Madhusree Dutta

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Madhusree Dutta (2016)

Madhusree Dutta (* 1959 in Jamshedpur ) is an Indian filmmaker , writer and curator .

biography

Madhusree Dutta studied economics at Jadavpur University in Calcutta and theater studies at the National School of Drama in New Delhi . In 1990 she was the co-founder of Majlis , an interdisciplinary cultural center in Mumbai that campaigns for women's rights; until March 2016 she was the managing director of this organization. She is also a co-founder of the Cologne Academy of the Arts , a member of the academic council of the School for Environment and Architecture in Mumbai and an active member of the Indian women's movement and the World Social Forum (WSF).

In 1990 Madhusree Dutta curated the first feminist art festival Expression , which is seen as a milestone of feminism in India. Other projects she was responsible for were India Sabka , a youth festival with a focus on multiculturalism (2002), Import Export: Cultural exchange between India and German-speaking Europe (2005, Mumbai-Vienna-Berlin), Culture @ WSF as part of the World Social Forum ( 2014) and Moving People , a project for the artistic networking of Asia and Africa in Nairobi (2015). During the Berlinale in 2010, her multidisciplinary project Cinema City (2009–2013) with one hundred participants from the fields of visual arts, architecture, film and social sciences had its public premiere.

Dutta's first film was I Live in Behrampada from 1993, which received the Indian Filmfare Award for best documentary the following year . She subsequently published other documentaries and short films, videos and non-fiction films. Her film Seven Islans and a Metro about Mumbai was one of the first documentaries to be shown in cinemas in India in 2006. She has also produced documentaries for young filmmakers. Her own films have received three national film awards, and retrospectives of her work have been shown at various film festivals. She herself was a member of several juries at film competitions, including the 2015 Berlinale .

On October 5, 2015, Madhusree Dutta took part in a nationwide protest movement by Indian literary and filmmakers against the state's cultural policy and, like 23 other artists, returned their national awards.

Dutta has lived in Cologne since 2018 and works as Artistic Director at the Academy of the Arts . In June 2019 it was announced that she would receive the Cologne Culture Prize as “ Cultural Manager of the Year 2018” .

Publications (selection)

  • With Flavia Agnes and Neera Adarkar (eds.): The nation, the state, and Indian identity . Bhatkal Books International, 1996, ISBN 978-81-85604-09-1 (English).
  • Spice Adventures , A Majlis production, CDRom
  • Dates.sites: Project Cinema City: Bombay / Mumbai. A Majlis Project . Tulika Books, New Delhi 2012, ISBN 978-81-89487-99-7 .
  • Transit: [This publication is part of KEYwording, a project by Madhusree Dutta and Ines Schaber] . Arsenal, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-944692-11-1 (English).
  • With Ines Schaber : Strike, Sergej M. Eisenstein =: Strike, Sergej M. Eisenstein . Ines Schaber / Arsenal, Institute for Film and Video Art eV, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-944692-10-4 .

Awards (selection)

  • 1996 National Award for Best Documentary on Social Issues
  • 1998 RAPA Best Public Service Advertisement Award
  • 2001 Indian Documentary Producers' Association Award
  • 2007 Special Jury Award, Film South Asia
  • 2019 Cologne Culture Prize "Cultural Manager of the Year 2018"
  • 2019 "Lifetime Achievement Award", International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ As Mumbai feminist group Majlis turns 25, co-founder resigns with a scathing open letter. In: Scroll.in. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b founding members of the Academy of the Arts of the World / Cologne. In: stadt-koeln.de. September 10, 2015, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  3. ^ Sameera Khan: Under blue skies and open road. In: The Hindu. June 20, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Madhusree Dutta. In: academycologne.org. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Irrepressible metropolis. In: The Hindu. May 28, 2006, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Damini Kulkarni: 'Nothing is too sacred to be touched': Madhusree Dutta on the evolving world of her documentaries. In: Scroll.in. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Madhusree Dutta not just a filmmaker-a retrospective. In: Our Frontcover. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Halil Altındere, Wahyuni ​​A. Hadi, Madhusree Dutta. In: berlinale.de. February 11, 2015, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Suvojit Bagchi: 24 members of film fraternity return awards. In: The Hindu. November 5, 2015, accessed August 9, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Why Kundan Shah and 23 other filmmakers are now returning their National Awards. In: scroll.in. November 5, 2015, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Axel Hill: Academy of the Arts of the World: New director is received by Cologne cultural greats. In: Kölnische Rundschau . March 21, 2018, accessed June 21, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Madhusree Dutta. In: madhusreedutta.com. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  13. ^ Cologne Culture Prize to Helge Malchow and Madhusree Dutta. In: buchmarkt.de. June 19, 2019, accessed June 21, 2019 .
  14. ^ A game, a social art project. In: thehindu.com. June 12, 2005, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Michael Kohler: Madhusree Dutta receives Cologne Culture Prize: "We live in a local crisis". June 19, 2019, accessed on July 28, 2019 (German).
  16. ^ Special Correspondent: Award for filmmaker Madhusree Dutta . In: The Hindu . June 13, 2019, ISSN  0971-751X ( thehindu.com [accessed July 28, 2019]).
  17. ↑ Young designers to showcase their work at JD Fashion Awards - Times of India ►. Retrieved July 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dutta, Madhusree
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian writer, curator and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Jamshedpur