Premendra Mazumder Explained

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

Premendra Mazumder is a film critic, 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] [7] [8]

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' [9] [10]

He has conducted film workshops in Kabul, Afghanistan and Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 2019[11] He worked for the International Critics' Week Cannes (since 2006),[12] Cairo International Film Critics Week [13] (since its inception) and several other film festivals as consultant and advisor.[14] [15]

He presented the Celebration Ceremony of 100 Years of Indian Cinema in Croatia (May 2013).[16]

He has inaugurated various film societies,[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] and has been the chief guest at important film meets over the last decade.[23] Additionally, he initiated the 1st FFSI International Film Festival traveling in over 40 cities in India.[24] [25] The Festival was inaugurated on 3 August 2015 in Kolkata.[26] [27]

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),[28] Cinemaya (Delhi), Filmbuff, College Street, Chitrabhavna, and Chitralipi (Kolkata), Deep Focus (Bangalore),.[29] The international film magazines in which his writings have appeared include Positif,[30] Subversive[31] Cinema (Portugal), Film Realm (Cairo), Cinesith (Colombo), 16mm (Dhaka), and Deepwani (Port Blair). He is also the Indian correspondent of the Cannes Critics Week.

Publications

He writes essays, short stories, and plays.His published books are:

As a playwright he has five major plays to his credit.

Offices hold

Jury member (incomplete)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Creating art film audience important than making movies: Film. Business Standard India. 2 November 2019. Press Trust of India.
  2. Web site: As-Giff. .
  3. News: Festivals bring short films back in limelight - Times of India. indiatimes.com. 20 July 2015 .
  4. News: IFFK 2019: The grammar of good cinema. The Hindu. 10 December 2019. Nair. Aparna.
  5. News: Global campaign to restore Satyajit, Ritwik, Mrinal's ancestral homes in Bangladesh | Kolkata News - Times of India. The Times of India. February 2020 .
  6. Web site: Jaya's Bini Sutoy selected at International Film Festival of Kerala. 13 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Premendra Mazumder – Dhaka Translation Fest.
  8. Web site: Festivals help promoting film as an art form: Experts at GIFF. 2 November 2019.
  9. Web site: KiMFF receives warm welcome. ekantipur.com.
  10. Web site: Panel Discussion – Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema. kimff.org.
  11. Web site: Resume of Premendra Nath Mazumder 2.
  12. Web site: Archived copy . 9 April 2015 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100352/http://www.semainedelacritique.com/images/DOSSIER_DE_PRESSE_version_ang.pdf . dead .
  13. Web site: Cairo International Film Critics Week. cairofilmcriticsweek.com.
  14. Web site: Curtain lifts on 4th Sylhet Film Festival. New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. 28 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Team – Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival Boston.
  16. Web site: Archived copy . 9 April 2015 . 4 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150404003735/http://www.indija.hr/spaw2/uploads/files/100%20godina%20indiskog%20filma%20knjizica%20KB%20web-2.pdf . dead .
  17. Web site:

    Campus Film Society ::

