Indian origin filmmaker Aseem Chhabra will moderate a session on ‘The relevance of Film Festivals in a hyper-digital world’ on Friday, November 26, 6p.m. India time, during the ongoing month-long European Union Film Festival.
The session, which has been organised in collaboration with the Dharamshala International Film Festival, will focus on the challenges before film festivals, especially smaller ones, and explore means through which they can reinvent themselves and remain relevant to their communities in this new world of unlimited digital access and choice.
The session is scheduled to be held on November 26 at 18:00 (IST).
Deepthi Pendurty, festival manager for Dharamshala IFF, Christina Marouda, Chair of the Board and founder of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and Meenakshi Shedde, an independent Mumbai-based film curator will be a part of the moderated discussion.
Aseem Chhabra is the festival director of the New York Indian Film Festival, the largest and oldest Indian film festival in North America.
He is also a film journalist, who has been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Mumbai Mirror, Rediff.com, The Hindu, Outlook, BBC.com, Quartz, Scroll, Newslaundry. He’s been a commentator on Indian cinema and popular culture on NPR, CNN, BBC, CBC, ABC’s ‘Good Morning America.’ Chhabra has also authored biographies of Bollywood actors Shashi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan and Priyanka Chopra.
Day & Date – Fri, 26th Nov. Time -18:00 IST // CET 13:30 Title :- The relevance of film festivals in a hyper-digital world
(In collaboration with Dharamshala International Film Festival) Zoom Link https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MLtRna0RQiCx8n6DNG5uiA
About the European Union Film Festival:
The 26th edition of the EU Film Festival 2021 will run through November’21. This time the festival is bigger, with a line-up of 60 films in 37 languages from across 27 member states and Switzerland. There are Eight sections in total, reflecting the diversity of European and Indian Cinema: Contemporary European Cinema, European Masterpieces, Co-productions, a short film selection, films on climate change, Film Education, Contemporary Indian Cinema and Indian masterpieces. This year the Festival also pays a tribute to legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, on his 100th birth anniversary with the projection of the seminal Pather Panchali. https://euffindia.com/special-events/
About the EU and EU-India Ties
The EU, which consists of 27 countries, has the world’s second largest economy and its third largest population, after China and India. Though richly diverse, the countries that make up the EU (its ‘Member States’) are all committed to the same basic values: peace, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights. By creating a frontier-free single market and a single currency (the euro) which has been adopted by 19 Member States, the EU has given a significant boost to trade and employment.
EU-India relations: For over 55 years, the EU and India have worked together to reduce poverty, prevent disasters, expand trade, secure global public goods, enhance security around the world and promote joint research in energy, health, agriculture and many other fields of mutual interest. More information at: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/india
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