Mixed Culture Music: That Which Is Not “Pure”MUSIC, MEDIA 6th December | 12:00 (1 hr) | Venue: Sansara

Diaspora, mixed and urban cultures bring traditional roots to their new identities, often creating a con-temporary interpretation of folk and classical traditions in their musical expressions. In the Indian con-text, are contemporary interpretations of traditional music actually more in demand, or is it the com-mercials that dictate its growth?

Speakers: Varun Desai (Little I – IN), Karthik Iyer (Violinist – IN), Vasuda Sharma (Musician – IN)

The Trinity of Independents // Music, Film & Media6th December | 11:00 (1 hr) | Venue: Sansara

The opening session lays the ground for the three days of IndiEarth XChange 2013’s focus on looking forward and finding solutions by the coming together of culture professionals, entities and the insepa-rable siblings - media, film and music. A bird’s eye view of Indian contexts, international perspectives, the revolution waiting in the wings.

Speakers: Sonya Mazumdar (EarthSync - IN), Ankur Malhotra (Amarrass – IN)

Registration6th December | 09:00 - 11:00

Growing The Space - VenuesMUSIC, FILM6th December | 14:30 (2 hrs)Venue: Sansara

The backbone of the arts, Indian venues talk about landscape changes, roads they pursue for growth and their programming ethos. The think-thank session explores if India could adapt European collaborative models and networks to suit local conditions, and how perhaps a venue network would create the traction for industry and regulatory change – either through a col-lective, innovation, or audience development.

Speakers: Khodu Irani (High Spirits – IN), Nikhil Borua (The Humming Tree – IN), Arnaud Monnier (EMB – FRA), Fernando de Sousa (Casa del Musica – PT), Jean Noel Bigotti (Fracama – FR)

An EarthSync initiative, IndiEarth was born to support India’s independent musicians and filmmakers. Through a multi-dimensional framework, IndiEarth connects India’s artists and worldwide Media and organizes resources for the development of artists and the industry.

Online Online platform connecting India’s non-mainstream artists and worldwide Media, promotion, and other tools and resources for the independent musician and filmmaker.

www.indiearth.com

XChange Trade Conference and Showcase Festival of independent music and film, XChange provides professional platform for global exchange, collaboration and opportuni-ties for artists and professionals, with a focus on developing networks in India, Asia, and the Indian Ocean region.

Networks A sustainable collective of networks and music markets in India and the region for Indian and international artists. The IndiEarth Project is a growing collective of artists and multi-country professionals joining hands to walk new paths in a fast changing landscape of the music industry.

Venue (2014)A state-of-the art venue in Chennai, South India, for India’s independent artists for performances, screenings, rehearsals, residencies, technical training, and a regional home venue for international partnerships.

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Radio Speak – The Medium Is The MessageMUSIC6th December | 16:30 - 18:00 (1.5 hrs)Venue: Surya

Regulations, Innovations & Music Delivery - Is the landscape of the radio scene in India actually chang-ing? Independent music radios talk about how they reach their listeners, what they see coming and if regulatory challenges restrain them. The conversa-tion will also explore ways to develop new listeners and widen the scope of programming.

Speakers: Nitin Rajan (Planet Radio City – IN), Mahadevan Kalyanaraman (Radio Flote – IN), Rohan Sen (Chennai Live – IN), Kate Welsman (TripleR – AU)

Setting Up A Home StudioWorkshop6th December | 15:00 (2 hrs)Venue: Chandra

In this workshop, Didier Weiss will guide you through setting up your own home studio, focusing on acous-tics, ergonomics, layout, and monitoring. About the session, Didier says: “There are some affordable DIY solutions to bring professional studio acoustics and aesthetics to your home setup. We’re going to detail some of the problems you might encounter and, of course, the solutions for a great recording, mixing and monitoring home environment”.

Presenter: Didier Weiss (Sound Wizard - IN)Editor’s Secret: Creating a Story from Raw FootageWorkshop6th December | 11:00 (2 hrs)Venue: Chandra

Arturo Calvete will conduct a hands-on, 2 hour workshop on tips and insider information from the edit table. The workshop will cover a wide range of topics - from sculpting a story from raw footage, creating a concept, and laying down a storyboard, to addressing the challenges of working with different qualities of footage. Ramakrishna D. - editor and DOP - will use the film Surfing Covelong Point to demonstrate the challenges of filming and editing a documentary film.

