Mysuru: Renowned Kannada Film Director and Producer B. Suresha inaugurated Cinerama ’19, the National-level Short Film Festival, organised by Department of Visual Communication recently at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru Campus.

In his inaugural address, he traced the growth of Kannada cinema industry and recalled and compared the movies of his early days in the industry. He spoke at length on the importance of having clarity of thought about the story one is trying to convey, and the importance of knowing one’s target audience as a film-maker.

Suresha also suggested that Cinema is a large ocean and the film-makers need to acquire the skills to swim in it. Citing a number of examples, he spoke of how even a small budget film can make crores in the box office.

In a 90-minute interactive session which followed, he shared details about the nuances of film-making, which was very informative and rewarding for the students.

Suresha also inaugurated “PixelKraft” exhibition of Graphic and Portfolio works of the final year students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Actress Aindrita Ray, who was the chief guest at the valedictory function, gave away the awards to the winners of Cinerama ’19. The Jury members S. Ravi Shankar, Film-maker and Music Director and Dr. B. Shreekantachar, Producer I, EMMRC, University of Mysore, were felicitated on the occasion.

Br. Sunil Dharmapal, Director; Br. Venugopal, Correspondent; Prof. C. Vidya Pai, Principal and Dr. Ramya K. Prasad, Chairperson, Department of Visual Communication, were present.

Prize winners

Top three Short Films: 1st place – BINDI (Director – Nikhil Sankar) Kochi; 2nd place – ZITA (Director – Kevin Karippery) Mumbai; 3rd place –  UNARTHAL (Director – Balaji SBR) Coimbatore.

Best Titles (Special Category Awards): Best Editor – Aswin for the film UNARTHAL; Best Director – Nikhil Sankar for BINDI; Best Cinematographer – Sunil Karthikeyan for ZITA; Best Performer – Jithin Babu for the film POTHAYAN.

Photography: 1st prize – V. Kamal, National Degree College, Bengaluru.

Amrita Awards

Top three Short Films: 1st place – PARA-DISE (Director – Harigobind Pachat); 2nd place – KEH DUN SHUKRIYA (Director – Zubin Paul); 3rd place – YOU ARE IMPORTANT (Director – P.M. Hemantha); Jury’s Special Mention Award – NETHRADAHAM (Director – C. Aswin)

Best Titles (Special Category Awards): Best Editor –  Pruthvi Raj for the film D.M.T; Best Director – Zubin Paul for KEH DUN SHUKRIYA; Best Cinematographer- HarigobindPachat for PARA-DISE; Best Performer – B.S Siddhartha for the film AGNIKUNJODRU KANDAEN.

Photography: 1st prize – M.  Shashank; 2nd prize – S. Akhilesh; 3rd prize – M.K. Imran, according to a press release from the College Principal C. Vidya Pai.