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Premendra Mazumder
Occupation(s)film -author, -curator, -society-activist, and -festival-consultant.
Years active1977 – present

Premendra Mazumder is a film critic, author, curator, consultant, society activist, festival-organizer, and festival-consultant. He has participated in several round-table discussions, conducted workshops, delivered lectures, and presented papers on various topics at national and international conferences.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

At the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival in 2015, he spoke on the 'Politics of Film and Social Dynamics' and on 'Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema' [9][10]

He has conducted film workshops in Kabul, Afghanistan and Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 2019[11]

He worked for the International Critics' Week Cannes (since 2006),[12] Cairo International Film Critics Week [13] (since its inception) and several other film festivals as consultant and advisor.[14][15]

He presented the Celebration Ceremony of 100 Years of Indian Cinema in Croatia (May 2013).[16]

He has inaugurated various film societies,[17][18][19][20][21][22] and has been the chief guest at important film meets over the last decade.[23] Additionally, he initiated the 1st FFSI International Film Festival traveling in over 40 cities in India.[24][25] The Festival was inaugurated on 3 August 2015 in Kolkata.[26][27]

Writings on cinema[edit]

Premendra Mazumder's thoughts on cinema have been published in a variety of serious Indian film magazines; daily newspapers; and film journals - Screen, Rupwani, and DNA (Mumbai),[28] Cinemaya (Delhi), Filmbuff, College Street, Chitrabhavna, and Chitralipi (Kolkata), Deep Focus (Bangalore),.[29] The international film magazines in which his writings have appeared include Positif,[30] Subversive[31] Cinema (Portugal), Film Realm (Cairo), Cinesith (Colombo), 16mm (Dhaka), and Deepwani (Port Blair). He is also the Indian correspondent of the Cannes Critics Week.

  • Editorial Board - Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique [32] published in October 2008 by the Nouveau Monde Editions [33]
  • Editor - The Poet of Celluloid on the life and works of the master film maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta[34]
  • Executive-editor/co-author - 'Indian Film Culture' [35] (2010)
  • Executive-editor/co-author - 'Indian Film Culture: Indian Cinema' (2016)
  • Co-author - Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (chapter titled, 'Music in Mainstream Indian Cinema') [36][37]
  • Author - Film Society Movement: a Success or Failure? [38]
  • Author - Folk Songs of Bengal [39]

Publications[edit]

He writes essays, short stories, and plays. His published books are:

  • Prekshapat (Collection of Essays, 1984)
  • Hundred Years of Indian Cinema (1996)
  • Samay Ashamayer Natak (Collection of Plays, 2005)
  • Victoriar Pori Ebong Onyanya Galpo (Anthology of Short Stories, 2020) ISBN 978-93-81686-78-2

As a playwright he has five major plays to his credit.

Offices hold[edit]

