[Reader-list] [DFA NewsLetter] DIEFF Schedule for 26 November -- Opening Day

[Rahul Roy]

*Delhi** International Ethnographic Film Festival
**26 -30 November 2008*
*DIEFF* opens on *26 November* with the screening of – *The Lunch Box*

*Venues*: Vivekanada Hall, Delhi School of Economics / School of
Environmental Studies / JB Media Resource Centre, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia
Islamia / Alliance Francaise, Lodi Estate.
*For More information*: http://sociology.du.ac/dieff/
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*DIEFF Schedule for **26 November 2008**:*

*Vivekakananda Hall, **Delhi** **School** of **Economics**, **Delhi** **
University***

*Inauguration / **10:00 AM** / 26 Nov*

*Speakers: David MacDougall / Judith MacDougall / Patricia Monte-Mor /
Francoise Foucault / Rajni Palriwala / Deepak Mehta*

*Opening Film:*

*THE LUNCH BOX at 11 AM/ 26 Nov/Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of Economics,
DU*

*Dir: Floriane Devigne / 52 mins / Belgium*

Show me your lunch box and I shall tell you where you come from! It is this
ordinary, functional object that is at the core of a surprising and
entertaining investigation of Belgium and its people. With humour and naive
amazement, serious research and intuition, Floriane Devigne, in her first
film, embarks on a journey to try and understand her country, brandishing
the lunch box as a link to hold together this diverse community. With a
light touch she reveals a plethora of insights in the humble receptacle:
Marxist theories, Joris Iven's *Borinage* film on Belgian miners,
French-Wallonese-Flemish differences, slag heaps and parks, malnutrition and
child poverty, immigration, linguistic and cultural boundaries. She cuddles
and destroys the box, builds statistic towers with it, drives it around and
looks deep into its etymology. And casually she also pokes fun at her own
obsession with the object. A film inside a lunch box.

* *

*COUNTER MELODY at 12:15 PM / 26 Nov / Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of
Economics, DU*

*Dir: Maxi Subiela De Biase / 46 mins / Italy*

Sandro Pimazzoni, the star of this documentary and known by all the Veronese
as "the Count", has roamed the streets of Verona as a tramp for more than
thirty years. His "friend" the camera follows his anarchic gait, recording
with its conspiratorial eye, the contrast of a picture postcard city like
Verona, often deaf and indifferent to his provoking countermelody, that
sounds so ironic, melancholic, angry, poetical and mystic as it echoes
through the city streets.

* *

*DIYA  at 2:00 PM / 26 Nov / Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of Economics, DU
*

*Dir: Judith MacDougall / 56 min / 2001 / Australia / dir present*

The lives of families who make, sell, and use* diyas*-small terracotta oil
lamps used in  ceremonies and rituals - are explored through following the
"life history" of the *diyas* themselves. This film represents an
experimental approach to material culture.





*SHIT at 3:15 PM / 26 Nov / Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of Economics, DU*

*Dir: Amudhan R. P. / 26  mins / India / dir Present*

Mariyammal, a *dalit* woman is a worker with Madurai Municipal Corporation
in Madurai, South India. Every morning without fail she sweeps, collects and
carries the night soil in a street adjacent to a Hindu temple with the help
of a broom, a vessel and some ash.

* *

*CARNAVAL, BEXIGA, FUNK E SOMBRINHA at 4:00 PM / 26 Nov / Vivekananda Hall,
Delhi School of Economics, DU*

* *

*Dir: Marcus Vinícius Faustini / 63 mins / Brazil*

* *A documentary about the heterogeneous universe of Clovis (from 'clowns'-
group of boys with particular costumes during the days of Carnivall) who
make their presence felt in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro during this
festive season.



**

*Alliance Francaise, Lodi Estate*

*The Many Faces of a Venezuelan Goddess at 5:00 pm / 26 Nov /
AllianceFrancaise,
Lodi Estate  *

*Dir: Roger Canals Vilageliu / 55 min / France / dir. Present*

María Lionza is the most popular Goddess in Venezuela. In the Venezuelan
mythological universe, this Goddess is an exception because, depending on
the representations, she is represented as Indian, of mixed race, white and
black. Sometimes she is a beneficial entity and sometimes evil. The
individuals in this documentary offer a portrait of the rich symbolism of
Maria Lionza, and highlight some of the roles her image plays in
contemporary Venezuelan society, and some of the ethnic, religious and
social conflicts which characterize this society. **

*Here to Stay at 6:00 pm / 26 Nov / Alliance Francaise, Lodi Estate  *

*Dir: Alan Grossman and Aine 0'Brien / 72 min / Ireland*

Historically a country of departure, Ireland is now one of arrival and home
to new constituencies of migrant workers from Asia, Africa and Eastern
Europe. Shot over a period of two years, "Here to Stay" is an intimate,
observational portrait of Filipino nurse Fidel Taguinod, and the public
expression of his political activism, in dialogue with civil society
representatives, challenging and probing the inadequacies of immigration
policy in Ireland. Fidel's domestic life, where he lives with his Irish
partner, is further explored, as is the negotiation of his gay identity in
public performances such as "Miss Alternative Philippines" and 'Diva
Manila', in which he critically infuses bakla (gay) politics with questions
of transculturalism.

