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V edición del festival de cine indio en España IMAGINEINDIA Más de 40 películas del 16 al 23 Mayo 2006 en las salas de cine Palafox, Círculo de Bellas Artes y Filmoteca Española Una semana para celebrar la diversidad socio-cultural. Más de 40 películas entre competición, retrospectivas y documentales + foros de debate. Personalidades del mundo artístico español y de lo más granado de la industria cinematográfica india, Bollywood. Imagineindia, un festival alternativo que aborda una variada gama de temas asiáticos a través de la mirada de destacados directores y jóvenes talentos. Desde el 16 hasta el 23 de mayo se proyectarán más de 40 películas – cortometrajes y documentales incluidos– en las salas de los cines Palafox, Círculo de Bellas Artes y Filmoteca Española. Entre los títulos que se proyectarán destacan: The Rising Ballad of Mangal Pandey de Ketan Mehta, Iqbal de Najes Kukunoor, Page 3 de Madhur Bhandarkar, Amu de Shonali Bose, Viva Liberty de Distad Husain, Amal de Richie Metha, Elephant boy de René Monadas y Gol Maal de H Mukherjee. Asimismo, se proyectarán 11 producciones de la reconocida directora Mira Nair, entre ellas: Monsoon Wedding, Kama sutra: a tale of love, Salaam Bombay, Mississippi Masala, Vanity fair, The laughing club of India, My own country, India cabaret, So far from India y The Pérez family. Además, se llevará a cabo una retrospectiva de Mrinal Sen que incluye: Akash Kusum, Bhuvan Shome, Calcuta 71, Ek Din Pratidin, Akaler Shandhaney, Kharij Kandahar. Paralelamente, se celebrarán foros de debate y homenajes a los actores Sharmila Tagore y Aamir Khan. La Casa de la India entregará el Chakra de Oro –una escultura chapada en oro, obra del artista Velu Viswanadhan– al ganador del mejor largometraje. El laureado recibirá, igualmente, un cheque de Bancaja por € 15.000. El mejor cortometraje será premiado con un diploma. Participarán como jurado: Verónica Forqué, Sharmila Tagore, Goya Toledo y Kabori Sarwar. Durante el festival estarán presentes entre otras personalidades: Mira Nair, Jaime Chavarri, Laura Pamplona, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Pilar López de Ayala, Nur Al Levi. A R Rahman, Anjan Das, Subho Sekar, Shonali Bose. La asociación Imagineindia es una institución cultural con fines no lucrativos, co-presidida actualmente por el director de cine español, Fernando Colomo y Harish Fabiani, miembro de honor de la asociación de la comunidad india de España. Asimismo, el equipo está formado por: el productor y director de documentales, Larry Levene, como secretario; el director-gerente de Casa de la India, Guillermo Rodríguez Martín y el organizador de las ediciones del festival, Qazi Abdur Rahim, como vocales. .

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