Frame One A festival of short films by first-time film-makers from Goa
Frame One is a unique day-long festival of films made by first-timer filmmakers who comment and archive images on a range of different themes and issues. The films emerged from a year long workshop organized by Multi-varsity and Prajna. This workshop called Framing Knowledge provided a forum for understanding visual culture, watching experimental films and learning basic skills of editing, camerawork and screenplay writing. The filmmakers come from a diverse set of professional backgrounds - none of them related to films.
Frame One is being held on 1st October (Saturday) from 11 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. at the Black Box, Kala Academy. The Festival is organized by Framing Knowledge and Moving Images in collaboration with Kala Academy.
The Film Festival will begin with a 50-minute film called 'Living of Heritage' director by Jerry Cherian. The film while documenting the architectural distinctiveness of Fontainhas - the neighbourhood in Panjim that became popular due to the "Fontainhas Festival"- attempts to offer a glimpse into the ways in which the people living in this heritage zone experience the event and how the festival impacts their lives.
This film is followed by 'The Death of Rapunzel' directed by well known installation artist Apurva Kulkarni. Death is a central preoccupation for the artist and in this 2 minute cinematic exercise Mr. Kulkarni imagines a possible ending of the heroine from the popular fairy tale.
The third film for the day is an untitled philosophical 8-minute film by director Edson Dias. A Photographer and web graphic designer Edison offers an inside view into the lives of a once newly wed couple. The director exposes the viewers to a wide range of questions allowing them to form their own associations one of the prime reasons why the film is left untitled.
'Joseph and Flavia', is a fictional episode from a day in the life of two persons from the village of Orlim in Salcete. Joseph is an entrepreneur of a cottage industry and Flavia is a little girl who chances to step into Joseph's house while he is in the midst of work. Using characters from factual life the film constructs an imaginary encounter between them. It reveals a moment of truth that blurs the distinction between documentary and fiction forms. 'Joseph and Flavia' is directed by architect Priya Kamat
Next to be screened is 'In Search of Abbe Faria'. This film is directed by Isabel Vaz and Cecil Pinto. The year 2006 marks the 250th Birth Anniversary of Jose Custodio de Faria, a son of Goa, widely regarded as the Father of Hypnotism. The directors embark on a journey to document the history and achievements of Abbe Faria through a series of interviews with people who have studied or encountered the Abbe in some way. The documentary hopes to inspire others to take up the cause for Abbe Faria to be given his due place of prominence in Goan history.
Jungian therapist Anjali D'Souza' is next with her film titled 'I, Dancing Me'. The film is a personal exercise in documentation as Anjali seeks to revisit her relationship with dance and her body through the medium of dance itself. It uses the raw footage of rough visuals and sound to give the audience an autobiographical experience that explores a private world through the public medium of film.
The last film for the day is titled 'Renata's Family'. Directed by visual anthropologist Lia Philcox, this film is the rumination of an eccentric, European ex-pat, living out a psychedelic fantasy of animistic beliefs and exotic spirituality. As part of her Ph.d studies, Lea is currently researching the interaction of Goan lives, identities, tourism and the environment, largely through filmmaking.
The festival will also screen a variety of cinematographic exercises by the filmmakers done during the year.
First of its kind in Goa Frame One is free to the public and entry passes can be picked up at Kala Academy on 28th September 4.30 to 6.30 pm.
Salil Konkar Co-ordinator Frame One (Moving Images) =======
