Celebrating 50 years of FTII

Screening of diploma films and discussions will be part of GraFTII's programmes in Kerala

April 07, 2011 04:16 pm | Updated 04:16 pm IST

The Kerala Chapter of GraFTII, the alumni association of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), is celebrating the golden jubilee of FTII with a festival of films, discussions and talks on April 9 and 10 at Kalabhavan Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram.

Diploma films of former students of FTII will be screened on the occasion. A discussion on ‘Malayalam cinema: today and tomorrow, problems and challenges' (in Malayalam), will be at 2.20 p.m. on April 9. The discussion would focus on the future of Malayalam cinema in the current reality of digital options, contemporaneousness of content, superstar system, proliferation of TV Channels, challenges of piracy, paucity of women participation in the film industry and so on. The idea is to explore how equipped is the Malayalam film industry to deal with these issues . K.P. Kumaran, Shaji N. Karun, T.K. Rajeev Kumar, Suresh Kumar, C.S. Venkitesweran and Ranjani will participate in the discussions that will be moderated by Shankar Mohan.

GraFTII believes that such discussions will highlight these issues which need serious reflection.

April 9

10 a.m.: Inauguration of the festival by Adoor Gopalakrishnan in the presence of alumni of FTII.

11 a.m. : Screening of diploma films from FTII and from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.

2.30 p.m: Discussion on ‘Malayalam cinema: today and tomorrow, problems and challenges.'

4.30 pm: Screening of diploma films.

April 10

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Screening of diploma films.

The programme is open to the public. Contact: 9447708592.

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