Hyderabad|India|August'2009: Cinephiles Hyderabad, an online community of movie aficionados is organizing a Short Film Festival, in association with SHAMIANA from Mumbai.

 

The festival, "Cut it short" will have screening of short movies from international film festivals like Cannes and also by the independent filmmakers from all over the country.

 

The event will be in three segments

 

Segment 1: Screening of short films by local amateur filmmakers

 

Segment 2: Interaction/discussion with movie mavericks like

 

§   Mr Neelakanta (Director of Mr.Medhavi, Sada Mee Seva Lo, Nandanavanam 120 kms and Missamma fame)

§   Mr. Ramana Gogula (popular music director in the industry who has several hits to his credit like “Thammudu”, “Badri”, “Jhonny”, “Yuvaraju”)

§   Mr. Rahul Nambiar (creative director, the man behind the special effects of the Telugu hit Arundhati

§   Mr. Nayeem from Pixelloid who will deliver a session on 'Special Effects and Animation in Movies'

 

Segment 3: Screening of short films from Cannes and other International film festivals.

 

The festival’s main purpose is to promote short films and provide a platform for movie enthusiasts to share their love for cinema.

 

"Cut It Short", is an attempt to create a platform for film enthusiasts and aspiring filmmakers to interact with the established movie mavericks and also to share their passion with like-minded people.

 

Interested are kindly requested to register themselves first at:

Website: http://cutitshort.wordpress.com/