NID FVC STUDENT FILM
Language: Hindi
Director - Nayantara Kotian
Faculty Guide - Milindo Taid
Year of production - 2005
SYNOPSIS: One Show Less concerns itself with the increasing numbers of single screen cinemas that are shutting down, all over the country. The film focuses on one theatre, Usha Talkies (in Ahmedabad), whose spirited employees and raucous, seat-breaking public make it one of a kind. This cinema is meant for the masses. The question raised is, are the masses to be deprived of the incomparable experience of the big screen? Through a series of evocative arguments put forth by the employees of Usha Talkies, a vivid portrait is painted of a unique way of life, which may soon become extinct.
This film was screened as a part of the NID Film & Video Retrospective at ALPAVIRAMA 2011 South Asian Short & Documentary Film Festival. (www.nid.edu/alpavirama/index.html)
Awards:
First prize, Jeevika: South Asia Livelihood Documentary Film Festival, India, 2006
Special jury mention, the 16th edition of the International Student Short-Film Festival of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Best documentary, Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore, 2006
Special jury mention, Karafilm Festival, Karachi, 2006
Best Documentary (Student), IDPA, India, 2006
Screened at:
The Silver Lake Festival, LA, 2006 / The Indian Social Forum, India, 2006 / The 3rd Aljazeera Documentary Film Festival, Qatar, 2007 / Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 2008 / The Bollywood and Beyond Film Festival, Germany, 2008 / Vibgyor, India, 2008 / The Indian Express: Voice from the Fringe documentary festival, Amsterdam, 2009 / The Cortisonici Short Film festival, Italy, 2010 / The Herning International Short Film Festival, Denmark, 2011