Event: 16:9 International Film Festival
Host: Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management
When: 15th & 16th January, 2010

As a student of BMM, one generally dreams of outdoor shoots, news reports, media personnel, and of course filmmaking. The perception of glam never leaves the mind as one enters into this field filled, right from the first year, with dreams of the limelight!

Here’s a call from some of your brethren in the field of filmmaking – sixteen:nine International Film Festival is here to let you live your dream of the glamorous side of Mass Media. A short-film festival that encourages student filmmakers from all over the world to express themselves. SNIFF hosts not only film screenings, but is also home to a wide range of filmmaking-related contests – such as photography, acting, Mise-en-Scene, editing and all things remotely filmy. Welcome aboard a world of hard work, sleepless nights – (aren’t we BMMites already used to it?) that surely leads to a universe of glitz, glamour and success.

SNIFF is your first step towards being a full-fledged cinematic persona – giving you the ultimate film experience.

Organised by the students of SVKM’s Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management – SNIFF also boasts of being the first student-organized short film festival from Mumbai to go International. For a festival barely 3 years old, and with an initial association of 7 countries apart from India, SNIFF now boasts of a mind-boggling 40 country bond, which promises to expand with coming years. Our participants hail from countries such as U.S.A., U.K., Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Romania, Japan etc.

The prizes, in the past years, have included certificates and trophies, and Internships for the winner of Actor hunt. The alluring competitions attracted students from all over the country. It was heartening to see the enthusiasm of the aspiring filmmakers of tomorrow. College contingents also competed for the Best College Trophy – a temptation left for you to exploit even this year, and with the commencement of the Polling event – it just seems closer.

Another feather in the hat is the starlist that takes pride in associating with us – from veterans like Shabana Azmi , Kiran V. Shantaram and Aziz Mirza- to the younger, enthusiastic generation of film personalities such as Anurag Kashyap, Perizaad Zorabian and Imran Khan. SNIFF ’09 also had the beautiful Madhuri Dixit gracing the closing ceremony along with Imran Khan, Sanjay Gupta and Goldie Behl.

With a golden opportunity arriving this January 15th and 16th, the wise will set their equipment in action and the creative will burst with ideas as sixteen:nine International Film Festival 2010 marches in.

Brace yourself for another ride through films, fantasies and the fun element you’ve been waiting for in the world of Media.

Check out all the events here.

Register here for the event.

Contact Details:

For futher queries call Saloni Saraf (Events Head) – 9833011830
Mansi Desai (Events Head) – 9920210821
I. Ghelani (Events Sub Head) – 9820913306

Dhoni is one captain whose leading his team in all the right directions. Recently, the Indian cricket team captain along with Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag and Ishant Sharma, launched personalized websites. The websites of all these four cricketers went online from Monday, December 28, 2009.

TechShot Digital will exclusively promote the four cricketers in mobile, digital, new media and technology spheres. The websites will also be handled by the company. The websites of the cricketers are as follows;

Dhoni (www.dhoniworld.com )
Bhajji (www.bhajjiworld.com )
Sehwag (www.sehwagworld.com )
Ishant (www.ishantworld.com)

Confirming the news, Jay Motwani, Managing Director, TechShot Digital Pvt Ltd, said, “Apart from being informative, these websites will redefine the player-fan relationship in India by providing an opportunity for the fans to connect and interact with their favorite cricketers. Our main aim is to create digital management identity platform to extend support to celebrities and organizations to create, develop and manage digital content for them.”

The websites will provide insights from the cricketer’s life and will also feature exclusive videos, pictures from player’s personal lives, etc…The sites will also feature answers from the stars to all the queries from budding cricketers as well as the charity work done by the cricketers.

On launching these websites, Dhoni said, “There are many things that go uncovered even in media; these websites will cover all that. Through my website, people will get to know my lifestyle and it will also help fans know and understand me better, not only as a cricketer, but as an individual as well.”

Create a video short that completes the phrase “Democracy is…” and win an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, New York and Hollywood to attend gala screenings of the winning videos, gain exposure to the U.S. film and television industry and meet with creative talent, democracy advocates and government leaders.

DEMOCRACY: Your Voice. Your Video

The Prize

• An all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., New York and Hollywood.
• Gala screenings of the winning videos in Hollywood, New York and Washington
• Exposure to filmmakers and the U.S. film and television industry.
• Meetings with democracy advocates from government, media and civil society.

The Timeline

• SUBMISSION DEADLINE – MIDNIGHT GMT JANUARY 31, 2010.
• Challenge semifinalists will be selected on or about March 31, 2010.
• An independent jury will narrow down the semifinalists to 21 finalists on or about May 15, 2010.
• The general public will vote online for the winning videos May 15 – June 15, 2010.
• Seven winners – one each from the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South & Central Asia, East Asia/Pacific and one anonymous winner – will be announced in mid-June 2010.
• The six publicly identified winners, one from each of the six geographic regions, will travel to the United States to claim their prize in the fall of 2010.

The Details

• You must be 18 or older to enter.
• Videos can be any style: fiction or documentary, animated or live action.
• Videos must be no longer than three minutes.
• Videos must be in English or have English subtitles.
• Contestants may enter anonymously, but anonymous winners cannot collect the grand prize.
• See contest site for a complete list of rules, www.videochallenge.america.gov.

Source: http://www.videochallenge.america.gov/

Aircel, the mobile phone service provider in India has decided to celebrate the festive season with a great cause. It has tied up with Helpage India, a Delhi based NGO to provide cell phones to the elderly in old age homes across India.

The cause encourages people across the country to donate old and spare mobile phones to the company. Aircel will then provide these cell phones with a free talk time for one year. Drop boxes will be setup at malls, clubs and Aircel retail outlets, where old and spare mobile phones can be dropped.

People can also become a part of the cause by registering on Aircel’s website or send an SMS ‘Donate Phone’ to 5800000. The company will also make arrangements to pick up phones from an individual’s doorstep.

Aircel COO Gurdeep Singh, said in the release, “We at Aircel are extremely sensitive to Corporate Social Responsibility and this festive season we encourage all to come forward and contribute by donating their old/spare mobile phones for the elderly in Old Age Homes.”

Hello friends,
These are some of the links to the videos of the performances held at ESTRO 09:

The Band Performeance by Whats in the name? (Me n My group members) n Godwin :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UShEjf3Odhs

The Fusion Dance Performed by the SY’s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLYS4GqMeMc

and many more to come!

Hello,

This is Kamlesh here.

I am having a D.M. project and i am planning to start a website exclusively for BMM fests.

The site will deal with the various upcoming fests and updates regarding the particular event of the college or institution.

I need your help just reply with the following data:

Name of the College:
Festival Name:
Tentative Fest dates/month:
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Please provide the above mention data and help us attaining the cause.

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