2. Thursday, 23 August
Auditorium
10:00 am INTRODUCTION
BARE, Santana Issar, 10’, PSBT
A visual representation of an inner feeling… With stock
home video, the director expresses her attitude towards
her alcoholic father. The soundtrack is an actual
telephone conversation.
François Ode Award 2007
Certificate of Merit, Student Documentary Section
IDPA Awards for Excellence
53rd International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen
23rd Hamburg International Short Film Festival
10:30 am HOW TO READ A DOCUMENTARY FILM
(Media Workshop)
(By prior registration only)
Shohini Ghosh
Dr Zakir Hussain Professor, AJK Mass
Communication Research Centre
Jamia Millia Islamia
Sabeena Gadihoke
Sr. Lecturer, Video & TV Production, AJK Mass
Communication Research Centre
Jamia Millia Islamia
EXPANDING DEFINITIONS
WHAT IS A DOCUMENTARY?
DOCUMENTARY AS RECORD & ARCHIVE
01:00 pm BREAK
02:00 pm DOCUMENTARY & THE CAMERA
CONCLUSION & FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Friday, 24 August
Auditorium
10:00 am TO THINK LIKE A WOMAN, Arpita Sinha
30 min, PSBT
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3. The film reflects on the numerous silences that shroud
the lives of young, educated, ‘independent’, ‘modern’,
single women in urban India . Conversations with four
women reveal their inner conflicts, dissonances and
crises of identity…
10:30 am BLOOD ON MY HANDS, Surabhi Saral,
Manak Matiyani & Anandana Kapur, 30’, PSBT
The film deals with how a woman’s menstrual cycle is
recycled from being a marker of her fertility to something
that renders her untouchable and hence subject to
multiple taboos and regulations. There is an inherent
hypocrisy in society that both celebrates the fertility of a
woman as well as considers her menstruating body
impure. As an individual, a woman or young girl is
isolated in her struggle to come to terms with the
transformations in her body.
11:00 am ON MY OWN AGAIN, Anupama Srinivasan
30’, PSBT
The film weaves together images, sounds and words in
an attempt to trace the thoughts and feelings of people
as they try to comprehend, cope with, fight against and
overcome the consequences of child sexual abuse. It is
not a film about the abuse; it is a film about the survivor.
11:45 am PANEL DISCUSSION: MAKING FILMS ON
GENDER & SEXUALITY FOR TELEVISION
Arpita Sinha, Anandana Kapur, Anupama
Srinivasan
12:30 pm KANYASHALA, Ganga Mukhi, 30’, PSBT
(Followed by discussion with Filmmaker)
Students from Kanya Vidyalaya, an all girls’ school at
Vajreshwari, share stories of how they joined the school
and their dreams for the future. Along the way, the film
looks at how a segregated all-girls’ space is an
extension of existing social norms, enabling certain
modes of becoming while seeking to restrict others.
01:15 pm BREAK
02:00 pm PEDALLING TO FREEDOM, Vijay S. Jodha
30’, PSBT
(Followed by discussion with Filmmaker)
An unusual story which shows how a humble object like
a bicycle can also change lives dramatically. The film
revisits, 15 years later, a unique initiative in Pudukkottai,
one of India’s poorest districts where mobility of women
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4. was seen as an important tool for empowerment and
promoting literacy.
02:45 pm MOTHER COURAGEOUS
Debalina Majumder, 30’, PSBT
Each year, 40,000 women die in Uttar Pradesh alone,
due to pregnancy related causes. In a journey across
seven districts in Uttar Pradesh, the film explores
opinions of government officials, activists, ordinary men
and women to reveal social discrimination and state
sponsored neglect of women's maternal health and
women’s initiatives to demand their rights.
03:15 pm SHE’S MY GIRL, Meera Dewan, 30’, PSBT
Haryana's alarmingly low sex ratio has brought them all
together: a motley group of budding writers, singers,
actors and organisers. They delve in Community Theatre
or Jathas. Their many hundred journeys through the girl-
unfriendly landscape of their state are made with a
single purpose: motivating communities to value their
daughters. Civil society and women's groups, youth and
peoples science forums have scripted their own
experiences against the backdrop of the bitter reality of
Haryana's misogyny. The current play: Ek Nai Shuruaat.
