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'Toffee' is about a blind beggar whose eyes open up to the world with a small gesture from a  boy.

Toffee is directed by Vanshaj Kapur. 

Vanshaj Kapur is currently a Design student majoring in film. Being involved through internships and freelance work in the film industry had a huge influence on this film. He was recently an Assistant Director in the offbeat TV show BRING ON THE NIGHT with Babble Fish Productions featuring on MTV. He also assisted in  the Bollywood feature film “The Dirty Picture”. He is also a keen theatre and dance enthusiast.

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Prasad Bhardwaja and Swapnil Kumawat

Directors

TRAPPED

Prasad Bhardwaja and Swapnil Kumawat, Applied art graduates, have always been passionate about film making since 1997 when they were classmates in Govt. School of Art, Aurangabad.

This passion lead them to make short films. Till date these 30 year olds have written and directed 9 short films together covering various subjects like Alzheimer’s decease (Trapped) to hyper behavior of NEWS channels (Kya Aam Adami Surakshit Hai?), depression by loneliness of today’s youngsters (One Square) to fake life on social networking sites (Fakebook), etc. Most of these got recognition in different Film Festivals. 

They have always been inspired by people who believe in doing things. They like watching, discussing films, and are always interested in the content part of it. They study human emotions and physiology continuously.

Ultimate dream of any film maker is making a feature film. The duo started living their dream, and ‘Bhagaude’ is ready as an independent film.

All the films done by Prasad and Swapnil have the Basic Human Emotions as base. Even if location and actors are Indian, the concept is not limited only to India, anyone from anywhere can connect with that. 'Bhagaude' also falls in that category.

Swapnil & Prasad's film 'Trapped' will be showcased at the Sunday Shots event on 21st Oct 2012 in Mumbai.

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SAUMIN MEHTA

Director

Corridor

Saumin Mehta is the director of the short film called 'Corridor', a thriller where the protagonist gets stuck in an unending series of corridors.

Saumin was born and brought up in Mumbai. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce degree to eventually join his father's business. He realized he had a passion for art and learnt 3D animation on his own Eventually he left the business and packed his bags off to Dubai. As an animator he joined Network Productions there and later moved on to compositing and visual effects. Further he started directing ad films.

He currently works as a finishing artist in Smoke for MBC group a reputed tv channel in Dubai. And where there's Smoke there's fire! (pun intended!) The fire was inside Saumin. His post production skills being quite strong he also started learning everything about pre production and production, including camera, lenses, lighting, screenwriting etc. on his own and started making independent films driven purely by passion.

He wants to make short films of every genre in the learning process and eventually get make a feature length.

He loves gadgets, technology, painting and is a self proclaimed sucker for DIY things. He pursues photography and keeps reading up on VFX.

Saumin idolizes Jim Morrison & Charlie Chaplin. He loves actors like Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks and is a religious follower of directors like Kubrick, Chaplin & Tarantino.

His favourite movie happens to be 'Pulp Fiction'. 

When he's free he loves spending quality time with his son, Rian.

Catch Saumin's film 'Corridor' at Sunday Shots on the 21st Oct. 

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ASHISH RAMPAL

Director

Ashish Rampal is a graduate in B.Com. He was born and brought up in Mumbai itself and was into the Car Audio Systems business which eventually he wrapped up to pursue his dream of becoming a film-maker.

Ashish Rampal has completed his direction course in November 2009 from Institute of MovingImages (Pune). Has worked as an Associate Creative Head for SabTv’s Mrs and Mr. Sharma Allahbadwale and currently runs a production house under the name Ashish Rampal Filmswhich produce: Short films, Documentary films, Music Videos, Public service ads & Ad films and is also assisting Mr.Soham Shah at Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. Ashish loves music, is a big time foodie and loves films of mainly realistic comedy or dark genre. Cliched boring films and crowded places are on his hate list.

He idolizes Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorcesse because both of them make dark films which hit one's psyche. This quality really attracts him because when one makes a film, especially a dark action/thriller, the audience should be at the edge of their seat all the time. Among Indian directors he loves the works of Raju Hirani, Vishal Bhardwaj and Anurag Kashyap.

Catch Ashish and his hilarious comedy 'Chapter: Love' at the Sunday Shots event on 21st Oct.

To register yourself for this event for free visit:

http://sundayshots.eventbrite.com

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Alexander Thomas is a writer and film director living and working in London.

Alexander studied Literature and Philosophy at Cardiff University, and gained a Master’s degree in Creative Writing at St Andrews University. Following his studies he worked as a football coach in Australia, an English teacher in Spain, and as a management consultant before making his first film in 2006, ‘Portobello: Attack of the Clones’, which won a number of awards and accolades.

Following on from this success he gained a scholarship to undertake an MA in Film Directing at the University of Westminster. His graduation film, Entropy, won a number of awards including Best Script, Best Performances and a nomination for Best Film at the National Student Film Festival.

