Film Club - St Thomas College (Autonomous)

About

To foster an appreciation for film, video, other moving-image media, audio and techniques and to preserve and disseminate knowledge about them as powerful means both of aesthetic expression and cultural understanding.

Committee Members

Mr. Bibin Joseph (Organizer)
Mr. Ajesh Antony
Dr. (Fr.) Biju Alappat
Mrs. Anu Jose
Mr. Joseph Jacob

Objectives

To provide the opportunity for members to view films from different cultures
To enable members who share love for films to socialize together
To encourage interest in and study of films as a form of art and as a medium of information and education
To encourage an intelligent and discriminating attitude towards films
To emphasize the cultural diversity and value education through the Good Cinema

Major Activities

Title of the Programs

Date& Venue of the Program: Brief details of the Resource Person

Brief Report of the Program with Photos

1.Turtles Can Fly

21-1-2016, 1:30 pm

Menachery Hall

Turtles Can Fly (Persian: لاک پشت ها هم پرواز می کنند Lakposhthâ ham parvaz mikonand, Kurdish: Kûsî Jî Dikarin Bifirin Sorani Kurdish: کیسەڵەکان دەفڕن Turkish: Kaplumbağalar Da Uçar) is a 2004 Kurdish war drama film written, produced, and directed by Bahman Ghobadi, with notable theme music composed by Hossein Alizadeh. It was the first film to be made in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

2. fauve

30-11-2017, 1:00 pm

Room No. 70

Fauve is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Jérémy Comte and released in 2018.

The film centres on two boys (Félix Grenier and Alexandre Perreault) looking for adventure near an open pit mine, who are soon drawn into a dangerous situation as their power game spins out of control.

3. Two Half-Times in Hell

21-06-2018, 2:30 pm

Medleycott Hall

Two Halves in Hell (Hungarian: Két félidő a pokolban), also known as The Last Goal, is a 1961 Hungarian war drama film directed and co-written by Zoltán Fábri.

The film is based on a 1942 football match between German soldiers and their Ukrainian prisoners of war during World War II, known as the Death Match, though in the film, the prisoners of war are Hungarian labour servicemen.

4. Wild Amazon

29-08-2019, 2:30 pm

Medleycott Hall

Screening of the documentary film Wild Amazon in the context of amazon wild fires, to create awareness about the importance of Amazon forests for the sustenance of the planet was conducted on 29-8-2019 in the Medleycott Hall.

5. EBSB

Himachal Pradesh

1. Fagu – Untouched Beauty

2. Apple Harvest in Himachal Pradesh

3. Secrets of Himachal

4. Way Back Home – A Himalayan Travelogue

11-02-2020

Room No. 73, 2:30 pm

Videos and documentaries screened

in connection with EBSB day celebration, which was conducted on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at room no 73, by the film club of St.Thomas’ College, Thrissur.

1. Fagu – Untouched Beauty

2. Apple Harvest in Himachal Pradesh

3. Secrets of Himachal

4. Way Back Home – A Himalayan Travelogue

6. Creative Video Making Competition

Topic –

Humanity vs. Covid-19

Cineaste

Film Club

St Thomas’ College

Thrissur-1

Organizes Contest

During Lockdown

October 2020, online

First prize: 2000/-

Second prize: 1500/-

Third prize: 1000/-

Rules: Shoot on a mobile phone

Duration – Maximum 3 minutes

Language – Malayalam

Last Date for Registration – 06/10/2020 5.00 pm

Last Date for Submission – 15/10/2020 5.00 pm

Mode of Submission – Name the video with your full name in capital letters, upload the video to your google drive, and send the link to cineastefilmclubstc@gmail.com

Those who wish to participate shall register by filling the form at https://forms.gle/VXdMPM5jG5WVzneD9 before 05/10/2020 5.00 pm

Winners

1.Amal C.S., 1 Sem Botany, UG

2.Aibel Sebastian, 1 Sem, Statistics, UG

3.Aravind M., 4 Sem BBA, UG