The stage: schools, street corners, village mohallas,
even railway platforms.
03:45 pm Discussion*
Ena Singh, Shubha Sharma, Naresh Prerna
Debalina Majumder, Mansi Mahajan
(*Panellists to be confirmed)
04:15 pm SHADYA, Roy Westler, Israel, 50’
Shadya Zoabi, a 17 year old Muslim girl from a small
Arab village in northern Israel and a World Champion in
Karate, lives according to her own distinct principles and
does not want to be like other Muslim women. In spite of
Shadya’s father’s support of her Karate, the social
pressure from her brothers and the surrounding
community is difficult to overcome. ‘Shadya’ is a story
about the coming of age of a young Muslim woman who
desires to succeed on her own terms but who is still
committed to her life within the Muslim community. Will
she succeed in balancing her ambitions after her
marriage? Will she stay a World Champion?
Best Documentary, Buster, Copenhagen
Golden Movie Squad Award Doc U!
Certificate for Excellence First Appearance – IDFA
Amsterdam
TV Film Award, Documentary Film Awards Israel
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5. 05:10 pm REHANA: A QUEST FOR FREEDOM
Gargi Sen & Priyanka Mukherjee, 30’, PSBT
(Followed by discussion with Filmmakers)
This film presents the life and work of Rehana Adib who
works with women from marginalised communities in
Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. A woman from a minority
community, a mother of six, a challenger of traditions, a
crusader for social change – the film tries to understand
the genesis of the emergence of a leader.
06:00 pm PRERANA, Mallika Sarabhai, 30’, PSBT
(Followed by discussion with Filmmaker)
Prerana traces the remarkable journeys of six apparently
ordinary women, from being housewives to becoming
breadwinners in unexpected professions. These are
women who dared to think out of the box, who would not
let gender roles define their lives, who dared to be
different, to take new challenges head on.
06:45 pm A FLOWERING TREE, Vipin Vijay, 60’, PSBT
(Followed by discussion with Filmmaker)
A relational origin story that women’s menstrual rituals
are the roots of human culture, and that in human
evolution women and men has markedly different
relationships to blood.
08:00 pm RIDING SOLO, Gaurav Jani, India, 94’
UNESCO
A unique experience of a lonesome traveller, who rides
his motorcycle all the way from Mumbai to one of the
remotest places in the world, the Changthang Plateau, in
Ladakh, bordering China.
Best Non-Feature Film, 53rd Indian National Film Awards
National Critics Jury Award & Golden Conch for Best
Documentary, Mumbai International Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Documentary, Kathmandu
International Mountain Film Festival
Best Documentary Award, Signs Film Festival, Kerala
Saturday, 25 August
Auditorium
09:00 am CREATING OUR OWN MEDIA
USER-GENERATED MEDIA
(Media Workshop)
Jocelyne Josiah, Advisor, Communication &
Information for Asia, UNESCO
Michel F. Gélinas
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6. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
12:00 pm Welcome
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Minister, Information and Broadcasting
MEET THE MASTERS OF FILMMAKING
A Conversation with Dadasaheb Phalke
Award Winning PSBT Trustees
Mrinal Sen
Adoor Gopalakrishnan &
Shyam Benegal
Moderated by Rajiv Mehrotra
01:30 pm BREAK
02:00 pm THE FILM CLASS, Uri Rosenwaks, Israel
53’, UNESCO
(Followed by discussion with Filmmaker)
About two years ago, filmmaker Uri Rosenwaks, came to
Rahat, a Bedouin town down in Israel's Negev Dessert,
to teach a group of Black Bedouin women a class in
filmmaking. Rahat is by no means an ordinary place. It is
afflicted with pessimism, unemployment, poverty and
violence. It is partially populated by the Black Bedouins
who were brought to the Negev, and the Middle East at
large, as slaves. Kidnapped in Africa by Arab slave
traders, they were auctioned-off in Saudi Arabia, Egypt
and Zanzibar. Until 50 years ago, the Black Bedouins
were enslaved by the White ones.
