Daijiworld News Network - Goa
Panaji, Dec 9: Rajtilak Naik, Daijiworld's internationally-renowned photojournalist, has won the second place in '25 Frames', a short film-making competition held for Goan film-makers, as part of the 37th International Film Festival of India. The competition was held under the auspices of the Goa art and culture department in association with the Entertainment Society of Goa and Vinsan Graphics..
The theme given for the competition was 'Me and You'. Altogether 54 entries based on the theme were received with the film script proposals, out of which 16 were shortlisted and were entitled to making a film.
Each Director had to build his own team consisting of his artistes and others. However, the organizers had provided the directors with a 3 CCD cameras and the editing system.
The film was to be made ready within 24 hours, out of which 12 hours were given for shooting and 12 hours for final editing. The final duration of the film had to be between 2-6 minutes. The participants were given full freedom to choose their locations and improvise on to their final scripts.
Mary Ann D'Souza, an FTII student, bagged the First Prize for her film 'Me and You'. The prize consisted of Rs 15,000, a trophy and a certificate.
The Second Prize was bagged by Rajtilak Naik, Daijiworld's photojournalist, for his film 'Ehsaas'. The prize consisted of Rs 10,000, a trophy and a certificate.
The Third Prize was bagged by Raajiv Shinde (professor of Audio-Visual at Goa College of Art) for his film 'Between You and Me'. The prize consisted of Rs 8,000, a trophy and a certificate.
Daijiworld's Rajtilak Naik (second prize), Mary Ann D'Souza (first prize) and Raajiv Shinde (third prize) with their trophies
About the winning films:
'Me and You': Directed by Mary Ann D'Souza.
This film highlights the concept of the East meeting the West, wherein the lives of a foreigner and a local were portrayed simultaneously, showing their way of living. While there are many contrasting comparisons made between the life of the foreigner and that of the local, finally they realize their stand and return to their domains.
'Ehsaas': Directed by Rajtilak Naik
This film has the basic idea of friendship, Wherein a true friend could be anyone. It could be a tree, a river, a book or a night (like in this film). It is not necessery that only a man can become a good freind of a man. In fact it could just be anything living or dead. Accordingly, in this film a person finds his true friend in the form of a 'Nnght' with whom he shares his feelings.
'Between You and Me': Directed by Raajiv Shinde
This film is based on corruption. A government officer is portrayed as a truly upright man in the beginning. But as the film progresses even he becomes a victim of the corrupt system. But finally the message emerges that someone somewhere should either stop giving or stop accepting bribe.
The panel of jury for the competition consisted of noted film-maker Jabbar Patel, Marathi film-maker Gajendra Ahire and Goan film-maker Dharmanand Vernekar.
This competition was one of the steps aimed at building up the lost film culture in the state.
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