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ReseaRch, InnovatIon & scIence empoweRIng natIon
6-8 November, 2019Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute,
Kolkata
International Science Film Festival of India
Ministry of Science and TechnologyMinistry of Earth SciencesMinistry of Health and Family WelfareGovernment of IndIa
The International Science Film Festival of India (ISFFI) seeks to promote science popularization among citizens and aims at attracting talented young filmmakers and science enthusiasts. The film festival offers an
opportunity for students and other participants to get involved with the process and improve their understanding of various feats in science and technology. Film based communication is an attractive and dynamic facet of engagement with different audiences due to its unique synthesis of multimedia systems including audio, video, animation and graphics etc.
International science Film Festival of India (IsFFI)
• Internationally acclaimed and award winning foreign and Indian films on science, health and environment will be screened during the festival.
• A competition for Indian independent and student filmmakers will be organised on the theme: “Research, Innovation & Science Empowering Nation.” Filmmakers will be felicitated with IISF Science Film Awards.
• Screening of feature films – Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran and Mission Mangal.
• Special screening of film on 1st Indian Scientific South Pole Expedition 2009 followed by discussion with Scientists.
• Packaging Science for Public Interest: A Symposium.
• Panel Discussion on various aspects of cinema and science communication.
the salient Features of IsFFI
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1st Indian Scientific South Pole Expedition 2010
categories & awardscompetItIveTheme: Research, Innovation & Science Empowering Nation
Indian Nationals Only
Duration: Upto 40 minsIndependent FilmmakersFirst Prize ₹1,00,000Third Prize ₹50,000
Second Prize ₹75,000Jury Awards (2) ₹25,000 each
College/School StudentsFirst Prize ₹75,000Third Prize ₹25,000
Second Prize ₹50,000Jury Awards (2) ₹10,000 each
Duration: Upto 20 mins
Duration: Upto 40 mins
NON-COmpetitiveTheme: Science, Technology, Environment & Health
Foreign Films
specIal InvItees
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
R Balki Apurba Kishore Bir
Kaushik Ganguly
Pierre-Olivier Francois
Abhishek Sharma
Partha Ghose
Rama Marinov Cohen
Bikash Sinha
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Andreas Van De Laar
Kartik Sharma
Chris Godwin
Li-Yu Fu Lovita J R Morang
PaRTNERS oF ISFFI 2019BRazIl Embassy of BrazilCaNada Découverte, émission scientifique, ICI Radio-Canada TéléCHIlE Millennium Institute of Oceanography, ChiledENmaRk Embassy of DenmarkGEoRGIa Embassy of GeorgiaHuNGaRy Embassy of HungaryIRElaNd Science Foundation Ireland; SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices; Embassy of Ireland ISRaEl Embassy of IsraelNEPal Media Service NepalNETHERlaNdS Embassy of NetherlandsRuSSIa Russian Centre for Science and Culture in New DelhiSPaIN Embassy of Spain, Instituto Cervantes, New DelhiSwEdEN Embassy of SwedenSwitzerland-GermanyElephants in Need - Hilfswerk/Charity Switzerland-GermanyTaIwaN National Tsing Hua University, Taiwanuk Public Health Film Society, UKuk The Royal Society, UKuSa NOVA, WGBH Educational Foundation, USAuNCRC The UN Convention on the Rights of the ChildaIR INdIa Airlines Partner
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Time Event
08.00 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 – 11.00 InauguraL SESSIon Welcome address: Dr Debamitra Mitra, Director, SRFTI, Kolkataopening remarks: Dr Sudhir S. Bhadauria, Secretary General, Vijnana BharatiChief guest: Ms Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, Environmentalist and Filmmaker, Switzerland; Ambassador for Captive Elephants, FIAPO, India; President, Elefanten in Not/Elephants in Need – Hilfswerk/Charity Switzerland-GermanyChair: Shri Jayant Sahasrabuddhe, National Organizing Secretary, Vijnana Bharatiguests of Honour• Mr Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Poet and Film Director• Prof. Partha Ghose, Physicist, Author, Philosopher, Musician • Mr Kaushik Ganguly, Film Director, Screenwriter and Actor • Prof. Manoj Kumar Patairiya, Director, CSIR-National Institute of Science
Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi• Mr Abhishek Sharma, Film Director and Writer • Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU and Former Vice
Chancellor, Patna University – Nomination Jury Chair, ISFFI 2019Vote of Thanks• Mr Nimish Kapoor, Convener, ISFFI 2019; Scientist E & Head, Science Films
Division, Vigyan PrasarScreening of inaugural FilmSATYAM – The Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation, Directed by Dr Mike H. Pandey, produced by Vigyan Prasar; Duration: 00:18:00
11.00 – 11.30 TEa BrEaK
11.30 – 13.00 Panel Discussion: Science for CitizensPanelists • Ms Rama Marinov-Cohen, Filmmaker, Writer and Expert of E-Learning, Israel• Ms Li-Yu Fu, Science Filmmaker, Director, Center for Indigenous Science
Development, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan • Dr Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice Chancellor, Nepal Academy of Science &
Technology, Kathmandu, Nepal• Mr A. G. A. Van De Laar, Science Filmmaker, Netherlands• Dr Kartik Sharma Buria, Science Filmmaker and Founder, PAHUS (Public Arts
Health & Us) Productions, London, UK• Mr Shih-Wei Wang, CEO, Engine Studios, Taiwan • Mr Ajay Kanchan, Film Director; Chief Editor & CEO, Media Today, New Delhi• Mr Abhishek Sharma, Film Director and Writer• Mr Rajesh Badal, Sr. Journalist & Filmmaker• Dr Sakshi Singh, Australian-Indian Actor and Doctor of Medicine• Dr Denzil John Godin, Science Communicator, Member of the Legislative
Assembly, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh • Dr Pradeep K. Srivastava, Scientoonist and Former Dy. Director, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow• Moderator: Mr S V Raman
13.00 – 14.00 LunCH
14.00 – 16.00 Screening of foreign films and discussion
16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK
PROGRAMME6th november 2019 | Main Theatre
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16.15 – 17.50 Screening of foreign films and discussion
17.50 – 18.00 Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, New Town, Kolkata for Cultural programmes and Dinner
Screening of Foreign Films and Discussion 14.00 – 16.00
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
1.The Fake Galileo Moon
00:52:10
German narration with interviews in English, French and Italian
Pierre-Olivier François/Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ventana-Film, Berlin, Germany for RBB and ARTE
Germany
2.Atapuerca: The Mystery of Human Evolution
00:53:33 Spanish Javier TruebaSpain
16.15 – 17.50
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
3.9 Minutes Before Space
01:36:35 EnglishMaya Danilevskaya/Larisa Smirnova, Roscosmos TV Studio
Russia
6th november 2019 | new Class room Theatre
Time Event
11.00 – 11.30 TEa BrEaK
11.30 – 13.00 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
13.00 – 14.00 LunCH
14.00 – 15.00 Special screening of film on 1st Indian Scientific South Pole Expedition 2010 followed by discussion with Scientists and Filmmaker• Dr Rasik Ravindra, Leader of the 1st South Pole Expedition, Govt. of India,
Pannikar Professor at ESSO-MoES• Mr M J Beg, Group Director, Polar Expeditions, NCPOR, Goa• Dr Pradip Malhotra, Member XXII ISEA; Leader XXVIII ISEA; Member 1st South
Pole Expedition, Govt. of India • Mr Abhijit Dasgupta, Dean, Electronic & Digital Media, SRFTI, Kolkata
15.00 – 16.00 Master Class Creative aspects of Environment & Wildlife Filmmaking by Ms Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, Environmentalist and Filmmaker, Switzerland
16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK
16.15 – 17.15 Master Class Behind the Lens by Mr Gautam Pandey, Wildlife Filmmaker
17.15 – 17.50 Master Class Story Telling and Script Writing for Science Videos by Prof. Danish Iqbal, AJK MCRC, JMI, New Delhi
17.50 – 18.00 Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, New Town, Kolkata for Cultural programmes and Dinner
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Screening of Indian Competitive Films and Discussion (Category a – Films Made by Independent Filmmakers) 11.30 – 13.00