Presenters: Arturo Calvete (Film Director, Senior Editor, R2RO - UK), D. Ramakrishnan (DOP, Editor – IN)

Copyright and Artist RevenuesMUSIC6th December | 16:30 (1.5 hrs)Venue: Sansara | MUSIC

Recent developments suggest that the Indian entertainment business is beginning to embrace the need for bet-ter understanding of copyright by creators and the legal frameworks surrounding their creative professions, in an effort to protect their work and maximize revenues... A closer look at how copyright knowledge can be career making and empowering.

Speakers: Atul Churamani (OnMobile – IN), Manojna Yeluri (Artistik License – IN)

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Artist Management in the New Frontier of the Global Business of MusicMUSIC7th December | 10:30 (1 hr) | Venue: Sansara

Where the power used to rest solely with the multinational record companies and labels, today it rests with the managers, bringing great opportunities for managers and with that, a greater responsibility on the managers to the artists they represent. The panel will discuss all aspects of artist management, with specific focus on independent artists with international fan bases.

Speakers: Brian Dubb (Dubb Management – AU), Rishu Singh (ennui.BOMB – IN), Emmanuelle De Decker (Gatecrash – IN)

The Social Documentary - Making The ConnectFILM7th December | 11:00 (2 hrs) | Venue: Surya

The social documentary filmmaker creates a visual narrative that needs to engage with the audience - to impact, change, create awareness or educate. Between the storytelling and the audience lies the crucial craft of how the visual narrative is delivered through techniques in production and post, the play between.

Speakers: Miriam Chandy Menacherry (Filament Pictures – IN), Ayesha Sood (Jamun – IN), Arturo Calvete (R2RO – UK), Irantzu Lauhingfan (Blueberry Creative – UK)

Urban Culture Journalism – Objective Reporting or Shaping Perceptions?MEDIA7th December | 11:30 (1.5 hrs) | Venue: Sansara

Urban culture often finds its expression through a variety of non-traditional forms of media - blogs, social media, online radio stations. While offering a platform of empowerment for urban youth, beyond the more traditional forms of print/visual media, is urban culture journalism specifically confined to youth culture? Is it objective reporting, or are these platforms predominantly opinion based outlets that shape the percep-tions of their readers/viewers/listeners? Non-mainstream, “minority’ programming, reach, growing a future audience - what is urban culture journalism about?

Speakers: Mandovi Menon (Homegrown – IN), Arjun S Ravi (NH7 – IN), Anuradha Anant (Media/Theatre– IN), Munbir Chawla (The Wild City – IN)

The World of Sampling: Insider Tips on Recording In the Field Workshop7th December | 11:00 (2 hrs) | Venue: Chandra

This workshop will explore the world of both indoor and field recording and how to incorporate these samples into your productions - offering practical tips and information on recording samples, working and recording in unpredictable environments on field, and the final process of post production in the studio. A showcase of work and insights into music production process on field, and unique recording/mixing techniques, with examples from personal experiences gathering samples for the EarthMoments audio bundles, and working on projects such as award winning documentary Laya Project, and from performing live as Business Class Refugees.

Presenter: Yotam Agam (EarthSync – IL/IN), Patrick Sebag (Musician – IL), Yoav Rosenthal (EarthSync – IL)

Spain Calling - WOMEX 2014MUSIC, FILM, MEDIA7th December | 15:00 (30 mins)Venue: Sansara

WOMEX 2014 producer Vitor Belho speaks on his production ideas for WOMEX 2014 being hosted in San-tiago de Compostela/Galicia, the impact of such events on local development, and exploring ways for a larger Indian representation at WOMEX.

Speaker: Vitor Belho (Nordesia Productions, WOMEX 2014 - ES)

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Featuring The ShortFILM7th December | 14:45 (1.5 hrs) | Venue: Surya

Delving into the world of short films, the makers of shorts discuss related technologies, festivals and plat-forms through which they reach and engage with audiences. How do short filmmakers distribute and market their films and generate revenue from their art?

Speakers: Gitanjali Rao (Filmmaker - IN), Rajarshi Basu (Nikon) (Filmmaker – IN), Anirban Dutta (Amnesian - IN)

A Brief Address: Initiatives for India’s Independent Cinema – 2014FILM7th December | 14:30 (10 mins) | Venue: Surya

Speaker: Virendar Kundu (Director General, Films Division of India – IN)

Four Festivals - WorldwideMUSIC7th December | 15:30 (2 hrs) | Venue: Sansara

Four successful festivals from different parts of the world and varied programming give insight into their artistic and programming policies, audience development and how they keep it fresh; their expectations from international artists and programmers, and joining the logistical dots. The session also explores In-dian programming at international festivals.

