FTII Wins
Big at FirstCut 2015 festival
162
films compete at just concluded student film festival organized by FLAME
University , Pune
The
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)of Pune won the rolling trophy for
the college with maximum score at ‘FirstCut 2015’,the All India Festival of
Student Films organized by Foundation of Liberal and Management Education (FLAME).
Rochak Sahu, a student filmmaker at FTII, won the first prize in the
non-fiction category for his documentary on an aged street musician titled ‘Bohemian
Musicians’ as well as the second prize in the nano-film category, for ‘Atithi’,
a social commentary on corruption.
The
first and second prize for fiction films were Vivek Sangwan (Shrishti School of
Art Design and Technology, Bangalore) for ‘Tashi’, a heart-warming story of
brotherhood, and Shubhankar Kundaikar (Seamedu School of Media, Pune) for
Ghoda, a commentary on gun culture in India.
Aayush
Agrawal, a student of Annapurna International School of Film and Media (AISFM),Telangana,claimed
the first prize in the nano-film categoryof films under 3 minutes for ‘Turn it
Off’, a witty take on saving electricity that has already become a Youtube
sensation. The second prize for nano-film category was taken by Kritika
Bhansali, a student of KC College, Mumbai, for Internal Others, a film on the
discrimination faced by migrants from North East.
The
just concluded festival received over 162entries from media and non-media
colleges across India, of which the few best entries were shortlisted for the
final round.There were highly engaging interactive sessions with jury members after
the film screenings.
Said
Prof Achyut Vaze, Faculty Advisor to FirstCut “With digital technolgy, we see a
future where tens of thousands of young filmmakers making films all over the
country, saying freely whatever they have to say.”
Added
Prof Rajneesh Krishna, dean of FLAME School of Communication “Students today
have immense potential but they are demoralized when there is no platform for
them to showcase their talent. Firstcut 2015 gives them a platform”
The
jury members at FirstCut 2015 includedMadhav Roy Kapur, Samar Nakhate, Anil
Zankar. Ritu Vij, Raj Tambaku, and Prashant Pathrabe.
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