footprint film festival 2023
NEW DELHI
Date: 1st & 2nd July 2023
Venue: Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts, New Delhi
KOLKATA
Date: 8th & 9th December 2023
Venue: Kolkata Center for Creativity, Kolkata
festival jury
Dr Hema Ramanathan, Chairperson of the Jury
Dr Hema Ramanathan, Chairperson of the Jury
Dr Hema Ramanathan, Chairperson of the Jury
Hema Ramanathan firmly believes that the arts encourage students to channel their energies in constructive forms and provide a non-verbal vocabulary for expression. She is a life-long student of the arts, a constructively critical audience, and preferably a behind-the-scenes organizer rather than an on-stage performer. As a teacher and te
Hema Ramanathan firmly believes that the arts encourage students to channel their energies in constructive forms and provide a non-verbal vocabulary for expression. She is a life-long student of the arts, a constructively critical audience, and preferably a behind-the-scenes organizer rather than an on-stage performer. As a teacher and teacher educator for over 40 years, she has included the arts as a process and a product in her pedagogy: interpreting literature through films and storytelling, and performing poetry with music.
Ankur Ahuja
Dr Hema Ramanathan, Chairperson of the Jury
Dr Hema Ramanathan, Chairperson of the Jury
Ankur Ahuja is an International award winning cinematographer, editor & Artist Illustrator and has been in the field of filmmaking for over 2 decades. From documentaries to Bollywood films, she has shot several award winning and acclaimed films.
Roohi Dixit
Dr Hema Ramanathan, Chairperson of the Jury
Roohi Dixit
Roohi Dixit is an award-winning Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and director. Her work centres around short and long form traversing fiction, nonfiction, and experimental cinema. All through her career spanning 25 years Roohi’s creative expression has leaned towards existentialism and resilience. Storytelling and filmmaking are a bridge b
Roohi Dixit is an award-winning Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and director. Her work centres around short and long form traversing fiction, nonfiction, and experimental cinema. All through her career spanning 25 years Roohi’s creative expression has leaned towards existentialism and resilience. Storytelling and filmmaking are a bridge between her inner and outer world. She believes in the never-ending power of hope in the face of strife and communicates the same
through her written word, and filmed images.
R V Ramani
Kabir Kidwai
Roohi Dixit
R.V. Ramani is an award-winning filmmaker, cinematographer and a teacher. He makes documentary films that explore artists and artistic practice. A graduate in Physics, his passion for photography, made him choose photojournalism as a career working in Mumbai. He later graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, specialising in Motion Picture Photography.
Kabir Kidwai
Kabir Kidwai
Kabir Kidwai
Kabir Kidwai is an Independent filmmaker and a cinematography student at Symbiosis. He was first in to theatre but then slowly reclined to films. His debut film was Sanjhi, a festival that took place every year in his school.
film posters
workshops AT THE 4th edition of the FESTIVAL
FILMMAKING & ART PRACTICES
THE ESSENCE OF SOUND IN FILM
FILMMAKING & ART PRACTICES
RV Ramani will speak about his associations with artists and how it shapes his work.
Duration: 30 minutes, with images/video.
THE ART OF WATCHING FILMS
THE ESSENCE OF SOUND IN FILM
FILMMAKING & ART PRACTICES
In this session Ankur will demystify the process of filmmaking and talk about how to actively engage with Films in order to better appreciate them. She will pick up a few tools that will help us analyse films and understand filmmaking a little bit better.
THE ESSENCE OF SOUND IN FILM
THE ESSENCE OF SOUND IN FILM
There is sound in mostly each and every film made today; enriching and setting the mood of the film, delivering emotional responses and much more.
The importance of sound design in a film is of paramount importance.
DETAILS
DETAILS
When: 2nd July, 2023
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
DETAILS
DETAILS
DETAILS
When: 2nd July, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
DETAILS
DETAILS
DETAILS
When: 2nd July, 2023
Time: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
The Footprint Film Quiz
Relive the excitement of our past Film Quiz held on 1st July at IGNCA, powered by Quizcraft Global and conducted by Quiz Master Aditya Mubayi. Open to students of grades 9-12, teams registered in pairs and competed in two rounds.
captured moments: 8th & 9th December 2023
screening schedule
FESTIVAL JURY
CHAIRPERSON OF THE JURY
CHAIRPERSON OF THE JURY
CHAIRPERSON OF THE JURY
DEBADRITA BOSE
Debadrita Bose started her career as a poet and translator. After publishing two poetry books she sought for a different medium of expression which is cinema. Debadrita deals with the subjects of gender and sexuality and her films talk about the same.
CHAIRPERSON OF THE JURY
CHAIRPERSON OF THE JURY
LABANYA DEY
Labanya Dey is a writer and a lifelong student of cinema. She completed her post graduation degree in film studies from Jadavpur University and is currently the editor of 'Countershot' - an online film magazine that publishes interviews and critical-polemical writings based on cinema. Her writings, which have been published in various platforms, include film analyses, prose, personal essays and fiction.
CHAIRPERSON OF THE JURY
SHAHARIAR AL MAMUN
Shahariar Al Mamun is a member of the Executive Board of the Children's Film Society Bangladesh and serves as the Festival Director of the International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh. He is the junior editor of "Tetallish o Chuattorer Monnontor" and a film critic. Shahariar & his team won the prestigious "Young Talent Award" from CFS, and their film "Chilekothar Shepai: The Smoker" received official selections in various countries.
ANAMITRA KHAN
Anamitra Khan has been introduced to theatre at the age of three. Since then, his theatre journey has only gained momentum. He has acted in more than forty plays and directed gems like 'Ghyanghasur', 'Pluto' and many more.
SUDIP BARAL
Sudip Baral is a cinematographer working out of Kolkata. He has completed his diploma in motion picture photography from Roopkala Kendro and since then found his mettle in images, shapes and colors. Sudip has been working in a number of fictions and documentaries.
let's get quizzical!
2023: A Quiz Odyssey
"On a bright cold day" as the clocks are "striking thirteen", and as the year approaches its climax, muster your wits for a vibrant quizzing showdown.