March 27 to 31: Five-day "Cinevesture International Film Festival" in Chandigarh

By Bollyy 30 Mar 2024 in Around the web

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March 27 to 31 Five-day Cinevesture International Film Festival in Chandigarh

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A gathering of personalities from the film and media world for exciting master classes and panel discussions.

Master classes along with exciting panel discussions are being organized in the first edition of “Cinevesture International Film Festival” to be held at Taj Hotel, Chandigarh from 27 to 31 March 2024. The festival will feature an engaging series of 20 master classes and panel discussions. Which includes famous personalities like Jaideep Ahlawat, Tahira Kashyap, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Roshan Mathew, Abhay Deol, Sudhir Mishra, Kohra star Suvinder Vicky, Boman Irani, Ghadhrasika Dugal, Rajshri Deshpande. "Tabbar" director Ajitpal Singh, "Kesari" director Anurag Singh, "Mr. India" director Shekhar Kapur and Academy Award-winning film Elizabeth director SonyLIV, Sony Pictures Networks India content heads Sudhir Mishra and Saugata Mukherjee, Many celebrities will be present. A master class will also be organized in the final session with Karan Johar, founder, producer, and director of Dharma Productions. The conversation will be moderated by senior journalist, film critic, and programmer/curator Namrata Joshi.

Cannes Award Winner Opens Film Festival; Korean Thriller Closes

The festival was opened with the Cannes Award-winning French film The Taste of Things, starring Juliette Binoche. The closing film will be the South Korean horror-mystery-thriller film 'Exhuma (Pamyo), which premiered at 2024 Berlin. It is considered to be Korea's highest-grossing film of 2024 so far.

The festival's advisory board includes Baahubali fame actor and filmmaker Rana Daggubati, former head of the Cannes Film Market Jérôme Paillard, former Sundance Film Festival co-director Nicole Guilmette, renowned Indian filmmaker Ajitpal Singh (Fire in the Mountains and Tabbar), Bangladeshi Filmmaker and screenwriter Nuhash Humayun (Moshari) and Julian Friedman, co-owner of the Blake Friedman literary agency.

The director of the film festival is a retired IAS and former head of the Film Division, India V S Kandu, Bina Paul is the artistic director of CIFF, and senior journalist, and film critic Namrata is the curator. This film festival is being organized by Cinevesture Private Limited. The founder and CEO of this company is Neena Lath.

“Our ‘Cinevesture International Film Festival’ seeks to bring together the best minds through our specially curated master classes to further the conversation on the creative as well as business aspects of the industry, Can it be achieved and how to take it forward?” says Nina Lath, Founder and CEO, of Cinevesture.

CIFF Director, V.S. Kundu says, “Masterclasses are a great way to have engaging conversations and we are delighted to have such an esteemed panel of visionaries who will only benefit the audience. The masterclass aims to touch on every aspect of filmmaking and we are only looking forward to bringing out the best in these panel discussions.”

About CIFF:

The Cinevesture International Film Festival (CIFF) is a celebration of diverse filmmaking, featuring a range of content from different genres, cultures, and perspectives. It also seeks to provide a Launchpad for upcoming talent. Your film experience will include master classes, workshops, and the opportunity to work as collaborators with potential investors and film professionals in the film industry. CIFF Market facilitates trading by creating connections between investors and through the presentation of curated and other projects. CIFF also offers supporting programs that are open to the public, including film exhibitions, and production design installations.

For those interested in registering for this five-day event, please log on to Bpinpad for more information about passes and the festival.

Details of master classes and panel discussions to be organized during this film festival:

Day 1: March 28, 2024

Time- 10:30 am to 11:30 am

Topic: Fireside with Boman Irani

Moderator: Vaibhav Munjal, CEO & Co-Founder, Chalchitra Talks

Panelist: Boman Irani

Time- 11:45 am to 12:30 pm

Topic: Indie Producers - Keep On Keep On...