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1.9+1=1/Nine Plus One is Equal to One
00:17:47 HindiRahul Yadav/Aditya Bharadwaj (Y Star Cine And Television Pvt Ltd) & Shri Dwarkadhish Media Pvt Ltd
2.A Rational Design of Protein Assembly
00:05:42 English Rahul Iyer/Vivek Kannadi
3.Affordable and Point-of-Need Testing Diagnostic Systems for Health Care
00:26:30 English Devendra Chopra/Vigyan Prasar
4.An Instant Detection of Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables
00:06:10 EnglishRafeeque Mavoor/Prof. K. George Thomas
5. Bancha – The Rising Village 00:12:30 Hindi Manoj Kumar Patel/Lokendra Singh
6.Bat Woman (The Night Warriors II)
00:24:09 EnglishS. Balamurugan/EMMRC, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
6th november 2019 | Preview Theatre
Time Event
11.00 – 11.30 TEa BrEaK
11.30 – 13.00 Screening of non-competitive films and discussion
13.00 – 14.00 LunCH
14.00 – 16.00 Screening of foreign films and discussion
16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK
16.15 – 17.45 Screening of foreign films and discussion
17.50 – 18.00Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (BBCC), New Town, Kolkata for Cultural programmes and Dinner
Screening of non-competitive Films and Discussion 11.30 – 13.00S.n0. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1. Where the Elephant Sleeps 00:39:37 English Ms Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, Switzerland
2.Gyamo Queen of the Mountains
00:42:29English Ms Doel Trivedy and Mr Gautam
Pandey/Riverbank Studios, New Delhi
Screening of Foreign Films and Discussion 14.00 – 16.00S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
1.
Atacamex Explorando Lo Desconocido 808 (Atacamex, Exploring the Unknown)
01:02:40 SpanishJulián Rosenblatt/Pablo Rosenblatt
Chile
2.Georgia Homeland of Wine
00:44:21 GeorgianAlexandreGabuna/Giorgi Giashvli
Georgia
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3.
Homo Georgicus - The Homeland of the Earliest Hominins Outside Africa
00:10:17 EnglishMakho Ghughunischwili/Senckenberg Nature Research Society
Georgia
16.15 – 17.50S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
1.A Dissociative Dream (ADD)
00:19:38 English
Kartik Sharma Buria/University College London (UCL) Affiliate Film Project & PAHUS Productions
UK
2.Voices for Health Your Environment Your Health
00:07:25 English
Kartik Sharma Buria/Centre for Environment Health (CEH), PHFI & Welcome Trust DBT India Alliance
UK
3.
Quin – Better Diabetes Management (ISCF Medicines Manufacturing)
00:02:04 EnglishInnovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation
UK
4.Renovagen Instantly deploy solar power anywhere
00:02:06 EnglishInnovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation
UK
5.Skipping Rocks Lab edible biodegradable food packaging
00:02:00 EnglishInnovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation
UK
6. Timber Towers 00:05:05 EnglishChris Light and Andrew Harrison/Amy Fry and Dougal Macqueen
UK
7.One Point Seven: The Reluctant Urbaniser
00:24:32 English Andreas van de Laar Netherlands
8. Chau (Menstruation) 00:36:02Nepali, Achhami
Ramesh Khadka/Manju Bhatta Nepal
9. Nepal Water Woes 00:04:03Nepali, Achhami
Ramesh Khadka/Manju Bhatta & Media Service Nepal
Nepal
6th november 2019 | Class room Theatre – II
Time Event
11.00 – 11.30 TEa BrEaK
11.30 – 13.00 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
13.00 – 14.00 LunCH
14.00 – 16.00 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK
16.15 – 17.50 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
17.50 – 18.00Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, New Town, Kolkata for Cultural programmes and Dinner
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Screening of Indian Competitive Films and Discussion (Category a – Films Made by Independent Filmmakers) 11.30 – 13.00S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1.Cellular Insights: A Relentless Quest
00:29:35 EnglishNandan Kudhyadi/National Centre for Cell Science, Pune
2. Diabetic Foot: Kadam 00:11:28 Hindi Abhijeet Singh/Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh
3. Divya Nayan 00:20:00 English Satish Pande/Vigyan Prasar
