New Generations - Independent Indian Film Festival
9 to 11 November 2012 at Kino Orfeos Erben
From 9 to 11th November 2012 the fourth „New Generations – Independent Indian Film Festival will" bring highlights of the new Indian Cinema to Frankfurt. The festival is unique in Germany and has been very well received beyond Frankfurt. Again in 2012 at the renowned cinema Orfeos Erben we will present fascinating high quality productions from the genres feature, documentary and short film, among them some Germany premieres. In 2011 we showed critically acclaimed films such as “Bombay Diaries”, starring Amir Khan or “West is West”. Director Onir from India was one of our guests.
“Indien aktuell” wrote about the mostly sold out festival 2011:
„Again the small but really exquisite „New Generations – Independent Indian film Festival“ at the rewarded Cinema Orfeos Erben in Frankfurt presented highlights of the new Indian cinema. And again the third edition of the multifaceted, three day festival directed by Binu Kurian Joseph and Petra Klaus lived up to it’s high ambitions. Still we wish there would be more festivals like the „New Generations“ of Indian Vibes. The sold out shows show that there is a request for this kind of films. We are already looking forward to the festival next yea
The festival is organized by the non-profit organisation Indian Vibes Neue Generationen e.V.
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Programm
Friday, 9 November 12
19.30 h Opening:
19.30 h Miss Lovely
22.15 h Short Films
Saturday, 10 November 12
17.30 h All in Good Time
19.30 h Tooting Broadway - Producer Joshua Clement will appear in person
23.00 h New Generations Party im Orange Peel special guest Sir Mowglee aka Roger Edward Francis/ Mahatma Karma Crew
Sunday, 11 November 12
15.30 h Lucky Red Seeds - Manjadikuru
17.30 h The Great Indian Marriage Bazaar - Director Ruchika Muchhala will appear in person
Tickets: 8,50 Euro per Film, reduced fee 6,50 Euro
Tickets for DoubleFeature 6,50 Euro per film
We strongly recommend ticket reservation at Orfeos Tel. 069 707 69 100
(Mon - Fri 12 to 15 pm, dailayab from 6 pm)
Ticket Party 5 Euro
Design 2012: Manoj Kurian Kallupurackal ( manoj.eu)
Friday, 9 Nov. 7: 30 pm
Miss Lovely
Germany premiere
Director Ashim Ahluwalia will be present in person (tba)
Bombay, 1988. Vicky and Sonu are brothers and partners in crime. They produce “C” grade films in the lower depths of Bollywood – lurid horror films, erotic bandit pictures, sleazy social dramas. From a humid one-hour hotel, amidst spilled whisky and bouts of womanizing, Vicky churns out illicit titles like “Dolly Darling” and “Lady James Bond” for India’s small-town picture houses. He leaves the donkey-work to Sonu, his withdrawn, dim-witted younger sibling, who often cleans up after him.
Returning exhausted from a sales trip peddling erotic reels in the hinterland, Sonu encounters a mysterious girl on the train and is drawn to her fragile beauty. She’s only just arrived in Bombay and her vulnerability soothes his own sense of despair. Her name is Pinky and she appears to be a struggling actress.
Vicky dismisses the girl as a gullible piece of flesh but Sonu is desperate, bewitched by Pinky’s silent radiance. He knows that only she can save him; make his emptiness disappear.
As the seasons change, Sonu begins to resent his hard-edged brother. He no longer wants toslave for Vicky’s lawless operation and decides to make a film of his own, with Pinky in the lead. A double debut – producer and star. It’s a reckless, nihilistic venture with no story and no crew in place. But he has a title – the film will be called ‘Miss Lovely’ and Sonu will do whatever it takes to make it.
But nothing is what it seems in this garish underworld of shifting alliances, double dealing, and quivering flesh. Out on the streets three years later, Sonu realizes that his whole world has turned upside down.
A baroque tale of betrayal and doomed love, the animal instincts of the struggling actress prove to be the most cutthroat of all. As paranoia and violence spiral out of control, brother turns on brother, and blood spills like water. Sonu, now alone and abandoned, aimlessly wanders the streets, junkyards and film studios, aching for one last glimpse of Pinky.
“Miss Lovely” is Ahluwalia’s first feature drama and has been selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival 2012.
Directors statement:
Miss Lovely is a tribute to the Bollywood underground, an audacious cinema with wild cinemascope compositions, lurid art direction rollicking background soundtracks and gut wrenching melodramas.
Script and director: Ashim Ahluwalia
India 2012, 110 min., Hindi with English subtitltes
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anil George, Niharika Singh
Friday, 9 November 12, 22.15 h
Short films
Five German premieres and one homerun
Haal - German premiere
Set in 1980's Pakistan, the film explores how the military junta manipulated Islam to suit its own goals. Told from the perspective of a journalist and a classical Kathak dancer, it shows how the media and the arts were bludgeoned into submission by the dictatorship using the cudgel of religion and morality.
