Abstract Time and space are two dimensions that define a film festival in relation to duration, cultural, social, urban and political relations to the event. While the notion of space is well documented by the literature on film festivals, the idea of time is merely connected to the length of the event, mostly defined as volatile in nature. The overall aim of this article is to present an understanding of film festivals as multifaceted sociocultural and historical events beyond the idea of volatility that is naturally conferred to them. The idea of diverse intersecting temporalities is explored in this article by observing curated units of a festival ‐ commemorative events ‐ as loci to uncover the distinctive connotations of a changing nation. Time in film festival is discussed here not only as a dimension defining the length of the event, but also as an active element able to present history, moments of remembrance and renegotiate and contextualize current political and social instances. Hence, it is argued that festivals can be considered within the broad debate of archive a counter-archive, in which history and documents (the films) become channels to reassess the everyday social life of India, and shape a renovated image of the nation.
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Abstract This article reflects on the contemporary digital turn that has transformed our audio-visual experiences fundamentally, and has affected mainstream control over production and circulation of data. Clearly, such conditions have reinvented the problematical relation between producer and receiver. In relation to such circumstances, the article focuses on marginal film festivals, especially the TENT 'Little Cinema International Festival' for experimental films and new media-art, held in Kolkata, India, since 2014. 'Little Cinema International Festival', on one hand, showcases international packages such as those from Berlinale; on the other hand, it presents curated programmes comprising videos made by first-time filmmakers from India. The article deliberates on the broad and long drawn contexts of 'festivals' and artistic endeavours, as well as the formal contours of the videos, which generate spaces for dialogues, both within the filmic text, and in the milieus in which these are shown. The emphasis on the thriving 'amateur' practice also draws attention to 'Little Magazine', 'Little Theatre' and 'Little Film' practices in West Bengal, as well as contemporary new-media transactions, which has transmediated into newer modes of articulations.
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{"title":"‘Chariot of Fire’: Genre slippages, iconographic agitation and ideological subversion in SRK’s Raees","authors":"O. Ahmed","doi":"10.1386/SAFM.9.2.113_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.113_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38659,"journal":{"name":"Studies in South Asian Film and Media","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46086302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Triumph of the Rajput: Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the fascist aesthetics of Padmaavat","authors":"Ajay Gehlawat","doi":"10.1386/SAFM.9.2.159_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.159_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38659,"journal":{"name":"Studies in South Asian Film and Media","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66752956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hindutva politics and South Asian cinema – media in the age of Modi","authors":"Ajay Gehlawat","doi":"10.1386/safm.9.2.73_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/safm.9.2.73_2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38659,"journal":{"name":"Studies in South Asian Film and Media","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/safm.9.2.73_2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66753004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘PK Hamara Hai’: Hindi cinema and the defense of dharm in media counterpublics","authors":"Claire C. Robison","doi":"10.1386/SAFM.9.2.143_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.143_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38659,"journal":{"name":"Studies in South Asian Film and Media","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.143_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43660274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soch Aur Shauch: Reading Brahminism and patriarchy in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha","authors":"P. Rao","doi":"10.1386/SAFM.9.2.79_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.79_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38659,"journal":{"name":"Studies in South Asian Film and Media","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47890375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reading double: Queer girls and Hindutva politics in The World Before Her","authors":"A. Rao","doi":"10.1386/SAFM.9.2.129_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.129_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38659,"journal":{"name":"Studies in South Asian Film and Media","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.129_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45905492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The gaze of the raping Muslim man: Love Jihad and Hindu right-wing rhetoric in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat","authors":"Krupa Shandilya","doi":"10.1386/SAFM.9.2.97_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.97_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38659,"journal":{"name":"Studies in South Asian Film and Media","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.97_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45775621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interview with Lalit Vachani","authors":"L. Khanna","doi":"10.1386/SAFM.9.2.173_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/SAFM.9.2.173_7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38659,"journal":{"name":"Studies in South Asian Film and Media","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47519073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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