3 FTII films selected for IFFI Indian Panorama

PUNE: Three diploma films from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) have been selected for screening at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 2009, scheduled to be held at Goa from November 23 to December 3. When This Man Dies' directed by Arun Sukumar, Swayambhu Sen Foresees His End' directed by Debashish Medhekar and Ekti Kaktaliyo Golpo' directed by Tathagata Singha, are selections for IFFI's Indian Panorama section.
Sukumar weaves a 22-minute tale of monotony of an office worker's life when it is disrupted after he receives a letter offering him money when a particular person dies. It has been adapted from a story by Lawrence Block.
Swayambhu Sen...' is an 18-min cinemascope project by Medhekar, based on the fateful rainy day of July 26, 2005 in Mumbai. The film is about three narrators atop a bus on that rainy day entertaining those stranded with an urban legend of a filmmaker who stole everything he needed to make a film, from film stock to cameras.
Singha's 10-min film in Bengali film, Ekti Kaktaliyo Golpo' (A Coincidental Tale) sprang from the 2008-2009 dialogue exercise which was a part of curriculum at FTII. It revolves around a 13-year-old boy, Babai, who is given a magic marble by an old man, and how Babai is able to live his dream.