Speakers: Alan Tweedie (Arts InterActions - UK), Kwo-Kwan So (Hong Kong Arts Festival - HK), Arjun S Ravi (NH7 – IN), Jérome Galabert (Sakifo - RU), Dro Kilndjian (MARSATAC -FR)

The Artist’s Brand: Does Image Matter?Workshop7th December | 15:00 (2 hrs) | Venue: Chandra

How important is an artist’s image? Whether it’s on stage, in photo shoots, videos, or social media - the brand image of an artist often plays a significant role in how people perceive artists and their music. This workshop will offer perspectives from different wings of the industry on how they view an artist’s brand image. They will also offer insights to artists on successfully developing a brand, and practical tools that can be used to facilitate this – from press kits and merchandise, to styling, stage persona, and overall appearance/style.

Speakers: Sapna Bhavnani (Mad O Wot – IN), Romuald Requena (Sakifo – RU), Fabio Battistetti (Photographer – IN/IT)

Cross Media ExplorationsMUSIC, FILM7th December | 16:30 (1 hr) | Venue: Surya

Cross Media Explorations

Innovation, cross-genres, multi-media. Artistic expressions. Spaces.

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SUNDAYSUNDAYThe Independent ProgrammerMUSIC8th December | 10:30 (1 hr)Venue: Surya

An inside look at how independent programmers approach their work, what it entails working with festivals, how to open closed doors, trend spotting, and some hands on approaches to collaborations and commissioned work.

Speaker: Jody Ackland (IE), Christian Allex (FR)

Storytelling or Telling Stories?MUSIC, FILM, MEDIA8th December | 11:30 (1.5 hr) | Venue: Sansara

Cultural warriors of sorts, music, film and media have long been the voices for awareness, cultural reali-ties, and social change. How do the real stories get told for maximum social impact; how is the line drawn between hard-hitting narratives and sensationalism?

Speakers: Divya Bhatia (Jodhpur Riff – IN), Sudhir Mishra (Filmmaker – IN), Israel Wysinger (USOFMUSIC – US), Sudhish Kamath (Journalist/Filmmaker - IN)

Sounding Good on a BudgetWorkshop8th December | 11:00 (1 hr)Venue: Chandra

In this workshop, guitarist Ed DeGenaro will demonstrate specific techniques and tips on how to sound good both in live performances and studio recordings, without having to spend exorbitant amounts of money. He will go into details of working with the gear you have, how to get most out of the budget you have at your disposal, and insider tips on surviving in an ever changing industry.

Presenter: Ed DeGenaro (SAM – IN)

Tailoring Performances to Connect With Your ListenerMUSIC - Workshop8th December | 12:00 (1 hr)Venue: Chandra

Prasanna will share and demonstrate his thoughts on how musicians can connect with their audiences. He will discuss how no two gigs are the same, and will demonstrate live the way he tailor makes his per-formance to the nature of the audience present at the gig on that evening.

Presenter: Prasanna (SAM – IN)

Networking Sessions8th December | 11:00 (1 hr)Venue: Surya

Networking Sessions8th December | 14:30 (2 hrs) | Venue: Surya

Bad Video or No Video?MUSIC - Workshop8th December | 14:30 (1 hr) | Venue: Chandra

Can video content make or break an artist’s career? Many artists create video content to promote their music, but often end up creating low budget, low quality videos. Is it still possible to make good quality videos on low budgets? This workshop with independent filmmaker Ayesha Sood will delve into specific case studies and examples, in order to help artists/musicians prepare their own lists of what to do and what not to do when it comes to releasing and posting video content.

Presenter: Ayesha Sood (Jamun – IN)

SUNDAY

Ableton Live - From Production to PerformanceMUSIC - Workshop8th December | 15:30 (1 hr) | Venue: Chandra

This workshop will detail the versatility of the software Ableton Live and how it can be utilized for live performances. It will cover everything from the basics of beginning a new project, to utilizing basic elements - drums, bass and melody - to create a track. It will also detail how to maximize the advantages of Ableton in live performance situations, and how it can enable spontaneity on stage.

Presenter: Nucleya (Musician – IN)

The Real PictureFILM8th December | 14:30 (1.5 hrs) | Venue: Sansara

Four independent filmmakers speak about how they go about funding, post production, screenings and distribution.

