Hello Filmgoers, This Thursday at Wallfly Director's Special, we screen filmmaker Nishtha <http://www.raintreefilms.net> Jain's CITY OF PHOTOS followed by a discussion with her.
CITY OF PHOTOS explores the little known ethos of neighborhood photo studios in Indian cities, discovering entire imaginary worlds in the smallest of spaces. Tiny, shabby studios that appear stuck in a time warp turn out to be places throbbing with energy. As full of surprises as the people who frequent these studios are the backdrops they enjoy posing against and the props they choose. These afford fascinating glimpses into individual fantasies and popular tastes. Yet beneath the fun and games runs an undercurrent of foreboding. Not everyone enjoys being photographed; not every backdrop is beautiful; not all photos are taken on happy occasions. The cities in which these stories unfold themselves become backdrops, their gritty urban reality a counterpoint to the photo palaces. Desires, memories and stories, all so deeply linked to the photographic experience, come together as part of a personal journey into the city of photos. Poster-1.jpg crew: direction & editing : Nishtha Jain cinematography: Deepti Gupta script & research: Nishtha Jain, Smriti Nevatia associate director & writer: Smriti Nevatia sound design: Dipankar Chaki location sound: Gautam Nag, Gissy Michael music: Debojyoti Mishra Awards *Special Jury Commendation at Film South Asia, Kathmandu, 2005 *Audience favorite #7 out of 900 films and shown as part of IDFA, Amsterdam Top 20 in 2007, a section comprising audience favourites from films screened at IDFA in its 20-year history. About the Director Nishtha Jain is a graduate of Jamia Mass Communication Research Centre, New Delhi and Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, She started her career as an editor and director for current affairs programmes and documentaries. She worked briefly as Executive Producer for a documentary channel 'Chakra'. Since 2002 she's been working as an independent filmmaker. Her films have received several awards and have been screened extensively in international film festivals, prestigious broadcast channels and art exhibitions. Filmography City of Photos, 2005 Call it Slut, 2006 Six yards to Democracy, 2006 Lakshmi and Me, 2008 At My Doorstep, 2009 Family Album, 2011 The Pink Uprising(work in Progress), 2012 For more info about Nishtha's films visit: <http://www.raintreefilms.net/> www.raintreefilms.net enquiries: raintreefi...@gmail.com <http://www.raintreefilms.net/> Entry ticket: 100/- WALLFLY See you Thursday! wallfly logo.jpg -- Rudolf Ludwig Kammermeier Art Chamber, Galeria de Belas Artes Gauravaddo 115/a Calangute, Goa - India