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This original and ground-breaking program is curated by Shai Heredia, the director of EXPERIMENTA, India's first independent festival for experimental film. From seminal archival classics from Films Division India to emerging moving image artists work, this is a showcase of Indian experimental films and videos that extend the boundaries of genre and form.
Film: And I Make Short Films
Directed By: S.N.S.Sastry
Origin: India, 1968
Description: 15 minutes
An impressionistic portrayal of short film making by a short
film maker. The film explores the process, ideas and the context
of documentary filmmaking in India at the time -art or documentation
of reality. The views expressed in the film are sometimes bitter,
often humorous, at times satirical but seldom complimentary.
Film: Claxplosion
Directed By: Pramod Pati
Origin: India, 1968
Description: 2 minutes
Using pixilation and electronic music, this is an experimental family planning film.
Film: Abid
Directed By: Pramod Pati
Origin: India, 1972
Description: 5 minutes
"Unlike a cartoon film, which is a rapidly moving series of
photographed drawings, in pixilation, a moving object is shot
frame by frame, and then through clever editing made to appear
in motion. By its nature, this movement is agile, energetic
and unpredictable just like the pop art movement." [Pramod Pati]
Film: Trip
Directed By: Pramod Pati
Origin: India, 1970
Description: 4 minutes
A film on Bombay, which uses pixilation to depict the transitoriness
of daily life in an urban context. This spectacular film with
its abstract soundtrack of tweaked city sounds is the quintessential
urban Indian experimental film.
Film: Passage
Directed By: Gurvinder Singh
Origin: India, 2004
Description: 8 minutes
As an ambient essay on time and drifting sounds within a domestic
space, this personal and highly aestheticised video was made
before the filmmaker moved house in Delhi.
Film: Kalighaat Fetish
Directed By: Ashish Avikunthak
Origin: India, 1999
Description: 22 minutes
The film attempts to negotiate with the duality that is associated
with the ceremonial veneration of the Mother Goddess Kali. It
ruminates on the nuanced transexuality that is prevalent in
the ceremonial performance of male devotees cross dressing as
Kali. (Please be advised that the film contains some scenes
of animal sacrifice)
Film: Boond: In 6 tellings
Directed By: Anuradha Chandra
Origin: India, 2004
Description: 14 minutes
Boond tells a mythical fable of a drop of water that turns into
a man. The story is told by four women from around the world.
Their interpretation and retelling of this ancient tale reveals
the multiple meanings of the story. In a time when communities
are collapsing under the pressures of modern life, Boond explores
the possibility of resurrecting lost oral traditions and finding
spaces to communicate despite differences
Film: Kshya Tra Gya
Directed By: Amit Dutta
Origin: India, 2004
Description: 22 minutes
A boy (who is also an old man) tries to tell a story. This film
is in two parts. The first part deals with the ritual of a boy
going to school, and the second part deals with the story-book.
With a rhythmic structure, this abstract narrative tale is told
using in-camera special effects. Mythological references have
been used as puns, some of the riddles are from Somdev's book
Katahsaritsagar, and some of the stories from Milord Pavic's
"Dictionary of the Khazars".
Film: Tell me a Story
Directed By: Amit Saxena
Origin: India, 2005
Description: 8 minutes
This animation attempts to invoke, through the act of memory and story, the sustaining myths and symbols of the past and present: the joy and travail of a traveler.
Filmmakers Amit Saxena and Nandini Sikand will be available for discussion.
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