Best Documentary Film of the Year, Israeli Annual
Documentary Awards
Commendation by SIGNIS & UNESCO Juries, Zanzibar
International Film Festival
Palm Beach International Festival
03:15 pm GAUBOLOMBE – OUR ISLAND
Kaushik Gupta Ray, 30’, PSBT
The Onge of the Andaman Islands, one of the world’s
last surviving hunter gatherers, were 5000 at the turn of
the century. Today, they are 91 individuals. This is a rare
and perhaps the last glimpse we will ever get of a
lifestyle that is rapidly fading away. In the process, we
also become witness to perhaps what are the last living
embodiments of sustainable models of environmental
management that will be lost to the world forever.
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7. 03:45 pm KEEP NOT SILENT, Ilil Alexander, Israel, 52’
(Followed by discussion with Filmmaker)
Ortho-dykes' is a secret support group for Jewish
Orthodox lesbians in Jerusalem. This bold film
converses with three devout women from this group who
courageously choose to speak out about their forbidden
sexuality: Miriam-Ester, a married woman who has
suppressed her lesbian desire for 20 years to abide by
her religion and 10 children; Ruth, whose husband
permits her to visit her lesbian lover twice a week; and
Yudith, the out daughter of a rabbi who is planning a
commitment ceremony with her lesbian lover. Deeply
committed to their religious beliefs and orthodox families,
they each struggle to find a place where they can
acknowledge their sexuality while participating in
community life.
Academy Award for Best Documentary, Israel
Best First Feature Documentary, MIFF, India
Audience Award, Berlin International Jewish Film
Festival
Best Film, International Women's Film Festival, Israel
Best First Feature Documentary, DocAviv International
Documentary Film Festival
05:00 pm SHIFTING PROPHECY
Merajur Rahman Baruah, 30’, PSBT
(Followed by discussion with Filmmaker)
A film on the struggle of rural Muslim women, in
particular Sherifa Khanam, to fight the sexist rulings of
the conventional Jamaat (a group of Islamic male elders
who decide on personal law issues, etc.) and patriarchal
social order in Tamil Nadu.
05:45 pm THE QUIET WAR, Mary Katzke, USA, 54’
UNESCO
Five women from very diverse backgrounds share one
common fight for their lives against advanced breast
cancer in a culture where smiling long term survivors
wearing pink ribbons promote denial of the 1 in 5 who
will not outlive their disease.
Best Documentary, The Reel Women International Film
Festival
Los Angeles California Women's International Festival
06:45 pm +VE LIVING, C. Vanaja Kumari, 30’, PSBT
(Followed by discussion with representative)
The story of HIV+ women, who defied destiny and
persisted on their journey in life, against social ostracism
and an uncertain future, with dignity and hope.
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8. Golden Pearl Award, Hyderabad Film Festival, India
07:30 pm BURU GARRA, Shriprakash, 30’, PSBT
(Followed by discussion with Filmmaker)
Poignant stories of a tribal journalist and a poet in
Jharkhand, and how they express themselves through
the new form and medium of self-resurrection of tribal
identity and culture.
08:15 pm RAGE, Züli Aladag, Germany, 90’, INPUT
Simon Laub is a liberal left-wing pacifist and a literature
professor. He gets torn out of his easygoing, hedonistic
lifestyle when his son Felix gets ripped off by Can,
a Turkish youth. As he tries to interfere, he finds himself
entering a violent world that he is not used to.
Concepts of ‘respect’ and ‘honour’, as used by his
young antagonist do not mean much to him. But his
method of solving problems through talking does not
work with Can. They provoke each other and both
make mistakes as a result of their misunderstandings
until they end up in a deadly spiral.
Sunday, 26 August
Auditorium
09:30 am CHAPILCA, Sergio Olivares Contreras, Chile
82’, UNESCO
In the pueblito of Chapilca, to the interior of the valley of
Elqui, the women tile and dye ewe wools from pre-
Columbian times. The weave happened to be a
subsistence way, a part of the technique being in the
forgetfulness of the weavers. Personages interested in
the rescue of that technique, including the producer, look
for and beam the form of which this returns to be part of
the tradition of a town and a nation.
11:00 am LIVING LITERATURE: THE CANON OF THE
THREE WHEELERS
Mohammed Zubair Mallick & Umer Aziz Khan
Pakistan, 15’, UNESCO
Three wheelers are an indispensable part of Lahore’s
culture. Powered variously, they all have the peculiar
shape and canopy that has been a part of their generic
image for many years. Despite tough times the drivers
are a lively lot. On the backs of the rickshaws are
painted – poetry, limericks and slogans. The film
documents this phenomenon observing the painted
religious and mystic poetry, Pashto poetry,
advertisement slogans and love poetry.
