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The Satyajit Ray Foundation Short Film Competition in assocation with the London Indian Film Festival is delighted to announce the 2011 Short Film Award nominees. (For details of the jury please see below). The shortlisted films will be screened at the Nehru Centre, Monday 4th July at 6.30pm. This event is free but RSVP is essential. Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it tel: 020 7491 3567. The Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, London W1K 1HF. The winning film will be announced and screened on the 12th July 6.30pm at the Cineworld Haymarket as part of the London Indian Film Festival's closing night gala. For further information on the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) and tickets please visit www.londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk
AMAR - Dir ANDREW HINTON (UK)All great achievements require time. Amar is 14 and top of his class. Someday he’d like to be a professional cricketer but for now he’s the family’s main breadwinner. An observational documentary which leads us through Amar’s daily routine. If you would like to view the film please click on the link http://vimeo.com/19890458
THE TALKING WALLS OF LAHORE - Dir NUMRA SIDDIQUI (UK)Graffiti is everywhere in Pakistan’s cultural heartland. Words consume the city’s visible spaces, from herbal practitioners advertising impotency cures to political and religious slogans. In a country battling economic and political instability, these ‘wall chalkings’ form a rich amalgamation of contradictory messages. The act of writing becomes emancipation, defying forces that attempt to bind individual expression.
MY LAD – Dir SAMI KHAN (UK)"Abdul has been hiding out in his launderette for days, unable to deal with the world outside. Despite pleas from his brother, Abdul is determined to run from the one thing he has to accept. Fa
BOXING LADIES, THE – Dir ANUSHA NANDAKUMAR (INDIA)
Zainab, Bushra and Sughra are three spirited, teenage sisters living in a small slum in Kolkata. They are also national level boxers. As the girls dream of rising above their living conditions, the film challenges the stereotype of young Muslim women. ZAROORAT (DESPERATION) – Dir GEORGE MANGALATH THOMAS (INDIA)Asif, a street hawker, is confronted by a simple need - he must earn some money; just enough to buy some food. Which has it’s own complications – particularly when confronted with a corrupt local policeman and the corporation bulldozers poised to demolish his home… VITTHAL – Dir VINOO CHOLIPARAMBIL (INDIA)Vitthal is angry, very angry. Following the death of his grandfather, according to Hindu death rituals, his parents have shaved off his hair. For 12 year old Vitthal, his world is shattered.
HOME - Dir KRISH SHRIKUMAR (UK)
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