4.Ethanol: The Alternative Fuel
00:25:15 EnglishBobby Sarma Baruah/Vigyan Prasar
5. Gober 00:02:52 English Varun Chauhan/Ruchi Chauhan
14.00 – 16.00
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1. Hope, to Kill the Killer00:24:58 English Seema Muralidhara & H B
Muralidhara/Vigyan Prasar, Noida
2.Indian Heritage in Digital Space
00:26:17English
Devendra Chopra/Vigyan Prasar
3. Kal se Sikho00:08:55 Hindi
Irfan Human/Bhavna Kashyap
4. Lead, Kindly Light 00:32:00English Sumanta Bandyopadhyay/Jayanta
Bhattacharjee
5. Mega Science Projects00:24:36 English Kauveri Mondal/Vishal Sethi
(Creative Channel)
16.15 – 17.50S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1. No Friends, No Enemies 00:26:23 HindiSeema Muralidhara & H B Muralidhara/Vigyan Prasar
2. Nai Subah 00:12:43 Hindi Rakesh Nigam/Sandeep Kumar
3. Nanhi Jaan 00:02:29 English Shivam Pandey
4.National Bio Pharma Mission
00:24:52 English Sanjay Bansal/Vigyan Prasar
Screening of Indian Competitive Films and Discussion (Category B – Films Made by School/College Students)
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
5. A Walk with Future 00:14:00Hindi/English
Nilay Raje/Thakur College of Science & Commerce, Mumbai
6.Aai- Affectionate Artificial Intelligence
00:08:46 Marathi Mayura Datar
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7th november 2019 | Main Theatre
Time Event
08.00 – 09.00 registration
09.00 – 12.00Screening of Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran followed by interaction with Mr Abhishek Sharma, Film Director
12.00 – 12.30 TEa BrEaK
12.30 – 14.00 Screening of foreign Films and discussion
14.00 – 15.00 LunCH
15.00 – 16.00 Screening of Foreign Films and discussion
16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK
16.15 – 17.45 Screening of Foreign Films and discussion
17.45 – 18.00Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, New Town, Kolkata for Cultural programmes and Dinner
Screening of Foreign Films and Discussion 12.30 – 14.00S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
1.Element 112 The Marinov Affair
00:50:37English narration with interviews in English and Hebrew
Dror Shostak/Yoram Ivry & Rama Marinov-Cohen
Israel
2. Go Go Giwas 1 00:12:03 Mandarin ChineseYi-Feng Kao/Li-Yu Fu and Vick Wang
Taiwan
3. Go Go Giwas 2 00:12:52 Mandarin ChineseYi-Feng Kao/Li-Yu Fu and Vick Wang
Taiwan
4. Go Go Giwas 3 00:12:32 Mandarin ChineseYi-Feng Kao/Li-Yu Fu and Vick Wang
Taiwan
15.00 – 16.00
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
5.Budapest The Central European Hub of Innovation
00:03:48 NAIsti Madarász/Budapest Business Region
Hungary
6.Einstein’s Quantum Riddle
00:52:47 English Jamie Lochhead USA
16.15 – 17.45
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
7. Inside Einstein’s Mind 00:53:12 English Jamie Lochhead USA
8. A Tiny Spark 00:26:30 EnglishNiamh Heery/Caroline Kealy
Ireland
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7th november 2019 | new Class room Theatre
Time Event
09.00 – 12.00 Screening of Foreign Films and Discussion
12.00 – 12.30 TEa BrEaK
12.30 – 13.00
Symposium on Science Communication: Packaging Science for Public Interest
Inaugural session
Chief guest: • Dr Bikash Sinha, Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre,
Kolkata
guests of Honour: • Dr Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice Chancellor, Nepal Academy of Science &
Technology, Kathmandu• Dr Denzil J. Godin, Science Communicator and Member of Legislative Assembly,
Govt. of Uttar Pradesh• Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU and Former Vice
Chancellor, Patna University• Mr S. K. Varshney, Adviser and Head, International Bilateral Cooperation,
Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
13.00 – 14.00
Symposium Session 1: Science and Entertainment; Scientific Facts in Popular Science and Science Fiction
Chair/s• Prof. Iftekhar Ahmad, Film Academician, Former Director, FTII Pune and AJK
MCRC, JMI, New Delhi• Prof. Dhruba Jyoti Pati, Dean and Director, India Today Media Institute, Noida
Speakers• Shri Ashoke Viswanathan, Dean, SRFTI, Kolkata
Scientific approach to Entertainment Media
• Dr Bhupati Chakrabarti, Indian Association of Physics TEA BREAKchers Counterintuitive Ideas from Physics: a Storehouse for Science Video Snippets
