Drisya

DRISYA – FILM CLUB

‘Drisya’ the film club of Sri C Achutha Menon Govt College, Thrissur is a great way to explore many films and study film as an art. The Film Club is one of the oldest functioning club in the college, with eminent teachers like I Shanmughadas, National Award-winning Film Critic and former faculty of the English Department, who have formulated the club over the years. This club was formed to inculcate a sense of watching films among students. The club aims at developing creative criticism on films. The Club organizes film shows, film festivals, discussions and debates on the modern trends in movies. The club aims to train the students to become active viewers of cinema. The club
is developed to nourish students with the ability to create their own film projects. It updates the knowledge of students about various perceptions of films. Film club provides various workshops, seminars and webinars for the students to develop skills in editing, filming and writing. Students are also given opportunities to create their short films.

Aims and Objectives

  •  To develop a sense of watching films among students.
  •  To create active film viewers.
  • To build editing, directing, writing and film-related skills among students.
  •  To conduct film related academic activities.
  •  To explore many films and study film as an art.

Co-ordinator

Razeena P R (Dept. of English)

Members

  1. Dr Unnikrishnan T (Dept.of Statistics)
  2. Dr Jeeja (Dept. of Economics)
  3. Ranjith Kumar K C (Dept. of Political Science)

Student Co-ordinator
Breezya V (I BA English)

 

International Folklore Film Festival 2024

The Film Club of the college was a part of the esteemed International Folklore Film Festival 2024, where the college was one of the organisers and provided a venue for the screening of short films in the theme of Folkore from around the world. The festival was held in the college from January 8,9 and 10, 2024. The screening of the films was done in ORICE room and more than 50 students were part of the audience. As part of the festival, there was also an interactive session with the director of the short film ‘ Pooram Padayani’ Bini Gopinath and its crew members.

 

 

Nirmalyam @50

Intercollegiate Poster making competition
The Film Club of the college conducted an intercollegiate poster competition on November 14th as part of International Children’s Day 2023. The theme of the poster was the atrocities conducted against the Children of Gaza in the Israel-Palestine war.
The following students secured the first three prizes respectively.
1. Milan Raj ( Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur)
2. Tejus ( III Bsc Computer Science, Sri C Achutha Menon Govt College, Thrissur)
3. Don Joy( III Bsc Computer Science, Sri C Achutha Menon Govt College, Thrissur)
Harikrishnana E R ( II Bsc Computer Science, Sri C Achutha Menon Govt College, Thrissur)

The posters of the winning prizes and the photo of the award ceremony are given below.

Children’s Day celebration by Film Club and Vaagartha Club.

The student members read poems by Palestinian poet Darwish (translated into Malayalam by our dear Principal) and shared their woes and concerns for the suffering children of Gaza.

Campus Film Festival

The Film Club organized a Campus Short Film Festival ‘ Campus On Reels’ , in collaboration with Synergia Campus for Youth Forum and Chetana college of Media and Advanced Studies, Thrissur on Friday November 10,2023 at 10 am at college ORICE hall. The festival was inaugurated by famous Malayalam cine and theatre artist Sunil Sukhada. The presidential address was given by the college principal Dr Manoj Kumar P S and the felicitations by Dr Fr Benny Benedict, Principal of Chetana College of Media and Advanced Studies, Thrissur. Razeena P R, Coordinator of Film Club gave the welcome speech and Dr Unnikrishnan T, Faculty Member of Film Club gave the vote of thanks. The festival showcased a diverse variety of selected short films made by students from campuses across the district and dealt with a variety of themes that was relevant in the contemporary social and political scenario. Detailed Report

Campus Film Festival Video Link

 

Events

2016-17

The club conducts film festivals every  year. In the year 2016   two days Film Festival titled Signature organised on  December 16 and 17, 2016. The festival was inaugurated by the renowned film  critic I. Shanmughadas. Movies screned at the festival were Run Lola Run, BhajrangiBhaijan, Zindagi Na MilegiDobara, Rope, Motorcycle diaries, Montage, The Prestige, Jigarthanda, Hatchiko and Cinema Paradiso

Highlight of the club activities of the year 2016-17 was the successful making of the short film ‘Anu’. ( Available on Youtube) .The film was made by the members of the film club with the participation of students of the college. All aspects of film making were handled by the students themselves. Inaugural screening of the movie was done in the college seminar hall with the participation of all  students of the college and staff on 06- 01-2017. In 2020 a documentary  made by the Film Club  members on the State River of Kerala – Bharathapuzha—titled “Nila’   made headlines and also received  critical acclaim. The documentary  won the 2nd prize at the second Rain international Film Festival held at Kollam,  Kerala in 2020.Club also observes important days like Human Rights day, World Environment Day, World earth Day, Independence Day by organising documentary or film screening relevant to the days observed. Film club members took active participation in the Human Rights Festival -2017 held at Thrissur and in the ‘Campus Vibgyor’ Festival held at Thrissur.

A two day Film Festival named  Signature.2  was organised by the  film club on January 11 and 12, 2017 which was  well  received  by the students and faculty of our college. The festival received good  appreciation for the quality of the  films screened and also for the its  efficient conduct.  Films was showed at three screens  simultaneously which allowed film lovers  to pick their films according to their taste and interest. Films were chosen  for the festival with the  philosophy that it should offer something for everyone and hence it was a perfect blend of the popular and the critically acclaimed movies. It had international and national award winning movies like Jayaraj’s  ‘ottal’ , Pink , Neerja, and Tangameengal(Tamil). National Award winning Kannada film  NaanuAvanalla…Avalu which told the travails of transgender community was the highlight of the festival  and it was followed by a discussion  on the this much relevant social issue.

Some of the  movies screened on  third Fridays of every month.

  1. Kaakkamuttai(Tamil)
  2. No man’s land(Bosnian)
  3. The Walk(English)
  4. Pathemari(Malayalam)
  5. Lunchbox(Hindi)
  6. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind(English)
  7. The court(Marathi)
  8. Visaranai(Tamil)
  9. Life is Beautiful (Italian)
  10. Terror live(Korean)
  11. Talwar(Hindi)
  12. Children of Heaven( Iranian)
  13. Bicycle Thieves(Italian)

 

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