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In memory of Sarat Chandran

With great pain we inform you the passing away of our friend and documentary filmmaker Sarat Chandran on 31 March 2010 in a train accident near Chalakudi, Kerala.

Sarat has shown us the significant role a film maker plays in social change and how powerful a camera can be as an agent of such change. Untiringly he had screened documentaries throughout the length and breadth of Kerala about several socio- political issues. He was an activist, a filmmaker who was an inspiration and a great support for all individuals and organizations that screened issue-based documentaries across the country. He has reached out to many both through the medium of movies and with his most democratic personal politics. Surely we are facing a big void with Sarat's passing away; especially during the most troubling times we are living in.

Visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vibgyorfilm/sets/72157623745660108/,www.saratchandran.com

In memory of our friend Sarat Chandran, we would like to organise his retrospective film festival on May 8 across the country.We invite friends to come forward to organise this event on the same day if possible in your towns, villages and cities. We are planning to make a package of his 7 (selected) films and we can organise to send it across to you. For details: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

We are also planning to bring out a small booklet to remember, cherish, to pay homage and respect to Sarat Chandran. We request friends to send us your memories, thoughts, reflections on and about Sarat to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by the latest of 20th April 2010.

'Cinema of Resistance' award for 'There was a Queen'

'There was a Queen' won 4th JOHN ABRAHAM NATIONAL AWARD for 'Cinema of Resistance' in SIGNS 2009- the Indian festival for features and non-features, held from Feb. 12th to 19th in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The Jury said 'the film depicts with courage, compassion and sensitivity the situation of the Kashmir valley in recent times and its tragic consequences on the lives of women living there. It combines actuality footage and interviews to give us a picture that seriously calls for debate and action in our society, often swayed by jingoistic, rhetoric and manipulative leadership'. The Jury consisting of noted filmmakers, was headed by Mr. Arun Khopkar, and Mr Chalam Bennurakar and B.Ajith Kumar as members. The world renowned filmmaker Mr. Adoor Gopalakrishnan presented the awards.

'There was a Queen' in Tri-Continental Festival

'There was a Queen' on women, conflict and peace in Kashmir is screened in the 5th Tri-Continental film Festival which will be kicked off on 15th January in Delhi. 'There was a Queen' will be screened in the following places and timings:

Delhi: 7.30 PM, 18^th January, Sunday.

Venue: M.L. Bharati Auditorium, Alliance Françoise de Delhi

Mumbai: 3.05 PM, 23^rdJanuary

Venue: Little Theatre, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA)

Goa: 3.05 PM, 24^th January

Venue: Maquinez Palace, ESG Complex, Panaji

Bangalore: 3.05 PM, 30^thJanuary

Venue: Alliance Françoise de Bangaluru

For Details:www.triconfilm.com

10th Madurai Film Festival to screen 'There was a Queen'

'There was a queen', the documentary film on woman, conflict and peace in Kashmir will be screened in 10th Madurai International Film Festival on Decemeber 5th afternoon in Tamilnadu Theological Seminary Auditorium. The film is directed by Ms. Kavita Pai and HansaThapliyal and shot by an all women crew. 10th Madurai International Film Festval for Short and Documentary Films will be held from 3rd to 7th of December in 15 venues including colleges and villages in and around Madurai. For details:www.maduraifilmfest.blogspot.com

This film has been screened in MIFF-2008, ViBGYOR-2008, IVFK-2008, Kolkatta Film Festival-2008 and it will be screened in Tri-Continental Film Festival-2009.

Tri-Continental selects 'There was a Queen'

Yi As Akh Padshah Bai (There was a Queen) is selected for the competition section of the Tri-Continental Film Festival 2009. This film gives voice to the women of Kashmir on the question of on going conflict in the Valley. The film is directed by Kavita Pai and Hansa Thapliyal.The festival will kick off in Delhi on 15 January 2009 - 18 January 2009.
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