11:15 am WORDS IN STONE, Akhila Krishnan, India
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9. 22’, UNESCO
Wali Gujarati was the first poet to begin writing ghazals
in Urdu in the 17th century A.D. His impact on the ghazal
and on the Urdu language can be compared to that of
Chaucer’s on the English language, but he was ironically
forgotten till his tomb was destroyed in the communal
riots that took place in 2002 in Ahmedabad. The film,
using Wali as a metaphor, attempts to look at culture,
language and history in the light of change. It seeks to
show how some histories gradually disappear when
people are made to forget them and that in moving
forward to meet better futures, many cultures and
communities are, in fact, regressing.
Second Prize, Student Documentary, IDPA Awards for
Excellence
11:45 am TAMBOGRANDE: MANGOS, MUERTE
MINERÍA, Ernesto Cabellos & Stephanie Boyd
Perú, 85’, UNESCO
Adventurous pioneers transform Perú’s harsh northern
desert into a fertile valley of mango and lime orchards.
But all they've worked for is threatened when gold is
discovered under their land. Fear, violence and murder
rock their once quiet community. In the midst of chaos, a
martyr's vision unites the farmers and leads them down
a revolutionary path of non-violent resistance. These
brave men and women take on corrupt politicians and
the global mining industry in an epic tale of ordinary
people rising to heroic deeds in times of great crisis.
Best Film Award, Gdansk Dignity & Work Film Festival
One World Film Festival, Prague
DOCSDF, México
Green Film Festival, Korea
01:15 pm BREAK
02:00 pm AYODHYA GATHA, Vani Subramanian, 60’,
PSBT
The film weaves together a tapestry of perspectives on
how deeply the politics of hate affect personal, everyday
lives, and what it takes to negotiate your way out of
these labyrinths.
03:00 pm CITY WALLS- MY OWN PRIVATE TEHRAN
Afsar Sonia Shafie, Iran / Switzerland, 87’
UNESCO
In times when headlines about the so called “Culture
Clash” hunt each other, the Iranian Filmmaker Afsar
Sonia Shafie tells us a different story. It is the story of
her Grandma, her Mother and herself. In a very private
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10. and exemplary way the film tells us about how women
fight for their right to progress. A fascinating, personal
film about strong women in Iran.
Regards Neufs (Best First Film) & Price Suissimage,
Visions du Réel Filmfestival, Nyon
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
International documentary Film Festival, Montreal
04:30 pm FLIGHT 208, Parvez Imam, India, 7’, UNESCO
An experiment in style and thought, the film travels in
space and time, spanning more than 200 persons,
cutting across cultures and nations. A fast-paced audio-
visual experience that reflects upon the pace of life and
the death of reasoning around us. A dream, a thought, a
cutting monologue (or a multi-logue; whatever it is) it
takes one through a most unusual flight.
04:40 pm TALES FROM THE MARGINS, Kavita Joshi
India, 24’, UNESCO
Twelve women strip themselves naked on the streets of
Manipur, in protest… For five years a young woman has
been on a fast-to-death demanding justice; she is kept
under arrest and is forcibly nose-fed. Why are the
women of Manipur using their bodies both as their last
weapon and as a battlefield?
Silver Remi, WorldFest, Houston
05:15 pm FORUM: FILM AS A POLITICAL TOOL*
Umer Aziz Khan, Ilil Alexander
Afsar Sonia Shafie, Parvez Imam
Uri Rosenwaks
Akhila Krishnan, Kavita Joshi
Vani Subramanian (moderator)
(*Panellists to be confirmed)
53rd National Awards Winning PSBT Films
06: 30 pm
Best Investigative Film
THE WHISTLE BLOWERS, Umesh Aggarwal
45’, PSBT
An investigation into the issue of pesticides in bottled
water and soft drinks manufactured by reputed MNCs
like Coca Cola and Pepsi in India which was recently
revealed in a report by the Centre for Science and
Environment.
