Day 1 of Film Bazaar 2017
also saw Uttar Pradesh and Telangana highlight the benefits offered by them to
Filmmakers
The
first day of Film Bazaar 2017, which is under the
banner of the International Film Festival of India(IFFI) began on an eventful
note. The Film Offices of Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Lakshadweep,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh collaborated
with the Film Facilitation Office (FFO) of the Ministry of I&B and the
National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) to showcase their locations to
various filmmakers from India and abroad. Theses Offices provide a platform to
showcase locations and incentives that will benefit both the States and the
filmmaker.
Integration of the States with the Coproduction
Market
The FFO on behalf of these States presented the
various film incentives offered by them to filmmakers including giving an
overview of their film policies to the participants of the Coproduction Market.
In doing so the FFO, urged the filmmakers to participate in joint discussions
with the States so as to understand how they can integrate the locations
offered by them into their narratives and at the same time leverage the
benefits offered for filming in their jurisdiction. The fact that India has 12
international coproduction treaties with Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China,
France, Germany, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, Poland, Spain and U.K and Northern
Ireland, was also highlighted. Structured meetings have been set up between the
State Film Offices and the filmmakers from the Coproduction Market over a
period of four days ie 21st to 24th
November at the Film Bazaar. It was impressed upon the filmmakers to keep in
mind the guidelines, rules and regulations while filming in a location.
Co-Production Market is a platform where selected
projects with South Asian themes are presented. Filmmakers get numerous avenues
to find financial and artistic support from Indian and International producers,
distributors, sales agents and financiers.This year 18
projects were presented in the Coproduction market from India, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Canada, Afghanistan and Nepal.
Open Pitches by Uttar Pradesh and Telangana at the
Knowledge Series
Two interesting sessions with the official
representatives of Uttar Pradesh and Telangana were held at the Knowledge
Series where they spoke about the subsidies and benefits offered by them and
how they plan to boost filmmaking and make it a smooth affair. The discussion
was done primarily with the intent to make the filmmakers participating at the
Film Bazaar aware of the benefits and services offered by them.
Mr. Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Principal Secretary,
Information, Tourism and Religious Affairs, Government of Uttar Pradesh and
Chairman Film Bandhu, on this occasion said “On behalf of the Uttar Pradesh
Government, I would like to congratulate the IFFI and the Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting. We would love to continue our association with
IFFI and Uttar Pradesh will continue playing a pivotal role to boost filmmaking
in India. We are looking forward to developing the state into a filmmaking hub
and with such associations we plan to make more creative investments like
developing a film institute in Varanasi and a film city in Lucknow.”
Dulam Satyanarayana, the award winning documentary
filmmaker who is working closely with the Telangana Government to promote state
tourism remarked “I am glad that we have been offered such a great platform
byIFFI and Film Bazaar to boost tourism and filmmaking in the state of
Telangana. It has also given us an opportunity to showcase the State to producers,
distributors and other members of the filmmaking fraternity as an exciting
filmmaking location.”
The State Film Offices seek to understand the
sensitivities involved while filming in various locationss so they can assist
the filmmakers with specific requests and give them what they want.
Knowledge Series, has over the years tried to
evolve into a convergence point for the film industry to engage in
conversations around emerging trends, their genesis and therefore the way
forward - in cinema aesthetics and the business of it. The focus is on
providing conversation starters to filmmakers from the various labs that define
Film Bazaar. There are sessions this year that introduce them to sales agents
who engage in Asian content like Asian Shadows and Shoreline Entertainment ,
provide them a platform to interact with the Festival Directors and Programmers
from the top most festivals of the world Cameron Bailey (Artistic Director,
TIFF), Marco Müller (Festival Director, PYIFF), Paolo Bertolin (Correspondent
Programmer, di Biennale Venezia, Venice
Film Festival), Dorothee Weneer (Programming - Berlinnale, Berlin International
Film Festival ) and get insights into how content aggregators and platforms
like Vista, Reel Monk, 1018mb,
Movie Saints et al help deliver monetizing opportunities using the digital and
innovative outreach methods. There are throwback sessions with Sudhir Mishra ,
Laurence Kardish (Artistic Director, Film Columbia) from his MoMA days and with
Michael Werner from his more than 3 decades of
experience with Asian cinema. In the year of Small is Big there are sessions
with Lijo Jose Pellisery (Angamally Diaries) , Sandeep Mohan (Shreelancer, Hola
Venky), Rima Das (Village Rockstars), Shlok Sharma (Zoo) - filmmakers who
created news with their small resource films across festivals , markets and
often the box office. This year we have focussed on the Cinema of the North
East with filmmakers Pradip Kurbah (Oonatah, Khasi), Kenny Basumatary (Local
Kung Fu 1 & 2 , Assamese), Dominic Sangma ( Rong Kuchak, Garo ),
Jaicheng Dohutiya (Haanduk, Moran), Haobam Paban Kumar (Loktak
Larambee,) in conversation with Raam
Reddy (Director, Thithi) exploring the Indie to Industry journey of their
cinema. Its also a Big Year for New technologies - from Google Daydream to
Artificial Intelligence. The Knowledge Series will close with Artificial
Intelligence and the Art of Content Creation- a conversation between Jack
Zhang, Founder & Ceo - Greenlight Essentials and Sudhir Mishra . Can human
creativity can be replicated? Can an Algorithm provide Screenplay solutions ?
This and more to be discovered this year at the Knowledge Series in NFDC's Film
Bazaar 2017.
Other Key Developments at Film Bazaar
Screenwriters Lab and Studio worked with 16
writers over a period of 5 months in an
intensive residential script development programme. Writers were mentored by
Yann Apperry, Urmi Juvekar and Asad Hussain.
The work in progress lab had editing sessions for
two films : Aranya (Forest) and Balekempa ( The Bangle Seller). Moothon by
Geethu Mohandas and Soni by Ivan Ayr was screened for the WIP Lab mentors
followed by a feedback session.
Viewing Room had its first day today. It opened at
9 am and closed at 7
pm. It is showcasing total of 200 films. 40
people came to view films at the viewing room. The reports of views were sent
to filmmakers by 7 pm.
About Film Bazaar
Film Bazaar is the largest South Asian film
market. It encourages creative and financial collaboration between the South
Asian and International film communities.
Created and organized by the National Film
Development Corporation (NFDC), Film Bazaar has evolved into South Asia’s
global film market from its humble beginnings in 2007. Every
edition witnesses increased national and international participation. Over the
years, films such as Lunch Box, Margarita With A Straw, Chauthi Koot, Qissa,
Ship of Theseus, Titli, Court, Anhe Ghode Da Daan, Miss Lovely, Dum Lagake
Haisha, Liar’s Dice and Thithi have been through one or more programmes of the
Bazaar.
Over the course of five days, Film Bazaar becomes
the converging point for film buyers and sellers from all over the world. The
focus is on discovering, supporting and showcasing South Asian content and
talent in filmmaking, production and distribution. The Bazaar also facilitates
the sales of world cinema in the South Asian region.
Film Bazaar is held every year at the Marriott
Resort, Goa, India, between 20th and 24th
November 2017. This year it is under the banner of the
International Film Festival of India.
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