NIFFFI 2020
OCT 30,31 and NOV 01, 2020
Nila International Folklore Film Festival of India 2020 This edition goes virtual with an all-immersive global experience. NIFFFI is an annual festival that aims at showcasing films based or emerging from indigenous cultures and folklore from around the world.
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NIFFFI
2020
NIFFFI is an annual festival that aims at showcasing films based or emerging from indigenous cultures and folklore from around the world.Given the global pandemic and its fallout, the first edition of NIFFFI will be a three day online virtual experience held from October 30th to November 1st 2020.
We invite you to participate in this unique and interactive experience centred around folklore, and told through music, spoken word, and motion pictures.
Entrants must ensure elements of folklore such as tales, myths, legends, superstitions and fairytales or aspects of indigenous heritage such as arts, crafts, knowledge, traditions and ways of life, form a central part of their submissions. These narratives may pertain to any indigenous society or region.
Since the river Nila has been the basis for much of our work, we would also like to offer a special invitation for filmmakers whose narratives are based around rivers.
Meet The Team
Dr. Jisha C K
Subject-Matter Expert
HOD, Assistant professor
School of Folklore Studies
University of Calicut
Rayson K Alex
Subject-Matter Expert
Founder and co-Director
tiNai Ecofilm Festival
Sineesh velikuni
Subject-Matter Expert
Assistant Professor
School of Folklore studies
University of Calicut
Jayaraj Nair
Film Festival Chairman
Founder "Birds Club International"
Rolf Killius
Film Festival Advisor
Historian
Ram Prasad Kadel
Film Festival Advisor
Founder "Music Museum Nepal"
Vayali Folklore Group
Vayali is a folklore group with its roots in the banks of the river Nila in Kerala, India.
Our mission is to promote, safeguard and nurture the tangible and intangible culture that flourish in the Nila (Bharathapuzha) river basin through the involvement of volunteers and youth.
Vayali promotes local arts, crafts and eco-friendly handmade products by supporting artisans secure livelihood by bringing them together and providing a platform to showcase their work globally.
Nila International Folklore Film Festival of India (NIFFFI) is our latest undertaking to reach out to the world and promote folklore and heritage.
Films Schedules
Day 1 / OCT 30 06:00PM IST
Born in nepal - traditions in nepalese music
Oru thudakathinte kadha
Punarjani
Gavari - rajasthan's mystical tribal dance drama
The bugun and the liocichlia
Unity in conservation
Jhini ini chadariya
Day 2 / OCT 31 06:00PM IST
Eer- a kyrgyz saddle
Urmila
Thung thung karmo black necked crane
Ropnee
Gauri and the ghat
Eternal bond
Sankasur : a folk art from konkan
Day 3 / NOV 01 06:00PM IST
Old chickens & big fish: reviving stories
Nizhalattam
Log drum of pessao
Idu mishmi handlooms
Of love & artistry
Wangala festival
Aabua paika kabu bageya
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