PRADIP BISWAS: BOOK LAUNCH AT IFFI, GOA Senior film analyst and critic Pradip Biswas of Kolkata had a new book this year as well – on ‘Three Women Directors’ profiling filmmakers Claire Denis from France, Claudia Llosa from Peru, and Susanne Bier from Denmark. Releasing the book at the venue of the Open Forum, Festival Director Shankar Mohan said Susanne had in fact won an award at IFFI last year (“In A Better World”) before going on to win an Oscar. He appreciated that Pradip preferred to write easy-to-read handbooks instead of voluminous works.
Mike Pandey, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Festival, said the Festival not only encourages new filmmakers, but also authors. Pradip said he had met or learnt about the filmmakers while attending IFFI in different years. He described the three women as ‘vigilante auteurs who had attempted to find an inner garden’.
SO FAR MANY IMPORTANT BOOKS ON INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS AUTHORED BY PRADIP BISWAS GOT LAUNCHED AT EVERY YEAR OF IFFI, GOA, THANKS TO DFF, MINISTRY, INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING, GOVT. OF INDIA. HIS TALLY OF FILM BOOKS IS 28 TILL THIS DATE.
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PRADIP BISWAS: BOOK LAUNCH AT IFFI, GOA
Senior film analyst and critic Pradip Biswas of Kolkata had a new book this year as well – on ‘Three Women Directors’ profiling filmmakers Claire Denis from France, Claudia Llosa from Peru, and Susanne Bier from Denmark. Releasing the book at the venue of the Open Forum, Festival Director Shankar Mohan said Susanne had in fact won an award at IFFI last year (“In A Better World”) before going on to win an Oscar. He appreciated that Pradip preferred to write easy-to-read handbooks instead of voluminous works.
Mike Pandey, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Festival, said the Festival not only encourages new filmmakers, but also authors. Pradip said he had met or learnt about the filmmakers while attending IFFI in different years. He described the three women as ‘vigilante auteurs who had attempted to find an inner garden’.
SO FAR MANY IMPORTANT BOOKS ON INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS AUTHORED BY PRADIP BISWAS GOT LAUNCHED AT EVERY YEAR OF IFFI, GOA, THANKS TO DFF, MINISTRY, INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING, GOVT. OF INDIA. HIS TALLY OF FILM BOOKS IS 28 TILL THIS DATE.
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