FulMarxx Shorts Fest
FulMarxx Shorts Fest- now renamed Ahmedabad International Film Festival 1 started in April 2008 at Ahmedabad, the capital city of Gujarat, India. It is a film festival dedicated only to Short Films. The second EDition of the fest - now renamed Ahmedabad International Film Festival 2 is scheduled to be held on April 25-28, 2009.
It was started by a student of Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad, Shiladitya Bora with a few friends and currently FulMarxx also has an entertainment and movie marketing arm called FulMarxx 360 Degrees and a production house too called FulMarxx Motion Pictures. 3
FulMarxx Shorts Fest Ver 1.0
The first edition of Shorts Fest was held on April 25-26, 2008. The festival witnessed AbOUT 200 entries in 16 languages and went on to become India's Largest Short Film Festival. The films were judged by a jury inclusive of Tanuja Chandra, Makrand Deshpande and Onir.4
Prizes were awarded in the categories of Micro Shorts, Mini Shorts, Long Shorts and Full Shorts.
FulMarxx Shorts Fest Ver 2.0
- now renamed Ahmedabad International Film Festival 5
Ver 2.0 of FulMarxx Shorts Fest will be held in April, 2009. 30 films will be shortlisted from the nominations and a theaterical screening is scheduled on April 25-28. The final award ceremony is on the 28th.
The Jury for Shorts Fest Ver 2.0 includes
Satish Kaushik | Actor/ Writer/ Director/ Producer
Rangita Pritish Nandy | Film Producer/ Creative Director( Pritish Nandy Communications)
Kumar Mangat | Producer(Omkara)/ Managing Director( Big Screen Entertainment)
Onir | Producer/ Director (My Brother Nikhil, Bas Ek Pal, Sorry Bhai)
Sanjay Suri | Actor/ Producer
Avijit Dutt | Filmmaker/ Theatre Director/ Writer/ Actor (Amu, Bow Barracks Forever, Kamasutra)
Ashwini Malik | Producer/ Director/ Writer
Vinta Nanda | Writer/ Director (White Noise)
Erik Nordby | Producer - The Afternoon News, KGO RADIO, ABC/DISNEY /Director, Content Acquisitions, Online Programming, and Daily News at Current TV
Homi Wadia | Noted Theatre Personality/ Television Producer/ Director/ Actor
Darshan Jariwala | Actor
Irene Dhar Malik | Film Editor (Bas Ek Pal, Clever and Lonely, Loknayak)
Stalin K | Filmmaker
Kajal Oza | Writer/ Actor
Bhawana Somaaya | Senior film journalist / Former Editor, SCREEN
Utpal Borpujari | National Award Winning (Swarna Kamal-Golden Lotus) Film Critic
Bikas Mishra | Founder, Dear Cinema (www.dearcinema.com )
Sudhish Kamath | Filmmaker/ Journalist (The Hindu)
Prof. Tejas A Desai | Faculty Member/ Course Designer of 'Film Industry Business' course at IIM Ahmedabad
Cyrus Dastur | Noted Theatre Personality/ Founder of Mocha Film Club and SHAMIANA Film Club
Kunal Jhaveri | Co-founder, Mocha Film Club/ Director-Acquisitions & Chief Curator- The Short Circuit Screenings
Arnab Ray (a.k.a Great Bong)| Blogger extraordinaire (Random thoughts of a Demented Mind www.greatbong.net ) 6