Sunday, January 25, 2009

Industry Experts at DAM fest '09

The DigitAll Movement provides an interface for "Amateur" (a very relative and debatable term) filmmakers and "Professionals" (as controversial a term as 'amateur') filmmakers and industry-wallahs.

As our generation is constantly reminded of by our older acquaintances, our lives are so much adasdadasfsf fsfhyjh dg ergrgh sfsgtrthgrhf sfsdfrgegdgd..(that is how the tirade sounds like when you are humming your favourite tune or thinking about the feast you will devour later for dinner)

Jokes apart, creative expression has become more interesting and its materialisation far more convenient. At DAM fest '09, we celebrate the digital medium that has made this possible for us. And this is not restricted to just cinema. It is about New Media Art, Digital Photography, Digital Music and what-not. There is so much happening in this digital media industry that keeping tabs is a herculean task.

So, at the DAM fest, we have arranged interactive sessions with industry experts revolving around a plethora of topics so that you do not lose out on the prevalent and probable trends.

1) INTERACTIONS WITH:
Prahlad Kakkar, Advertising Guru
Madhur Bhandarkar, Filmmaker (Chandni Bar, Fashion, Traffic)

2) THE DIGITAL BUSINESS: DIGITAL THEATRE REVOLUTION
Speakers:
Dibakar Banerjee - Director of 'Khosla ka Ghosla' and 'Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye'

Kunal Roy Kapur - Director of 'The President is Coming'

Dr. Sunil Patil - Scrabble Entertainment, the only Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) compliant deployment entity in India that has installed digital cinema systems in 40 multiplex screens(C)

Rajat Barjatya - Managing Director of Rajshri Media

3) FILM AS CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Speakers:
Anand Patwardhan - Documentary filmmaker and activist

Rajeev Masand - Film critic on CNN-IBN

K. Hariharan - Director of LV Prasad Film and Television Academy

4) DIGITAL GOES REGIONAL
Speakers:
Bipin Nadkarni - Ad-filmmaker and Marathi filmmaker (Uttarayan - Journey to the Other Side)

Ringo - Bengali filmmaker

V. K Prakash - Bengaluru-based filmmaker who made the 1st digital Malayalam film 'Moonammathoral' and is set to make a feature film in Kannada. Also directed 'Freaky Chakra'

Haboam Paban Kumar - Documentary filmmaker. His work, AFSPA 1958, received accolades at the 6th Karachi International Film Festival 2006, John Abraham Film Festival 2006 in Kerala, the Mumbai International Film Festival and in the 10th Islamia International Film Festival of Egypt in 2006.

K. Hariharan - National Award-winning tamil film director and Director of LV Prasad Film & TV Academy

5) ANIMATION, SFX & ITS BUSINESS IN INDIA
Speakers:
Gitanjali Rao - Independent animator and illustrator who has won awards for her film 'Printed Rainbow'

Arnab Chaudhari - Making his directorial debut with UTV Productions' 'Arjun' this year

Joy Mukherjee - Creative Director of Zee International, an expert in special effects

Throughout Feb 1-3, the digital medium beckons you to the Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication.
For further details, visit http://www.thedamfest.com/ or e-mail register@thedamfest.com.


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