SEQUENCES: NARRATIVES OF ANIMATION

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The history of animation in India begins with the father of Indian cinema himself. In the early 1910s, Dadasaheb Phalke created a short stop-motion animation, capturing the growth of a pea plant. Since then, though it has been relatively underrepresented in the film industry, Indian animation has been kept alive by artists and filmmakers in forms as varied and creative as can be.

While India has become a major outsourcing hub for animated films from around the world, organizations like the Films Division of India and Children’s Film Society India, along with educational institutions and independent artists, have promoted the production and exhibition of social, political, experimental as well as purely story driven animations that are uniquely Indian in their aesthetic.

Through diverse means including publications, exhibits, talks, and of course film screenings, the festival is conceived to trace the lineage of Indian animation over the past hundred years, and to celebrate the work of its pioneers and custodians.

To draw parallels of its course the festival shall also reflect on our counterparts from Spain to understand the course of this journey. This will be accomplished by brief sessions of discussion and seminar, along with two brilliant movies offered by the Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi.
Clair Weeks with the Unit

18th December
Friday, Day 1

5PM: Opening

EARLY ANIMATION

  • Film festival trailer [04m]
  • Panel discussion with teachers and practitioners on India’s legacy and the future of animation

6PM
Glimpses of Indian Animation (R. Swamy, 1997) [30m]


7PM
A Selection of films from Films Division

You Said It (Ram Mohan, 1972) [08m]
 Connoisseur (R.R. Swamy, 1988) [03m]
 The Thinker? (A.R. Sen, 1981) [9m]
 The Balloon (B.R. Shendge, 1980) [07m]
 Ek Anek Aur Ekta (Vijaya Mulay, 1974) [07m]
 Abid (Pramod Pati, 1972) [05m]
 Trip / Udaan (Pramod Pati, 1970) [04m]
 This Our India (Pramod Pati, 1961) [08m]

Dadasaheb Phalke 19th December

Saturday, Day 2

3PM:
Arrugas / Wrinkles (Ignacio Ferreras, 2011) [Spanish / 90m]

5PM
Student Film Screenings from Chitrakatha [60-70m] with introduction by Mr. Prakash Moorthy

7PM
Repeat:

A Selection of films from Films Division

You Said It (Ram Mohan, 1972) [08m]
 Connoisseur (R.R. Swamy, 1988) [03m]
 The Thinker? (A.R. Sen, 1981) [9m]
 The Balloon (B.R. Shendge, 1980) [07m]
 Ek Anek Aur Ekta (Vijaya Mulay, 1974) [07m]
 Abid (Pramod Pati, 1972) [05m]
 Trip / Udaan (Pramod Pati, 1970) [04m]
 This Our India (Pramod Pati, 1961) [08m]
Journey to Nagaland Printed Rainbow The Banyan Deer The Trip, Pramod Pati


20th December
Friday, Day 3

12PM

  • Chico y Rita (Fernando Trueba


3PM:

  • CONTEMPORARY ANIMATION

    Brief talk on current trends in the animation industry
    Fisherwoman and Tuk Tuk (Suresh Eriyat, 2015) [15m]
    Journey to Nagaland (Aditi Chitre, 2010) [26m]
    Raju and I (Gayatri Rao, 2006) [30m]
    Printed Rainbow (Gitanjali Rao, 2006) [15m]

6PM:

  • A Selection of Films from CFSI

    Closing Films
    Manpasand (Dhvani Desai, 2007) [11m]
    The World of Goopi and Bagha (Shilpa Ranade, 2013) [1h 19m]

    The World of Goopi and Bagha

PASSES:
Rs 250/- for Students (School) | Rs 500/- for Students (College) | Rs 1000/- (Working Professionals)

https://in.explara.com/e/sequences–a-festival-of-animation-films

 
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