Director and script: Assad Zulfiqar Khan
Pakistan, Great-Britain 2011, 21: 57 min, with English subtitles
Item Number - Hesse premiere
Two minutes before the show. An actress is waiting for her performance. International Shortfilm Festival, Oberhausen, 2012 Award for best contribution to German competition.
Oliver Husain is a filmmaker and artist based in Toronto. Recent solo exhibitions include the Art Gallery of York University and Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto. In 2011 his work was included in shows at Portikus Frankfurt, ICA Philadelphia and the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta. A retrospective of his films and videos was screened at Experimenta Festival, Bangalore. Oliver Husain originates from Frankfurt, Germany.
Director and script: Oliver Husain
Canada, India, Germany 2012, HD 16 Min, English, Hindi
www.husain.de
The Tigers (They’re all dead) - German premiere
What does Mumbai do when India’s last tiger is found dead under undisclosed circumstances? The short film is a political satire on the panoramic reaction of a city that has taken too many hits to care anymore. Reiterating the Gandhian philosophy of 'A nation is judged by the way it treats its animals', the short film critiques contemporary Indian society, and does so through comedy. The short film was recently awarded 'Best Film- Upcoming Stars Panorama' at Jaipur International Film Festival 2012 and 'Best Film- Student Category' at SCRIPT International Short Film Festival, 2012; and has been nominated at other film festivals as well.
Director and script: Reema Sengupta
India, 2011, 14: 56 min., Hindi with English subtitles
www.reemasengupta.com
Time Out - German premiere
Time Out ist a story about the coming of age of a 13 year old boy. Gaurav. He, curious about his new found attraction towards girls, idolizes his elder brother Kunal who ist he captain of the school basket ball team. Gaurav has dreams of one day being as popular as his brother. Gaurav is left confused when he finds out that his elder brother ist gay and in sexual realtionship with another boy ...
Director and book: Rikhil Bahadur
India, UK 2011, 12: 42 min., English
Musik: Indian Ocean
Noong amadi Yeroom - Rock and egg
German premiere
Chaoren is really very scared. He lives in constant fear of his father who is scolding him for anything. When he had to face his father, his mind goes blank. On this fateful day Chaoren breaks his father’s Nganthak (clay smoking pipe) and he tries every possible way to replace it before his father arrives back home. Chaoren forgets his good virtues in order to avoid his father rage. He steals money from his strict father even though he is aware of the consequences Chaoren feels like a small egg facing a big hard rock .
Script and director: Romi Meitel
India 2011, 14 min., Manipuri with English subtitles
Gurpal Singh and Preet Kaur - German premiere
This film is about an epic urban fable. Rumour has it that Gurpal Singh came to Mumbai with his wife, Preet Kaur to earn a living but died due to poverty. His ghost lives in the auto and protects his wife who helps other people. We live on the miracles of our daily life, like cell phones and aeroplanes but our psyche remains divided for that which is unseen. Have we lost our faith in Miracles?
India 2011, 8 Min., Hindi with English subtitles
Sat, 10 Nov. 17: 30 h
All in Good Time
Hesse premiere
‘East Is East’ writer Ayub Khan-Din’s screen version of his 2007 play ‘Rafta, Rafta’ unfolds another bittersweet serio-comic tale of generational conflict in the British-Asian community
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Centred around a close knit, larger than life British Asian family living in present day Bolton, All In Good Time follows Atul Dutt and his young bride Vina for whom the first taste of married life is proving far from straightforward.
When their hard saved for honeymoon is cancelled the day after the wedding, the newlyweds have no choice but to return to the Dutt household and set up home there. As prying family members and gossipy neighbours conspire to keep the couple from consummating their marriage, Atul and Vina start to panic. But if they can just keep their situation private, and if they can just get a bit of time alone, all could be saved for this pair.
So with meddling parents, nosey neighbours and a community that thrives on gossip, can their marriage last?
Atul and Veena are perfectly played by Reece Ritchie and Amara Karan (Darjeeling Limited).
Nigel Cole:
“I am a big fan of Ayub's writing and so I had high hopes for it and when I read it I was thrilled that I liked it. I like to tell stories that have a mixture of both comedy and drama and that can make you laugh and make you cry - this was clearly one of those.”
Buch: Ayub Khan-Din
Regie: Nigel Cole
Großbritannien 2011, 93 Min., Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln
Darsteller: Amara Karan, Harish Patel, Meera Syal, Neet Mohan, Reece Ritchie
Musik: Niraj Chag
Saturday, 10. November 12, 19.30 h
Tooting Broadway
German premiere
Producer Joshua Clement will appear in person
Tooting Broadway is an urban crime drama, whose South London location lends a gritty feel to a fast paced story that highlights a rarely seen gang culture.
24 hours before the Tamil protests outside the Houses of Parliament, Arun (Nav Sidhu) returns home to stop his younger brother Ruthi (Kabelan Verlkumar) from participating in a criminal act that could ruin his life. Arun is granted a day by his mysterious employer, Marcus (Oliver Cotton) to talk Ruthi round. Once back he meets an old flame, Kate (Elizabeth Henstridge) who is struggling with a big decision herself, while Aruns friendship with gang leader, Karuna (San Shella) threatens to suck him back into a world he left behind. The political tension provides the backdrop for Aruns need to forge a life away from his past misdeeds versus his obligation to his family, friends and his Tamil roots.
