MSFDS selects seven projects for screen lab
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 17 2023:
Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS) has selected seven projects for screenwriting mentorship programme under its 6-month intensive Screenplay Lab.
According to MSFDS secretary Sunzu Bachaspatimayum, the selected projects for the 1st MSFDS Screen Lab 2022 are 'Leitai Jagoi' by Maipaksana Haorongbam, 'Night and Night' by Ashok Veilou, 'Ima' by RK Johnson, 'Smell of the Ripening Field' by Alexander Leo Pou, 'Ashukpa' by Maharabam Abhijit Singh, 'The Scent of a Mother' by Nandeibam Pramoda and 'Bewhiskered Courier' by Suresh Khuraijam.
He said the six-month lab is aimed at nurturing a culture of good cinema in the state, launching its first screenplay incubation and mentorship programme thereby inviting present and fresh screenwriters from Manipur to apply with a screen project.
Altogether, 15 screenplay projects were received for the Lab and out of them, the Screen Lab Selection Committee shortlisted seven projects for the mentorship programme.
The selected projects deal in contemporary issues, steeped in cultural nuances.
To make the Screen Lab fruitful, it will be divided into two phases: Applicants would be mentored on the basics of screenwriting, adopting a combination of online and offline mode of interaction in the first phase.
After a thorough understanding of the basics, the applicants would then be mentored on their specific projects in the second phase by film industry expert from outside the state, added the release.