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| 9th Festival Of Asian & Arab Cinema |
| 20th to 29th July 2007 |
| Osian's-Cinefan Festival |
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Osian’s-Cinefan which is one of Asia’s leading film festivals devoted principally to Asia and the Arab world. Established in 1999 in New Delhi in July every year, the Festival enjoys an international reputation for the quality of films screened over nine days complemented by panel discussions, one major seminar each time, an Auction of Popular Culture and Film Memorabilia along with a number of exhibitions, the Talent Campus for budding young filmmakers from South Asia, and the presence and participation of film professionals from all over the world and all over India.
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We present a Lifetime Achievement Award for distinguished contribution to writing on cinema – perhaps the only Festival in the world that recognises the role of the scriptwriter and the critic in the creation and the promotion of films.
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| This year, the Osian's Cinefan Festival, with the tagline ‘Recreating Cinematic Culture’ will focus on Japan, with a nine-film tribute to Kenji Mizoguchi. A number of contemporary films and films on the samurai will be shown. A large exhibition of poster – including Japanese posters of World Cinema – is part of the Focus, as well as a benshi performance, the first ever to be organised in India. The Focus is part of the official programme of the official Indo-Japan Friendship Year. |
| The Silhouettes section will consist of films with women as central characters in an oblique reference to Mizoguchi’s predilection for highlighting the situation of women in Japanese society in his time.Commemorating the 150th anniversary of India’s First War of Independence in 1857 will be a section of films that describe the struggle for freedom in Asia and the Arab world. |
| We salute the role of film festivals in laying the foundation for the success of a film by showcasing films which, because of the awards or recognition they received there went on to become landmarks in the history of world cinema.And we pay tribute to the technique of cinema in a new section called Film Craft where, this year, we acknowledge the place of the cinematographer. |
| The Osian's Cinefan Festival is organized by Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art, India’s pioneering arts institution and auction house established in 2000, to create a merit-oriented and financially independent cultural infrastructure. This year it will take place from 20 to 29 July, 2007 in Siri Fort Complex, Alliance Francaise, PVR Plaza and PVR Rivoli in New Delhi. |
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