Premendra Mazumder
Premendra Mazumder | |
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Occupation | film -author, -curator, -society-activist, and -festival-consultant. |
Years active | 1977 – present |
Premendra Mazumder is a film -author, -curator, -consultant, -society-activist, -festival-organizer, and -festival-consultant. He has participated in several round-table discussions, conducted workshops, delivered lectures, and presented papers on various topics at national and international conferences.[1][2][3][4][5][6] At the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival in 2015, he spoke on the 'Politics of Film and Social Dynamics' and on 'Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema' [7][8]
He works for the International Critics' Week Cannes (since 2006),[9] and for the Cairo International Film Critics Week [10] (since its inception). And presented the Celebration Ceremony of 100 Years of Indian Cinema in Croatia (May 2013).[11]
He has inaugurated various film societies,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] and has been the chief guest at important film meets over the last decade.[19] Additionally, he initiated the 1st FFSI International Film Festival traveling in over 40 cities in India.[20][21] The Festival was inaugurated on 3 August 2015 in Kolkata.[22][23]
Writings on cinema
Premendra Mazumder's thoughts on cinema have been published in a variety of serious Indian film magazines; daily newspapers; and film journals - Screen, Rupwani, and DNA (Mumbai),[24] Cinemaya (Delhi), Filmbuff, College Street, Chitrabhavna, and Chitralipi (Kolkata), Deep Focus (Bangalore),.[25] The international film magazines in which his writings have appeared include Positif (Paris),[26] Subversive [27][28] Cinema (Portugal), Film Realm (Cairo), Cinesith (Colombo), 16mm (Dhaka), and Deepwani (Port Blair). He is also the Indian correspondent of the Cannes Critics Week.
- Editorial Board - Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique [29] published in October 2008 by the Nouveau Monde Editions [30]
- Editor - The Poet of Celluloid on the life and works of the master film maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta [31]
- Executive-editor/co-author - 'Indian Film Culture' [32] (2010)
- Executive-editor/co-author - 'Indian Film Culture: Indian Cinema' (2016)
- Co-author - Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (chapter titled, 'Music in Mainstream Indian Cinema') [33][34]
- Author - Film Society Movement: a Success or Failure? [35]
- Author - Folk Songs of Bengal [36]
Scripts and plays
He has written the screenplays for two Bengali feature films. He also occasionally subtitles films from Bengali and Hindi to English; three notable works: Third Person Singular Number (2009),[37] Necklace (2011),[38] and Shajarur Kanta (2015).[39] As a playwright he has five major plays to his credit.
Society membership
- Former secretary (2010-2012) - Asian chapter of International Federation of Film Societies (IFFS)[40]
- President - Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI)
- General Secretary - Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI)
- Executive Member - Indian Film Critics Association (IFCA)
- Executive Member - Indian body of FIPRESCI
Jury member (incomplete)
- Jeevika Livelihood Documentary Competition (India, 2004)
- Mumbai International Film Festival [41] (MAMI; 2005)
- Mumbai International Film Festival for Shorts Documentaries & Animations [42] (MIFF; 2006)
- Kara Film Festival [43] (Karachi, 2006)
- Hyderabad International Film Festival (India, 2008)
- Ismailia International Festival for Documentary & Short Films (Egypt, 2008)
- Jeevika Asian Livelihood Documentary Competition [44] (New Delhi, 2010)
- Short & Documentary Film Festival Hyderabad (2010)
- Shaken's Stars International Film Festival Almaty [45](Kazakhstan, 2012)
- Abu Dhabi Film Festival UAE [46] (Abu Dhabi, 2012)
- Evora International Film Festival for Shorts & Documentaries FIKE [47] (Portugal, 2013)
- Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival [48][49]
- Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival [50][51] (Canada, 2016)
- SiGNS Film Festival (India, 2016)
External links
- Film Critics Circle of India
- Archives of Federation of Film Societies of India
- Premendra Mazumder at FIPRESCI
References
- ↑ http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70235241/Third-Ulaanbaatar-Film-Festival
- ↑ "SubversiveFilmFestival". subversivefestival.com.
- ↑ "Festivals bring short films back in limelight - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ↑ "SUBVERSIVEFILMFESTIVAL". subversivefestival.com.