• Dr Sabina Kidwai, AJK MCRC, New Delhi & Mr Himanshu Malhotra, Environmentalist and Wildlife Filmmaker The growing Threats to Climate Change: Scientists Collaborate with Filmmakers to address Concerns
• Prof. (Dr) Ambrish Saxena & Prof. (Dr) Susmita Bala, DME Media School, Noida Science and Entertainment
• Mr Matiur Rahman, Science Filmmaker, New Delhi The Making and unmaking of Science Films
• Dr Arvind Dubey, Pediatrician and Science Communicator Science Fiction for Visual Media
• Mr Sabyesachi Bharti, CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi reality ahead of Schedule - How Science Fiction and Science Fact Can Inspire action
14.00 – 15.00 LunCH
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15.00 – 16.00
Symposium Session 2: Science communication; challenges and opportunities Chair/s• Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU & Former VC, Patna University• Mr Rajesh Badal, Sr. Journalist & Filmmaker, New DelhiSpeakers• Dr Chandra Mohan Nautiyal, INSA, New Delhi
Science Communication: Today and Tomorrow• Mr Santosh Kumar Pandey, ETV Bharat, RFC, Hyderabad
Science and Viral Videos• Dr Rashmi Sharma, DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi
augmenting Writing Skills for articulating research (aWSar) for Presenting Creativity in Science Story Telling
• Dr Akanksha Shukla, NIRDPR, Hyderabad Bridging the rural Divide through Scientific Lens
• Mr AGA van de Laar, Science filmmaker, Netherlands” Frugally Innovative Filmmaking
• Dr Upendra Ayodhya, Sr. Journalist, Voice of Lucknow, Lucknow Challenges in Science Communication: Science Communicator’s Perspective
• Mr Dilip Jha, All India Radio, New Delhi Developing awareness among rural People in utilising Parali (crop residue) to reduce air Pollution: a Case Study
• Ms Sharmistha Bhattacharya, Bichitra Pathshala, Kolkata a Deep Dive into the Science Behind the Menstrual Taboos in West Bengal, India
16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK
16.15 – 17.15
Symposium Session 3: Theories to stories; presenting science to a laymanChair/s• Dr Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice Chancellor, Nepal Academy of Science &
Technology, Kathmandu, Nepal• Prof. C. P. Singh, University School of Mass Communication, Guru Gobind Singh
Indraprastha University, DelhiSpeakers• Dr Kartik Sharma Buria, PAHUS Productions, UK and Mr Chris Godwin, Inner Eye
Productions, UK Filmmaker’s Perspective to Make Scientific Knowledge More accessible, absorbable and Interesting for a Wider general audience
• Mr Nandan Kudhyadi, Sr. Science Filmmaker, Pune Story Telling in Science Films
• Mr Manas Pratim Das, All India Radio, Siliguri Mythology as a Starting Point for Explaining Modern Cosmology
• Mr Chandi Raj Dahal, Kathmandu University School of Arts, Nepal Design Thinking for Documentary Filmmakers: an Integrated Framework for Communicating Science Visually
• Ms Lovita J R Morang, Researcher, Writer, Filmmaker, Guwahati Science in Space and a Space for Science in Layman’s Life
• Mr Jalal Ud Din Baba (Jalal Jeelani), Guerrilla Science Filmmaker/Green Activist/Communicator/Writer Intent and Content of Science Filmmaking
• Mr G. S. Unnikrishnan Nair, Farm Information Bureau, Govt. of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram Films on Farm Science
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17.15 – 18.00
Symposium Session 4: Digital age science communication; spreading science through digital highwaysChair/s• Prof. Anupam Basu, Chairperson, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur• Dr Denzil J. Godin, Science Communicator and Associate Professor, Lucknow
Christian College, LucknowSpeakers• Ms Subha Das Mollick, Bichitra Pathshala, Kolkata
Living with aI: Can Collective Human Intelligence Help Create an artificial
Intelligence Wiser than Itself? • Mr Pallava Bagla, Sr. Science Communicator and Photo Journalist, New Delhi
Science Journalism in the Smart Phone Era!• Dr Sunil Mehru, Consortium for Educational Communication, New Delhi
Digital Eye to Comprehended Scientific Concepts • Dr Denzil J. Godin, Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow and Mr Dennis M.J.
