12th Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival

The 12th Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival of Indian, Asian and Arab will be held in collaboration with the Government of NCT of Delhi from 27th July 27 to 5th August 2012 at the Siri Fort Complex and Osianama and Blue Frog at The Kila, New Delhi.
In its 12th year Osian's-Cinefan has finally chosen the turtle as its future symbol for a number of reasons, one key reason being that Delhi stands on the River Yamuna and the turtle happens to be her vahana (spiritual vehicle). Turtles also represent longevity and wisdom.
The exciting and eclectic programme will showcase the best of Asian, Arab and Indian Cinema, all within an all-embracing framework which focuses on our freedom of creative expression and thought. First Features and Short films will be given special platforms. The art of creating Animation films will be intensively discussed and the ingenuous works will be presented for both the young and old. Our new '7.4' section on Environment films will be a precursor of a summit on natural and manmade heritage.

Osian's-Cinefan will this year salute the memory of Mani Kaul. Mani had been Creative Director at Osian's since 2006 and was the Director General of OCFF 11 held in 2009. To mark the legacy of one of the most remarkable filmmakers of World Cinema, Cinefan will institute the Annual Mani Kaul Memorial Lecture. OCFF 12 will also hold a number of events that will celebrate not only his cinema but also his formidable contributions to music, literature and painting.

With the addition of our new space Osianama at the Kila and the Festival's collaboration with India's premier live music institution - The Blue Frog at the Kila we add an absolutely new dimension to the scope, range and fun possible at the festival.
The accompanying events at these venues will make the festival even more memorable, with live music from the finest bands of the world, hand in hand with our master classes, panel discussions, conferences and the constant interaction with filmmakers.
Further, as part of the Festival a new annual CINEFAN FILM MEMORABILIA AUCTION will be held focusing on the finest and rarest artifacts and publicity material from Hollywood and World Cinema, to be held on 31 July at The Osianama.
Also as part of the festival related events a major three-day Summit on 'Delhi: The Next Film City' will be organized. This summit is being held given the rapid developing interest of filming in Delhi.