Imaging Asia 2010 :Film Festival

Imaging Asia
 by
NETPAC

The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. For Asian cinema, which has grown exponentially and won more awards than ever before, this period is marked by a sense of achievement and pride.

NETPAC has been actively engaged in this eventful journey: a NETPAC Award for the Best Asian Film has been established at major international film festivals; Cinemaya, the official journal of NETPAC, has promoted Asian cinema far and wide; dedicated Asian Film Festivals have sprung up all over the world - Fukuoka in Japan, 3rd Eye Asian Film Festival in Mumbai, Vesoul in France, Barcelona in Spain, NETPAC’s own Festival – Cinefan in New Delhi, and the Jogja-NETPAC festival in Jogjakarta, among them; an APSA-NETPAC Development Prize has been instituted at the Asia-Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane.

This year, to mark its twenty years, NETPAC India holds Imaging Asia which includes under its aegis - an International conference, a thirty film festival, pre cinema performances and story tellers' art coupled with an exhibition brought to life by the Asian Heritage Foundation. The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will also bring in international performers from China, Thailand and Indonesia among others.
To be held across venues including the Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Instituto Cervantes, Alliance Francaise, India International Centre and India Habitat Centre - the multi-discplinary event will be held between 19-22 August.
For more details on the festival and schedules visit : http://www.netpacasia.org/imagingasia/films.html

Schedule at AFD :

Thursday, 19 August

1400 hrs: Mr & Mrs IyerIndia, 2002, Director: Aparna Sen, 120 mins    

1630 hrs: Fishing Platform, Jermal Indonesia, 2009, Dir: Ravi Bharwani, 90 mins

1800 hrs: Informal discussion with French delegates 
 
 How Asian films are received in Europe, particularly in France?

 What the ‘success’ of a film implies – whether it is shown at a festival or exhibited in a hall?

 How are films selected for the Director’s Fortnight?

Speakers :Martine Therouanne (Founder-Director, Vesoul Asian Film Festival),Jean-Marc Therouanne (Managing Director, Vesoul Asian Film Festival),
Frederic Boyer(Director, Director’s Fortnight, Cannes),Julian Ezzanno (Head, International Co-Production, Centre national de cinema).

1900 hrs:    Adrift / Choi Voi Vietnam-France, 2009 Director Bui Thac Chuyen 110 min

Friday, 20 August

 
1400 hrs:    Agarian Utopia / Sawan Baan NaThailand, 2009, Dir: Uruphong Raksasad 122 mins
1630 hrs:    Birth of a Butterfly /Tavalod-e Yek parvaneh, Iran, 1998, Dir. Mojtaba Raie 110 mins

1900 hrs:    Sanctuary Malaysia, 2004, Dir : Ho Yuhang, 90 mins

 
Saturday, 21 August

1100 hrs:    Songs from the Southern Seas Kazakhstan-France-Germany-Russia, 2007 Dir Abai Kulbai 84 mins

1400 hrs:    Barbed Wire / Kantatar  Dir Bappaditya, Bandopadhyay, 123 mins
1630 hrs:    The Mourning Forest, Mogari no Japan-France, 2007, Dir. Naomi Kawase, 97 mins
1900 hrs:    The Servile/ Vidheyan,India 1994 Dir. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 112 mins

Sunday, 22 August

 
1100 hrs:    Platform, Zhantai,China-HK- Japan-France, Dir. Jia Zhangke, 54 mins

1400 hrs:    Moscow Korea, 2009,Dir. Whang Cheol-mean, 103 mins
1630 hrs:    Nostalgia for the Countryside/ Thuong nho, dong que, Vietnam, 1995 Dir. Dang Nat Minh 116 mins

1900 hrs:    Divine Intervention /Yaadon ilaheyya Palestine-Morocco-France-Germany/ 2002 Dir. Elia Suleiman, 92 mins