Premendra Mazumder

Premendra Mazumder
Occupation film -author, -curator, -society-activist, and -festival-consultant.
Years active 1977 – present

Premendra Mazumder is a film -author, -curator, -consultant, -society-activist, -festival-organizer, and -festival-consultant. He has participated in several round-table discussions, conducted workshops, delivered lectures, and presented papers on various topics at national and international conferences.[1][2][3][4][5][6] At the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival in 2015, he spoke on the 'Politics of Film and Social Dynamics' and on 'Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema' [7][8]

He works for the International Critics' Week Cannes (since 2006),[9] and for the Cairo International Film Critics Week [10] (since its inception). And presented the Celebration Ceremony of 100 Years of Indian Cinema in Croatia (May 2013).[11]

He has inaugurated various film societies,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] and has been the chief guest at important film meets over the last decade.[19] Additionally, he initiated the 1st FFSI International Film Festival traveling in over 40 cities in India.[20][21] The Festival was inaugurated on 3 August 2015 in Kolkata.[22][23]

Writings on cinema

Premendra Mazumder's thoughts on cinema have been published in a variety of serious Indian film magazines; daily newspapers; and film journals - Screen, Rupwani, and DNA (Mumbai),[24] Cinemaya (Delhi), Filmbuff, College Street, Chitrabhavna, and Chitralipi (Kolkata), Deep Focus (Bangalore),.[25] The international film magazines in which his writings have appeared include Positif (Paris),[26] Subversive [27][28] Cinema (Portugal), Film Realm (Cairo), Cinesith (Colombo), 16mm (Dhaka), and Deepwani (Port Blair). He is also the Indian correspondent of the Cannes Critics Week.

Scripts and plays

He has written the screenplays for two Bengali feature films. He also occasionally subtitles films from Bengali and Hindi to English; three notable works: Third Person Singular Number (2009),[37] Necklace (2011),[38] and Shajarur Kanta (2015).[39] As a playwright he has five major plays to his credit.

Society membership

Jury member (incomplete)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70235241/Third-Ulaanbaatar-Film-Festival
  2. ↑ "SubversiveFilmFestival". subversivefestival.com.
  3. ↑ "Festivals bring short films back in limelight - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  4. ↑ "SUBVERSIVEFILMFESTIVAL". subversivefestival.com.
  5. ↑ "Stock Photography, Royalty-Free Photos & The Latest News Pictures - Getty Images". demotix.com.
  6. ↑ http://affmumbai.info/index.html|title=転職サイトの探し方が分からない？｜転職サイトのことを知りたいならこちら！
  7. ↑ "KiMFF receives warm welcome". ekantipur.com.
  8. ↑ "Panel Discussion – Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema". kimff.org.
  9. ↑ http://www.semainedelacritique.com/images/DOSSIER_DE_PRESSE_version_ang.pdf
  10. ↑ "Cairo International Film Critics Week". cairofilmcriticsweek.com.
  11. ↑ http://www.indija.hr/spaw2/uploads/files/100%20godina%20indiskog%20filma%20knjizica%20KB%20web-2.pdf
  12. ↑ ":: Campus Film Society ::". kiit.ac.in.
  13. ↑ Desk, Odisha Sun Times Editorial (5 January 2015). "Campus film society inaugurated at KIIT varsity in Odisha capital". odishasuntimes.com.
  14. ↑ "InstitutionsContents". visva-bharati.ac.in.
  15. ↑ Trade, TI. "The Assam Tribune Online". assamtribune.com.
  16. ↑ "Assam international film festival kicks off in Jorhat college - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  17. ↑ http://ffsifilmculture.blogspot.in/2010_12_01_archive.html|title=FFSI Film Culture
  18. ↑ "Bengali film fest to screen films from India, Bangladesh - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  19. ↑ "Cine Club celebrates 50 golden years". telegraphindia.com.
  20. ↑ "Bangla filmmaker for same-day release - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  21. ↑ Trade, TI. "The Assam Tribune Online". assamtribune.com.
  22. ↑ "Fresh take on silver screen tryst - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  23. ↑ "Farooki to present 'Ant Story' at FFSI International Film Festival". clickittefaq.com.
  24. ↑ "'Tagore was inescapable' - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. 11 August 2006.
  25. ↑ http://www.deepfocusonline.com/about/team/
  26. ↑ http://www.revues-de-cinema.net/Sommaire/FRA_16004_Catalogue-anciens.pdf
  27. ↑ "SUBVERSIVEFILMFESTIVAL". subversivefestival.com.
  28. ↑
    //www.archive.subversivefestival.com/subff2009/index_det_det.php?tekst_id=515&spn=1
  29. ↑ "Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique".
  30. ↑ "Nouveau Monde éditions".
  31. ↑ "Federation of Film Societies of India". ffsiarchive.blogspot.in.
  32. ↑ "Indian Film Culture 15th Edition August 2010.pdf". google.com.
  33. ↑ Gokulsing, K. Moti; Dissanayake, Wimal (17 April 2013). "Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas". Routledge – via Google Books.
  34. ↑ "Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (Hardback) - Routledge". routledge.com.
  35. ↑ Development, Chits. "FILM SOCIETY MOVEMENT ? A SUCCESS OR FAILURE ? Ebook by Premendra Mazumder". ideaindia.com.
  36. ↑ Mazumder, Premendra (11 August 2011). "FOLK SONGS OF BENGAL". IDEAINDIA.COM – via Amazon.
  37. ↑ "Third Person Singular Number". 10 December 2009 – via IMDb.
  38. ↑ "Necklace". 4 February 2011 – via IMDb.
  39. ↑ "Sajarur Kanta Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  40. ↑ "IFFS - International Federation of Film Societies". ficc.info.
  41. ↑ "Kinema : : A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media".
  42. ↑ "MIFF'2006 Jury".
  43. ↑ "iPhone7". karafilmfest.com.
  44. ↑ http://jeevika.org/author/admin/page/15/
  45. ↑ "Reviews, opinions-Kyrgyz Cinema".
  46. ↑ http://www.abudhabifilmfestival.ae/en/Press/press-releases/2012/2012-10-19-ADFF-Unveils-Winners-of-2012-Black-Pearl-FIPRESCI-and-NETPAC-Awards|title=ADFF Unveils Winners of 2012 Black Pearl, FIPRESCI and NETPAC Awards
  47. ↑ http://www.grandeecran.com/2013/10/25/fike-5a-feira-dia-24/
  48. ↑ "KIMFF kicks off with 'unbroken spirit' - The Himalayan Times". thehimalayantimes.com. 11 December 2015.
  49. ↑ "KIMFF is back with 'unbroken spirit'". myrepublica.com.
  50. ↑ "Programming". festivalregard.com.
  51. ↑ "Festival Regard 2016: Rencontre avec David Uloth". cinefilic.com.
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