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MUMBAI:
The second Guwahati International Short Film Festival
(GISFF) will include filmmaker Onir and theatre personality
Cyrus Dastur.
The
jury, to be held from 4 to 6 May, will be headed by
senior filmmaker Gautam Bora. It will also consist of
National award winning director Sanjeev Hazarika and
this year's National award winning film critic Manoj
Barpujari as members.
Interestingly,
Onir's film 'I Am', a compendium of four short films
that
won the National Award for the best Hindi Film as
well as best lyrics
recently, will have its northeast premiere at the
festival.
The
preview jury will be headed by noted cinema and theatre
personality
Nayan Prasad and have film critic Chandan Sarmah,
editor Kaju and film
society activist Nesimul Mazid as members. The preview
juries will
shortlist the entries for final screening at the festival.
The
festival will organise a number of seminars, workshops
and open
discussions in April as a run-up towards the main
event.
While
the competitive sections of the festival will have
Northeast Shorts
Competition (open only for filmmakers from northeast)
and National Mobile
Phone Short Filmmaking Contest, the non-competitive
sections will have
World/Indian premiere, world kaleidoscope, Indian
kaleidoscope and student kaleidoscope.
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