Godin, Christ University, Bengaluru Empowering Citizens in Digital India: opportunities and Challenges before Science Communicators
18.00 – 18.30Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (BBCC), New Town, Kolkata for Cultural Programmes and Dinner
Screening of Foreign Films and Discussion 09.00 – 12.00 S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
1. Niède – EN 02:15:47 Portuguese Tiago Tambelli Brazil
2. Beyond Baby Blue 00:23:25 EnglishChris Godwin, Inner Eye Productions/White Boat TV
UK
3.Importing garbage for energy is good business for Sweden
00:04:02 English Sweden Government Sweden
4.Smart cities – for a sustainable future
00:01:30 NA Sweden Government Sweden
5.Sweden, leading the World in Innovation
00:05:20 Swedish Sweden Government Sweden
6.Plogging – how fitness can save the climate
00:02:07 English Sweden Government Sweden
7th november 2019 | Preview Theatre
Time Event
12.00 – 12.30 TEa BrEaK
12.30 – 14.00 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
14.00 – 15.00 LunCH
15.00 – 16.00 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK
16.15 – 17.45 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
174.5 – 18.00Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (BBCC), New Town, Kolkata for Cultural Programmes and Dinner
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Screening of Indian Competitive Films and Discussion (Category a – Films Made by independent filmmakers) 12.30 – 14.00
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1.Searching... The Next Road
00:15:00English Bharti Shandilya/Abhinav Mishra
2.
Startup, Fostering Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
00:15:00English Rajesh Srivastava/
Vigyan Prasar, Noida
3. Super Food Moringa 00:21:00 English G.S. Unnikrishnan Nair
4.Swchchata Ka Aawishkar (The Invention of Cleanliness)
00:07:53 Hindi Prashant Kuhikar
5. The Climate Challenge00:22:40
English Rakesh Rao
15.00 – 16.00
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1. The Dead Don’t Talk 00:34:35 EnglishSeema Muralidhara/Beacon Television, Mumbai
2.The Last Naked-Eye Astronomer
00:29:58 Odia Deba Ranjan/Sudhira Panda
16.15 – 17.45
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1.
The Promise of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) - A Film on Polymer
00:12:26 EnglishObaidullah Raihan/Instructional Media Centre, MANUU, Hyderabad
2. Valley of the Goats 00:23:40 English G.S. Unnikrishnan Nair
3. Wanted Bride 00:19:10 HindiVipul Keerti Sharma/Ashok Sharma
4. Wave of Transformation 00:22:58 EnglishAsrar Shamsi, Super-Ads/Vigyan Prasar, Noida
5. We Need You Here! 00:07:00 EnglishKeerthi Raj B S, Sidharth Adithyan/Vivek Kannadi, Science Media Centre, IISER Pune
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7th november 2019 | Class room Theatre – II
Time Event
12.00 – 12.30 TEa BrEaK
12.30 – 13.30
Master Class
Communicating Science through Video by Mr Ajay Kanchan, Film Director; Chief Editor & CEO, Media Today, New Delhi, India
Screening of film: Deadly Neighbours, directed by Mr Ajay Kanchan and produced by National Biodiversity Authority of India, Tamil Nadu, Duration: 00:23:16
13.30 – 14.00
Master Class
The Making of Film on Scientist and journey of science film - Element 112, The Marinov Affair (Israel, 2016) by Ms Rama Marinov-Cohen
14.00 – 15.00 LunCH
15.00 – 16.00 Screening of foreign films and discussion
1.600 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK
16.15 – 17.45 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
17.45 – 18.00Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (BBCC), New Town, Kolkata for Cultural programmes and Dinner
Screening of non-competitive Films and DiscussionDuring Master Class 12.30 - 13.00
