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FTII-EICTV Coproduction Contract


ILACI has negotiated and finally executed (in October, 2009) the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, India and Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) in Havana, Cuba in relation to the regular exchange of faculty, students and coproduction of student films. It has also signed a coproduction contract and the directors of both the institutes are scheduled to visit each other in 2011. The first coproduction has been initiated. It is a multi-lingual documentary series called 'Ser un Ser Humano' / 'To Be a Human Being' where six young filmmakers from across six countries in the six continents try to understand what it means to be human in today's world. They would probe this compelling question through a specific community of their choice. ILACI is the supervisor and guide on the project. The FTII student-filmmaker selected for this project is Ms. Sreya Chatterjee. She travelled to  EICTV in Havana for masterclasses on the documentary (directed by the Australian filmmaker, Russell Porter)  and has completed shooting in Calcutta, among a community of idol-makers in Kumartuli.  

UNESCO  Asian Documentary Workshop 


ILACI organised in early April 2010, a 6-day international workshop for Asian documentary filmmakers which imparted skills and resources in relation to accessing European funds for making films on Indian subjects. The workshop was hosted by Whistling Woods International Institute of Film & Media Arts in Mumbai's Film City and was supported by UNESCO d'Igualada in Spain. It was conducted by the Dutch filmmaker Wiek Lenssen who had earlier made several films in Latin America and shared that experience with the participants. 

Ongoing ILACI Projects

• Ser un Ser Humano / To Be a Human Being : This is a  documentary feature coproduction involving six major film schools in six different continents. Through this documentary, we are trying to explore what it means to be a human being in the 21st century across cultures and civilizations that are apparently distinct and diverse. While ILACI is one of the production guides and coproducers, the project is being led by EICTV (Cuba). Among the other partners are CUNY, Red Sea  Institute of Cinematic Arts in Jordan, NIC in Spain, etc. The Indian segment is being directed by Ms. Sreya Chatterjee, a current student of editing at FTII (Film & TV Institute of India, Pune) and is being financed by FTII. The 3-hour long film will be ready by the end of 2011. 

• 'India From The Inside': This is a series of six in-depth documentaries  by different Indian filmmakers about India for Western audiences, produced by the Dutch filmmaker Wiek Lenssen and financed by a network of European TV channels. This project is now in development.  ILACI is the producer from India. 

• Chiapas Media Project in India: ILACI has entered into an agreement to disseminate the videos of the Chiapas Media Project in India on non-commercial basis. CMP/ Promedios is an award winning, bi-national partnership that provides video equipment, computers and training enabling marginalized indigenous communities in Southern Mexico (specifically, the Zapatista communities in Chiapas) to create their own media.  Alexandra Halkin is the Founding Director/International Coordinator of the project. 
  
  These videos, made since 1998, deal with agricultural collectives, fair trade coffee, women’s collectives, autonomous education, traditional healing and the history of their struggle for land. These 6000 indigenously produced videos have been screened at universities, museums, and film and video festivals worldwide.
  According to Ms. Halkin, the idea of the CMP came from an Indian video on micro-credits and empowerment of women and now these CMP videos carry a lot of resonance for India. Any request for screening of these videos in India can be sent to Indranil Chakravarty.