- ↑ "Stock Photography, Royalty-Free Photos & The Latest News Pictures - Getty Images". demotix.com.
- ↑ http://affmumbai.info/index.html|title=転職サイトの探し方が分からない?|転職サイトのことを知りたいならこちら!
- ↑ "KiMFF receives warm welcome". ekantipur.com.
- ↑ "Panel Discussion – Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema". kimff.org.
- ↑ http://www.semainedelacritique.com/images/DOSSIER_DE_PRESSE_version_ang.pdf
- ↑ "Cairo International Film Critics Week". cairofilmcriticsweek.com.
- ↑ http://www.indija.hr/spaw2/uploads/files/100%20godina%20indiskog%20filma%20knjizica%20KB%20web-2.pdf
- ↑ ":: Campus Film Society ::". kiit.ac.in.
- ↑ Desk, Odisha Sun Times Editorial (5 January 2015). "Campus film society inaugurated at KIIT varsity in Odisha capital". odishasuntimes.com.
- ↑ "InstitutionsContents". visva-bharati.ac.in.
- ↑ Trade, TI. "The Assam Tribune Online". assamtribune.com.
- ↑ "Assam international film festival kicks off in Jorhat college - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ↑ http://ffsifilmculture.blogspot.in/2010_12_01_archive.html|title=FFSI Film Culture
- ↑ "Bengali film fest to screen films from India, Bangladesh - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ↑ "Cine Club celebrates 50 golden years". telegraphindia.com.
- ↑ "Bangla filmmaker for same-day release - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ↑ Trade, TI. "The Assam Tribune Online". assamtribune.com.
- ↑ "Fresh take on silver screen tryst - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ↑ "Farooki to present 'Ant Story' at FFSI International Film Festival". clickittefaq.com.
- ↑ "'Tagore was inescapable' - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. 11 August 2006.
- ↑ http://www.deepfocusonline.com/about/team/
- ↑ http://www.revues-de-cinema.net/Sommaire/FRA_16004_Catalogue-anciens.pdf
- ↑ "SUBVERSIVEFILMFESTIVAL". subversivefestival.com.
- ↑
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- ↑ "Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique".
- ↑ "Nouveau Monde éditions".
- ↑ "Federation of Film Societies of India". ffsiarchive.blogspot.in.
- ↑ "Indian Film Culture 15th Edition August 2010.pdf". google.com.
- ↑ Gokulsing, K. Moti; Dissanayake, Wimal (17 April 2013). "Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (Hardback) - Routledge". routledge.com.
- ↑ Development, Chits. "FILM SOCIETY MOVEMENT ? A SUCCESS OR FAILURE ? Ebook by Premendra Mazumder". ideaindia.com.
- ↑ Mazumder, Premendra (11 August 2011). "FOLK SONGS OF BENGAL". IDEAINDIA.COM – via Amazon.
- ↑ "Third Person Singular Number". 10 December 2009 – via IMDb.
- ↑ "Necklace". 4 February 2011 – via IMDb.
- ↑ "Sajarur Kanta Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ↑ "IFFS - International Federation of Film Societies". ficc.info.
- ↑ "Kinema : : A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media".
- ↑ "MIFF'2006 Jury".
- ↑ "iPhone7". karafilmfest.com.
- ↑ http://jeevika.org/author/admin/page/15/
- ↑ "Reviews, opinions-Kyrgyz Cinema".
- ↑ http://www.abudhabifilmfestival.ae/en/Press/press-releases/2012/2012-10-19-ADFF-Unveils-Winners-of-2012-Black-Pearl-FIPRESCI-and-NETPAC-Awards|title=ADFF Unveils Winners of 2012 Black Pearl, FIPRESCI and NETPAC Awards
- ↑ http://www.grandeecran.com/2013/10/25/fike-5a-feira-dia-24/
- ↑ "KIMFF kicks off with 'unbroken spirit' - The Himalayan Times". thehimalayantimes.com. 11 December 2015.
- ↑ "KIMFF is back with 'unbroken spirit'". myrepublica.com.
- ↑ "Programming". festivalregard.com.
- ↑ "Festival Regard 2016: Rencontre avec David Uloth". cinefilic.com.