Karachi International Film Festival
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11. 07:30 pm Best Film on Social Issues
THE WAY TO DUSTY DEATH, Syed Fayaz
30’, PSBT
A moving account of the victims of Silicosis in Gujarat.
08:00 pm Best Agricultural Film
THE SEEDKEEPERS, Farida Pacha
30’, PSBT
The film looks at the transformation of Dalit women's
lives through their involvement in an ecological
movement for sustainable farming in Andhra Pradesh.
08:30 pm Best Narration
‘WAPSI’ (the Returning), Ajay Raina
60’, PSBT
For most Indians & Pakistanis, a visit to each others’
country is a journey of return of various kinds – to
nostalgia, hate, metaphor and reality. This film is one
such travelogue, a song of hope, love, longing and
betrayal.
Monday, 27 August
Auditorium
10:00 am PRIX JEUNESSE SUITCASE
Celebrating Innovative Childrens’
Programmes
Katja Kessing
Regional Programme Director, South Asia Max
Mueller Bhavan
Tone C. Rønning
Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Norway
FICTION
GOING FOR WATER, Luvsantsiren Ariunjargal
Mongolia, 05'
For the first time little Marla has to go to fetch the family
water supply. Unfortunately, a family with a big scary
dog lives on the way. The little girl is frightened by the
dog and she overturns her cart with the water container.
All the water splashes out. So, she has to go again, and
she knows that somehow she will have to overcome her
fear of the dog, as it is her job to fetch the water
everyday.
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12. PUPPETY, Camiel Schouwenaar, Netherlands
06'
The big adventures of a little man manipulated by four
hands. With just a simple coloured backdrop, a few
props and a lively imagination, Puppety is drawn in all
kinds of exciting situations. His inventive and playful
character means his dreams really come true.
A SLIPPERY TALE, Susanne Seidel
Germany, 07’
They say that love is blind and there must be some truth
in it, because a good-looking frog falls for the velvety
skin of an imitation lady frog that graces a pair of
slippers belonging to the farmer's wife. But their
happiness is short-lived, because a hungry stork has his
eye on the love-sick frog. The stork is on the brink of
consuming the frog when help arrives at the very last
minute.
NON-FICTION
THE CHILDREN SUPERSHOW
Cathrine Simonsen, Norway, 29’
The Children’s Supershow is an entertainment-
programme for children, focusing on the six-year-olds.
The hosts of the show are children from 6 - 9 years old.
Each programme is based on a theme, and also
contains a music video. The kids send out an adult stunt-
reporter on a mission. He has to make adults do the
same things children always have to do. For e.g., make
adults eat up their food before they get any dessert. The
hosts also act as super-chefs in and prepare delicious
food. In other words: a show for, with and by children!
PICTURE THIS
Ton Emmelot, Netherlands, 05’
This programme is made of drawings drawn by children
and is based on the story of their drawings. This episode
is about the children's heaven.
THIS IS DANIEL COOK, J.J. Johnson
Canada, 07’
A live action preschool series that follows six-year-old
host, Daniel Cook, In this original and spontaneous
show, Daniel explores, learns and creates with everyone
from chocolatiers to musicians, and from fire fighters to
dog trainers.
EVA’S WINTERPLASTER, Erland Beskow
Sweden, 07’
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13. A breathtakingly simple story which tells the journey of
the poo. Eva Funck explaines to the kids what they can
do by themselves without help from the pharmacy. With
help from large models, Eva explains what will happen in
the body when you for example get sick in the stomach.
MY FAMILY, Anupa Shrestha, Nepal, 05’
A six year old girl with her cousin sister introduces her
family of 29 and their way of life.
PIECE OF CAKE: PEANUT BUTTER
Wendo Kroon, Netherlands, 07’
Piece of Cake is a documentary about 5-year olds
cooking together. In this episode of 'Piece of Cake',
Jesse and Luka make peanut butter.
DOCUMENTARIES
FATMA, Hanan Mady, Egypt, 15’
Fatma is about encouraging girls’ education. It is a real
story about a girl who lives with her parents in an
Egyptian village. Fatma’s parents don’t want to let her go
to school, they want her to help them at the farm and at
home. But Fatma insists on being allowed to attend
school as her big dream is to become a lawyer.