Speakers: Shazia Khan (Saffron Films - IN), Leena Manimekalai (White Van Stories - IN), Anamitra Roy (One Rupee Film Project - IN), Hemant Gaba (Pennywise Films - IN)

SoundLab Artist Showcase: The Grand FinaleMUSIC - Workshop8th December | 16:30 (1 hr) | Venue: Sansara

Border Movement & IndiEarth are hosting SoundLab from December 5th–8th – a workshop with German based electro mentors Robot Koch and TL Mazumdar that delves into digital music pro-duction and hands on production skills. The 4 day workshop being held at the Goethe Institut will explore areas including composition and production, to mixing and live performance. After taking in entries from musicians to be featured in this collaborative project, the final SoundLab finale presentation will be showcased on December 8th at the IndiEarth XChange 2013.

Presenters: Robot Koch (DE), TL Mazumdar (DE)

Mahesh Vinaykram (IN)13:30 / Out There Stage

Mahesh Vinayakram, son of the Grammy award win-ner Padmashri T.H Vikku Vinayakram, and a UNESCO millennium awardee himself, has travelled exten-sively worldwide. Today Mahesh is a leading Carnatic and world music artist. His career began at the age of 12 with the opportunity to take lessons from Gu-rus like Shri H.Y. Narayanan, Shri O.S. Thiagarajan and Smt. Radhaviswanathan daughter of Bharth Rathna M.S. Subbulakshmi. Mahesh has worked with world class musicians including Ustad Zakir Hussain , Steve Smith, Pete Lockett and Nitin Sawhney on many col-laborative fusion projects.

KAYA (IN)12:45 / Out There Stage

An effort to marry poetry and acoustic instruments with the infinite sonic palette of electronic instru-ments and textures; always keeping the nature of the performance live, animate, organic. The poetry and music speak of experiences that are introspective ob-servations, personal perspectives and remembranc-es - and also of contemplation, conscience, emotions and thoughts - reflections from an intrinsically Indian urban existence in the form of song and poetry.

Runa Rizvi (IN)20:00 / Out There Stage

Runa is a Classically trained singer excelling in the genres of Ghazal, Sufi, Folk and Thumri. Born in the heritage of Kalavant Gharana, Runa started singing at the age of 6, and trained under her father - Guru Rajkumar Rizvi - the world renowned Ghazal Ustad & mother Indrani Rizvi, an Indian Classical vocalist herself. Runa showcases a unique blend of Classical Bengali and Rajasthani music through her versatile, powerful yet serene voice.

Mystik Vibes (IN)20:45 / Sansara

Mystik Vibes is a cross-cultural band based in Ban-galore, India – a collaboration between Hindustani Tabla player / percussionist Muthu Kumar, Carnatic flautist Amith Nadig, jazz pianist / electronic key-boardist Aman Mahajan and French electric bass player Mishko M’ba. Each musician is a solo artist in his own right, who has performed internationally at many festivals and stages. As a result, the band’s sound, though rooted in Indian tradition, is tinged with cultural and contemporary musical influences from around the world.

Astroblack (AU)22:30 / Leather Bar

With Cuban, Native and African American roots, Los Angeles born, Australian based, Astro Black is of-ten called “the DJ’s DJ”. Well known for his seamless blend of genres and party rocking sets, he has rocked crowds in USA, Europe, UK, Australia and Morocco supporting some of Australia’s finest Hip Hop acts including: The Funkoars, Thundamentals, Layla and Dazastah, Dialectrics, Drapht, DNA and Solex and BOMBS AWAY.

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Hashback Hashish (IN)01:00 / Pasha

Firmly rooted in the minimalist tradition, the Hash-back Hashish narrative offers something for electron-ic music fans across the spectrum. Since 2005, Ash-ish has been perfecting his craft, both as a producer and a performer. Eight years in, his musical vision can be heard from SXSW to Delhi, and everywhere in between; working with producers as diverse as Da Fresh to fellow Delhi electronica alumnus Audio Pervert.

The Bicycle Days (IN)23:15 / Sansara

The Bicycle Days are an alternative band based in Bangalore, India. The band is a confluence of varied approaches to music and the idea of a song. Calami-tunes their first LP is the expression that contains their perception of the contemporary world. There are social commentaries, dialogues, soundscapes, haunting vocals, opinions and plenty of elements to connect with at their live performances.

