Melbourne: Bollywood diva and legand Vidhya Balan, is all set to sizzle Melbourne. She is coming back this year again as Brand Ambassador of the ‘Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2013’, likely to be held in May. The festival dates and details will be announced by the Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu in Mumbai during his visit next month visit to Mumbai as leader of the Super Trade Mission to India 2013. Festival organisers are tight lipped about the schedule and the high profile film stars who will take part in the festival. Brand Ambassador Vidhya Balan who recently got married will be accompanied to Melbourne by her husband or not remains unknown.
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne showcases the diversity and breadth of Indian film culture to Victorian audiences and will once again be delivered by Mind Blowing Films led by Bollywood’s leading face in Melbourne, Mitu Bhowmick.
The inaugural Indian Film Festival of Melbourne was held in 2012, delivering on the Victorian Government’s election pledge to develop an Indian film festival and bring the best of Indian cinema to Victorian audiences and screen practitioners.
Western Union Short Film Competition
Like no other competition of its kind, the Western Union Short Film Competition returns for its fourth year seeking out fresh, filmmaking talent from Australia, India and New Zealand. The theme this year is ‘FREEDOM’. What does Freedom mean to you, tell us in 10 minutes or less. The registration form can be downloaded from www.indianfilmfestival.com.au .
Guidelines:
To be eligible for the Western Union Short Film Competitions all shorts must be 10 minutes or less in length, films to have been completed within 2 years of our closing date, all films should be in English or have English subtitles, as this is a competition the organisers prefer that films that haven’t been previously broadcast are submitted.
Registration form can be emailed to info@indianfilmfestival.com.au
The winners from Australia and New Zealand will be flown to India. The winner from India will be flown to Melbourne to showcase the winning film at the festival. If you wish to send the DVD copy of your film, please post it to:
Mind Blowing Films
PO Box 6148
St Kilda Road Central VIC 8008
Australia
Source: Mind Blowing Films
