Vanni Mus (tamilsk: வன்னி எலி) er en kortfilm produsert og regissert av Tamiliam Subas, som tilhører gruppen Eelam-tamiler.
Filmen vant prisen for beste i fiction category i den ni dager lange 11. International Short and Independent Film Festival (ISIFF) i Dhaka 2010. En representant for Eelavar Cine Arts Council i London opplyste i den forbindelse at dette var den første gangen en kunstner tilhørende gruppen Eelam-tamiler hadde vunnet en pris på en internasjonal filmfestival.
I juryens begrunnelse het det blant annet:
«As far as content is concerned, the film is against violence perpetrated in the name of national integrity. To convey this message, the director picked up a form, which is an interesting combination of nature documentary wild life cinematography, surrealistic Filming location backdrop and realistic incident. A monotonous journey of some mice ends up in an unexpected revelation of a human tragedy. The approach is quite original for anti-war film.»
Handling “Vanni Mus” handler om reisen til to mus gjennom interneringsleiren Manik Farm. I leiren er de vitner til tragiske hendelser, som forblir skjult for omverden.
Priser
2011 – Best Short film 4th Ulagayutha International Tamil film festival, India 2010 – Second Prize Makkal TV Ten Minute Stories, India 2010 – Best Critic Award 8th International Tamil Film Festival, Canada 2010 – Best Fiction Award 11th International Short and Independent Film Festival (ISIFF), Dhaka (Bangladesh) 2010 – Special Prize Tamil film festival, Norge 2009 – Special Prize Periyar thirai
Deltagelse på filmfestivaler
2010 – 14th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Czech Republic 2010 2010 – 9th International Documentary and Short Film Festival (DokuFest) Kosovo 2010 2010 – The European Independent Film Festival 2010 2010 – Vibgyor International Film Festival 2010 under theme “Focus of the Year: `South Asia
Referanser
Eksterne lenker
Veteranfilmregissør Balu Mahendra om Vanni Mouse Veteran poet Kasi Ananthan om Vanni Mouse
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