STARK! KEVIN – HEAR ME OUT
Georg Bussek, Germany, 15’
Kevin struggles every day to speak. He stutters and
stammers painfully and rarely makes it to the end of a
sentence. He finds it hard to bear. Now he is going to
undertake a gruelling training course to try to solve the
problem. Will he succeed?
THE DOMASELLER AND THE
BADAMWALLA, Kesang Chuki Dorjee
Bhutan, 17’
This programme is about two boys, Khando - the
Domaseller (selling beetelnut) and Tshering -
Badamwalla (selling peanuts) who are both street
workers. They share their stories of how and why they
had to start selling these wares to support themselves
and their families. Through their work they get to know
one another and become best friends. Even during their
dark days, you still see the child in them and how they
long for a life other children have - to study and play.
Khando and his friend Tshering have to sell nuts to earn
their living. Their friendship helps them to survive.
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14. THE OTHER WAY, Tina Svendsen, Denmark
15'
A documentary about Nicki whose life hasn’t been too
easy. His father was a biker and was beaten to death
when Nicki was 6. Nicki is still angry with him for
choosing this way of life, and each day, Nicki struggles
to break the criminal career he started at a young age.
One day, he is offered an audition for a movie and now
he is anxiously waiting to hear if he gets the part. That
could be a turning point in his life.
01:30 pm BREAK
02:15 pm EDUCATIONAL FORMATS
GROSS, Eli Hourd, England, 13’
Which food has the biggest fart factor? Did you know
that cockroaches continue to break wind for up to 18
hours after they die? This highly entertaining programme
takes viewers on a tour through the human body.
READY STEADY GROW! Lotta Olin-Löwstedt
Sweden, 14’
A programme for and about boys in early puberty. About
new thoughts and feelings and what happens when your
body starts to change from boyhood to manhood.
THE SHOW WITH THE MOUSE
Katja Engelhardt, Germany, 28’
How do people in Japan live? To figure this out, the
quot;Show with the Mousequot; sends Ralph Caspers to the
other side of the world. A Japanese family invites him to
get to know their everyday life. Ralph learns that
Japanese are not shaking hands to say 'hello' to each
other. In school Ralph finds out how difficult it is to write
Japanese. In 30 minutes, Ralph discovers many other
differences between Japan and Germany - and which
shoes he has to wear in a Japanese bathroom.
PuR: ANNE FRANK-A LIFE IN A HIDEAWAY
Various, Germany, 26’
The magazine PuR is an entertaining, information
programme presented by Jo Hiller and the perky toon
Petty PuR. Informative, humorous and witty PuR deals
with subjects which concern kids. PuR gives answers to
questions concerning school, family, friendship,
recreation, sports and music. Each programme has a
thematic focus, for example First Love, Family Conflicts
or Dream Jobs.
13

15. DRAMA
PONDS OF MIRROR, Reza Shahmoradi, Iran
10'
While playing soccer a boy gets thirsty. But there is no
water in the house. When he wants to feed his goldfish,
the fish bowl falls down and breaks into pieces. The boy
desperately tries to save his fish.
MUTED MUSIC, Haukur Hauksson, Iceland
16’
There is nothing more important to Hanna than to play
the violin. Along with her friends and neighbour Tommi,
Hanna is on the track to become a violin virtuous. An
illness prevents her from playing the violin ever again.
Now Hanna has to adapt to a new way of life that will
challenge her even more than playing the violin.
SOAPBOX RACE, Bert Ceulemans, Belgium
15’
Jonas and Zoë are looking forward to the fair coming up.
They signed up for the soapbox race. Will Zoë be able to
stick up for her? Will Kevin win Jonas to his site? And
does Jonas choose for his little sister or does he prefer
Kevin? A story about friendship between brother and
sister.
THE WOODEN DOG, Andrzej Maleszka
Poland, 27’
A story about a sledge which behaves like a Husky dog.
It runs by itself, comes when called and protects its
owner – eight-year-old Jacek. When a thief tries to steal
the sledge, the boy runs away and takes it to the
mountains. The wooden dog saves the boy from freezing
to death by running for help. A story full of adventure and
magical atmosphere with discreet computer effects and
excellent children-actors.
ENTERTAINMENT
ZIG ZAG 'BATAVIA WHARF IN LELYSTAD'
Dolf Gerbers, Netherlands, 25’
“ZigZag” is an educational quiz programme presented by
Yvon Jaspers in which two teams, each consisting of 2
pupils from two schools, go head to head in an unusual
location.
