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Australian Indian Film Festival 2008
The Australian Indian Film Festival (AIFF) is now in its sixth year and has become one of the Indian film industry's most prestigious events worldwide.
WHEN: 29/08/2008 to 17/09/2008
WHERE: Cinema Paris, Sydney & Cinema Nova, Melbourne
STATE: National
COUNTRY: AUS
The Australian Indian Film Festival (AIFF) is now in its sixth year and has become one of the Indian film industry’s most prestigious events worldwide.
For 2008, AIFF are thrilled to unveil the most diverse programme of films in the history of the Festival. With the support of the Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of I & B and New Delhi, AIFF will present a series of superb regional films never before screened in Australia, plus the biggest Bollywood blockbusters of the past year, which serve to make this year’s programme a well rounded and true mirror of contemporary Indian cinema. AIFF is also extremely proud to include a retrospective of films from one of the world’s finest filmmakers, Satyajit Ray.
Sample a few of the festival highlights….
SATYAJIT RAY A RETROSPECTIVE
Satyajit Ray was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. His thirty or so films, which put India on the map of world cinema, include Apur Sansar, Devi, Ghare Baire, Jalsaghar and Pather Panchali. Beginning with Pather Panchali, released in 1955, Ray won almost every major prize. In 1992 Satyajit Ray was awarded a special Oscar award for ‘Lifetime Achievement’ in filmmaking from the Academy of Motion Pictures USA.
What makes Ray unparalleled in cinema is his versatility. No director was more personally responsible for his films than Ray. He wrote his scripts solo, and they were often original screenplays. He designed the sets and costumes down to the smallest details. He acted out the roles for his actors with consummate nuance. He operated the camera and he edited each frame. He composed the music, scoring it in a mixture of Western and Indian notation. He even designed the credits and posters, having earlier worked as a professional graphic designer and illustrator.
“Ray’s magic, the simple poetry of his images and their emotional impact will always stay with me.” Director Martin Scorsese
The Opening Night Film in both Sydney and Melbourne is the heart warming, critically acclaimed feature film Taare Zameen Par.
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR (Stars on Earth) directed by Aamir Khan
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that are just not important in the world of adults. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to ‘be disciplined’.
“An inspirational story that is as emotive as it is entertaining: this is a little twinkling star of a movie.” BBC Movie Reviews
JAB WE MET directed by IMTIAZ ALI
Aditya (Shahid Kapoor), a defeated industrialist, is even more broken as the girl he loves is getting married. Disappointed, he aimlessly boards a train where he meets Geet (multi-award winning actress Kareena Kapoor) - a beautiful but annoyingly talkative girl who is leaving Mumbai to go her hometown from where she has plans of eloping with her boyfriend who lives in Manali.
“One of the finest romantic films to come out of Bollywood.” INDIAFM.COM
THODA PYAAR THODA MAGIC (A little love, a little magic) directed by Kunal Kohli
'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic' is about people like you and me who wish for a little bit of magic in our lives, and don't realise the angels who bring it to us are right amongst us. Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic is simply about all we need in our lives .....
“…Truly, the age of WHIZ KID in Indian cinema.” Times of India
OPENING NIGHT SYDNEY FRIDAY AUGUST 29
Opening Night Information
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR (PG)
All tickets $30 includes a complimentary
Bollywood DVD and candy bar treats.
Red carpet arrivals 7.30pm
Film commences at 8.30pm
Cinema Paris from August 29 – September 7
More information www.hoyts.com.au
OPENING NIGHT MELBOURNE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR (PG)
All tickets $30 includes a complimentary
Bollywood DVD, Indian food and drinks
Red Carpet Arrivals and party 7.30pm
Film commences at 8.30pmydney
August29-September7
Cinema Nova from September 3 – September 17
More information www.cinemanova.com.au
AIFF FESTIVAL AWARDS 2008 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2
The 2008 Indian Australian Film Festival partners with the Royal Children’s Hospital Tuesday September 2, to present a lavish gala fund raising dinner at the prestigious Crown Casino. The AIFF Awards, which are sponsored by Tourism Victoria, are held in high esteem, with previous winners including actors Shah RukhKhan and Akshaye Khanna and films “Rang De Basanti” and“Chak De! India”. The Awards are critically acclaimed in India and receive widespread media attention on television networks such as NDTV, CNN and print media including Times of India and Hindustan Times.
AIFF will give out two awards for Best Film and Best Performance, which will both be presented by former Australian cricket captain, Steve Waugh.
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