Ibermumbai to showcase world cinema in Mumbai

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 01, 2009 – Ibermumbai
Indo-Iberoamerican Interactive sessions + screenings
10-16 November, 2009
at Whistling Woods International School , Mumbai


Ibermumbai is an initiative of the Embassy of Spain supported by the Iberoamerican Embassies (Spanish speaking) in India & is organized in association with Whistling Woods International LTD, Catai Tours and Jameson in order to promote the cooperation and audiovisual exchange between the Iberoamerican Commonwealth and India.

Ibermumbai would take place in Mumbai between the 10th and 16th of November 2009 and the meetings as well as the film screenings will take place at well known film academy Whistling Woods International at Filmcity in Goreagon East.  The Embassy of Spain has invited around 12 key participants from the Spanish speaking world to India along with select well known Indian directors. Participants would also screen films from across countries like Colombia , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina , Chile , Uruguay , the Dominican Republic , Colombia , Ecuador , Mexico , Portugal and Peru .

Noted Indian film director Shekhar Kapur and top Spanish director Jaime Chávarri are the key patrons of the unique event. Other prominent attendees include well known names like Member of Parliament & Film Maker, Shyam Benegal; award winning Film Director, Ashvin Kumar (of Little Terrorist fame); Director of Casa de la India (India House), Guillermo Rodríguez; Spanish Director and scriptwriter, Joaquín Oristrell; Spanish Film Producer Beatriz de la Gándara, and the Cultural Adviser to the Spanish Embassy in India, Gisela Serrano.  

One of the main endeavors of this project is to pay tribute to the city of Mumbai, a year after the brutal terrorist attacks of November 2008.

Ibermumbai is not just a week of cinema but an amalgamation of interactive meetings & film screenings with the aim to promote the exchange of experiences, organize a laboratory of ideas and to act as a bridge to facilitate new productions and cinematographic agreements between countries. Each day, two sessions consisting of a film screening followed by a discussion with the guest filmmaker and the participants (from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm) would take place. Besides, the Embassy of Spain would also be screening different movies simultaneously at the venue, contributed by the Iberoamerican Embassies.

This project aims to bring together major protagonists from different cultural spheres of the cinematographic world & to collaborate on films, short-films & documentaries and television programs in the future.

A press conference would mark the inauguration of this first of its kind event on the 10th of November, 2009 at 10.30 am at Whistling Woods, Goregaon, film city Mumbai with the following:
1.   Shekhar Kapur, Indian Patron and Film Director
2.   Jaime Chávarri, Spanish Patron and Film Director
3.   Shyam Benegal, Film Director and Member of  Parliament
4.   Gerardo Fueyo, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of Spain
5.   Rosario Albuquerque, Deputy Director of ICAA (Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts)
6.   Ashvin Kumar, Co-producer of Cinema Week  and  Film Director
7.   Guillermo Rodríguez, Co-producer of Cinema Week and Director of Casa de la India (House of India)
8.   Beatriz de la Gandara, co-producer of the interactive sessions & Producer
9.   Joaquin Oristrell, Co-producer of the Interactive Sessions and Film Director
Hundreds of media professionals, film makers, cine-goers & film students are expected to attend this unique six day event

For more information contact  
Rahul Mittra CEO Brandsmith
Branding and Media Advisor to Ibermumbai
Email: ceo@brandsmithindia.com
Mobile: 91-9811603013