    . kiit.ac.in.
  18. Web site: Campus film society inaugurated at KIIT varsity in Odisha capital. Odisha Sun Times Editorial. Desk. 5 January 2015. odishasuntimes.com.
  19. Web site: InstitutionsContents. visva-bharati.ac.in.
  20. Web site: The Assam Tribune Online. TI. Trade. assamtribune.com.
  21. Web site: Assam international film festival kicks off in Jorhat college - Times of India. indiatimes.com.
  22. News: Bengali film fest to screen films from India, Bangladesh - Times of India. indiatimes.com. 7 January 2014 .
  23. Web site: Cine Club celebrates 50 golden years. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710063624/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150424/jsp/northeast/story_16330.jsp#.VUaA2fCQmQB. dead. 10 July 2015. telegraphindia.com.
  24. News: Bangla filmmaker for same-day release - Times of India. indiatimes.com. 4 August 2015 .
  25. Web site: The Assam Tribune Online. TI. Trade. assamtribune.com.
  26. Web site: Fresh take on silver screen tryst - Times of India. indiatimes.com.
  27. Web site: Farooki to present 'Ant Story' at FFSI International Film Festival. clickittefaq.com.
  28. Web site: 'Tagore was inescapable' - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis. 11 August 2006. dnaindia.com.
  29. Web site: Team | Deep Focus Cinema Magazine . 9 April 2015 . 15 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150415020154/http://www.deepfocusonline.com/about/team/ . dead .
  30. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-04-09 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924090653/http://www.revues-de-cinema.net/Sommaire/FRA_16004_Catalogue-anciens.pdf . 24 September 2015.
  31. Web site: Subversive Film Festival. subversivefestival.com.
  32. Web site: Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique.
  33. Web site: Nouveau Monde éditions.
  34. Web site: Federation of Film Societies of India. ffsiarchive.blogspot.in.
  35. Web site: Indian Film Culture 15th Edition August 2010.pdf. google.com.
  36. Book: Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. K. Moti. Gokulsing. Wimal. Dissanayake. 17 April 2013. Routledge. 9781136772917. Google Books.
  37. Web site: Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (Hardback) - Routledge. routledge.com. 22 May 2018 .
  38. Web site: FILM SOCIETY MOVEMENT ? A SUCCESS OR FAILURE ? Ebook by Premendra Mazumder. Chits. Development. ideaindia.com.
  39. Web site: FOLK SONGS OF BENGAL. Premendra. Mazumder. 11 August 2011. IDEAINDIA.COM. Amazon.
  40. Web site: FFSI demand restoration of ancestral homes of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen. February 2020.
  41. Web site: FIPRESCI-India. FIPRESCI-India. 28 March 2024.
  42. Web site: Top 10 Indian films in 2019 according to critics. 11 January 2020.
  43. Web site: I lost my heart to cinema and have since been devoted to it, says Aruna Vasudev, on being felicitated at BIFFES.
  44. Web site: IFFS - International Federation of Film Societies. ficc.info.
  45. Web site: Film societies have worked hard to bring cinema to the masses, says Premendra Mazumder, vice-chairman of the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI). 30 September 2020.
  46. Web site: Google. 28 March 2024.
  47. Web site: Contact .
  48. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925171531/https://event.kalingatv.com/ Kalinga Global Film Festival
  49. Web site: Premendra Mazumder – Nepal International Film Festival. 19 January 2020 .
  50. Web site: E-CineIndia – FIPRESCI-India.
  51. https://web.archive.org/web/20070319044633/http://www.ifft.in/ Thrissur International Film Festival
  52. Web site: Kinema : : A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media.
  53. Mumbai (Bombay) 2005. 10.15353/kinema.vi.1113. 2005. Syed. Siraj. Kinema: A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media. free.
  54. Web site: MIFF'2006 JuryMumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai International Film Festival. 28 March 2024.
  55. Web site: MIFF'2006 Jury.
  56. Web site: iPhone7. karafilmfest.com.
  57. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-04-09 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150414123918/http://jeevika.org/author/admin/page/15/ . 14 April 2015 . dmy-all .
  58. Web site: Reviews, opinions-Kyrgyz Cinema.
  59. Web site: ADFF Unveils Winners of 2012 Black Pearl, FIPRESCI and NETPAC Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415160622/http://www.abudhabifilmfestival.ae/en/Press/press-releases/2012/2012-10-19-ADFF-Unveils-Winners-of-2012-Black-Pearl-FIPRESCI-and-NETPAC-Awards. dead. 15 April 2015. abudhabifilmfestival.ae.
  60. Web site: FIKE | 5ª feira, dia 24 | Grande Écran . 2015-04-09 . dead . https://archive.today/20150410012620/http://www.grandeecran.com/2013/10/25/fike-5a-feira-dia-24/ . 10 April 2015 . dmy-all .
  61. Web site: KIMFF kicks off with 'unbroken spirit' - The Himalayan Times. 11 December 2015. thehimalayantimes.com.
  62. Web site: KIMFF is back with 'unbroken spirit'. myrepublica.com.
  63. Web site: Programming. festivalregard.com.
  64. Web site: Festival Regard 2016: Rencontre avec David Uloth. cinefilic.com.
  65. Web site: Kalinga Global Film Festival concludes at KIIT. 24 January 2020.
  66. Web site: Aurangabad International Film Festival - 2020. 28 March 2024.
  67. Web site: Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards. Sara. Morley. OIFFA. 28 March 2024.
  68. Web site: SSDFF 2021 JURY PANEL - Siliguri Cine Society. 16 August 2021 .
  69. Web site: Jury for Auroville Films | Auroville Film Festival. 28 March 2024.

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