“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water”
-Loran Eisley
Dear Friends,
As I have mentioned earlier that YWCA is one of the hosts of the International Film Festival spearheaded by the Bangalore Film Society along with other NGO's on the issue of water which is to be held on the 4th 5th and 6th September 2009 at the YWCA Arathi No 7, 6th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 095. Tel Phone: 25634813/22238574/9739047011. I am pasting below the names of the films which will be screened at Atathi. Kindly forward this information among family and friends and come in large numbers to view very interesting films on the issue of water which is becoming a very crucial issue for all of us and for which we all need to be concerned about.
Kindly make a note of the film to be screened on Saturday at 4.00pm Living Water: In the beginning where the Directors of the film will be present and will take up the discussion afterwards. So please come and be part of viewing this film in large numbers.
There will also be an inauguration of the International Film Festival at 4.00pm on 4th September 2009 at Alliance Francaise. All are welcome to attend the Inauguration.
Looking forward to meeting you all on the above three days at Arathi and together we can work together on Saving our Waters.Kindly feel free to contact me for any further queries at 9739047011.
Thanking you
Yours Sincerely
Latha Paul
General Secretary
YWCA of Bangalore City
YWCA, Koramangala
Friday 4th September, 2009
10.30am
Holy Water (23min/Sweden/India)
Dir: Lotta Ekelunnd
As the cola companies deplete and pollute the essential ground water of the communities, strong feminine voices rise in protest. And while they are successful in shutting down a cola plant, the film debates the larger and ever-more-pertinent question of our age- Whose water? And to whom does it rightfully belong?
10.50am
A Sea Change (85min/USA)
Dir: Barbara Ettinger
The oceans of the world are in great turmoil and in the last few years, the waters have increasingly turned acidic, corrosive and dangerous to all forms of life. Fearing for the near future into which his grandson and a new generation will grow into, Sven Huseby, retired professor and all-round jovial gentleman, sets out on a journey to uncover the roots, the effects and the damage of the environmental catastrophe and then, towards solutions and hope. Evocative and charged with the spirit of adventure and discovery, ‘A Sea Change’ was awarded the prestigious Dumosa Award for Best Coastal Film.
12.15pm
Umiaq Skin Boat (31min/Canada)
Dir: Jobie Weetaluktuk
Umiaq Skin Boat is a beautiful and poetic 30-minute film about a group of Inuit elders in Inukjuak, Quebec who decide one summer to build the first traditional seal skin boat their community has seen in over 50 years. Umiaq Skin Boat bears witness to the resilience of the Inuit spirit in rapidly changing times.
1.00pm – 2.00pm
LUNCH
2.00pm
Sujan Bandhu, a boatman’s journey (19min/India)
Dir: Viplab Majumder
The river, like life, inspires us to keep moving and that is the story of this protagonist of ‘Sujan Bandhu’. More than the documentation of his life, the director feels it is the documentation of life itself.
2.20pm
Chilila Bank$ (60min/India)
Dir: Akanksha Joshi
In a canvass spread over four decades, a banyan tree, on the banks of the lake Chilika, silently whispers tales of the lake and her fisher flock. From the times when there was no export bazaar to the time when there may be no lake.
3.20pm
Woman of Dorfak (20min/Iran)
Dir: Mohammad Nami
Dorfak with a height of 2705 meters is the largest crater of Iran located east of Roodbar. The slope of the volcano is a suitable summer quarters for the people who come from humid villages and jungles for animal husbandry. On the top of the mountain there is no drinking spring water. The task of providing it is entrusted to the girls and women of Dorfak.
3.40pm
Discussion
Saturday 5th September, 2009
12.30pm
Jala Tarangani (12min/India)
Conceived & Produced by the Students & Teachers of Christel House India
Weaving notes of instruments like the flute and the guitar with the sound of the water and the students of Christel House India learn to make music in this delightful film and in the process discover a reason to celebrate and care for water as a wondrous element of everyday magic and also a scarce natural resource of immense importance for the well-being of the planet.
