Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata will host the second edition of National Student Film Awards (NSFA) and their Clapstick Internatio
nal Students Film festival, from tomorrow till 2nd of March. The festival will showcase student films from film and media insti
tutions of 12 countries.
The first edition of the National Student Film Awards was held in the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, in May 2013. The second edition will be held in Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute between February 27 and March 2 2014. Henceforth, the two national film institutes will host this annual event in alternate years.
The Films shortlisted for the awards will be shown as part of Clapstick International Students’ Film Festival.
This event that is free to attend with no prior registration required and you can be a part of Panel discussions on DSLR cameras as storytelling tools, Film making…A battle on many fronts and sessions on Adobe Creative Cloud for Video Professionals, An Insight into Digital Cinematography with Cinema EOS and workshop on Data Management in Filmmaking. Master classes on Sound and the Film Experience and Aesthetics of the Long Take will also happen.
Giving AnimationXpress.com an insight into the happenings that will take place at the fest, Somdev Chatterjee, Festival Coordinator, says, “The festival will showcase some of the best and most exciting student Films from across the world, and also provide a platform for various stakeholders in Cinema to come together to brainstorm on emerging trends and challenges in Cinema. Hundreds of students from all over India, foreign students from the best Film schools in the world, industry representatives, academics, and journalists will come together at SRFTI during the festival.”
Award categories of NSFA are divided into Animation Films, Short Fiction up to 10 mins, Short Fiction up to 30 mins, and Non Fiction. 17 awards will be given out on the 2nd of March.
Animation Films that have been nominated are Clouds, Masque and Yatra by DSK SUPINFOCOM, Black O’ Whyte and Return to Innocence by Film and Television Institute of India, Relation by IMAGE CREATIVE EDUCATION, Life of an Animator by Jagran Institute of Management & Mass Communication, Bub-Lee Bejaan Prosthetics, Epiphyte, Eye Candy and Fat Cat Mad Rat by National Institute of Design and The Box by St. Xavier’s College Calcutta.
Informing more the idea behind adding animation category in the set of awards, Somdev, says, “ India produces hundreds of student animation Films every year, but there is virtually no way for the general public to see it them. This is a gap we wanted to fill. Also, animation films require storytelling and technical skills just like live action Films, and the student film awards are incomplete without animation films. So there was never any doubt that we had to have the animation category in our awards.”
“This is the best opportunity for anyone interested in Cinema to get a peek into the future of this exciting medium. Not only will you get to see the work of the best Film makers in the making, you can participate in an exchange of ideas with some of the most important minds engaged in charting the present and future course of Cinema and Film schools.”, concludes, Somdev.