Sky Rabbit (IN)00:15 / Sansara

Mumbai-based Sky Rabbit (formerly known as Medusa) defines their sound as electronic/alter-native. A formidable quartet of Mumbai’s most gifted youth, Raxit (Vocals/Samples), Rahul (Guitar/Samples),Siddharth (Bass) and Harsh (Drums) have stumbled upon something unique, merging elec-tronica with indie and post-punk styles.

Tritonik (MU)21:30 / Out There Stage

Eric Triton (Guitar & Vocals) teams up with Norbert Planel (Cajon) and Shakti Ramchurn (Tabla) for an entirely unique take on Mauritian Blues; the very es-sence of Tritonik. Their soulful music combines Blues grooves spiced with African Rhythms and Indian percussion for a rare experience that they proudly claim. Oozing with raw Mauritian energy, the sounds produced by this powerful trio, will leave you hungry for more.

French Cowboy & The One (FR)22:15 / Sansara

French Cowboy & The One started around 2010 as the live version of French Cowboy, a solo act that made waves around France in 2007. The duo that form French Cowboy & The One - Federico Pellegrini (Guitar, Vocals) and Eric Pifeteau (Drummer) explore Garage Disco Punk, a fused genre, comprising heav-ily of fuzz guitars, drums, loops, claps, delays and vo-cals to provide the audience with a memorable live experience.

FRIDAYFRIDAY MUSIC > < MUSICRobot Koch (DE)22:30 / Leather Bar

Hailing from Berlin, Robot Koch has an international reputation as being “One of Europe`s finest produc-ers of the beat generation” (Low End Theory, LA), but he is much more than a beat maker. Koch released several albums and EPs since 2009 on Labels like Bpitch Control, Project Mooncircle and toured inter-nationally, playing shows and festivals in the US and all over Europe. Koch played Clubshows and bigger Festivals all over Europe, USA, Asia and Russia.

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Amrit Rao (IN)13:30 / Out There Stage

Amrit Rao, a Singer, Songwriter and Composer with a background in Carnatic music loves to experiment with western music styles and ex-plore various genres like Rock, Blues, Progres-sive Rock, Electronica, Underground and Alter-native music. Known for his flamboyant and high energy live performances, Amrit writes and composes his own songs both in Tamil and English, taking inspiration from social issues and the life around him. He is currently work-ing on a five-track EP with multiple producers and looking to take his project live across India.

T. L. Mazumdar (ft Jivraj Singh) (IN/DE)20:00 / Out There Stage

Indo-German experimental Singer-Songwriter/Key-boardist/Composer T.L. Mazumdar grew up on three dif-ferent continents always in search of sounds. His music is a marriage of the songwriters obsession for lyricism with the cutting edge and improvisatory spirit of a Jazz musi-cian who uses Electronica as a vehicle to play the same song differently every night. A special collaboration with drummer and percussionist Jivraj Singh is what’s in store at the IndiEarth XChange 2013.

Anthony Dassan (IN)20:45 / Sansara

Anthony Dassan, a folk artist from Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, doesn’t just sing, but dances, acts, plays a number of instruments, and even does acrobatics! Anthony Das-san Yen Party conceptualised in 2012, has come a long way from the small South Indian village, making waves across the non-mainstream music industry in India. Backed by Nadaswaram, Tapatam, Drums and Guitars, this Rock-meets-local-Folk music act is guaranteed to get you grooving and dancing.

WILD CITY NIGHT (Big City Harmonics/ Moniker) (IN)22:30 / Leather Bar

Pune based Rohan Hastak creates Big City Harmonics’ sound using heavily layered atmospherics, chopped up funk beats, distorted vocals, trip hop grooves and deep basslines. Big City Harmonics’ live set promises glimpses from his debut album Foreward. The album is packed with high energy Electronic dance music and traces of unorthodox music instrumentation including horns, Tabla and Sarang.Wild City DJ a.k.a Moniker spins anything from hip-hop, garage, grime, bass, house and techno to alternative electronica retaining a fresh UK underground electronic sound in his shows.

Dayglocrazie (IN)12:45 / Out There Stage

New singer/ songwriter from Assam/ New Delhi, Dayglocrazie can be found jamming on the streets of New Delhi. In this digital age of mindless MDMA trips, Dayglocrazie dives deep, seeking the roots of our human existence. Alone, singing with only a guitar - no embel-lishments nor fireworks: his music moves and aims to take the soul closer to the source.

