Poetry and Cinema Series
Specially Curated Sessions of Film Analysis and Film Appreciation
7th & 8th October 2023, 14:30 to 18:30 IST _Online.
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Aesthetes, especially cinema aesthetes often wonder what poetry is in cinema. What makes a film poetic; how filmmakers create poetic masterpieces?
Within the discourse of Poetry and Cinema – the name of Abbas Kiarostami is inescapable. Revered as one of the most significant Iranian filmmakers, Kiarostami, also an acclaimed poet, has an eye for the quintessential ordinary – which he observes and expresses with extraordinary simplicity and profundity – rooted in the politics and poetics of Iran.
Kiarostami’s lifelong quest can be seen in his distinct application of cinematic means to perceive the deeper drones of reality beyond the surface, where his poetry often becomes the silent signpost. The poetic journey of Abbas Kiarostami is quite exciting, as one can find in his works a confluence of various poetic traditions like Japanese Haiku, Persian Sufi poetry and modern Iranian poetry.
This two-day course will identify, analyze and appreciate a few of Kiarostami’s core artistic-philosophical / poetic leanings and that make up his cinematic world.
We’ll look at the important and evocative segments of his various films (e.g. The Wind will Carry Us,1999; Taste of Cherry, 1997; Where is My Friend’s Home, 1987; Five Dedicated to Ozu, 2003; Certified Copy, 2010) – and discuss the films’ interrelationship with poems written by Kiarostami himself over the years.
FACULTY: DEB KAMAL GANGULY
An alumnus from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, DebKamal Ganguly is an independent filmmaker, researcher and teacher of cinematic arts. He has taught for 08 years (2012-2020) and designed curriculum in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, in the departments of Film Editing, Film Direction and Screen Studies; and as a guest faculty in National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Flame University, Pune, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar. Ganguly’s works have been published under special curator-ship from Lowave, Paris; his video art featured in the exhibition ‘Indian Highway’ and showcased in galleries of various cities of Europe and Asia. His films done in the capacity of editor, script-writer and sound designer have been shown in competitive sections of various international festivals and received recognition, including ‘Tiger Award for Shorts’ in Rotterdam (IFFR 2007). Ganguly has presented papers in various international and national seminars and conferences on various themes related to cinema, Deleuze studies, visual art, interfaces of art practices, translation studies, collective memory, Bengal studies, Media studies, pedagogy of cinema, film editing as a discipline, immersive sound etc including CARA-CILECT conference in Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg (2018), CILECT conference in VGIK, Moscow (2019), Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater (2019). He is a participant of an international project for artistic research involving BRICS countries, being the coordinator for India (2018).
BASELINE CONTRIBUTION TO CONFIRM PARTICIPATION:
₹ 1200 – For Participants from India and SAARC Nations
€ 30 – For Other International Participants
Voluntary Contribution for Aurovilians.
(We invite you to contribute over and above the baseline – voluntarily, if you wish)
CERTIFICATES:
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