Thursday, March 13, 2008

MAMI Top Ten by Sonali Shyamsunder

An eight days film festival was presided by the viewers and prominent personalities related to film world. Following are the movies put marked impression about the combination of contemporary and old movies.


1. Bare foot to Jerusalem
Bare foot to Jerusalem is screening its world premiere in the MAMI festival 2008 was directed by Nitzchka Keene she died due to cancer in the year 2004.the movie is regarding the story of a women’s journey after her lover’s suicidal death.


2.On the wing of dreams
This movie was successful in pulling maximum number of viewers. The director of the movie Golam Rabbnay Biplob received “Best Director Asian New Talent” at Sghanghai International Film festival. The film story showed the veracity of the human tendency in an artistic manner.
3.Pinocchio
Pinocchio is one of the oldest movies shown in the festival directed by Giulio Antamoro who was one of the prominent filmmaker in the Italian film industry. It is the only silent moves with the melodious live band performing during the show. The specialty of the band was, for every show they used to compose their own exclusive music. The movie was successfully run in the theatre for more than two years.


4.Hero in Rome
Audience considers this movie as the movie of the millennium as it was attracting top figure viewers. Movie was the great combination of oxymoron situation occurred in the life of the main character in script. The director of the movie Panos Angelopoulos is famous for making greatest comedy movies with many Greek actors. Thus it is a must watch film!


5.I served the king of England
The focus of the film deals with the two parallel stories happened in the life of a man. The movie was successful enough in presentation of the clash between past and present of the main character in the film powerfully. The film was highly appreciated by the film critics. The director of the film Jiri Menzel is successful Czech director and also won Oscar for Best foreign language film. He also achieved a lifetime’s achievement at the San Francisco Film Festival.


6.Love songs
Love song is the movie decorated by melodious songs which its self are the story tellers. The movie is about the relations and its changing scenario differs from person to person and time to time. The director of the movie Jayabrato Chatterjee is documentary king and made many nations and international documentaries with N.G.O’s.


7.Katyn
Katyn is director Andrzej Wajda’s reverence to those who died in the annihilation done by the Soviets in 1940.the director himself has experienced the traumatic situation shown in the movie. Wajda is known for drawing from Poland’s history to suit his tragic sensibility-crafting an composition of work that devastates even as it informs. The movie was highly esteemed by the film critics and ordinary viewers as well.


8.Silent holy stone
Movie is all about the story of a ten year old boy nick named little Lama by the monastery where he was sent to train as a Buddhist monk. However this little boy has an obsession to watch television. It is shown in the movie that how gradually that habit of the boy changes and his transformation in to some different person. The director of the movie Wanma is regarded as a rising stars on the the film scence in China. Film critics added that this movie has become successful in showing the impact of westernization and consumerism effectively.


9.Tsotsi
According to Indian viewers Tsoti is based on the Hindi movie Shakti, however well appreciated as well. Lead character Tsotsi is a rebel, his accidential kidnapping of a child gave him a chance to progressively rediscover hi humanity, dignity and capacity of love. Director of the film Gavin Hood is one of the prominent director from the south Africa and won several awards. One of his movie won award for being best of festivals award as The Chicago International Children’s Film Festival in the year 2002.


10.Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del fauno)
It is a super natural story. The lead character in the movie Ofelia who is facinatd by fairy tales, discovers an overgrown, tumbeldown labyrinth behind the mall in her village. The film was screened in the cannes film festivals in 2006, new york fimfestivals in 2006 and Toronto film festival in 2007. The creativity director of the film Guillerm del Toro was immensely loved by the audience in all the mentioned film festivals including MAMI.


Taking in to account all other movies shown in the festivals above films proved crowed puller in the MAMI film festival. Mentioned movies were exceedingly prized by the choosey viewers.

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