CONTACT
Email: abhayaftii@gmail.com
Website: www.abhayatalkies.com
www.youtube.com/abhayaftii
FILM STUDIES
Three Year Post Graduation Diploma in Film
Direction from Film and Television Institute
of India, Pune (FTII)
Direction from Film and Television Institute
of India, Pune (FTII)
FEATURE FILM
GUBBACHIGALU (95min | 35mm | color | KAN – EST | 2008)
- Golden Lotus (National Award) for the Best
Children’s Film 2008 - Official selection to the Indian Panorama,
IFFI 2008 - Official selection to the Toronto Indian
Children’s Film Festival 2008 - Official selection to Los Angeles Independent
Film Festival 2008 - Official selection to NY Independent Film
Festival 2008 - Best Family Feature Film award at NYIF
Festival 2008 - Official Selection to the Kolkatta
International Film Festival 2008 - Official selection to the IFF Bangalore 2009
- Official selection to the International Film
Festival of Lucknow 2009 - Official selection to the Habitat Film
Festival, Delhi 2009
SHIKARI (120min| 35mm| color| KAN – EST| 2012)
- Legendary Malyalam actor Mammootty acted in
this bilingual feature film. - Official Selection to the Kolkata
International Film Festival 2012 - Official selection to the IFF Bangalore 2012
SAKKARE (120min | 35mm | color | KAN | 2013)
- Released in 2013
MUSIC VIDEO
- RAB
JAANE (4.25min| 16mm| Hindi| 2006) for
EUPHORIA - SPIRIT
OF YOUTH NEXT (5min| DV| ENG| 2007) about youth
of India
FICTION SHORT FILMS
- ONE FINE DAY (17 min | DV | ENG | 2003)
- MIRCH
MASALA (12 min | DV | HND | 2003) - WATCH
OUT (12 min | DV | Silent | 2004)- Screened at Big Mountain International Film Festival, New
Zealand
- Screened at Big Mountain International Film Festival, New
- SEA
SIDE STORY (11 min | DV | ENG | 2004)- Screened at International Film Festival of India, Goa
- Screened at Big Mountain International Film Festival
- YAKSHOTTAMA (11 min | 35mm | KAN| 2005)
- NINAAD (21 min| 35mm | HND | 2006)
- BHAVA LAHARI (5min | HD | ENG | 2014)
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
- GEMINUS – a glimpse in to their world.
- MANGALORE – tradition of traditions.
- YAKSHOTTAMARA KALAGA – Yakshagana Prasanga.
- POORVA
RANGA – Specialization in Yakshagana. - KARKI HASYAGARA – Particular style in
Yakshagana. - CHILDREN’S
TROUPE – Documentary on Children’s troupe
Yakshagana. - COMIC
ZONE – the world of Indian comic books. - COMIC SITUATIONS IN YAKSHAGANA – Yakshagana.
- SOLO
SINGER AND THE BLUE CITY – Film on
a Cologne city, Germany. - NEW DAY IN TRANSWORKS – A Corporate film for
Aditya Birla group. - BRAIN
FACTORY – Documentary on brain drain phenomena
in India. - CINEMA!
CINEMA – About young filmmakers
in India and their dreams. - COLORS
OF ADMINISTRATION – Youth and Politics in India. - GLOBALIZATION! – A sneak view in to the understanding in India.
- IN
SEARCH OF NOTHINGNESS – What God means. - CLUTCHES
OF CULTURE – The great debate of preservation of
culture. - ANANTA PAYANA – Documentary film on Dr. U.R.Anantha Murthy.
- VOICES
FROM THE VALLEY – a Documentary about Kashmiri Pandits. - YOUNG
ARMY OF BUREAUCRATS – IAS and Bihar. - ANANTA SADHYATEGALU – life and achievements
of Anat Kumar Hegde. - IN
THE SHADES OF KADAMBA – a corporate film for Kadamba – an NGO
in Sirsi. - NEW DAWN! – On the occasion of Vishvamangala
gau-Grama Yatra. - BADAGU TITTU YAKSHAGANA – Dondi Yakshagana
experiment documentation. - KAUSHALYA
ABHIVRUDDHI – A docu-Drama for KVTSDC. - EKAVYATI
YAKSHAGANA – Solo Performances in Yakshagana. - ASHOKAVANA – An experiment in private forest
conservation. - PRERANA – Insight into an NGO
Corporate videos & Advertising films
- M&G GRANITES – Corporate video
- Spider Logic India – Corporate video
- Tejasco – Product presentation
- Suco Bank – Advertising films
- EduAhead – Training videos
OTHER WORKS
- Guest lecturer in BITS Pilani, Manipal
University, St. Josephs Autonomous College, Tent Cinema and in several other
prestigious institutions and platforms. - Represented young Indian film makers at the
Berlin International Film Festival in 2009 Sponsored by the Goethe Institute,
Bangalore. - Part of Rotary Group Study Exchange to USA
and Canada in 2011 - Writings published on various important
dailies in Kannada. - Research paper on Tulu Cinema presented in
film Chennai symposium.
Abhaya Simha
13 August 2014