Dubai - Publics@IIHS | Creative Spaces in South Asian Cinema | Meenakshi Shedde | Part 8

Meenakshi Shedde explores how spaces are imaginatively used in South Asian cinema--literally and metaphorically, as well as lively, invisible spaces, and otherworldly spaces, with clips from hard hitting, reflective and nuanced contemporary films, including "Queen" and "Char..The No Man's Island" (India), "Television" (Bangladesh), "28" (Sri Lanka) and "Highway" (Nepal). About the Speaker: Meenakshi Shedde is India and South Asia Consultant to the Berlin International Film Festival, and Consultant to the Dubai International Film Festival, based in Mumbai. She has been Curator/Consultant to film festivals worldwide, including the Toronto, Locarno, Busan, IFFI-Goa, Kerala and Mumbai film festivals. Winner of India’s National Award for Best Film Critic, she has been on the jury of 20 international film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice. She has been Script Consultant/Mentor to the Locarno Film Festival, Mumbai Mantra-Sundance Institute Screenwriters’ Lab, Clinik South Asian Filmmakers’ Lab-Kathmandu, and the NFDC Script Committee. She freelances for media worldwide, including Variety, Screen International, Cahiers du Cinema, Forbes Life India and Sunday Midday. Her India Indie Club,a video film review series of indie and regional language films, appears on CNN-IBN TV and ibnlive.in.com. A filmmaker, she has taught and lectured on cinema worldwide, and been Mentor to film critics at the Berlin and Melbourne Film Festival talent campuses. She has written for 12 books. The lecture will be followed by a Q and A session. Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/815323701896857/ Venue: IIHS BANGALORE CITY CAMPUS :: No. 197/36, 2nd Main Road, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080. India.