4 from state represent India at Berlin micro-film fest

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">VADODARA: Two institutions and one amateur film production group from Ahmedabad became the sole entries from the country at the 20th Berlin micro-film festival. About 20 contestants were short-listed from among 150 participants across the globe.<br /><br />While two entries are from the National Institute of Design (NID), one is from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT).The fourth contestant is an amateur film production group called ''Dekh''.<br /><br />The participants, identified by a panel in Berlin earlier in June this year, were required to shoot a 90-second "micromovie" using built-in camera of a mobile phone.<br /><br />The award, called the ''Micromovie award'', has been constituted by a leading cellphone company, that wants participants to use its handsets to shoot the microfilms, keeping in mind the visual, technical and time constraints.<br /><br />The films will be shown during the festival, from November 2 to November 7, with the winner being chosen by the audience. Apart from the mobile phone, the winner gets to take home a neat sum of Euro 3,000.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal">Final year student of the animation film design, Nupur Bhargav, and foundation programme student, Aditya Vikram Sengupta, are the two entries from NID, while Sanjay Gianchandani, Abhishek Tongia and Vishal Jalan represent DAIICT. One independent film production group consisting of Janantik Shukla and Vinod Kuriakose is the only other entry in the final round of the competition.<br /><br />"My film called ''Say Cheese'' is about a girl trying hard to fit in a camera frame. The film takes a lighter look at her desire to be superior in a virtual world," says Nupur Bhargav.<br /><br />Another entry apart from the two institutions is that of an independent film production group called ''Dekh'', whose two member team, Janantik Shukla and Vinod Kuriakose, have tried to explore ''illusive reality'' in their film.<br /><br />"Our film is called <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">''Exist</span>-<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Exit''</span>. Our language uses symbols of elevation and reflection to create this illusion," says Shukla.<br /><br />"The film tries to explore a basic human tendency to exit from this illusive world," adds Kuriakose.</div> </div>