Most recently, Alexander has worked on a screen adaptation of Amitav Ghosh’s the Shadow Lines, shot a feature length documentary about the history of football “casual” culture, and written and directed a series of virals for Smokefree Southwest. He also teaches Film, Media and Academic Skills at the University of East London and London Metropolitan University.

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After filming, the remains of the full-size set were sold as scrap metal.

Titanic (1997)

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"The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them."

Alfred Hitchcock

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TIMELESS

Timeless is a short film by Prasanna, a MBBS student from Coimbatore.

Check out the trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5d94H20qZk

Storyline : 

The main character of the film ‘Goutham’ thinks he can control his future because he possesses something by which he can control time. The story is about the obstacles he comes across when he realizes future and destiny don't go hand and hand. Life is all about taking chances. But will the protagonist take a chance on the life of his love?

Crew :

Director : Prasanna Ramesh - Final year mbbs.. PSG medical college

Cast : 

Siddharth Goutham - Grd college of science, Viscom

Iniga divya - Final yr mbbs. PSG medical college

Praveen kumaar - Final yr mbbs. PSG medical college

This is Prasanna's first film as short film director.. This is the first venture by RAJMALYAA presentations in production..

Prasanna did his schooling in Trichy. He had a passion for cricket back then. His parents are Eye Specialists. Later he joined MBBS for UG at PSG medical college, Coimbatore. Right now he is in his final year. He is very much interested in Short Films direction and is good at photography too. 

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THE TIGERS, THEY'RE ALL DEAD'

Director: Reema Sengupta

'The Tigers - They're All Dead' is a satirical short film about the apathy and disillusionment of Indian people from various walks of life about the plight of the country's national animal.

Director Reema Sengupta, a 21-year old filmmaker has a strongly worded opinion on the issue. Here's an excerpt from her views in her own words:

"This short-film was born out of anger and helplessness. Living in India felt like living in an absurdist comedy, and an excellently executed one at that - where not for a second do the characters acknowledge the ridiculousness of it all! But if I only sat and whined, I’d just be the caricature of your run-of-the-mill holier-than-thou pseudo-patriot. I’d much rather be the eccentric headless chicken relentlessly running around to change the perspective of the country on the 'absurdism' it embodies, so atleast it can stand back and, you know, enjoy the comedy. So thats what I did - run around like a headless chicken, that is. I ran around to generate funds, to get 12 locations people were crazy enough to trust me with, and to find 30 actors and crew members who would be happy to be headless chickens with me, in making a political satire.

The one moment that consolidated my life’s course of being a filmmaker who uses the medium of films for social activism, was when a young girl from Kochi found me in the busy film festival, which is commendable considering how tiny I am, and said that seeing me, a 21-year-old Indian girl, go ahead and make that film, gave her hope that she too can do what she aspires to. 

This is a film about doing something while we still have the chance. This is a film about the realisation that when the national animal of the country is wiped off its face, we lose a lot more than just a species. This is a film about the apathy of a people who have taken too many hits to care anymore."

Reema Sengupta is a 21-year-old writer-director based in Mumbai. She has directed documentaries, stop motion animation projects, interactive video installations, and narrative films spanning across India, UK and the US.

Most recently, Reema is one of only 2 Indian filmmakers to be awarded an Asian Film Academy (AFA) Fellowship this year. She has been invited to South Korea to co-direct a short film for AFA, to be featured at the prestigious Busan International Film Festival.

Reema’s first short-film as writer director- ‘The Tigers, They’re all Dead’, a political satire

set in Mumbai about the death of India’s last tiger, won eleven awards, including ‘Best Film-National Category’ at International Short Film Festival of India 2012, ‘Best Film- Upcoming Stars Panorama’ at Jaipur International Film Festival 2012 and ‘Best Director’ at the Mumbai International Short Film Festival 2012. It was also screened at ‘Le VIII ÉCU European Independent Film Festival’(2012), and had a special screening for 150 villagers at the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve by Sanctuary Asia.

Reema graduated at the top of her class on the course B.A. (Hons.) Contemporary Media Practice from the University of Westminster, London in 2012. She was also awarded the ‘Achievement Award’ for academic excellence by the University of Westminster in the year 2011-2012.

Having recently finished her latest short-film: ‘Tyu’s Company’, a dystopian science fiction film set in London, Reema is currently developing two feature film scripts.

Catch Reema's short film 'The Tigers, They're All Dead' at the Sunday Shots event this sunday on 16th Sept 2012.

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AMRISH SHAH,

Screenwriter, Director

Amrish Shah is an Indian Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Studio Creative Head, Creative Producer and Entrepreneur. In a career spanning more than a decade Amrish Shah has worked on several Film and TV projects and also crafted for International Cinema. Starting his career with directing TV shows, Music Videos and Adfilms he also worked as an Executive Producer with Star TV and later Creative Director with Sony TV.

He has been credited as the Writer and Creative Producer for the International docu-drama on Mother Teresa, 'Beatification of Mother Teresa' which also featured Penelope Cruz. The film was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival too.