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Business Class Refugees (IL/IN)22:15 / Sansara

Business Class Refugees is a global, collaborative project by music producer Kartick (Patrick Sebag) and sound designer Gotam (Yotam Agam), who mix local music from around the world with electronica. The project has no end - taking their base tracks around the world, Kartick & Gotam collaborate with local musicians to overlay local artistic interpretation and signatures.

Success (FR)23:15 / Sansara

Some might call it a Divine mash up of electro-rock, Success portrays streaks of influences from Stooges to Run DMC and AC/DC to Kraftwerk, creating a very distinct sound that can be largely claimed as Success’ own. With lead vocalist Mister Eleganz along with accompanying guitars & drums, Success has indeed been successful in touring all over the world repre-senting Reunion Island as a truly unique Artist.

Frame/Frame (IN)00:15 / Sansara

Frame/Frame a.k.a Nikhil Kaul can’t be described as the usual sound or noise. It’s a territory. It’s a scene in a movie. It’s an environment he creates. An architect of moods and spaces. He brings a fresh innovation to electronic pop, combining a kaleidoscopic arsenal of the smooth, crunchy, melodic, synthy, dirty and raw, channelling hip-hop, D&B and bass music sensibili-ties into a pedigree all of his own.

Psychorigid (Feat. Audio Pervert)(RUN/IN)01:00 / Pasha

Psychorigid from Moufia (Saint-Denis) draws influ-ences from Punk Rock, Reggae, Pop, Eurodance and Maloya. Producing electronic music since 2008, he is well known around the islands and its local haunts. Psychorigid only plays his own compositions and re-fuses to play those of others (hence the nickname) with the language of Dub, the energy of Rock and Electronic components.

Audio Pervert aka Samrat B. is one half of cutting edge electronica duo Teddy Boy Kill. His solo sound can be described as synth heavy, experimental elec-tronica.

Christine Salem (RUN)21:30 / Out There Stage

Christine Salem was entranced by Maloyan music from the young age of 12. She began her musical journey by writing lyrics in Arabic circling around common terms: love, peace and wisdom. Today, Salem blends Malagasy, Comorian, Swahili and Cre-ole, holding a hefty Kayamb reed shaker around her torso as she croons her music along with percussion-ists, David Abbrousse and Harry Perigone leaving the audience enchanted and spell-bound.

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Ravi Iyer (IN)20:00 / Out There Stage

It’s rare to find a guitar player that effortlessly blends Western music genres - rock and jazz - with Indian Hindustani and Carnatic Classical music. Ravi Iyer has been performing for the past 3 decades, with formal training in Indian percussion instrument Tabla and later expanding to guitar finally giving rise to his world fusion project VRAVI Guitar Fusion. Using only the specially designed guitar VRAVI, with two necks, Ravi retains the authenticity of both cultures through his fusion sets.

Jayanthi Kumaresh (MU)20:45 / Sansara

Born into a family where music has been a way of life for the past 7 generations, Dr. Jayanthi Kumeresh picked up the Veena at a tender age of 3. Today, she is recognised as one of India’s foremost Veena players, having performed worldwide in packed concerts and auditoriums for the last 30 years. A true ambassador for Indian culture and Classical music, Jayanti has col-laborated with musicians across genres in renowned festivals globally, giving a new universal interpreta-tion to the traditional instrument Veena.

Pinknoise (IN)19:15 / Sansara

PINKNOISE is the late night alter-ego of Skinny Al-ley. The quartet was formed in 2006 to make quirky rock and has since morphed into a search for stories in energy, language, space and consciousness. The band is currently finishing its debut studio album “The Dance Of The Diaspora”. The songs are interfac-es between lullaby and rap, between temple dance and machine beat, between elephant God and grimy thug, between back-then and tomorrow.

AuroTejas Hemsell (IN)13:15 / Out There Stage

AuroTejas Hemsell is an Anglo-Indian who has de-voted her life to the study of sacred Indian Classical Dance from the tender age of 5. She has founded the Shakti Dance School located in both Auroville, South India and Colorado Springs, USA. Tejas teaches and performs Odissi, East Indian Classical Dance, and Bharatanatyam, South Indian Classical Dance, as well as Semi-Classical Bollywood Dance. AuroTejas will be accompanied by Usha a young Classical dancer from Chennai, trained in Bharatanatyam and Odissi.

