3rd Rolling Frames International Film Summit Re-Enacted the Magic of Short Films

Rolling frames film society hosted one of India's biggest international film summits, Rolling Frames Film International Film Summit, 2015. The two-day international film summit showcased an array of short films and documentaries, hosted art exhibition, seminars, master classes, pitching forums and award ceremonies with magnificent grandeur and splendour at Manpho Convention Centre in Bangalore.

In its third edition, Rolling Frames Film Society added a new category for short films and documentaries on social issues and causes, with this year's focus being on mental health issues. The summit also focused on providing a learning experience for short filmmakers in their journey towards becoming feature length filmmakers and helping them to fine-tune their art.

Speaking on the occasion, Swapna Jare, Country Head-UK Rolling Frames Film Society said "Rolling Frames Film Summit is a great platform for aspiring filmmakers to interact with and learn from established filmmakers from the industry. The overwhelming response that we have been receiving over the years has always motivated us to make each edition better and bigger than the previous one. Following on from the success and feedback from this year's event, we would also like to announce the Rolling Frames Touring Fest, the first of its kind tour where we intend to take this International Summit across various cities in India."

Harsha Setty, Founder President of Rolling Frames Film Summit said "Over the years, we realised that there is a huge number of film enthusiasts and aspirants in India, who have the potential to take film-making to the next level. All they require is a helping hand and a platform through which they can showcase their talents and skills. Through Rolling Frames Film Summit, we seek to provide such exposure to these talented artists and offer a vibrant and interactive experience for all the viewers and the participants"

In addition to seminars conducted by the leading personalities from the film fraternity, various short films were also showcased at the International film summit, some of which were nominated by the BAFTA such as 'I'm Fine Thanks', 'Here To Fall', 'Tumult', 'The Voorman Problem', 'The Curse', 'The Making of Longbird' & 'Good Night'.

This edition also introduced a new initiative 'Pitching Forum', through which jury members selected some of the potential film makers and will be funding their future projects.

"We are glad to be associated with this grand and spectacular affair as the Venue partners. Rolling Frames Film Summit is a great medium through which a lot of budding filmmakers are given a chance to portray their talents and skills. There are some of the established and prominent people behind this who are eager to provide a platform to these aspirants," said Arvind Parikh, MD Manpho Infrastructure Pvt Ltd.

"Rolling Frames provides a platform for aspiring storytellers to explore and be exposed to messages, mediums and innovation. Creativity and technology need the perfect fusion to produce 'contemporary content' that 'burns a pathway to the soul' of new media consumers. I wish the Rolling Frames Film Society a continuously bright future," said Biren Ghose, President, ABAI.

Speaking at the venue, Mr Asif Iqbal, Honorary Consul, The Consulate of Republic of Suriname said, "We have noticed a lot of interest shown in Indian films by the citizens at Suriname in South America due to various reasons such as the socio-economic conditions, subjects showcased in the movies and similar culture followed by both the countries. We strongly believe that Rolling Frames Film Summit has the potential to create a strong bond and highlight these similarities witnessed between these two countries."

Source : Equity Bulls

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