
For centuries women have been discouraged to cross the line, to remain indoors and within limits. The lines and limits of their existence have always been defined by patriarchy so what happens if a woman does cross the line? By circumstances, through need, or simply from a desire to dare and challenge the magical line?
Understanding Trafficking stresses the difference between women who migrate and join the sex trade and women who are trafficked into the sex trade. It is a trade that feeds on the miseries of the world’s poor, and the ravages wrought by death and destruction. Yet it is wrong to classify all women who make it to the world’s oldest profession as victims of trafficking. This is what filmmaker and journalist Ananya Chakraborti’s film Understanding Trafficking seeks to convey stressing the important distinction between migration and trafficking.
Duration 90 mins
Extract taken from ‘The nuances of human trafficking’ By Rina Mukherji - Infochange News & Features, June 2009.
Read more http://www.cinemawoman.in/review.html
Dir: Ananya Chakraborti (b 1958) filmmaker, television journalist, writer and activist was brought into the spotlight for her role in preventing a kidnap from a Metro station in 1992 which inspired a novel and an award winning feature film Dahan.
Chakraborti has an extensive filmmography that spans complex and challenging social issues: Half Way Home (1995), The School That Karmi Soren Built (1996), Uttaradhikar (1997), Najaayaz (1998) and Aids, Lies and Documentaries (1999). As a freelance filmmaker, Chakraborti created two groundbreaking documentaries on women’s empowerment in the context of changing India: Daughters of the 73rd Amendment, Act I (1999) and The Politics of Silence (2002). These documentaries have become pioneering works in understanding gender issues in India.
Since 1992, Chakraborti has played an active role in the women’s movement and empowerment in Bengal and India through her columns, articles and documentary films which are used by universities, institutes and NGOs as awareness and training material for women’s education both in urban and rural Bengal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
3 PM Sunday 15 November 2009
Shortwave Cinema, 10 Bermondsey Square
London SE1 3UN
(Near London Bridge / Bermondsey Station).
Duration: 90 mins. (Approx)
RSVP: sarah@mahua.co.uk
More info:www.mahua.co.uk
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