* *

*Les Maitres Fous at 7:30 pm / 26 Nov / Alliance Francaise, Lodi Estate  *

*Dir: Jean Rouch / 30 min / 1955 / France*

This film, shot in a single day, shows the rituals of a religious cult.
Hauka worshippers, workers who have travelled from along the Niger to Accra,
meet for their great annual ceremony. On the "concession" of the high priest
Mountbyeba, following public confessions, the spirit possession ritual
begins. Foaming at the mouth, trembling, panting; these are signs of the
arrival of the "spirits of power". They are the symbolic personification of
the colonial rule: the corporal of the guard, the governor, the doctor, the
captain's wife, the locomotive driver and others. The ceremony reaches its
climax with the sacrifice of a dog later to be eaten by those possessed by
the spirits. The next day, the cult's initiates return to their daily round.

**

**

*School of Environmental Studies, **Delhi** **University**, North Campus*



*KORA RAJEE (LAND OF THE DIGGERS) at 12:00 / 26 Nov / School of
Environmental Studies, DU*



*Dir Biju Toppo/ Meghnath / 52 mins / India / dir. Present*

When we take a sip from our cups of tea do we realise that 80% of labour
that goes into making that tea is Adivasi? For the last 150 years, Adivasi
labours have been taken in the tea gardens of North Bengal and Assam which
they call *Kora Rajee* meaning 'land of the diggers'. It is also the
director's personal journey to find out how his ancestors went to the tea
gardens and what the present situation is.



*School Scapes at 2:00 pm / 26 Nov / School of Environmental Studies, DU*

*Dir: David MacDougall / 77 mins / dir. Present*

Inspired by the cinema of *Lumière* and the ideas of the 20th century Indian
thinker Krishnamurti, in his new film David MacDougall explores a famous
progressive school in South India, the Rishi Valley School.  This is a film
dedicated to the simple act of looking, in which each scene is a single
shot.



*Sobre Rodas Brasil at 3:30 pm / 26 Nov / School of Environmental Studies,
DU*

*Dir: Sérgio Bloch / 52 min / Brazil*

A documentary on people who make a living pushing, pulling or riding
vehicles in Brazilian cities. It establishes a relationship between the
movement of the wheels and the inconstancy of life itself – especially of
those struggling for survival on a day-to-day basis.



*Roma Snapshots- A Day in Sarajevo at 4:25 pm / 26 Nov / School of
Environmental Studies, DU*

* *

*Dir: Vanja Celebicic /  8 min / UK *

The film attempts to enquire into the Sarajevan Roma's sense of
identification, belonging and memory. It portrays the daily lives of the
Roma through snapshots of their concurrent realities, where painful
memories, laughter and religious beliefs exist side by side.



*James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK MCRC, *

*Jamia Millia Islamia*



*On Edge at 10:00 am / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK
MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*

* *

*Dir: Catarina Mourao / 64 min / Portugal *

During the European football cup, Portugal is relying on its team to raise
its morale. The film is set in a poor neighbourhood and follows a group of
idle pre-adolescents.

Sometimes things get tough and claustrophobic, while at other times there is
a feeling of harmony and melancholy in the neighbourhood.



*Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears at 11:15 am / 26 Nov / James
Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*

* *

*Dir: Simon Chambers / 62 min / UK *

Love, sex and marriage in the South Asian diaspora are explored in this
fast-paced soap opera of a documentary. Two young Bangladeshi London girls
have very different expectations from their traditional Muslim parents, so
when their father decides to send them both to Bangladesh to get married,
all hell breaks loose.



*Naza at 12:30 / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK MCRC,
Jamia Millia Islamia *

* *

*Dir: Silvio Figueiredo e Fernando Miceli / 15 min / Brazil /*

This documentary is about the "Festa de Nazaré" that happens annually in
Belem with processions, feasts and meetings that showcase the identity of
its inhabitants.

* *

*Malabares at 12:45 / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK
MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*

* *

*Dir: Maithê Lorena e Secy Jannuzzi / 10 min / Brazil *

This documentary looks up close at the behavior, thoughts and viewpoints of
five young jugglers. Although originally from different countries and social
classes, the jugglers come together with their own dreams, objectives and
customs.

* *

* *

*Word Within the Word at 2:00 pm / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource
Centre, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*

* *

*Dir: Rajula Shah / 74 min / 2008 / India / dir. present*

Sabad Nirantar is a search for the *Word* within the word; a poised
reflection on the formless essence of reality expressed through the living
resonance of the indigenous spirit and its undying echoes enlivening the
emergent and modern soul.

* *

*Camara Vijante at 3:30 pm / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre,
AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*

* *

*Dir: Joe Pimentel / 21min / 2007 / Brazil*

Popular photographers from Fortaleza, Juazeiro do Norte and Canindé cities
talk about their personal trajectories and the painting photo techniques
still in use.

* *

*Multiplicadores at 3:55 / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre,
AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*

* *

*Dir: Renato Martins e Lula Carvalho / 21min / Brazil*

'Multiplicadores' is a documentary on the graffiti culture and its social
role in the state of Rio de Janeiro.



* *

*Hobby at 4:30 pm / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK
MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia *

* *

*Dir: Ciro Altabas/ 50 min / Spain*

"Hobby" started as an innocent journey to witness the release of a
video-game console in Japan, but little by little, as these things usually
do, it changed into a showcase of some of the many wonderful ways in which
the Japanese spend their leisure time. "Hobby" is a documentary that aims to
entertain while speaking about entertainment.

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