•Original video clips of 1 – 10 minutes duration shot with your camera or mobile phone are welcome.
•All entries will be screened under two genres of humour and non-humour, during Winter Film Festival at New Hostel Auditorium, IGNFA during January, 2008 (keep visiting this webpage for the exact date)
•Special Jury Awards for three best short films in each genre. A special audience prize based on voting is also on the offing.
•Last date of submission to IGNFA Movie Club (ignfamovieclub@gmail.com): January 11, 2008
•IGNFA Movie Club will have final and binding decision as to what is deemed ‘acceptable content’.
•Contest open to officer trainees as well as alumni, officers, faculty members, scientists, research scholars, administrative staff and students from IGNFA, State Forest Service college, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Forest Research Institute (FRI), Forest Research Institute University, and Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
About 24 short films were received as entries
Of which 16 were short listed for screening in front of an enlightened audience on 13th January 2008
Three jury awards and two special audience prizes were in the offing, under two categories of humor and non-humor
THE RESULTS
NON HUMOUR CATEGORY:
JURY AWARDS
THIRD PRIZE: ABHAY BARAPATRE BHASKAR – “YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL”
SECOND PRIZE: IRFAN WASOOL WANI – “HUMSAFAR”
FIRST PRIZE Joint winners:
PP PRAMOD – “STARS ON EARTH”
RAJU AGASIMANI – “DHAMTARI MODEL”
SPECIAL AUDIENCE PRIZES: NON HUMOUR CATEGORY
SECOND PRIZE: PP PRAMOD – “STARS ON EARTH” 17% OF AUDIENCE VOTES
FIRST PRIZE: RAJU AGASIMANI – “DHAMTARI MODEL” 54% OF AUDIENCE VOTES
HUMOUR CATEGORY:
JURY AWARDS
THIRD PRIZE: BHASKAR JV – “REFLEX”
SECOND PRIZE: RAJARAM SINGH – “BARKING POLITICIANS ALWAYS BITE”
FIRST PRIZE: RAJU AGASIMANI – “TOUR KE MAZEDAR FUNDE”
SPECIAL AUDIENCE PRIZES: HUMOUR CATEGORY
SECOND PRIZE:
DEVAPRASAD – “BEHIND THE SCENES” 16% OF AUDIENCE VOTES
FIRST PRIZE
RAJU AGASIMANI – “TOUR KE MAZEDAR FUNDE” 50% OF AUDIENCE VOTES
JURY'S COMMENTS
Non-humour Category
1. Call of the Wild by Bhaskar JV - A good attempt to combine still with motion Pictures as well as background music were nice. However, there was a need to edit some out of focus areas in the movie.
2. Stars on Earth by Pramod PP - At the first instance it looked like the borrowed concept but a neat and well made movie. The techniques (uniformity in zooming in and out of shots), selection of pictures and the flow are so captivating that it diverts the attention of the viewers from the fact that the movie is made out of still shots. FIRST
3. You are beautiful by Abhay Bhaskar - Another good attempt with only still pictures, even though the special effect of zooming in-out was missing but idea employed was good. The background music and the pictures were complementing each other. THIRD
4. Humsafar by Irfan - A good database of the batch which was nicely made. The group photos in between break the monotony of the movie. Also the background music is good. However, the comments on the individuals may make the neutral viewers guessing. SECOND
5. Decoration Committee a Night Before by Vivek Acharya - No editing was done on the raw footage but because of the commentary during filming the product got more life. Some parts were worth qualifying for the humour category. Second half of the movie was almost in darkness, could have been edited unless they are really required for the theme (like in a horror or a suspense movie)
6. Encounter with a Kanha Tiger by Ashok Kumar - Too short to call it a film. There were unwanted frames within this short short film which could have been edited.
7. Dhamtari model – by Raju Agasimani - A near professional production which was nicely edited. Good documentation of most of the aspects of the Dhamtari model but the background song at the end was not matching. FIRST
Humour Category
1. Hungary Call by Bhaskar JV – Good effort and the characters were acting naturally. However, humour was not remarkable. Also camera movement was very fast.
2. Barking Politicians Always Bite by Rajaram Singh - Theme chosen was good and the effort made by the character was appreciable. However, camera could have been more steady for a better result. SECOND
3. Tour Ke Mazedar Funde by Raju Agasimani – There is a professional touch in the movie. Picturization along with audio contributed to humour, but this was unnecessarily stretched at certain places. This could have been edited to make it crisp. FIRST
4. Thiru Gana Samba and Dummmm! by Ashok Kumar - theme is not clear. Even visuals were not clear. Moreover this should not be in the humour category.
5. The Great Absconders by Vivek Acharya – Commentary made by the film maker was brilliant. However, clarity in the shots was missing at times.
6. Reflex by Bhaskar JV – Good attempt. Flow of the movie was smooth and was nicely made but title could have been hilarious. THIRD
7. Masti Time Foresters by Zigme Tenzin - Lighter moments are shown but lack of visual clarity at times.
8. Behind the Scenes by Devaprasad - Lighter moments are shown but without any flow or message.
9. Enchanting F Block.. Wow by Kenei – Good effort made, at times artificiality was reflected but casting was superb.
