In 2008, inaugurating the Kerala State Children’s
Educational Film Festival organized by the State Institute of Educational
Technology (SIET), the then Minister for
Law and Parliamentary Affairs,
Sri. M. Vijayakumar opined: children
should be taught film-making and film appreciation at the school level.
Years have passed and
some schools did encourage their students to make short films.
Now its
Film Festival fever in the capital city of Kerala!
Two film reviews caught my attention
this year:
1. Sebastian Schipper ’s thriller- Victoria, made in a single
take. Schipper is reported to have
quoted a diary entry of Kafka that says: ‘Went to a cinema, cried’ believes
that a film should be watched by the nervous system not the heart or brain.
2.Sean Baker’s comedy drama
Tangerine, shot on an iPhone 5.
The film Festival advisory committee Chairman Shaji N.Karun
who handpicked the films for this year had this to say: Films like Tangerine trigger an eruption of technology in film making: “They
do it with so much technical expertise and elevate the levels of film-making”.
Will
teachers in Kerala take the
cue and consider assisting
their students in
making films with their mobile phones?
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