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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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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


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


16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK


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


UK

5.Skipping Rocks Lab edible biodegradable food packaging


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


13.00 – 14.00 LunCH


16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK


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


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)


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


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


Taiwan


Taiwan

15.00 – 16.00


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


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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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


Time Event

12.00 – 12.30 TEa BrEaK


14.00 – 15.00 LunCH


16.00 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK


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


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


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


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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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


1.600 – 16.15 TEa BrEaK


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


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


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


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


Time Event


11.10 – 11.30 Screening of non-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


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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Time Event

10.00 – 10.15 TEa BrEaK



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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