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Tricitynews
Chandigarh 25th October:- The day saw
hustle-bustle of students from the tricity as Chitkara International School
(CIS) organised CineMaestro- ‘Shaping Future Filmmakers’, a filmmaking festival
and awards in its premises. CIS in collaboration with Cinevidya Mumbai - a path
breaking Social Enterprise initiated by Amitabha Singh, a Cinematographer and
Producer in the Indian film industry, structured every bit of the film festival
stretching from the three-day workshop for students on filmmaking to the award
ceremony.
The entire
objective behind organising the workshop and pageantry was to use filmmaking as
a learning tool and unleash students’ filmmaking skills respectively. The
Cinevidya team diligently taught 250 students from 14 schools of tricity about
the rudiments of filmmaking, Film Craft,
Animation, Film Choreography, Film
Acting etc. following which the students had to submit a
short film. Using these skills and techniques, the students also had the
hands-on experience in making films during course of the workshop by a team of
7-8 experts including Supavitra Babul the eminent Screenwriter
and Director, Bijit Kundu,
renowned Art Director and Feroz Khan,
notable for choreographing the songs of leading films like
Dear Zindagi, Badrinath ki dulhaniya, Veere Di wedding etc and for judging Zee
TV’s Dance India Dance.
Jimmy
Shergill, Bollywood actor and Producer and best known for his film, “Tanu weds
Manu and Mohabbatein” also graced the event with his presence as the Chief
Guest. The day of the Award Ceremony saw projection of outstanding short films
submitted by the students of various schools. After the screening, all the
short films were judged by Jimmy Shergill along with Amitabha Singh and team
with all their might and prudence. While talking about the festival, Jimmy
Shergill said that the experience given to the students by Cinevidya and
CineMaestro in cooperation will certainly amplify their filmmaking
understanding and skills.
The school
witnessed innumerable submissions of short films, stretching from genre of
horror, touching themes of love and care to light hearted comedy. Many of the
budding filmmakers also held the attention of audience by inculcating gripping
narrative including female education. In addition to this, the school also had
the provision of Online Category for the individuals who wanted to participate
in the festival independently. The subjects of honing latent talent of
underprivileged kids, uniqueness of everyone, love for the country etc. were a
few of the many subjects picked by the entries of online category that
engrossed everyone present.
Dr Niyati
Chitkara, Principal of Chitkara International School enunciates that the influence
of cinematography is definitely something which defines the budding narrative
of Futurism and Cinevidya Mumbai helped CIS to see filmmaking as a
learning tool through CineMaestro.
Expressing
gratification, Amitabha Singh stated that the students did a marvellous job and
they meticulously worked on the areas described during the workshops. All in
all, it was a spectacle to see beautiful short films by young prodigies.
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