NID to organize South Asian short film festival Alpaviram 2011

Amdavad’s National Institute of Design(NID) will host Alpavirama 2011, South Asian Short & Documentary Film Festival on 18-19-20 February at its campus.

For the Alpavirama 2011 competition section short fiction and documentary films, not-less-than 3 minutes and not-more-than 30 minutes long, and produced after 1st January, 2009 and directed by a young person (under 30 years, as on 1st January, 2011) of SAARC country will participate.

Each film selected for the competition will be screened at least once during the festival. The competition Jury would comprise of eminent individuals selected from the fields of cinema, arts, culture and academics, from India/South Asia.

Awards (Golden Commas) will carry a cash component as well as a trophy. All films selected for competition will get a Certificate of Participation.

In Retrospective section a representative retrospective package of NID Film & Video student films, produced in the last two decades, will be curated and presented in the festival. Alumni whose works feature in the retrospective will be encouraged to be present during the festival, to lead the pre and post-screening dialogue.

In Special package section the documentary and short fiction films of young Hong Kong filmmakers will be featured.

Alpavirama 2011 will also have a half-day seminar with experts presenting their views and subsequently taking part in a group interface with the audience.