Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) will be hosting the debut edition of Take 1, a short film festival which is also a prelude to the Annual 24FPS Awards, one of India’s most coveted animation awards. The event will be held on 3 December at G5A Foundation for Contemporary culture, Mumbai.
The event will have a screening of one of the finest short animation films which has been showcased in the Oscars, The Raiders and some of the award winning film entries at former 24 FPS Awards. To lend the students a detailed industry insight, the event will conclude with a panel discussion centered around the theme, “The Art of Fiction Film Making”.
Chutney, a recent short film by Tisca Chopra which has been receiving rave reviews by critics will be premiered at the event. The other films include, ‘Why’ and ‘Adhoori Manzil’ in the Digital Film making category and Ozzmosis, Puff and Chilli Wars in the animation films category.
With the Indian animation industry recording a growth of 13.8 per cent in 2015, the number of students aspiring to enter the industry is gradually growing and Take 1 promises to provide an ideal platform to prepare students for the 24 FPS Awards.
The panelists include some prominent names like. Bijaya Jena, Pune FTII Graduate – National Award Winner feature film maker; E .Suresh, National Award Winning Animation director and founder of Eeksaurus Studio; Cyrus Dastur, founder of India’s biggest short film club Shamiana Shorts; Sameer Mody, founder of Pocket Films , biggest distributor of short films in India’ Adhiraj Bose, film maker and asst director of Talvar, and director of the acclaimed Interior café night starring Naseeruddin Shah; and award winning animation film maker, Shilpa Ranade, whose last animation film Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was funded by CFSI and premiered at Toronto International Film Festival apart from screening at Bhusan, Dubai MAMI India. The event will be moderated by Rohan Das, VP Yes Foundation.
Commenting on the occasion, MAAC, business head, Ram Warrier said, “We at MAAC are have always made our best efforts to keep the passion of the students towards animation alive. Such events provide an excellent platform for them to interact with industry stalwarts and aspire to achieve greater things in the future.”
In response to this initiative by MAAC, Tisca Chopra said, “I congratulate MAAC for this initiative Take 1. It’s dark and delicious, this Chutney. The ingredients are infidelity, jealousy and a crazy sense of humor. And what made it perfect was my association with Large Short Films. They have always backed original, inspiring short films and whatever I had envisioned for Chutney, they complimented it beautifully. It’s become such a huge success and I really hope this is the beginning of many more to come. I am glad Chutney is being screened at the MAAC Take -1 event.”