Jury member (incomplete)[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Creating art film audience important than making movies: Film". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2 November 2019.
  2. ^ "As-Giff". The Week.
  3. ^ "Festivals bring short films back in limelight - Times of India". indiatimes.com. 20 July 2015.
  4. ^ Nair, Aparna (10 December 2019). "IFFK 2019: The grammar of good cinema". The Hindu.
  5. ^ "Global campaign to restore Satyajit, Ritwik, Mrinal's ancestral homes in Bangladesh | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. February 2020.
  6. ^ "Jaya's Bini Sutoy selected at International Film Festival of Kerala". 13 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Premendra Mazumder – Dhaka Translation Fest".
  8. ^ "Festivals help promoting film as an art form: Experts at GIFF". 2 November 2019.
  9. ^ "KiMFF receives warm welcome". ekantipur.com.
  10. ^ "Panel Discussion – Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema". kimff.org.
  11. ^ "Resume of Premendra Nath Mazumder 2".
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Cairo International Film Critics Week". cairofilmcriticsweek.com.
  14. ^ "Curtain lifts on 4th Sylhet Film Festival". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Team – Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival Boston".
  16. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ ":: Campus Film Society ::". kiit.ac.in.
  18. ^ Desk, Odisha Sun Times Editorial (5 January 2015). "Campus film society inaugurated at KIIT varsity in Odisha capital". odishasuntimes.com.
  19. ^ "InstitutionsContents". visva-bharati.ac.in.
  20. ^ Trade, TI. "The Assam Tribune Online". assamtribune.com.
  21. ^ "Assam international film festival kicks off in Jorhat college - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  22. ^ "Bengali film fest to screen films from India, Bangladesh - Times of India". indiatimes.com. 7 January 2014.
  23. ^ "Cine Club celebrates 50 golden years". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.
  24. ^ "Bangla filmmaker for same-day release - Times of India". indiatimes.com. 4 August 2015.
  25. ^ Trade, TI. "The Assam Tribune Online". assamtribune.com.
  26. ^ "Fresh take on silver screen tryst - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  27. ^ "Farooki to present 'Ant Story' at FFSI International Film Festival". clickittefaq.com.
  28. ^ "'Tagore was inescapable' - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. 11 August 2006.
  29. ^ "Team | Deep Focus Cinema Magazine". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  30. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  31. ^ "Subversive Film Festival". subversivefestival.com.
  32. ^ "Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique".
  33. ^ "Nouveau Monde éditions".
  34. ^ "Federation of Film Societies of India". ffsiarchive.blogspot.in.
  35. ^ "Indian Film Culture 15th Edition August 2010.pdf". google.com.
  36. ^ Gokulsing, K. Moti; Dissanayake, Wimal (17 April 2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. ISBN 9781136772917 – via Google Books.
  37. ^ "Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (Hardback) - Routledge". routledge.com. 22 May 2018.
  38. ^ Development, Chits. "FILM SOCIETY MOVEMENT ? A SUCCESS OR FAILURE ? Ebook by Premendra Mazumder". ideaindia.com.
  39. ^ Mazumder, Premendra (11 August 2011). "FOLK SONGS OF BENGAL". IDEAINDIA.COM – via Amazon.
  40. ^ "FFSI demand restoration of ancestral homes of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen". February 2020.
  41. ^ "FIPRESCI-India". FIPRESCI-India. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  42. ^ "Top 10 Indian films in 2019 according to critics". 11 January 2020.
  43. ^ "I lost my heart to cinema and have since been devoted to it, says Aruna Vasudev, on being felicitated at BIFFES". [dead link]
  44. ^ "IFFS - International Federation of Film Societies". ficc.info.
  45. ^ "Film societies have worked hard to bring cinema to the masses, says Premendra Mazumder, vice-chairman of the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI)". 30 September 2020.
  46. ^ "Google". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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  48. ^ Kalinga Global Film Festival [dead link]
  49. ^ "Premendra Mazumder – Nepal International Film Festival". 19 January 2020.
  50. ^ "E-CineIndia – FIPRESCI-India".
  51. ^ Thrissur International Film Festival [dead link]
  52. ^ "Kinema : : A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media".
  53. ^ Syed, Siraj (2005). "Mumbai (Bombay) 2005". Kinema: A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media. doi:10.15353/kinema.vi.1113.
  54. ^ "MIFF'2006 JuryMumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai International Film Festival". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  55. ^ "MIFF'2006 Jury".
  56. ^ "iPhone7". karafilmfest.com.
  57. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  58. ^ "Reviews, opinions-Kyrgyz Cinema".
  59. ^ "ADFF Unveils Winners of 2012 Black Pearl, FIPRESCI and NETPAC Awards". abudhabifilmfestival.ae. [dead link]
  60. ^ "FIKE | 5ª feira, dia 24 | Grande Écran". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  61. ^ "KIMFF kicks off with 'unbroken spirit' - The Himalayan Times". thehimalayantimes.com. 11 December 2015.
  62. ^ "KIMFF is back with 'unbroken spirit'". myrepublica.com.
  63. ^ "Programming". festivalregard.com.
  64. ^ "Festival Regard 2016: Rencontre avec David Uloth". cinefilic.com.
  65. ^ "Kalinga Global Film Festival concludes at KIIT". 24 January 2020.
  66. ^ "Aurangabad International Film Festival - 2020". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  67. ^ Morley, Sara. "Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards". OIFFA. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  68. ^ "SSDFF 2021 JURY PANEL - Siliguri Cine Society". 16 August 2021.
  69. ^ "Jury for Auroville Films | Auroville Film Festival". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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