Tooting Broadway shows a community and unfamiliar subculture; Sri Lankan Tamil Gangs whose infamy is such that Scotland Yard have their own task force dedicated to stopping them. Using the themes of family, loyalty and honour Tooting Broadway has a broad appeal to a wide audience.
Director: Devanand Shanmugam
Greatbritain 2012, digital, 86 min., Englisch
Musik: Soumik Datta, M.I.A, Susheela Raman
Saturday, 10 November 12, 23 h
New Generations Festival Party @ Orange Peel, Frankfurt
This year we would like to celebrate the festival together with you extensively at our New-Generations party at the Orange Peel. The Indian Vibes-Team will be on the decks with huge support of friends. Indian Vibes loves Subin Nijhawan! IndianVibes loves Mahatmakarma! So Sir Mowglee aka Roger Edward Francis of Mahatma Karma Crew Darmstadt will be with us.
Sir Mowglee aka Roger Edward Francis is a passionate Anglo-Indian music lover. Since about 20 years he is standing at the decks, entertaining the dancing crowd depending on the location with his ecclectic mixes of electronic beats, soul & disco, easy listening, rock & worldmusic. He lives up to his Indian genes as co-organizer and dj at the annual Mahatma Karma party in Darmstadt, spinning Bhangra beats and more. With it's party Mahatma Karma supports an orphanage in India.
Sunday, 11 Nov. 12, 15.30 h
Lucky Red Seeds - Manjadikuru
Hesse premiere
Manjadikuru is a trip back to 1980 in Kerala, India. 10-year-old Vicky, an immigrant child, arrives in a small village in Kerala, but the entire story is narrated to us by the grown-up Vicky who returns to the same ancestral home years later. His adult reflections are juxtaposed against the childhood visual narrative – bringing to life the magic of childhood and a past era.
Vicky’s ancestral home is an old cavernous house in a rural village. The usually desolate house is now bustling with the large disjointed family who have arrived to attend the grandfather’s funeral. For several years the siblings had moved apart as a result of one-upmanship and personal squabbles. But now all of them have come together to attend the funeral. The traditional sixteen days of mourning lays the perfect ground to relive all their mutual quirks and past tensions.
In the midst of the family infighting and mourning, Vicky befriends his younger cousins Kannan & Manikutty and the servant girl Roja. While Vicky shows off his bookish knowledge to his new friends, he learns many things from them. The whole rural atmosphere is a learning ground of things he had never experienced in his boxed-in lonesome cosmopolitan boyhood. A pond full of fishes, the serpent cove, a funeral for tadpoles, mango-laden trees and Manikutty’s favorite red-seed collection keep the energetic foursome busy through the days.
Alongside the children’s own adventures, they also witness the changing pattern of relationships in their disintegrating family.
At the end of the mourning period, the much-awaited will & testament of the deceased grandfather is to be read out. Most family members had stayed on for the 16 days, hoping to receive inheritance of the sprawling ancestral home. The children see the real stories of the various adults emerge as the days move on. The masks fall away and the real people begin to appear. Each of them has their own story, struggles and eventually their own resolution. In the midst of it, they almost become the family they used to be, but will it last.
Many years later the narrator yearns to retain that point of view which he believes is kinder, truer and better than that of most adults. The journey is one of nostalgia but also one of returning to that lost age of innocence.
Script and director: Anjali Menon
India 2009, 155 min., Malayalam with English subtitles, English
Sunday, 11 November 12, 17.30 h
The Great Indian Marriage Bazaar
Hesse premiere
Director Ruchika Muchhala will appear in person
Every aspect of the India’s social, commercial and cultural fabric revolves around the axis of marriage: Bollywood movies usually end in a festive marriage scene, beauty products are advertised for an end-goal of looking beautiful at one’s wedding and children are inculcated at a young age that the most important event in their lives will be their marriage. “The Great Indian Arranged Marriage Bazaar” is a fascinating journey into the nucleus of Indian society: the marriage, arranged style.
The film is told through the Directors' perspective as Ruchika faces mounting pressure to get married and moreover, to get an arranged marriage. As her persistent mother goes full forth in this quirky and raw journey that her aunts' dub as 'mission-son-in-law', Ruchika navigates through the 'marriage bazaar' by talking with people in the business and two brides-to-be in Mumbai.
Interviews with the online matrimonial websites, private detective agencies, cosmetic surgeons who perform a surgery called hymenoplasty, and a female psycho-therapist are intertwined with the stories of two brides-to-be - Sonali, a police woman from a working class family who is searching for a partner who is willing to become a part of her family, rather than the other way around; and Preeti, a middle-class family-oriented girl believes that marriage is defined by the joining of two families from within her specific ethnic community. Through these stories, the film looks at the modern-day crisis urban Indian women face when thrown into the great 'marriage bazaar'.
Script and director: Ruchika Muchhala
Singapore 2010, 63 min. Hindi mwith English subtitles, English
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