Cut.In 2010 presented by Centre for Media & Cultural Studies, TISS, Mumbai

Published on: 22nd January, 2010

The second Cut.In Students’ Video Festival will be held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on the 30 and 31 January 2010.

The festival is being organized by the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies (CMCS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences. CMCS is an independent centre of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, engaged in media teaching, production, research and dissemination.A unique feature of the Centre is the close linkage between the technical and academic areas of its work, thus facilitating a synergy between research, teaching and production, all of which are informed by a keen sense of connection with local subaltern cultures of resistance and invention.The CMCS has done pioneering work in critical media education in the country. Currently the centre runs a two-year Masters degree in Media and Cultural Studies focusing on professional media practice and research within a framework that enables the development of a critical perspective on media, culture and society. It seeks to enable the creation of a lively group of thinking doers and doing thinkers.

The second Cut.In Students’ Video Festival will be held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on the 30 and 31 January 2010. The festival is being organized by the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies (CMCS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

CMCS is an independent centre of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, engaged in media teaching, production, research and dissemination. This national level video festival aimsto encourage talent among this group and also to bring them together. The competition is for short documentaries, short films, public service messages and music videos produced between 1 January 2008 to 15 December 2009.

This national level video festival aims to encourage talent among this group and also to bring them together. The competition is for short documentaries, short films, public service messages and music videos produced between 1 January 2008 to 15 December 2009.
Entries are invited for the following categories:
a) Best Documentary (under 45 min)
b) Best Short fiction (under 45 min)
c) Best Public Service Message (Under 2 min)
d) Music Video (under 6 min)

The festival will feature works by graduate/postgraduate/diploma students all over the country selected by a panel of judges.
Two prizes will be given in each category. The prize consists of a trophy and a citation. In addition there are prizes for best Camera, Edit and Sound Design.

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