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‘Chitra utsav’ screening schedule announced

BHUBANESWAR: Hosts of the much-awaited third edition of the Lok Chitra Utsav (people’s film festival) announced the screening schedule here on Monday.

Festival coordinator and filmmaker Surya Sankar Das said that Lohia Academy auditorium in the heart of the city was chosen as the venue for the three-day event kicking off on October 12 at 6.30 p.m.

‘Mahua Memoirs’, the opening film made by Bangalore-based Vinod Raja, captures on his camera the voices of dissent against industrialisation echoing across the tribal heartland of central Indian including Orissa.

The inaugural evening will further feature ‘Tambogrande’ by Ernesto Cabellos and Stephanie Boyd of Peru who have documented a similar movement by the locals in their country.

Screening of the following two days were slated from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Mr.Das said and added that October 13 schedule was christened as ‘women’s special.’

The special package would include ‘Sasa’ made by Chanda Chevannes of Uganda that depicts domestic violence, ‘Green Gold’ by South African filmmaker trio Heidi Bachram, Ell Suthern and Julie Chadwick that documents the battle of a woman against a metal company promoted by the World Bank and ‘Honour Killings’ by Jessica Habie of Israel, a 14-minute explosive film about Arabian women who are being killed by their fathers and brothers.

Similarly, Chinese film ‘China Blue’ by Micha Peled tells the tale of a girl who leaves her panoramic countryside home to work for a company that does not allow her to visit the toilet more than once and forbids her to be pregnant.

The concluding day on Sunday would showcase several films on voices of dissent like ‘Black Gold’ by Nick Francis and Marc Francis of Ethiopia, ‘Djourou’ meaning debt by Oliver Zuchuar from Mali, ‘My Cultural Divide’ by Bangladeshi filmmaker Faisal Lutchmedial and an Indian animation film ‘The mall on top of my house’ spanning over just five minutes by Aditi Chitre.

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