| Ndtv Lumière participates in the Osian's Cinefan Film Festival |
| ~ 13 NDTV Lumière films to be screened at the 10th OSIAN Cinefan Film Festival being held in New Delhi staring 10th July ~ |
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| Mumbai, July 9, 2008 : NDTV Lumière, the initiative to bring contemporary cutting edge world cinema to India is participating in Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival, 2008 by showcasing thirteen of its films from July 10th to 20th, 2008. Among these films are gems like ‘Three Monkeys’ which won Nuri Bilge Ceylan the Best Director award at the recently concluded Festival de Cannes; ‘The Secret of the Grain’ which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2007 Venice Film Festival and the Academy award winning ‘Thousand Years of Good Prayers ‘. |
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| These films will also be presented to the Indian audiences in the coming months across multiple platforms ranging from theatrical releases to home video and television. |
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| These critically acclaimed contemporary films are: ( sched to be added) |
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| Breath |
Kim Ki-duk |
Ten Commandments |
| Three Monkeys |
Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
Asian and Arab Competition |
| Jellyfish |
Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen |
First Feature Competition |
| Salt of The Sea |
Annemarie Jacir |
Asian and Arab Competition |
| Ulzhan |
Volker Schlondorff |
Cross Cultural Encounters |
| Under the Bombs |
Philippe Aracntingi |
In-Tolerance Competiton |
| Wonderful Town |
Aditya Assarat |
Asian and Arab Competition |
| Thousand Years of Good Prayers |
Wayne Wang |
Cross Cultural Encounters |
| Secret of the Grain |
Abdellatif Kechiche |
Frescoes |
| Blind Mountain |
Li Yang |
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| 8 1/2 |
Frederico Fellini |
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| Chaos |
Youssef Chahine & Khaled Youssef |
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| Paloma Delight |
Nadir Mokneche |
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| Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Dhruvank Vaidya, Senior Vice President - New Ventures, NDTV Imagine, said,”It is our pleasure to associate with Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival and further expand the World Cinema movement in India. This handpicked selection from the NDTV Lumiere collection is an exclusive opportunity for the audiences at Cinefan to savour some of our films like ‘Three Monkeys’ which will be shown to audiences within two months of its win at Cannes.” |
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| Film festivals and film clubs have a crucial role to play in expanding the world cinema movement in India. NDTV Lumiere is currently associated with several film societies in Mumbai like Prabhat Chitra Mandal and will continue to work closely with other film clubs and societies across the country.” |
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| NDTV Lumière has theatrically released masterpieces like ‘The Orphanage’, ‘Caramel’, ‘Crossed Tracks’ and ‘Persepolis’ and is all set to release ‘Goodbye Bafana’, a film based on Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela, on his birthday -18th July at PVR Cinemas across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. |
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| About NDTV Lumière : |
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| NDTV Imagine is the new entertainment initiative from NDTV Ltd. Spearheaded by Sameer Nair, the company has planned strategic forays into key businesses in the media and entertainment space. Following the launch of NDTV Imagine, its Hindi general entertainment channel, the company has joined hands with Manmohan Shetty, founder of Adlabs, and Sunil Doshi, film activist, festival jurist and film producer, to launch NDTV Lumière - an initiative to bring contemporary cutting edge world cinema to India. NDTV Lumière will provide access to top quality cinema from across the world through multiple platforms such as theatrical release, home video, a 24 hour TV Channel, pay-per-view etc. For further information, visit www.ndtvlumiere.com |
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| For more on NDTV Lumière, please contact Vitcom Consulting at : |
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