12.40pm
Barren Dreams (28min/Bangladesh)
Dir: Anwar Chowdhury
In the midst of the Jamuna, lie the conjoined islands of Patilbari-Dighalkandi, formed as a result of erosion. ‘Barren Dreams’ evocatively and with a quiet dignity captures the lives of the children on these islands as they go about their daily routines. In the midst of hardship, the film locates a certain hope in these young hearts and in that perhaps, lies a better future for us all.
1.10pm
Waterworks (22min/Bangladesh)
Dir: Anwar Chowdhury
Artist Farida Zaman describes the influence of her childhood memories of boats, fishing nets, fishes, fishermen on her life and paintings. Her country’s rivers, the life around them and her nostalgia for peace and quiet of the rural countryside inevitably find their way into her work.
1.30pm – 2.15pm
LUNCH
2.15pm
Heather and Goliath (10min/USA)
Dir: Thea Mercouffer
A rousing account of a biologist with the Army Corps of Engineers, a satirist and a bunch of boaters stand up to the authorities, and change the course of history for the embattled LA river.
2.30pm
Source to Sea: The Columbian River Swim (90min/USA/Canada)
Dir: Andy Morris
Chris Swan swam 1243miles in 13months, all across the Columbia River, braving not just cold and exhaustion but pollution and encroachments which threaten to turn the once thriving and glorious water body into sewage, displacement and extinction. Andy Morris’s remarkable ‘Source to Sea’ is not just a rousing paean to human endeavor but also spans the ancient story of a river and the life and culture that thrives in and around it. It is through these epic narratives that the film arrives on the essential connect between man and the elements; one we are in the danger of forgetting. Winner of the Best Environmental activism/ Social Justice Award and Most Inspiring Adventure Film Award.
4.00pm
Living Water: in the beginning (23min/India)
Dir: Vinay Silva & Divya Bhatt
Living Water explores the wisdom of God manifested through water. It reflects the struggle of earth and mankind as we endeavour to understand water, its all encompassing utility and its preservation. The film implores that ‘Preservation is Communion’ is the key.
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul !!!!
(Director will be present for screening and discussion)
4.20pm
Discussion
Sunday 6th September, 2009
12.30pm
Deeply Superficial (26min/India)
Dir: Veneet Raj Bagga
‘Deeply Superficial’ is the chronicle of many meanings the waters of the river Ganga holds for the people of this diverse country. Mired in these meanings is a strange irony- where the river is venerated as holy and pure, the condition of its water and surroundings is tragic and full of filth. The film seeks out the people working to save the river and implores that each one of us can contribute our bit to retain and preserve the essence of our rivers for generations to come.
1.00pm
Walk with Water (Nira Nadige) (18min/India)
Dir: K. Murali Mohan Kati & Manjunath H.
A sobering look at the city of Bangalore in the throes of the water crisis.
1.20pm – 2.00pm
LUNCH
2.00pm
Call of the Thirsty Jholapuri (54min/India)
Dir: Nafisa Barot
In simplest of terms, ‘Call of the Thirsty Jholapuri’ spells out the need of the hour in pursuit of a better tomorrow. Dramatizing a fable of a village girl who completes her education and returns to her village to unite the people in the river basin through a Prem Setu (Love Bridge), the film calls for a more gender just, equitable, peaceful, sustainable future.
3.00pm
Sharing Paradise (58min/USA/Indonesia)
Dir: Amelia Hapsari
The fishing community of the rustic Indonesian Island of Balobaloang is facing a crisis like they have never faced before, a thoroughly modern one. For a community that stills bides by traditional practices, their waters have increasingly come under siege by fishermen from neighboring islands, who even after depleting their own island’s fish reserves, continue to engage in dynamite bombing and cyanide fishing. Director Amelia Hapsari gathers the Balobaloang community around her and together their voices shape the narrative and the story of ‘Sharing Paradise’.
4.00pm
Secret Life (12min/Poland)
Dir: Joanna Hoffmann
The video refers to the contemporary quest for life and its definition. In a poetic way, it combines micro and macro scales, scientific images with everyday surrounding and experiences. It touches the subject of water as a source of life.
4.15pm Discussion
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