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Information courtesy Bangalore Film Society.

BREAKTHROUGH PRESENTS:- In collaboration with Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI), Habitat Film Club, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise Delhi, JACIC, Mumbai, Bangalore Film Society, Bangalore, Suchitra Film Society, Bangalore, Alliance Francaise Bangalore, Indo-Cine Appreciation Forum, Chennai, Cine Central,Kolkata, Swayam, Kolkata

TRI CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006: HUMAN RIGHTS IN FRAMES 29th to 31st Jan. 06 from 10.30 am

Moving images speak to us as nothing else does. Films can enthrall and educate: the TRI Continental Film Festival demonstrates this. Successfully bringing to India the finest human rights cinema from the global south, for a second time, the festival has been organized by Breakthrough tv, a human rights organization that uses media, education and popular culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice.

National Award winning actress Tara will open the festival in Bangalore on January 29, where it will travel from Delhi and Mumbai. The 15-day long festival will then tour Chennai and Kolkata in the days following.

The 16 documentaries selected this year have won accolades all over the world. A jury of five - Amar Kanwar, Arjun Chandramohan Bali, Ira Bhaskar, Rituparno Ghosh and Shohini Ghosh - will award one of these with the Jury Prize. Additionally, the non-competitive section showcases 4 outstanding features.

Filmmakers will be present to discuss their films following certain screenings.

Initiated in Latin America in 2002, South Africa in 2003 and India in 2004, the TRI Continental Film Festival (3CFF) has become an annual platform for narrative, documentary, feature and short length films in the 3 continents. In the last year, the first 3CFF in India has travelled to Bangalore, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune, reaching students and practitioners of human rights and film, IITs as well as cultural institutions, focused groups as well as general audiences. These films spark discussions, debates and conversations everywhere around human rights and social justice issues.

In this year's festival, find out what it means to be young, talented and a 'born criminal' ("Acting like a Thief"). Meet musicians and activists from the 'other' Americas ("Rebel Music Americas"). Watch the global media fight the war in Iraq ("Weapons of Mass Deception"). Join the global resistance to water privatization ("Thirst").

SCREENING PROGRAMME BANGALORE

In association with Uhuru Productions, FFSI, Suchitra Film Society, Bangalore Film Society & Alliance Francaise, Bangalore

JANUARY 29: 10.30 am HOME AND BELONGING

The Concrete Revolution Dir. Xialou Guo (China & UK/ 2004/ 61 min)

Grand Prix, International Human Rights Film Festival, Paris, 2005)

Traje: Women and Weaving in Guatemala Dir. Phoebe Hart (Guatemala/ 2004/ 10 min)

The House on Gulmohar Avenue Dir. Samina Mishra (India/ 2005/ 30 min)

1.00 pm BODY/CONTROL

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan Dir. Petr Lom (Kyrgyzstan, Canada &

Czech Republic/ 2004/ 52 min)

Sancharram (The Journey) Dir. Ligy Pullapally (India/ 2004/ 107 min) (The Chicago Award for Best Film, 40th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, 2004; India's Best Debut Director, The Lankesh Award, Bangalore India, 2005; Special Jury Prize, John Abraham Award, Kerala, 2004; Jury Prize, Kerala State Film Awards, 2005; Frameline Film Completion Award, San Francisco, 2004)

4:30 pm EMERGING SONGS

Angola saudades from the one who loves you Dir. Richard Pakleppa (Angola/ 2005/ 65 min)

6:00 pm INAUGURATION by Tara

6:30 pm SNAPSHOTS OF COURAGE

No More Tears Sister: An Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal Dir. Helene

Klodawsky (Canada/2004/ 80 min)

(Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Worthington, USA, 2005)

JANUARY 30 10:30 am EMERGING SONGS

Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where the Twain Shall Meet) Dir. Ajay Bhardwaj

(India/ 2005/ 72 min)

Rebel Music Americas Dir. Malcolm Guy & Marie Botie (Canada/ 2004/ 79 min)

(Best Documentary, Roma Independent Film Festival, Rome, 2005)

1:30 pm EVERY WAR HAS ITS IMAGE

14 Episodes Dir. Murad Muzaev (Ukraine, Netherlands & Chechen Republic

of Ichkerya/ 2004/ 9 min)

(Award for Short Film Promoting Human Rights (special citation), Melbourne Film International Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2005; Amnesty International Prize, International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam, 2004)

Weapons of Mass Deception Dir. Danny Schechter (USA/ 2004/ 98 min) (Best Documentary, Denver International Film Festival, Denver, USA, 2004)

3:30 pm SNAPSHOTS OF COURAGE

Beauty Will Save the World Dir. Pietra Brettkelly (UK & New Zealand/

2004/ 62 min)

5:00 pm CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Justiça Dir. Maria Ramos (Netherlands/ 2004/ 102 min)

7:00 pm BIRTH OF A NEW SOUTH AFRICA

Homecoming Dir. Norman Maake (South Africa/ 2005/ 90 min) FEATURE

JANUARY 31

10:30 am CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Acting Like a Thief Dir. Kerim Friedman & Shashwati Talukdar (India &

USA/ 2005/ 15 min) WORLD PREMIERE

Sisters in Law Dir. Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi (UK/ 2005/ 106 min)

(Prix Art Et Essai, Cannes, France, 2005) 1:15 pm IN A VEIN IRREVERENT

West Bank Story Dir. Ari Sandel (USA/ 2005/ 21 min)

1:45 pm CIVIL STRUGGLES

The Take Dir. Avi Lewis (Canada/ 2004/ 87 min)

Thirst Dir. Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow (USA/ 2004/ 62 min) (The Chris Statuette, Columbus International Film Festival, Columbus, Ohio, 2004; 1st Prize (Environment & Social Justice), Earth Vision Film Festival, Santa Cruz, California, 2004; CINE Golden Eagle Award, Fall 2004)

4:30 pm BIRTH OF A NEW SOUTH AFRICA

Zulu Love Letter Dir. Ramadan Suleman (South Africa & France/ 2004/

100 min) FEATURE

(Grand Prix Du Mellieur Scenariste - Special Jury Award, organised by Sopadin, France, 2001)

6:30 pm RESCREENING: Jury Prize Winner