Friday, 29 June 2007

Bombay Mix: The Bollywood and Beyond Film Club

Bombay Mix is a new project, based in south east London, promoting the best in south Asian and British Asian cinema and culture ... particularly for new audiences and venues.

They will be running a major three-day film festival at The Greenwich Picturehouse cinema (see: www.picturehouses.co.uk) on 17-19 August 2007, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Indian independence and are looking for your films

Call for Entries
You are invited to submit short films for the multimedia event at Greenwich Picturehouse. This is an exciting opportunity to showcase your work at one of London’s best independent cinemas, which attracts diverse audiences.

Your submissions can be either new films, projects created especially for the festival or older films that would be suitable. Entries are welcome from both South Asian and non-Asian filmmakers.

Entry Criteria
• Address the themes of the festival --
India’s independence and partition in particular and past, present and future in general.
• South Asian peoples’ experiences from around the world.
• Exploring the genre of Bollywood and South Asian cinema.
(For South Asian filmmakers only: we will also consider films that don't directly
deal with this content.)
• Film length should be up to 20 minutes approx, on DVD format.
• Please provide synopsis of film, biography and contact details.

Monday 9 July 2007: deadline for submissions
(this has been extended from the original deadline of 29 June).

Please post entries to:
Dr Meena Khatwa, Bombay Mix
75 Musgrove Road, New Cross
London SE14 5PP, UK.

Http://www.bombaymix.org

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