JAIPUR | 32 films from 15 countries were screened offline on the fourth day of Five days going Jaipur International Film Festival, and filmmakers shared ideas about a variety of subjects. They all expressed their enriching journeys of filmmaking.
I come to India to explore the world of PLANETS ~ Jeanette Groenendaal
“I
have come to India for the first time 35 years ago, and since then I
have been exploring the mysteries of the Planets”, said Jeanette
Groenendaal, a filmmaker from the Netherlands. Wearing a smile on her
face, Dramayama film director Jeanette asserts that she was fascinated
with the planets when she was hardly four years old and this fascination
brought her to India. She has spent such a long time in the Navagraha
temples of South India, that now she understands them so well, that she
can even tell about the history of those temples to tourists and local
people.
Jeanette mentions the mysterious history of ‘Maya
Temples’, which are gradually disappearing from the world, and western
people are speculating about it. Further, Jeanette says that through
Jaipur International Film Festival and such platforms, she wants to
establish a bridge between India and Netherlands, so that cinematic
pieces can be exchanged between the two countries. There is a sparkle in
her eyes when she mentioned Hindi Cinema and happily tells that she
loves Indian Films, as they ‘move’ you emotionally and psychologically.
I have no words to assert my experience at JIFF ~ Kaushik Chakraborty
An
actor from Kolkata, Kaushik Chakraborty felt short of words when he
started appreciating Jaipur International Film Festival. Playing the
lead actor in the film 50th Anniversary, Kaushik says that his
experience at the film festival is amazing and beyond words. Despite the
dangers of the approaching third wave of COVID, the beautiful way JIFF
has been organized is worth praising. Kaushik said that he enjoyed the
screenings of many films here and his favorites have been Oriya film
Daal Cheeni and Polish film Leader.
It was a big challenge to shoot at a highway in bone-chilling cold ~ Shishir Kumar Sahu
Sharing
about their film Dal Cheeni, Peenaki Singh and Shishir Kumar Sahu said
that it has been a film of adventures. Remembering the experiences of
shooting, Shishir mentions that Dal Cheeni is a travel story, and the
film was shot at highway and that too in bone-chilling cold, which was
incredibly difficult. Shishir mentioned that it is not easy to make a
film in regional language for an independent filmmaker, but they somehow
managed to do it. On the other, Peenaki tells that she felt super
delighted to have her film screened at Jaipur International Film
Festival, and such festivals are big hopes for filmmakers like them.
Stop worrying about resources and tell your story to people ~ Ravindra Kelkar
“If
you want to make a film or share a certain story, then make the film
without worrying about resources”, these were the words of Ravindra
Kelkar, Producer of the film A Nomad River. Directed by Aditya
Patwardhan, A Nomad River is a film about climate change and river water
crises in India.
Ravindra tells that this documentary feature film was very interesting to be made as they traveled the whole of India in the company of Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev. Mentioning JIFF, Ravindra asserts that he has come to JIFF for the third time continuously and here he got an opportunity to interact with national and international filmmakers, producers, and cinema specialists, which is such an enriching experience.