SUBIRA LATEST SCREENING - "A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD"

Subira Latest screening will be at the Palm Springs Short Film Festivalin L.A. California, USA on August 26 at 11:30 am at the Camelot Theater.

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WATCH OUT FOR THE FEATURE FILM SOON...

SUBIRA DOES IT AGAIN

Subira, the short Kenyan film written and directed by Ravneet Chadha, won its third and fourth awards; SIGNIS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM and THE BEST EAST AFRICAN TALENT AWARDS in the region in the just concluded Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) on sat 19th July. The international jury mentioned that the film told the story using images and with minimal dialogue to depict an authentic culture.

Earlier, Subira screened at the launch of the festival at the movenpick Royal Palm Hotel, then screened at the festival, with a large audience in attendance.

Above: Writer/ director of Subira, Ravneet 'Sippy' Chadha. Right: Official 11th annual ZIFF poster

SHOTS AT LAMU

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON SUBIRA

Q1. What inspired you to shoot in Lamu?

Ans. To me, Lamu with its narrow and untouched streets represented the human mind in fear that keeps us small and narrow and fears expansion and growth. The town sits at the edge of the ever-expansive Indian Ocean, that to me was symbolic of the freedom and expansion that we are born to.

Q2. What made you write the story? Where you raised Muslim?

Ans. The story is a personal one that I experienced myself. No I was not raised as a Muslim. To me, the Bui Bui is again symbolic of the cage of conformity that we find ourselves in. I grew up in a British boarding school where i was sent at the age of 5 yrs in India. On coming home for the holidays, I could see things from an outsiders perspective and noticed how important the role of the society was, in keeping people to conform to one narrow way of life and if anyone wanted to be different, eyebrows were raised to keep that person in line.

I feel we are born with different abilities and potentials, those should be encouraged to flower and hence we celebrate our uniqueness

SUBIRA AT ZIFF

Subira screened at the launch of the festival at the movenpick Royal Palm Hotel, then screened at the festival, with a large audience in attendance where the Writer/ Director Ravneet “Sippy” Chadha, presented it.

It had a wonderful audience from both the local and international audiences most of who said it was of a very high quality.

Above The Writer/Director Ms. Ravneet Chadha presenting Subira Short film in Zanzibar International film Festival

AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR OF SUBIRA ON BBC

Listen to a live interview with Ravneet Chadha, Writer/ Director of Subira live on BBC Radio World Service after a recent international screening in Belgian capital, Brussels on the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/2008/04/080429_arts_subira.shtml

SUBIRA AT ZIFF LAUNCH

Subira Short Film was the chosen as the only film to be screened at the Zanzibar International Film Festival's (ZIFF) launch in Dar salaam Tanzania at the Movenpick Hotel.

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