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Shaa’ir + Func (IN)22:15 / Sansara

Shaa’ir+Func formed in 2005, when Randolph Correia and Monica Dogra met accidentally at a party in Bombay at 5 AM. They formed Shaa’ir+Func, and proceeded to write and re-lease 3 albums in 4 years whilst touring the world. First to last, their records are named, New Day: The Love Album, Light Tribe, and Mantis. Shaa’ir+Func is considered one of India’s most successful bands in the Indie music commu-nity, for having accomplished more than most bands twice their age.

Alex Sorres (RUN)21:30 / Out There Stage

Alex Sorres is a well identified name in Reunion Island. Born in 2009, this Reunionaise Maloya and Hip Hop artist gathers his influences from Danyel Waro and Granmoun Lele amongst oth-er acclaimed artists, to blend their genres and create something of his very own. The result: Pito mi Le, his sophomore album that has un-doubtedly taken the islands by storm, proving he is an artists to be closely followed.

Skrat (IN)00:15 / Sansara

Popular Chennai based artists Skrat is one act making huge waves across the Indian independent music scene. The trio of Skrat consisting of T.T. Sriram on guitars and lead vocals, Tapass Naresh on the drums and Satish Narayanan on bass guitar - both pro-viding backup vocals that provide a simple, raw, homegrown perspective to loud gui-tars, catchy hooks and a whole lot of energy on stage. With many shows and a sopho-more album ‘Bring Out The Big Guns’ under their belt, the boys are ready to travel to the ends of the Earth with an intention to spread their music.

J.Viewz (IL/US)23:15 / Sansara

Brooklyn-based Jonathan Dagan, a.k.a J.Viewz is a songwriter, producer, remixer, and visual artist. Dagan was born in Israel on February 16, 1982. J.Viewz has collaborated with vocalists and artists infusing nostalgic elements through samples, analog tapes and synthesisers detailed with multiple lay-ers. Internationally recognised for his live visual presentation, J.Views was nominated for a Grammy Award for the package design of his album River and Homes, while his title track has been nominated for MTV Music Awards and UK Music Video award.

MUSIC > < MUSICNucleya (IN)22:30 / Leather Bar

One of the early proponents of the now-pop-ular genre of Dubstep in India, NUCLEYA has built on that start to emerge as one of the most exciting, experimental and engaging produc-ers in the Indian scene in the past five years. He has made his mark as an Indian dance music producer, focussing on sounds and textures that are Indian in sound but international in appeal. His new EP ‘Koocha Monster’ explores global BASS and cements NUCLEYA’s position as the Indian leader in the “global bass” move-ment, as he continues to look to the future for new sounds.

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The other way (IN)11:20/ The Screening Room

In the glitz and the glamour of a Bollywood dominated industry, there exists a parallel filmmaking community whose aim is not to create cliched blockbusters, but to tell a meaningful and thought provoking story through the medium of cinema. These film makers are known as the independents (or the indies).

Director: Aniket DasGupta &Swathi Sethumadhavan // 90 minsLanguage: English // 2013

Scattered Windows, Connected Doors (IN)14:30 / The Screening Room

This documentary shows what takes place in a comic book store with the owner, Glenn O’leary and his regulars that hang around there.

Director: Felipe Jorge // 40 min // Language: English // 2013

TYU’s Company (USA)16:00 / The Screening Room

In dystopian London of the future, where citizens live isolated existences, the online world is the only world known to humanity. A sudden and unprece-dented system suspension propels one woman, Tyu, into a strange relationship.

Director: Reema Sengupta // 15 mins Language: English // 2012

Rumblestrips (USA)16:20 / The Screening Room

Broke and emotionally blistered after the death of her husband, Toby has turned to a beloved pastime, growing marijuana, to provide for her family. When she is arrested and convicted, she packs up the RV and takes her two young daughters on a road trip while uneasily awaiting sentencing.

Director: John Adams, Toby Poser // 85 minsLanguage: English // 2012

A Dream Takes Wings (IN)11:00 / The Screening Room

From the archives, this rare film presents the remark-able evolution of Indian cinema right from its incep-tion to the establishment of a flourishing industry by the pioneer & doyen of Indian cinema - Dr. Dadasa-heb Phalke.

