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NEW DELHI: Chakravyuh(The Vicious Circle), an animation film on the Right to Information by renowned filmmaker Dhvani Desai has been selected for screening at the Holland Animation Film Festival
Mumbai-based Desai is the only Indian whose film is being featured at the Festival, and the only Asian to feature in the section HAFF Tube.
The eighteenth edition of the international Festival – which is one of the ten international animation film festivals in the world - is being held from 18 to 22 March at Utrecht.
The film had been voted the most popular film at the Mumbai International Film Festival.
The film Chakravyuh shows the struggles of four characters from different regions of India and throws light on how RTI can be used to fight corruption. It has been produced by Films Division, and was first shown on 12 October 2013 on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of RTI in Mumbai.
Desai’s earlier animation film Manpasand on women’s empowerment had won her a National Award and had been the opening film of the Asian Women’s Film Festival 2008 in Delhi, apart from participatimg in around 10 international film festivals.
The film had been produced by the Children’s Film Society, India, and was based on a fast becoming extinct folk art called 'Sanjha art' and has won many awards, including one at New York Film Festival.
Desai has been making films for over twenty years and has served on many juries. Her films include 5 short public service films for the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation on the Principles of Mahatma Gandhi in Hindi and English.
http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-shows/animation/animation-film-on-rti-in-holland-animation-film-festival-150319
Mumbai-based Desai is the only Indian whose film is being featured at the Festival, and the only Asian to feature in the section HAFF Tube.
The eighteenth edition of the international Festival – which is one of the ten international animation film festivals in the world - is being held from 18 to 22 March at Utrecht.
The film had been voted the most popular film at the Mumbai International Film Festival.
The film Chakravyuh shows the struggles of four characters from different regions of India and throws light on how RTI can be used to fight corruption. It has been produced by Films Division, and was first shown on 12 October 2013 on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of RTI in Mumbai.
Desai’s earlier animation film Manpasand on women’s empowerment had won her a National Award and had been the opening film of the Asian Women’s Film Festival 2008 in Delhi, apart from participatimg in around 10 international film festivals.
The film had been produced by the Children’s Film Society, India, and was based on a fast becoming extinct folk art called 'Sanjha art' and has won many awards, including one at New York Film Festival.
Desai has been making films for over twenty years and has served on many juries. Her films include 5 short public service films for the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation on the Principles of Mahatma Gandhi in Hindi and English.
http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-shows/animation/animation-film-on-rti-in-holland-animation-film-festival-150319