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1. Deadly Neighbours 00:23:16 EnglishAjay Kanchan/National Biodiversity Authority of India, Tamil Nadu
Screening of foreign Films and discussion 15.00 – 16.00S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
1.The Face of A Stranger Decouverte
00:49:51 French
Danny Lemieux and Geneviève Turcotte/CBC and Radio-Canada
Canada
Screening of Indian Competitive Films and Discussion (Category B – Films Made by School/College Students) 16.15 – 17.45
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1. An Initiative 00:02:30 HindiVirat Vaibhav/Kilkari Bihar Bal Bhawan, Patna
2. An Innovative Drawer 00:06:00 EnglishAryan Kumar/Kilkari Bihar Bal Bhawan, Patna
3. Bahulak 00:10:00 HindiSunil Kumar/Indirapuram Institute of Higher Studies, Ghaziabad
4. Chhipi - The Cap 00:15:10 BengaliAbhijit A Paul/Jayprakash Viswakarma & Abhijit A Paul
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5. Ener-G? 00:10:00 Hindi Prince Kumar
6. Friendly Invader 00:07:23 EnglishBatch: 2018-20, BFA in Digital Filmmaking & VFX/Techno India University, Kolkata
7. Janata Solar ATM 00:07:48 English Alekhya Chakraborty
8.Meena-Story of Green Cancer
00:10:00 Hindi Hasan Ishan/Roofiya Khan
9. Oxygen 00:01:38 English Madhulika/Vartika Tyagi
10. Parity Check 00:04:10 EnglishAnanya Jain/Dreams Foundation, Gujarat
11. Rouge Water 00:20:10 English Abhishek Singh/Jaycey Vikram
8th november 2019 | Main Theatre
Time Event
08.00 – 09.00 registration
09.00 – 10.00
Panel Discussion on Science Films: Jury’s view on competitive entries of ISFFI 2019
Jury Chair• Mr Apurba Kishore Bir, Padma Shri, Veteran Filmmaker, Mumbai
Jury Members• Prof. Iftekhar Ahmad, Former Director, FTII Pune and AJK MCRC, New Delhi• Mr Himanshu Malhotra, Environmentalist and Wildlife Fimmaker• Mr Kul Bhushan, Former DDG, DD National, Prasar Bharati• Mr Santosh Pandey, Sr. Producer, ETV Bharat, RFC, Hyderabad• Mr A S K V S Sharma, Sr. Principal Scientist, CFTRI, Mysore• Ms Sunanda Rao-Erdem, Sr. Journalist and representative of Deutsche Welle,
Germany nomination Jury Chair• Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU & Former Vice
Chancellor, Patna University
nomination Jury Members: • Dr D. J. Pati, Dean and Director, India Today Media Institute, Noida• Prof. C. P. Singh, Professor at USMC, GGSIPU, New Delhi • Dr Susmita Bala, Director, DME Media School, Noida• Dr Rashmi Sharma, Scientist E, DST, Govt. of India• Ms Suman Sanjay Aggarwal, Sr. Producer, Doordarshan, New Delhi• Mr Mobin Khan, Sr. Producer, AIR, New Delhi
10.00 – 10.15 TEa BrEaK
10.15 – 13.00Screening of Screening of Mission Mangal followed by interaction with Mr R. Balki, Filmmaker and Writer
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13.00 – 14.00
award Ceremony
Chief guestHon’ble Minister Dr Harsh VardhanMinistry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
guests of Honor• Mr R. Balki, Sr. Filmmaker and Writer, Mumbai• Mr Apurba Kishore Bir, Padma Shri, Veteran Filmmaker, Mumbai – Jury Chair • Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU & Former Vice
Chancellor, Patna University – Nomination Jury Chair
14.00 – 15.00 LunCH
15.00 – 15.30Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (BBCC), New Town, Kolkata for Valedictory programme of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019
8th november 2019 | new Class room Theatre
Time Event
10.00 – 10.15 TEa BrEaK
10.15 – 11.15
Master Class No crew, no cameras: Dutch filmmaker on his journey filming India’s population, health conditions, education and innovations on an iPhone by Mr A. G. A. Van De Laar, Science Filmmaker, Netherlands
11.15 – 12.15
Master ClassScience Communication through animation series – Go Go Giwas by Ms Li-Yu Fu, Science Filmmaker, Director, CISD, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan and Mr Shih-Wei Wang, CEO, Engine Studios, Taiwan
