Madhusree's Cinema City chosen for Berlin Film Festival
Features
oi-Staff
Nevada
(ANI):
The
renowned
60th
Berlin
International
Film
Festival
of
Germany
has
selected
Indian
filmmaker
Madhusree
Dutta's
Cinema
City
project
for
display.
This
"installation
project" will
be
on
display
in
several
cinema
foyers,
exploring
questions
about
the
relationship
between
urban
space
and
cinema
during
the
Festival
in
Berlin
from
February
11
to
21.
It
has
been
described
as
a
project
to
archive
the
city
whose
identity
is
integrally
linked
with
its
production
process
of
cinemas,
through
an
inter-disciplinary
network
of
research,
productions
and
documentations.
Filmfare
and
National
awards
winner
Dutta
(7
Islands
and
a
Metro),
a
National
School
of
Drama
(New
Delhi)
alumni,
besides
filmmaking,
is
also
said
to
be
a
producer-curator-pedagogue-researcher-activist.
Congratulating
Dutta
and
her
project
team,
acclaimed
Indo-American
statesman
Rajan
Zed,
in
a
statement
in
Nevada
(USA)
today,
urged
India
Government
and
large
private
conglomerates
of
India
to
promote
independent
cinema.
India
was
full
of
creative
and
excellent
filmmakers
and
they
only
needed
an
integrated
effort
in
funding,
encouragement,
marketing/promotion,
exposure
in
global
avenues,
and
organization
of
world-level
film
festivals
in
India,
Rajan
Zed,
who
is
chairperson
of
Indo-American
Leadership
Confederation,
added.
Another
Indian
entry
into
this
Festival
is
My
Name
Is
Khan
in
"out
of
competition" category.
Directed
by
Filmfare
winner
Karan
Johar
(Kabhi
Khushi
Kabhie
Gham...),
its
cast
includes
Filmfare
winners
Shah
Rukh
Khan
(Chak
De
India!)
and
Kajol
(Fanaa)
besides
Christopher
B.
Duncan
(Contradictions
of
the
Heart),
who
plays
US
President
Barack
Obama.
It
is
the
story
of
Rizwan
Khan
of
Mumbai
who
suffers
from
Asperger
syndrome.
Berlin
International
Film
Festival
(Internationale
Filmfestspiele
Berlin)
is
claimed
to
be
"the
biggest
audience
event
in
the
film
world".
At
last
Festival,
it
had
486,955
visitors
from
136
countries
and
there
were
389
films
in
the
public
program.
Dieter
Kosslick
is
Festival
Director.