Jurry Members

K.P Jayasankar, Anjali Panjabi, Jagannathan Krishnan

Jury Citation

The Jury was impressed by the diversity of the films. While the quality in the fiction category was note-worthy, the PSA and the documentary section did not reflect the large body of interesting work by young filmmakers in India. We do hope that we get to showcase more of such work in Cut.In in the years to come. We congratulate all the participants for their creativity, energy and commitment to the medium.

Documentary

a)      Gold: Char Dukan

Director – Arvind Caulagi

For its evocative and lyrical cinematic representation of times past and its compassionate engagement with the protagonist

b)      Silver: A Dream called America

Director – Anoop Sathyan

For its skillful portrayal of the inter-generational conflict and aspirations

PSA

Special Mention of the Jury: Reading Inspires

Director – Priya Goswami

For foregrounding the curiosity in a child’s mind that helps discover the joys of reading

Fiction

a)      Gold: Open Cafe v2.5

Director – Naveen Padmanabha

For its reflexive mode which brings together various narratives: the real, the imaginary, the past and the present

b)      Silver: Nirgun

Director – Parthib Dutta

For the deft and skilful story telling that brings to fore the irony of the cultural dynamics around the family

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Technical Awards

Editing

Gold: Char Dukan

Director – Arvind Caulagi

Silver: Itch

Director – Satchith Paulose

Camera

Gold: 1, 2

Director – Prantik Basu

Silver: Open Cafe v2.5

Director – Naveen Padmanabha

Sound

Gold: Open Cafe v2.5

Director – Naveen Padmanabha

Silver: 1,2

Director – Prantik Basu

Direction

Gold: Nirgun

Director – Parthib Dutta

Silver: Kutty

Director – Farooq Mohamed

Documentaries

Short Fiction

Public Service Announcement

Click here to download the List of the selected films

The 4th ‘Cut.In’ Students Film Festival will be held as a part of “Resonance“ at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on the 21st and 22nd December 2011.

The festival is being organized by the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies (CMCS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences. This year Cut.In is organized as a part of  “Resonance” as the institute is celebrating its platinum jubilee.  CMCS is an independent centre of  Tata Institute of Social Sciences, engaged in media teaching, production, research and dissemination.A unique feature of the Centre is the close linkage between the technical and academic areas of its work, thus facilitating a synergy between research, teaching and production, all of which are informed by a keen sense of connection with local subaltern cultures of resistance and invention.The CMCS has done pioneering work in critical media education in the country. Currently the Centre runs a two-year Masters degree in Media and Cultural Studies focusing on professional media practice and research within a framework that enables the development of a critical perspective on media, culture and society. It seeks to enable the creation of a lively group of thinking doers and doing thinkers.

This international level film festival aims to encourage talent among this group of thinking doers and doing thinkers and aim to bring the aspiring and the inspiring.  The competition is for short documentaries, short films, public service messages and music videos.

Entries are invited for the following categories:
a) Documentary (under 45 min)
b) Short fiction (under 45 min)
c) Public Service Message (Under 2 min)

The festival will feature works by graduate/postgraduate/diploma students all over the country and other interested international students selected by a panel of judges.

Two prizes will be given in each category.

The prize consists of a trophy and a citation.

In addition there are prizes for Best Cinematography, Editing and Sound Design.

For any queries please write to : cmcs.cutin@gmail.com

Also for any other specific queries please contact:

Shweta  – 07709520655

Vikram – 09920147057