Mumbai : Women in Film & Television (India) (WIFT), in association with U.S. Consulate General Mumbai, will conduct a panel discussion on ‘The Art of Capturing Reality- Documentary’. Participating will be Debra Zimmerman, a U.S. film expert 
and Executive Director of the non-profit group Women Make Movies; PatrickShen, a multiple award-winning U.S. filmmaker; filmmaker Shivendra Singh (Celluloid Man); and Surabhi Sharma (Bidesia in Bambai). The discussion takes placeon 17th January, 2014,from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm at St. Andrew’s College.
Anjali Monteiro (Professor and Dean, School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences) will moderate.
Debra Zimmerman has moderated panels and taught master classes on documentary films at the Sundance Film Festival, MIPDOC, Reel Screen, and international film festivals throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. Patrick Shen’s feature length debut, Flight from Death, received seven “Best Documentary” awards at film festivals across the U.S. and has screened all over the world. Filmmaker Shivendra Singh has been selected for this year’s Bimal Roy Memorial Emerging Talent Award for his widely appreciated documentary Celluloid Man.
For all you documentary filmmakers who have a story to tell,this is the opportunity to interact directly with well-known documentary film experts and learn about the making, marketing, and distribution of documentary films.
Source : Lokesh Shastri