Director: Gajanan Jagirdar // 16 mins Language: English // 1970

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Running For Jim (USA) 11:00 / The Screening Room

The film chronicles the story of Jim Tracy, the deeply dedicated, brutally honest and tough-love coach of the San Francisco University High School cross-country team. Under Jim’s tutelage, University High School girls’ cross-country holds a record number nine state championships, making Jim the most dec-orated high school cross-country coach in California history. In June 2010, Jim Tracy was diagnosed with fatal Lou Gehrig’s disease.Director: Dan Noyes, Robin Hauser Reynolds78 mins // Language: English // 2013

Voice Over The Bridge (INDIA / MYANMAR)12:30 / The Screening Room

Shwe Shwe Khaing and Khing Zin Shwe have been performing together for many years. A collabora-tion with contemporary Western musicians, Voice Over The Bridge follows the lives of these two musi-cians, in an audio-visual documentary of unexplored and remote Myanmar.In Voice Over The Bridge, Kh-ing Zin Shwe and Shwe Shwe Khaing share their lives and passions through their stories and voices.Director: Ernest Hariyanto // 24 mins // Lan-guage: Burmese (English Subtitles) // 2009

Dina and Noel (IL)12:55 / The Screening Room

Dina is a young urban girl that shares her grandfathers’ apartment with his Filipino caretaker, Noel. Together, they live in a world full of transparent people, where none cares to see, or show anything beyond a masquerade. On the Eve of Purim, everyone in the city is tending to their costumes, shaping the masks they hide behind all year round. It is on this evening that Dina and Noel face a trag-edy that removes all of the defense mechanisms, uncov-ering a glimmer of truth - In their own lives, and in their eccentric relationship. Director: Sivan Levy, Natalie Melamed // 10 mins Language: English // 2013

Sahel Calling (DE/US)14:30 / The Screening Room

Sahel Calling is a film project to raise awareness about the refugees, internally-displaced persons and the people living in the conflict-affected areas of Mali and the Sahel.

Director: John Bosch // 40 mins// Language: English, French, German, Spanish (English Subtitles) // 2013

Printed Rainbow (IN)15:15 / The Screening Room

Printed Rainbow is a 15 minute animation film that describes the loneliness of an old woman and her cat, who escape into the fantastical world of match-box covers.

Director: Gitanjali Rao // 15 minsLanguage: English // 2006

Tasher Desh (IN)15:45 / The Screening Room

Once upon a time, there was a storyteller. In a lonely railway station, somewhere in Kolkata, he spoke to trains. He wanted to tell a story. It was not a new story. But for him, it was the only story to tell. Inside the darkness of his mind, his story unfolds, a kaleido-scope of fantasy.

Director: Q // 112 mins Language: Bengali (English Subtitles) // 2013

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John Bosch (director), Kathryn M. Werntz (producer + story), Peter Buntaine (director of photography), Toby Cameron (assistant camera + sound), Arouna Coulibaly (field producer), Abdallah Ag Amano (field assistant), „Boss“ Sidibé (sound + logistics) and Graham Corrigan (assistant editor).

S A H E LC A L L I N GA documentary about human rights, music and hope in West Africa

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The Comic Book Palace (USA)14:30 / The Screening Room

Malana, a remote village in the Himalayas, isolated from outside civilization for thousands of years has been fostering a primitive existence in harmony with nature and a unique model of democracy of consen-sus. They have also been producing some of the best quality hashish in the world. A real life story of transi-tion, this ancient civilization being invaded and oblit-erated by the modern democracy. Narrated in an epic structure, a visual essay from the edge of the world with a message of trust, peace and eternal unity.

Director: Amlan Dutta // 117 mins // Language: English, Hindi, Subtitles: English // 2012

Baavra Mann (IN)11:00 / The Screening Room

“A film on Sudhir Mishra & other Indian realities”. A film not only on one of Mumbai cinema’s longest lasting and relevant filmmakers but through that prism on a declining cultural life in India.

Director: Jaideep Varma // 128 minsLanguage: English, Hindi (English Subtitles) // 2013

SUNDAY SUNDAYFILMS > < FILMSRavi Shankar (IN)15:30 / The Screening Room

“Ravi Shankar” is a film portrait of the Sitar Maestro, depicting through a series of interviews and recit-als his versatile personality as a well-known classical performer and a creative composer.

Director: Pramod Pati // 27 minsLanguage: English // 1974

Dead Cat (UK)16:10 / The Screening Room

Michael and Kristen were child hood sweethearts, but haven’t spoken in 10 years. Thrown back together as they both begin their thirties, is there still anything between them? With nothing but a gang of dysfunc-tional friends as allies will they discover if this second chance is love or just nostalgia? Dead Cat is a quirky take on contemporary relationships in London.

Director: Stefan Georgiou // 86 minsLanguage: English // 2013

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