Moderator: Nyay Bhushan, Founder, Connection Films

Panelists: Vivek Rangachari, Filmmaker, Sanjay Gulati, Filmmaker and Rucha Pathak, Filmmaker

Time- 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

Topic: Walking the Arc -Indie Actors Forge Their Paths

Moderator:- Aseem Chhabra, Director, New York Indian Film Festival and Film Journalist

Panelists: Rajshree Deshpande and Rasika Duggal

Time – 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Subject: Conversation with Abhay Deol

Moderator: Harshit Bansal, Founder, Humans of Cinema

Panelist: Abhay Deol

Time- 3:45 PM to 4:30 PM

Topic: Sony Liv's vision of content

Moderator: Naman Ramachandran, International Correspondent, Variety

Panelist: Saugata Mukherjee, Head of Content, Sony Liv, Sony Pictures Networks India

Time- 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm

Topic: Story and Music - Development of Hindi Film Song

Moderator: Suanshu Khurana, Senior Assistant Editor, Indian Express

Panelists: Swanand Kirkire, singer, writer, and actor, and Hussain Hydari, poet, lyricist and screenwriter

Day 2: March 29, 2024

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Topic: On the Other Side of the Fog - The Actor Emerges

Moderator: Manpreet Mahnaz, Assistant Professor of Punjabi, MBSPS University, Patiala

Panelist: Suvinder Vicky, Actor

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Topic: The Stories We Tell - Pushing the Button

Moderator: Naman Ramachandran, International Correspondent, Variety

Panelists: Richa Chadha, actress and producer Ali Fazal, actor and producer

Time – 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Subject: Conversation with Sudhir Mishra

Moderator: Beena Paul, Film Editor and Artistic Director, CIFF

Panelist: Sudhir Mishra, film director and screenwriter

Timings: 03:15 PM to 04:15 PM

Topic: Conversation with Tahira Kashyap Khurana

Moderator: Nonika Singh, senior journalist and film critic

Panelist: Tahira Kashyap Khurana, writer and filmmaker

Timings: 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm

Topic: Theatrical Release – An Essential Part of the Film Business Pie

Moderator: Naman Ramachandran, International Correspondent, Variety

Panelists: Honey Trehan, Producer and Director, Aditi Anand – Producer and Uday Kaushik, Exhibitor and Distributor

Time: - 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm

Topic: Crime Thrillers of Punjab – New Ground for the Indian Screen

Moderator: Aseem Chhabra, Director, New York Indian Film Festival and film journalist

Panelists: Randeep Jha, film director, and writer, and Ajitpal Singh, writer, and director

Timings – 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm

Topics: Movies and Music – A Family Jam!

Moderator: Kaveri Kapoor, Singer, Lyricist and Actress

Panelist: Shekhar Kapur, film director and actor

Day 3: March 30, 2024

Timings: 10:30 am to 11:30 am

Topic: Punjabi Cinema – Resurgence with a makeover

Moderator: Nonika Singh, senior journalist and film critic

Panelists: Anurag Singh, Film Director Gurvinder Singh, Film Director, Sameep Kang, Film Director and Producer and Jagdeep Sindhu, Film Writer and Director

Timings: 11:45 am to 12:30 pm

Subject: Conversation with Jaideep Ahlawat

Moderator: Namrata Joshi, Senior Journalist, Film Critic/Programmer and Market Curator, CIFF

Panelist: Jaideep Ahlawat

Time: 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm

Topic: Impact of AI on the scope and future of creative cinema

Moderator: Liz Shackleton, Founder and Editor, Streamlined

Panelists: Julian Friedman, Writer, Member of the Advisory Board, CIFF, Bhaskar Hazarika – Film Director and Atika Chauhan – Screenwriter

Time- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Topic: Crossover Actor – Combining Languages and Genres with Roshan Mathew

Moderator: Aseem Chhabra, Director, New York Indian Film Festival and film journalist

Panelist: Roshan Mathew

Timings: 4:15 pm to 5:00 pm

Topic: From Bangladesh to Hollywood

Moderator: Liz Shackleton, Founder and Editor, Streamlined

Panelist: Nuhash Humayun, Film Director and Screenwriter from Bangladesh, Member, Advisory Board, CIFF

Timings: 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

Topic: Walking with Music and Rashmeet Mix

Moderator: Suanshu Khurana, Senior Assistant Editor, Indian Express

Day 4: March 31, 2024

Timings: 11:00 am to 12:45 pm

Topic:- Between larger-than-life romance and grassroots love - Dharma of entertainment

Moderator: Namrata Joshi, Senior Journalist, Film Critic, Programmer and Market Curator, CIFF

Panelist: Karan Johar

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