BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//OIFFA - ECPv6.0.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.oiffa.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for OIFFA
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Toronto
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20230312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20231105T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230617T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230617T100000
DTSTAMP:20260422T015455
CREATED:20230604T223415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T161036Z
UID:5902-1686996000-1686996000@www.oiffa.com
SUMMARY:72-Hour & Youth Short Film Challenges
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”4711″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685920104479{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”] \n\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685920534290{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”] \n72-HOUR SHORT FILM CHALLENGE\nChallengers receive 3 mandatory parameters to integrate into their films and they have 72 hours to complete their works. Complete details >>>\nRULES OF THE CHALLENGE\n1. The Challenge is open to anyone over 18 years of age.\n2. Individual filmmakers (the “Challenger”) may register\, not teams (though filmmakers can work with as many or as few people as they like on the production of their film).\n3. The films can be of any type (fiction\, documentary\, experimental\, art film) or genre (comedy\, drama\, horror\, science fiction\, fantasy\, etc.)\nPARAMETERS & REQUIREMENTS\nOn Thursday\, June 1\, aka Pitch Night\, the Challengers were informed of the mandatory parameters to integrate into their films. The first two of these was announced at Pitch Night; parameter 3\, the curve ball\, was announced 24 hours later. They included:\n• Parameter 1: Specific length (for ex.\, 3.5 minutes [or 210 seconds])\n• Parameter 2: Theme (for ex.\, “Discovery”)\n• Parameter 3: Cultural Inclusion/Reference. One of the following options:\na. An “Indian reference” (for ex.\, “The words ‘XXXXXX’ must be included in the dialogue.”); OR\nb. A cultural object must be incorporated into the scene (for ex.\, a “dream catcher”). OIFFA organizers let the Challengers know what the Cultural Reference was 2 days into the Challenge.\nGRAND PRIZE\nAll registered Challengers have the opportunity to win the $2\,000 Grand Prize.\nRUNNER-UP\nThe runner-up Challenger will receive a $500 Prize.\nJURY\nThe winning films are selected by a jury of 2 to 3 members.\nThey judge the films based on which one best incorporates the Challenge’s parameters\, as well as on script\, cinematography\, sound\, acting (if fiction)\, etc.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”youth”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”4476″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685920062541{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”] \n\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685920550009{margin-top: 0px !important;}”] \nYOUTH SHORT FILM CHALLENGE\nChallengers produce a short film\, for which they receive 2 mandatory parameters to integrate. They have 2 weeks to complete their works. Complete details >>>\nRULES OF THE CHALLENGE\n1. The Challenge is open to anyone under 17 years of age..\n2. Individual filmmakers (the “Challenger”) may register\, not teams (though filmmakers can work with as many or as few people as they like on the production of their film).\n3. The films can be of any type (fiction\, documentary\, experimental\, art film) or genre (comedy\, drama\, horror\, science fiction\, fantasy\, etc.)\n4. The films should be no longer than 3 min.\nPARAMETERS & REQUIREMENTS\nOn Sunday\, May 21\, aka Pitch Night\, the Challengers were informed of the mandatory parameters to integrate into their films.\nParameter 1 was announced at Pitch Night; parameter 2\, the curve ball\, was announced 2 days later:\n• Parameter 1: Theme (for ex.\, “Discovery”)\n• Parameter 2: Cultural Reference\, aka the curve ball:\nAn object must be incorporated into the scene (for ex.\, a “flower”).\nGRAND PRIZE\nAll registered Challengers have the opportunity to win the $500 Grand Prize.\nRUNNER-UP\nThe runner-up Challenger will receive a $250 Prize.\nJURY\nThe winning films are selected by a jury of 2 to 3 members.\nThey judge the films based on which one best incorporates the Challenge’s parameters\, as well as on script\, cinematography\, sound\, acting (if fiction)\, etc.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6055″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1686672628652{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6056″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1686672633690{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6057″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”tickets”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#a37bd8″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-car-alt” color=”custom” size=”lg” align=”center” custom_color=”#a37bd8″ css=”.vc_custom_1684968925507{margin-top: -30px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685671109034{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”] \nFree parking during the screening.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685918591436{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]$4 per ticket\, plus H.S.T. ($0.52) & service fees.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.oiffa.com/event/short-film-challenges/
