Film about salt fields of India's Kutch makes it to prestigious Ann Arbor Film Festival
Thursday - Mar 18, 2010, 11:04pm (GMT+5.5)
Nevada (US), March 18 (ANI): A short experimental film about the salt fields of Central Kutch in India has made into the competitive category in internationally renowned 48th Ann Arbor Film Festival of USA being held March 23-28, according to reports. Titled "Scene 32", this film by Shambhavi Kaul, examines salt fields through High Definition video and hand processed Hi contrast film, resulting in a world of precipices and gullies, untouchable textures and unfathomable scale. Congratulating Kaul, Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged India Government and large private conglomerates of India to promote independent cinema.
India was full of creative and excellent filmmakers and they only needed an integrated effort in funding, encouragement, marketing/promotion, exposure in global avenues, and organization of world-level film festivals in India, Rajan Zed, who is chairperson of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, added. Launched in 1963, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America.
This year's Festival received over 2,500 submissions from over 65 countries and will present about 200 films in Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA). Donald Harrison is the Executive Director. (ANI)
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