AMIGO, Peter Armelund, Denmark, 28’
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16. A highly entertaining quiz show for children with an
extraordinary moderator. Today in Amigo: one of the
teams will win a real puppy – and in the studio they can't
stop laughing. Two boys reveal that they wear G-strings!
Confused? Watch Amigo when Jacob, Kenneth and the
triplets boil up the six participants. And they may win a
dental visit or a badminton court!
06:30 pm Seminar
CAPTURING CHILDREN’S IMAGINATION*
Nafisa Ali, Tone C. Rønning
Lushin Dubey, Nutan Manmohan
Samina Mishra (Moderator)
(*Panellists to be confirmed)
07:45 pm MADE IN INDIA, India, 24’, DFG-PSBT
A set of eight, 3-minute short films that explore the
meaning of Indian independence.
THE BROKEN LAND, Debalina Majumder
BODY BRITISH, HEART HINDUSTANI, Ranjan Kamath
THE HOUSE REMEMBERS, Pawas Bisht
ENGLISH & I, Himali Kapil
MS HEMALATHA, Sudha Pillai
THE LIFE OF A BADA SAHIB,Shabani Hassanwalia
JUGALBANDI, Ashavari Mazumdar
THE TALKING CAMERA, Preeti Chadha
08:15 pm ROSITA, Attie & Goldwater, Nicaragua, 56’
INPUT
The shocking case of a nine year old girl getting
pregnant after being raped, handled well in a story which
is politically charged, causing a national furore about
abortion and the Catholic Church. How does the
filmmaker gain access to the key players while
protecting the child? What gives the programme maker
the right to tell a sensitive story whose repercussions will
remain long after the film crew has left?
Tuesday, 28 August
Auditorium
09:30 am THE BEST OF
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC TELEVISION
Abhijit Dasgupta, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
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17. 10:00 am FLAGS ON MARS: GOD BLESS SEX
Claudia Bermudez, Colombia, 26’
When the priest said “now you are man and wife”.
Edilberto and Cristina had been having sex for a long
time. Both considered good sex an excellent reason to
get married and today they are a young solid couple,
united by love. At fourteen, Nydia had sex with her
boyfriend for the very first time in her life. She said it felt
wonderful, not only physically but also emotionally.
Nydia understood, however, that she was into women
and not into men. In this chapter of the series, these and
other youngsters express themselves about a topic they
love: sex. They tell us, why, with whom, and when to
have it. We hear the voice of those who have never had
sex, those who love it, those who only have sex when in
love, those who like men and women as well.
10:30 am THE CHASER’S WAR ON EVERYTHING
Mark Fitzgerald, Australia, 26’
In just one season, The Chaser’s War on Everything has
become a cornerstone Australian entertainment
programme, securing ABC TV’s formidable reputation for
broadcasting the best in groundbreaking, unique
comedy. Each week, the Chaser boys poke fun at
national and international politics, sport, celebrities, big
business and whatever else pops up in Australian news :
all with the hallmark Chaser flair, individuality and take-
no-prisoners attitude, making for compelling, edgy social
commentary. Julian Morrow demonstrates the
inadequacies of Australia’s terrorism protection at
Australian airports. At the height of the passenger
profiling controversy, Julian books two online Virgin Blue
e-tickets for a flight from Sydney to Melbourne under the
names of Terry Wrist and Al Kyder.
11:00 am LET’S MAKE A BABY, Helen Sage, UK, 57’
Mischief was an innovative and wildly ambitious series
tackling topical and often serious issues by using
humour combined with solid journalism and taking
unique approaches to stories that are often only the
reserve of more serious current affairs programming. In
Let’s Make A Baby – one of the lighter episodes in the
series – the idea was to test how far reality TV makers
and contestants would be prepared to go. A
preposterous, fake but almost believable idea was
hatched and then presented, promoted and pitched to
the world’s TV organisation. Auditions were held for
willing contestants to take part in this most ethically
grotesque reality TV format. Would anyone actually
believe it was real? And worse, would anyone want to
buy it and take part in it?
