A Treat For Movie Lovers

Creovaent Productions - a production house based in Guwahati, Assam is bringing in SHAMIANA – popular short film club from Mumbai to Dimapur, Nagaland. SHAMIANA’s screening has already started in Guwahati, Assam. The Dimapur launch will happen at HIYO Café on August 12, 2011, Friday at 6:00 pm. Movie lovers are invited to come and be a part of the launch and the screening of short films.
Short Film Club opening in DimapurCreovaent Productions will be screening short films from all over the world with contents from India and also keeping contents from filmmakers of North-East India. The filmmakers and film lovers from Nagaland can now get a platform where they can come together to get exposure to award winning short films from all over the world. Even filmmakers from Nagaland can submit their short films to the club and the club management will review the same. The screening for the club will be done once every month at HIYO Café, Dimapur.
SPIRIT UNDERGROUND is supporting the initiative for promoting short films. The major highlight of the August 12 launch will be the screening of short film ‘Blood Brothers’ by Award Winning popular Bollywood Director Vishal Bhardwaj. Apart from this film,  award winning short films from Netherlands, Australia will also be showcased.
“It is an honest attempt from Creovaent Productions side to bring in the short film culture to North-East India where we have film lovers who are always waiting to watch some good films but with SHAMIANA coming in, film lovers can watch short films from across globe every month. We are grateful to Spirit Underground & HIYO’s Cafe for supporting our innovative idea and we hope our attempt will be successful,” said Prithish Chakraborty, Filmmaker, Co-Owner & Founder of Guwahati International Short Film Festival.

The lists of short films to be screened are:
1. BLOOD BROTHERS
The Film stars Siddhartha as a young man who gets a positive HIV diagnosis and henceforth allows his life to fall apart. Pankaj Kapoor plays his laconic doctor.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj


2. NEWS
The film shows influence of TV NEWS in a small boy life
Director: Sarvesh Mewara


3. MARRY ME
Little girl likes little boy. Little boy likes BMX bike. Something has to give. Highly recommended
Director: Michelle Lehman


4. SINTEL
A story of a young girl on a long and dangerous quest to save her best friend, a baby dragon. Absolutely brilliant animation!
Director: Colin Levy


5. WINDOWS 4:3 (WINNER @ GISFF)
This simple story shows various facet of human life with the help of windows
Director: Late Angshuman Barkakoty