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Called Delyn by English sailors in the Renaissance era, the once large seaport Payyannur is now the Cultural Capital of North Kerala. From the history of trade with China to Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Swami Anandatheertha in 1934, folklores of Theyyam to the encompassing Vannathi Puzha, rise of the Communist movement to the indulgence in Film Societies, our Cover Spread pays homage to one and all.
Shades Festival set it's foot in Payyannur with its 4th edition in 2023. Shades is here to reminiscence these stories and showcase new ones.
Submissions for the 5th edition of Shades Festival has started. This edition, we are inviting Documentaries too, a mile stone in the journey of Shades. The cash prizes have increased too. Apart from the consistent all Female Filmmakers Jury, over the previous four editions, we have an all female Administrative panel to oversee this edition.
Here's the list of exciting cash prizes to be won.
- Best Shortfilm - ₹ 50,000
- Best Documentary - ₹50,000
- Best Director (Shortfilm) - ₹20,000
- Best Director (Documentary) - ₹20,000
- Best Performer (Shortfilm) - ₹15,000
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The Shades Society met to elect the new panel and to enable the next edition. All four editions, it had been a short film festival and we had women filmmakers in the jury. But this is the first time we will be inviting Documentaries and will have an all women Executive Panel.
On to the 5th edition, with a new Executive panel.
Festival Director
We are much elated to announce Asha Achy Joseph, Dean of School of Communication, SH College, Kochi, as the Festival Director for the 5th
Asha is a researcher and film maker. In the last twenty-five years, she has done research projects at institutions including UGC, wrote articles, scripted, translated and subtitled films, translated and edited books related to Cinema along with making fiction as well as nonfiction film and TV content. She is passionate about working in collectives.
Her first documentary Anyar (The Outsiders) on Christian women's inheritance rights, was selected to Indian Panorama of IFFI 1998. After her doctoral studies in television audience research in University of Pune, she produced television software at various satellite TV channels for almost a decade in Kerala. Her production 'Changatikkoottam' (friend's gathering) was judged the best children's TV programme by the government of Kerala in 1999. She co-produced national award-winning short fiction film 'The Diary of a House wife' in 2001 with director Vinod Sukumaran. She was awarded Chevening scholarship in Broadcast Journalism by British government and specialized in children's program production in Wales in 2002.
She worked with film makers Lal Jose and Mohan Raghavan before she started full time teaching of Cinema in SH College as head of school of Communication in 2012. She was member and chair of boards of studies in various autonomous colleges and universities across Kerala. She has also been festival director and member of national and international jury of film festivals throughout the last decade. Her short fiction Ore Udal (One Body), unravelling the inner conflict of a nun, was selected to Indian Panorama at IFFI 2015 and 15 other international film festivals across the globe. She is one of the founding members of Women in Cinema Collective (WCC). In 2022 she did her first feature film 'PALAMA : Do you see me?'' With NaSym collective, a film making collective founded by Asha, along with her students and colleagues.
Thanking all our previous directors , in this moment - Jeeva Savithry Janardhanan, Jijith Nambradth, Archana Padmini and Anirudha Sharma.
❤️🤗On to the 5th edition, with a new Executive panel and festival director.
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Shades 5th Edition Executive Panel