12.15 – 13.00
Master ClassScience and Environment Filmmaking in Nepal by Mr Ramesh Khadka filmmaker and journalist from Media Service Nepal and Mr Aditya Khadka, Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal
8th november 2019 | Preview Theatre
Time Event
09.00 – 11.10 Screening of foreign films and discussion
11.10 – 11.30 Screening of non-competitive films and discussion
11.30 – 13.00 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion
Screening of Foreign Films and Discussion 09.00 – 11.10S.no. Title Duration Language Director/Producer Country
1. The Fly Room 01:25:32 EnglishAlexis Gambis/Krista Parris
USA
2. First Satellite 00:45:30 Russian Roscosmos TV Studio Russia
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Screening of non-competitive Films and Discussion 11.10 – 11.30S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1.“ASHA” (Accredited Social Health Activist) ASRITA
00:03:59 HindiVikram Mazumdar/UNICEF India and UNICEF Jharkhand
2.“Pooranchandra and the Tikkakaran Express”, Orissa
00:03:58 HindiVikram Mazumdar/UNICEF India and UNICEF Odisha
3.Filariasis Free India... A Hope (Asha)
00:07:25 English and Hindi
Shivani Pandey/Gates Foundation funded film for National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme
4.Story of Transmission of Lymphatic Filariasis
00:03:20 HindiShivani Pandey/Gates Foundation funded film for National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme
Screening of Indian Competitive Films and Discussion (Category B – Films Made by School/College Students) 11.30 – 13.00
S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer
1. Saviours of Water 00:04:14 HindiAbdul Shahid/GCRC, Govt. Dungar College, Bikaner
2. Science Behind Miracles 00:10:30 HindiSurbhi Rishi/Amanpreet Randhawa, Punjabi University, Punjab
3. Space Dream 00:05:11Hindi & English
Bachan Singh/Akshaj Naik
4. Sun Flower 00:02:03 EnglishNikhil Kumar/Kilkari Bihar Bal Bhawan, Patna
5. Symbiosis 00:08:24 Marathi Kasturi Milind Kulkarni/Milind Kulkarni
6. The Blue Light 00:10:00 EnglishPrince Kumar/Virat Vaibhav/ Prince Kumar
7. The Future of Food 00:10:33 Hindi Karunesh Singh/Rahul Kumar
8. The Gift of Life 00:09:07 EnglishSaksham Chaturvedi/Bal Bharati Public School, Noida
9. The Taste of Life 00:13:00 EnglishSaawan Kumar Bag/Somnath Ghosal
10. The Wasted Man 00:02:10 SilentShruti Parthasarathy/Piyush Pal Singh
11. Young Innovations 00:20:00English & Hindi
Sayan Mondal & Group/Vishal Kumar & Group
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8th november 2019 | Class room Theatre – II
Time Event
10.00 – 10.15 TEa BrEaK
10.15 – 13.00 Screening of foreign films and discussion
Screening of Foreign Films and Discussion 10.15 – 13.00S.no. Title of the Film Duration Language Director/Producer Country
1. When You Look Away 01:20:00 DanishPhie Ambo/Malen Flindt Pedersen
Denmark
2. BUGS 01:13:00 DanishAndreas Johnsen/Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær
Denmark
SPECIal SCREENING
wHERE THE ElEPHaNT SlEEPSThis powerful film, about elephants who are forced to give tourists rides at Amer Fort, Jaipur. With captivating cinematography and an engaging story line, it shows how India’s most beloved animal is abused in an illegal, but publicly accepted
SCIENCE aNd TECHNoloGy oF yoGa aNd mEdITaTIoN (SaTyam)When antibiotics are failing as viruses and bacteria are proliferating development resistance to the best allopathic medicines… and the whole world is looking for safer alternatives… the ancient science of yoga & meditation is providing all the answers.
“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.”
— SIr DAvID ATTEnborough
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