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The Jury |
Short Film
Cinema in Transgression
Documentary |
Cecilia Araneda |
Winipeg / Canada |
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Filmmaker and media art curator Cecilia Araneda was born in Chile and
moved to Canada at a young age as a refugee with her family, after
they escaped Chile's coup d'état. In 2005, Araneda co-founded the WNDX
Festival of Moving Image, which has since become one of Canada's most
respected experimental film festivals. Araneda has served as Executive
Director of the legendary Winnipeg Film Group since 2006. Through her
work in this organization, she has fostered the development of many
filmmakers who have gone on to garner national and international
attention. As an independent filmmaker, Araneda's works have screened
at festivals such as Visions du Réel, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, the
Images Festival and Ann Arbor Festival, among others. In 2010, her
body of work was featured in a retrospective screening at the Canadian
Film Institute in Ottawa, Canada.
www.ceciliaaraneda.ca
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Angela Haardt |
Germany |
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Angela Haardt was born in Darmstad (Germany). After studies in
philosophical esthetics and German and Polnish litterature she worked
in consulting position for the „Wüstenrot Stiftung“ (Section film),
organizing the "Kurzfilmbiennale Ludwigsburg“ and the "Guardini
Stiftung“ preparing film screenings and lections.
1972 – 1974 she was member fondator of the "Internationale Forum der
Filmavantgarde (iff)“ at München, where she organizing a seminar about
women film at 1973 .
1977 – 1986 she leaded the film section of the „Volkshochschule
Duisburg“ and the comunal cinemas in Duisburg (up to 1984). She was
also director of the "Duisburger Filmwoche“ (up to 1984).
1990 – 1997 Angela Haardt directed the "Internationale Kurzfilmtage
Oberhausen“. She teached at the Academies of Fine Arts "UdK“ at Berlin
and the „Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfbK) at Hamburg (2000 -
2012).
In 2004 she prepared the retrospective „Eine etwas andere Geschichte.
50 Jahre Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen“ for the Internationalen Kurzfilmtage
Oberhausen
Since 1998 she works as free curator for film and media art.
Since 1983 she has prepared and presented for the Goethe Institut
selections with short films and documentaries all over the world.
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Salma |
India |
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Salma is a well-known name to readers of contemporary Tamil
literature. With two volumes of poetry – “Oru Maalaiyum Innoru
Maalaiyum” and “Pacchai Devadai” - and a novel “Irandaam Jaamangalin
Kadhai” - all of which have been translated to several languages
including German and Galisian. Salma has made her mark as a
distinctive literary voice. Lakshmi Holmstrom’s English translation of
her novel, entitled The Hour Past Midnight, was recently shortlisted
for the Crossword Translation award, Man Asian award and DSC award.
Salma’s poetry and fiction have carved an undeniable place in the
Tamil literary terrain for the articulation of desire and sexuality as
well as the emotions that animate the domestic space every day,
subjects that are often considered beneath literary consideration.Her
poetry and novel became controversial as they were vehemently on moral
and religious grounds by fundamentalists of all hues.
Salma has been the recipient of several awards and honours including
Katha award(2002), Deva makal Award(2001). She has also been a special
invitee to several book festivals and seminars. She was the only
representative of Tamil literature at the London Book Fair in 2009,
Frankfurt book Fair 2006, Beijing Book fair 2010. In 2007, the
University of Chicago organized a two-day seminar, as part of the
annual Norman J. Cutlet Conference, to discuss her literary works.
Besides being a woman of letters, Salma has also been a committed
public servant. She was the elected President of the Ponnampatti
Panchayat, 2001-2006. She also served as the Chairman of the Social
Welfare Board, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, during which time she was
instrumental in establishing several welfare schemes, including some
landmark ones directed to the transgender (aravani/hijra) community in
Tamil Nadu. For her contributions, she was also nominated for the Dr.
Durgabai Deshmukh Award for 2005-2007 by Hon’ble wife of the then Vice
President of India.
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