Awara 1951 by Raj Kapoor The Festival will hold a retrospective on India's first showman Raj Kapoor (1924-1988), born in a great family of filmmakers, who lived in the golden years of Indian cinema. An actor and producer, Kapoor is known as the Indian Charlie Chaplin for his characters, and his films are pure fifties-style Bollywood films.

Last year, 'Maati Maay' 2006 (A Grave-keeper's Tale) in Marathi by Chitra Palekar, featuring Nandita Das, Atul Kulkarni and Kshitij Gavande won the top prize.

'Saving Mum and Dad' by Kartik Singh won in the shorts category and 'Sotto il cielo di Ahmedabad' by Stefano Rebechi and Francesca Lignola was the winner in the documentaries section.

2008

Submissions for the Festival are open exclusively to films from and about India: features, shorts, documentaries and animation films.

Admissions including feature films, shorts, and documentaries are open to 2007 and 2008 works.

The festival is also open to films coming from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The film chosen by the festival audience will win the River to River DigiChannel Audience Award.

The Festival will communicate the selected films by October 20, 2008.

The application in English should include the following:

• a duly completed, signed entry form
• one vhs (pal) video cassette or a dvd of the film; the vhs or dvd must be labelled with the title, director's name, length and format; please indicate if the submission is a rough cut or work in progress
• synopsis of the film
• director’s statement
• biography and filmography of the director
• full cast and technical credit list
• a selection of 5 stills from the film and 1 photo of the director
• poster and press kit

For further details:

Selvaggia Velo
River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival
Piazza Santo Spirito, 1
50125 Florence
Italy
tel. +39 055 286929
fax +39 055 284983
email info@rivertoriver.it
http://www.rivertoriver.it/