Statewide International Film Festival 2010 between November 8-14

Source: http://www.mybangalore.com/article/1110/statewide-international-film-festival-2010-between-november-8-14.html

The Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA) is launching its first statewide international film festival this month. This will be on from November 8-14 across Bangalore, Shimoga, Dharwad, Bidar and Mangalore.

The Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA), in collaboration with the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) is launching its first statewide international film festival in November with ambitious plans to expand it to all the districts of Karnataka in the coming years. 

The festival will screen movies like, The Bicycle Thieves, an Italian film directed  by Vittorio de Sica, A butterfly in the wind, a film made in Iran by director Abbas Rafaei, I can't live without you, a film made by Taiwanese director, Leon Dai. Get the entire schedule of all the films at all venues on the KCA website.

Dates and Cities

Bangalore on November 8, Malleswaram, Sucharita Film Society, Yavanika

Bidar on November 9 (4 days, 16 films) 

Dharwad on Nov 10 (4 days, 12 films)

Mangalore on Nov 14 (4 days, 12 films) 

Shimoga on Nov 15 (4 days, 16 films)

Announcing the festival on Wednesday, TS Nagabharana, KCA Chairman;  HN Narahari Rao, FFSI director and artistic director of the new festival and Muddu Mohan, state Director of Information said the festival was designed to promote film culture in the remote areas of the state. The festival, planned with a low budget and entirely on DVD format, will include 100 titles from nearly 20 countries. “Many of the films have seen international releases only in the last two or three years and are being screened for the first time in India,” Narahari Rao said. Many films in Indian language, including Kannada, have been selected for the festival.

Apart from Suchitra in Bangalore (Nov 8 – 14, 28 shows), the screenings are being held at Yavanika (Nov 8 – 14, 28 shows), which is the main venue, Malleswaram Seva Sadan (Nov 9 – 12, 16 shows) and Samprati, Malleswaram (Nov 13-15, 12 shows).

Seminars

The festival will see two seminars at Yavanika: on Saturday, Nov 13  (3:00 – 5:30 PM),  ’The Challenges and Opportunities of Film Distribution and Exhibition in the Digital Age’  with director Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, distributor ‘MARS’ Suresh and Jyotsna Pattabiraman of Moovie Shoovie and Sunday, Nov 14 (3:00 – 6:00 PM),’Film Criticism Today’ with Narahari Rao, MK Raghavendra and journalist Sadashiva Shenoy, general secretary, Press Club of Bangalore.

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Entry is through the delegate passes, priced at Rs 200/- (Student concession: Rs.100, on producing ID).

Buy Passes online: Please visit Moovie Shoovie

KCA : Phone 080-2213 3410

Website: http://www.thekca.in/

Email: chalanachitraacademy@gmail.com;

Suchitra: 080-2671 1785

Industries to set up units at Dharwad

Source: Times of India
 

DHARWAD: Mahindra and Mahindra and few other industries have expressed their willingness to establish their units at Dharwad. Minister for large and medium industries, Murugesh Nirani, said a JCB unit with an investment of Rs 500 crore will be set up at Dharwad.

Nirani told The Times of India on Monday that Baba Kalyani group will shift its proposed unit from Bangalore to Dharwad. Also, Hero Honda, which proposed to produce one lakh vehicles every year at Dharwad has now decided to manufacture two lakh vehicles per year, the minister disclosed.

Speaking on the government's future plans, the industries minister said it will introduce a new scheme __ `Udgyoga, Uddime' (employment, industry) __ to reduce unemployment among rural youths. Separate offices will be established at Gulbarga, Belgaum, Mysore and Bangalore divisions to implement the scheme effectively. The Centre will join the state government in sponsoring this scheme.

Recruitment drive - Hubli

The International Institute for Information Technology, Bangalore, will organize a special recruitment drive for IT infrastructure management services here on August 7. B.Sc. and BCA graduates are eligible. The last date for enrollment is August 5. For details, call 08366510-530. — Staff Correspondent