12:00 pm LOCK ‘EM UP OR LET ‘EM OUT, Simon Ford
UK, 59’
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18. In this programme the camera is almost a part of the
parole board, a board comprising eminent and important
persons in society, responsible for making crucial
decisions. While exposing the prisoner, the programme
also acts as bridge between the board and the prisoners.
Each viewer will feel a part of the board and the ultimate
decision leaves the viewers with their own opinions as to
whether the board decision was right or wrong.
01:00 pm BREAK
01:45 pm BYE BYE BELGIUM, L. Philippe Dutilleul
Belgium, 95’
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 8:15 PM: the live
studio broadcast of RTBF’s weekly news magazine
Front Page Questions. The anchor has just begun his
presentation when the programme is interrupted by a
special news bulletin. According to the star journalist, the
Flemish Parliament has voted to be separated from the
Kingdom of Belgium. The King has fled as a refugee and
the country is in chaos. Daddy’s Belgium is dead,
confirming long-held fears. Politicians, artists, sports
celebrities, people in the streets comment and express
their feelings, including the RTBF TV manager. This
historical moment generates incredibly high ratings. Until
the programme is exposed as fake and French-speaking
Belgian politicians call for the RTBF chief’s dismissal.
03:15 pm THE CHIEF REFEREE, Robert Kowalski
Poland, 61’
Artists’ Night is a TVP culture programme featuring
modern avant-garde off-art: a kind of artistic Hyde Park
Corner, an uncensored platform for artistic statements.
As the programme makers see it, happenings,
performance art, installation, music video and artistic
provocation are a modern, uncompromising means of
social communication. It is no accident that Artists’ Night
is interactive in character. The viewer is not merely a
passive consumer of art here, but an active part of the
artistic action played out live in the TVP Kultura studio.
Joining the artists in their games, viewers must face
uncomfortable questions regarding their role in social
and media games. How strong is the media impact on
modern society? Can a TV message become a tool of
violence?
04:15 pm SMILING IN WAR ZONE, Magnus Bejmar
Sweden, 77 ‘
A young female Danish Pilot plays the role of a great
saviour by trying to reach out to a girl in Afghanistan,
who wants to be a pilot. Defying all laws this woman flies
6000 km in a beat-up old plane that needs fuel every 3
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19. hours. While the effort is commendable, it remains
unknown why the camera was part of this unique project.
06:00 pm GRABBING EYEBALLS
WHAT’S UNETHICAL ABOUT TELEVISION
NEWS IN INDIA, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
30’, PSBT
India is the only country in the world with over 3 dozen
news and current affairs channels. The documentary
highlights instances of abuse when truth becomes a
casualty in the desperate rush to grab ‘eyeballs’ and
introspects whether self-regulation can help improve the
ethical standards of television broadcasters.
06:30 pm Colloquium
PRIVATE BROADCASTING &
PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY
Moderated by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
08:30 pm OPERATION X - TRICKED INTO PORN
Kasper Vilsmark & Kristian Laursen
Denmark, 40’, INPUT
Operation X –Tricked into Porn is the second in a two
part investigation into the world of frivolous model
agencies. While doing research, the Operation X team
comes across an astonishing kingpin who is behind
more than twenty fake model agencies on the internet.
He uses the agencies to trick 15 to 17 year old girls into
making child pornography. At the same time he is the
only publicly employed safe-chat consultant in Denmark.
He is known from his frequent media appearances,
warning teenagers about the dangers of the internet.
The programme goes undercover with hidden cameras
to expose his actions, and finds out that besides
producing child pornography, he uses his public position
to extort money from one of the biggest internet
companies in Denmark.
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20. STORYTELLING AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR YOUNG
AUDIENCE
SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
(By prior registration only)
Tuesday-Wednesday
28-29 August 2007
Venue: Amaltas
Conducted by Tone C. Rønning
Executive Producer/ Commissioning Editor
Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Oslo
Schedule*
(*Subject to change)
DAYS 1 & 2
10:00 am – 01:00 pm Creativity, innovation and storytelling.
Introduction to different methods of idea
development.
Communication with a young audience
and child actors.
Exercises.
01:00 pm Break
02:00 pm – 06:00 pm Motivation as a tool in script
development, shooting and directing
child actors or presenters.
Story structure.
Visual storytelling.
Exercises and screening.
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