Our Heritage. Our Pride.
The primary objectives of Chalachitram is to explore the possibilities of cinema as a weapon to create awareness; and to exhibit the uniqueness and richness of our heritage, our pride.
SUB THEMES
Land and Peoples ∼ Tourism ∼ Arts ∼ Handicrafts & Textiles ∼ Manuscript and Manuscript Paintings ∼ Painting & Woodcarving ∼ Music and Musicians ∼ Festivals ∼ Monuments & Heritage sites ∼ Social Reformers & Pioneers ∼ Sports ∼ Tea and Oil Industries ∼ Culture and Values ∼ Social Awareness ∼ Family system ∼ Environment ∼ Constructive Work ∼ Women
Grand Jury Awards
♣ Best Film — Kameez
Director -producer: Dhrubajit Baishya
♣ Best Film from NE India — Mukha: The Mask
Director-producer: Pranab Sarmah
♣ Best Director — Biswajit Das (March)
♣ Best Screenplay — Gunjan Kashyap
(Home Brews: Struggles for a Tradition)
♣ Best Cinematography — Sumedha Bhattacharyya
(Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw)
♣ Jury Special Mention for Best Child Actor
Rajveer Pardeshi (Chirbhog)
Meghachandra KongbamChalachitram Grand Jury
National Award winning film critic. Founder member of the Cine Artistes and Technicians Association, an apex body of film scholars, critics, filmmakers, artistes, and technicians. Founder member of the Manipur Film Journalists and Critics Association. Former board director of the Manipur Film Development Corporation. Presently, additional director in the public relations dept. of the Manipur government, president of the Film Society of Manipur, and president of the Banian Repertory Theatre, Imphal.
Piyush RoyChalachitram Grand Jury
Winner of the Sir William Darling Memorial Prize by the University of Edinburgh, the Sue Grant Service Award, and the Silver Award at the Shine! British Council International Student Awards (all UK), and a National Film Award for Best Film Critic (India). Former editor of Stardust. Former advisor of the Global University Students Film Festival (Hong Kong). Former festival director of the Edinburgh Festival of Indian Films and Docs. Founder festival director of the Teen Indie Film Awards.
Shiladitya BoraChalachitram Grand Jury
Founder of the Ahmedabad International Film Festival. Founder of Platoon One Films. Former CEO of Drishyam Films. Associate Producer of Masaan & Newton. Producer of Picasso (National Award winning Marathi film) and Ghaath (Nominated at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival). Spearhead of PVR Pictures’ Directors’ Rare, a limited release indie-film arm of India’s biggest film exhibitor, PVR Cinemas. Winner of the MICA Award for Creative and Entrepreneurial Excellence.
House of Illusions Awards
♣ Best Short Fiction Film by a Woman Director
Kaankhowa — Director: Hira Das
Producers: Naren Das, Puspalata Roy, & Rachit Passi
♣ Best Documentary by a Woman Director
Jnanada : Reflections of Light and Shade
Director-producer: Bobbeeta Sharma
♣ 10:00 am | Delegate Registration
♣ 11.00 am | Opening Ceremony
Chief Guest: Dr. Piyush Roy
♣ 11.10 am – 1:30 pm | Film Screenings
Anchor: Amar Jyoti Deka
Vande Mataram (dance video)
Director: Prerona Bhuyan
Durga Chitra Sala
Director: Rajendra Janglay
The Wait
Director: Adrija Kundu
Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw
Director: Shilpika Bordoloi
Reminiscence of Gangaur
Director: Sudip Sohni
March
Director: Biswajit Das
The Legacy from Beyond,
Director: Harsh Raj Gond
♣ 11.45 am | Panel Discussion
Dr. Piyush Roy in conversation with Indrani Laskar and Ratan Sil Sarma
♣ 1:30 – 2:00 | Lunch Break
♣ 2.00 – 5:00 pm| Film Screenings
Anchor: Bhagawat Pritam
Akonman (Feature Film – Indian Premiere)
Director: Pranjal K. Saikia
Home Brews: Struggles for a Tradition
Director: Gunjan Kashyap
Jnanda: Reflections of Light & Shade
Director: Bobbeeta Sarma
Hands of a…
Director: Snigdha P. Roy
♣ 5:00 pm onwards | Jatiya Sangeet
♣ 11.10 am – 1:00 pm | Film Screenings
Anchor: Amar Jyoti Deka
Vande Mataram (dance video)
Director: Prerona Bhuyan
Kameez
Director: Dhrubajyoti Baishya
Nyra’s Dream,
Director: Shalaka Kulkarni
Mukha
Director: Pranab Sarma
Chirbhog
Director: Nilesh Ambedkar
War and Worship
Director: Abanti Sinha
Kankhowa
Director: Hira Das
♣ 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch Break
♣ 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Panel Discussion & Book Launch
Rahul Rawail in conversation with Indrani Laskar. Followed by launch by Rawail of Prantik Deka’s book ‘Past Revisited’.
Rahul Rawail assisted Raj Kapoor. His debut film starred Rishi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Rajendra Kumar, & Asha Parekh. He later launched Kajol & Sunny Deol, & introduced Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to Bollywood. He is an advisor of major international film festivals, & has served as the Panorama jury chief of the International Film Festival of India (twice), & as the head of the feature films jury at National Film Awards & the Moscow International Film Festival.
♣ 3:00 – 3:40 pm | Film Screenings
India Moves On
Director: Arjun Mukherjee
Main Azad Hoon,
Director: Bhasker Vishwanathan
Prabahini (Premier)
Director: Prabal Khaund
Lakhi Mai (closing film)
Director: Nitesh Kumar
♣ 3:40 – 3:55 pm | Tea Break
♣ 4:00 pm | Prize Distribution & Closing Ceremony
Honorable Guests:
♣ Rahul Rawail
♣ Piyush Roy
♣ Rima Das
Rima Das’ Village Rockstars won the Film Critics Circle of India Award for the Best Indian Film of 2017.
Jury member Christopher Dalton declared it “a milestone film of sorts, which epitomises the trials and tribulations, and heralds the coming of age, of a filmmaker, of her protagonist, and of the indie film movement in India.”
The film went on to win 4 National Film Awards, 3 MAMI Awards, and 4 Assam State Film Awards. And was India’s official selection for the Foreign Language Oscar.