Amrish has been the Screenwriter for DON 2, starring Sharukh Khan in 2011. With a germ of an idea for the film he approached director Farhan Akhtar who loved the story and later co-developed into an original feature film script unlike its predecessor which was a remake of the Amitabh starrer film DON from the 70's.

Amrish has his own production house called Celluloid Dreams. He's also working on another thriller titled 'Codename Anthony'. 

Amrish will be sharing his experiences at Sunday Shots on Sept 16th at Zee Preview Theater, Fun Cinemas, Andheri (W), Mumbai.

To know more about the event click on:

https://www.facebook.com/events/386366058095551/ 

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UMESH SHUKLA,

Director, OMG Oh My God

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor for both films and television -  Umesh Shukla started his career as a backstage artiste. Later he worked on three plays as an Assistant Director to Paresh Rawal and then went on to write, direct and produce his own full length plays. One of them being Kanji Viruddh Kanji on which his forthcoming film Oh My God –OMG has been based.

The film stars Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Mithun Chakraborthy and Om Puri.  At this workshop Umesh shares the methodology used when adapting this play into film as a director / writer. He shares what was different when directing actors on stage and in front of the camera.

Akshay Kumar will also be present to share his experience.

ASHVINI YARDI

Co-Producer, OMG Oh My God

Business Today awarded her as one of top 25 Most Powerful Women of the Country in 2011. She has also bagged the coveted title of Media Personality of the Year at India Today Woman’s Summit & GR8 Woman Achievers Awards. She was also hailed as one top 50 powerful people of 2009 by Business Week.

 With a rich and varied experience in programming and related areas, she is now co-founder of Grazing Goat Pictures and her feature film as producer , OMG - OH MY GOD is much awaited. At the workshop Ashvini talks about the role of a producer!

  To register for the event click: http://wiftindia.eventbrite.com

Log on  http://www.wift.co.in for details

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Soham Shah

Director

Soham Shah is a prolific Hindi film director who has directed such films as 'Kaal' and 'Luck'. Before becoming a director he worked as a publicity designer on various films for Karan Johar & Ram Gopal Varma. Besides handling that responsibility  he assisted Karan Johar on 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' and RGV on 'Bhoot'.  Wanting to direct his own film, he gave his first screenplay to Karan Johar, who saw it as an interesting concept, roped in pal Shahrukh Khan as co-producer, and gave this earnest young man a chance to do something different. The result was Kaal, which marked the transition of Dharma Productions from their regular frothy, feel-good, family-friendly fare to their first song-less thriller-cum-adventure-cum-horror film, aimed at the Generation X audience. As his personal touch, Johar coerced co-producer Shahrukh to double as item-boy and perform a sizzling number along with  Malaika Arora to be used extensively to market the film. 

The final product is a fusion of the two styles Soham has acquired from his mentors. Kaal had an overall glossy look that is Karan Johar’s trademark, and attempts to incorporate the fast-paced edginess typical of Ram Gopal Varma. Shot extensively in Bangkok and in the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttaranchal, Kaal, which Soham defines as ‘Time to Die’, is an ‘adventure thriller’ set in a jungle, with supernatural elements and a social message – kind of a potpourri of Jurassic Park, Blair Witch Project and Save the Tiger Project.

He went on to direct 'Luck' with Imran Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Danny Denzongpa & debutante Shruti Hassan. The film portrayed a dangerous Russian roulette game  that demanded one's luck to save his/her life at every juncture. 

Soham is currently in the process of filming his next flick called 'Sher' which stars Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty and Vivek Oberoi in the lead roles.

Soham will be attending Sunday Shots on 16th Sept.

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Fresh Suicide

Dir: Anupam Barve

Synopsis

Fresh Suicide is a realistic portrayal of a young Indian translator working with an American journalist, who is doing a photo feature on farmers' suicides in rural India. In the process of looking out for a recent suicide case, he is sandwiched between his duty and sensitivity, aggressive Western journalism and the disturbing colonial hangover that still looms over most of rural India.

A multiple award winner, 'Fresh Suicide' will be one of the shorts being showcased at 'Sunday Shots' on the 16th of Sept, 2012 in Mumbai.

About the director:

Anupam is a filmmaker from Pune, India currently based in London. After a brief detour to Science College, he opted to complete a graduation in Performing Arts (Dramatics). Before moving to London to pursue a career in Film, where he gained an MA in Film Direction with Distinction, he spent a few years doing drama, making documentaries and running an environmental organization. He has been teaching on the University of Westminster’s MA in Directing: Film and TV course in London for the past two years. His most recent Short Film- ‘Fresh Suicide’ has been very successful at various festivals and competitions all over, including a nomination for the ‘Golden Palm Tree Award’ at the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) and a special screening at the 13th London Asian Film Festival 2011,among others. Anupam's recent script development project was successfully crowd funded for one year and has recently been selected by NFDC for it's Screenwriter's Lab 2012.

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WIFT presents filmmaking workshop for women with making of OMG - Oh My God with superstars Akshay Kumar & Paresh Rawal with director Umesh Shukla

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"Sunday Shots" - weekly dose of short films making your Sunday mornings awesome!

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