LOCATION:VIP Cineplex Cinemas Lansdowne\, 325 Marche Way\, Unit 107\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 5J3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film screening
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oiffa.com/oiffa/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OIFFA-2023-72-hour-challenge-1200x630_background-chair.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230617T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230617T103000
DTSTAMP:20260422T015455
CREATED:20230529T185219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230604T214305Z
UID:5369-1686997800-1686997800@www.oiffa.com
SUMMARY:Siya
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685911058228{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}”] \nCLOSING FILM\nCANADIAN PREMIERE & FEATURE FILM DEBUT\n\nDirector: Manish Mundra\nIndia | 2022 | 117 min | drama | Hindi\, with English subtitles\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/fYhbW4I-Lwc” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1685386535574{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”synopsis”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5676″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685387641461{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nInspired by a real-life incident\, Siya tells the tragic story of a teenage girl from Devganj village in Uttar Pradesh. After being brutally raped by an incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly\, she decides to fight for justice against all odds by seeking the help of a lawyer friend. But what kind of justice can a poor peasant girl expect against influential male members of the community? In the vein of Nisha Pahuja’s award-winning documentary To Kill a Tiger (2022)\, Siya constitutes a poignant and urgent reflection on the fate of sexual assault victims in a male-dominated society where accountability fades in the face of privilege. And while it is made to shock the viewer\, particularly in its depiction of a deeply flawed justice system\, the film remains quite restrained in its depiction of the barbaric acts perpetrated against the heroine. Emotional realism is the key to affect here\, rather than the spectacle of her physical ordeal\, allowing director Mundra to capitalize on Pooja Pandey’s profoundly empathic and painfully researched performance in the lead role.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”bio”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#2ba0de”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5376″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685386935582{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nMANISH MUNDRA is known primarily as a producer and founder of Drishyam Films\, a global motion picture studio responsible for several international award-winning films such as Ankhon Dekhi (2014)\, recipient of three Filmfare Awards and three Screen Awards; Masaan (2015); Umrika (2015); Waiting (2015); Dhanak (2016); and Newton (2017)\, winner of the National Award for Best Hindi Film and India’s official entry to the Academy Awards in 2018. He is also known for establishing the Drishyam–Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab for aspiring Indian screenwriters. In 2022\, he first donned the director’s hat for Siya\, a poignant social drama nominated for the Best Debut Award at the 53rd International Film Festival of India. “Our film is an exploration\, a study of helplessness when a survivor of sexual abuse decides to fight”\, says Mundra. “We wanted this exploration to be raw\, brazen and to hit hard in an urge to generate anger and thereby conversations on what truly needs to change. We hope that the film challenges our notions of abuse\, the aftermath\, and the fact that\, when the abuse doesn’t end at the rape\, how far does a person really need to go to get the justice that she deserves.”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#00c3f3″][vc_column_text]scr.: Haider Rizvi\, Manish Mundra\, Samah | cin.: Rafey Mehmood\, Subhransu | ed.: Manendra Singh Lodhi | cost.: Sujata Rajain | art dir.: Seema Kashyap | snd: Manoj M. Goswami | mus.: Rajarshi Sanyal | cast: Pooja Pandey\, Vineet Kumar Singh\, Madhvendra Jha | prod.: Raghav Gupta[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”tickets”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#a37bd8″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-car-alt” color=”custom” size=”lg” align=”center” custom_color=”#a37bd8″ css=”.vc_custom_1684968925507{margin-top: -30px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685671109034{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”] \nFree parking during the screening.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685671356241{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]$15 per ticket\, plus H.S.T. ($1.95) & service fees.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.oiffa.com/event/siya/
LOCATION:VIP Cineplex Cinemas Lansdowne\, 325 Marche Way\, Unit 107\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 5J3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film screening
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oiffa.com/oiffa/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Siya_still.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR