News

Austro-Bollywood film "Kesariya Balam - love without borders" has won the 1st prize of the VÖFA (association of Austrian scriptwriters) on the 29th of May and now is "Staatsmeister 2011". Our film had to assert itself in a heavy competition against 60 other well-chosen films (non-commercial) from Austria and has got the mark 1 from the 5-headed expert jury unanimously.

All together our film with this year's Championship has received the following Auszeichungen:

Champion 2011
Gold and the first place
Special price of extraordinary direction

The whole team of KB is glad about the highest honouring of Austria ...

Wiener Landesmeisterschaft 2011 (non commercial movies) - 2. April 2011

5 prizes for "Kesariya Balam - Liebe ohne Grenzen"
- 1 prize Gold
- best director
- best actor
- best actress
- best light

The movie now is nominated for the Österreichische Staatsmeisterschaft in May 2011!

15 March 2011, Vienna - "Kesariya Balam" wins the AFC OSCAR for the "Best Film of the Year" (non commercial).

"Kesariya Balam" screening at Indian Film Week in March 2011 in Wien.

http://www.indianembassy.at/filmweek/Filme.html

http://www.indianembassy.at/filmweek/PgKesariyaBalam.html

International Conference - Shah Rukh Khan and Global Bollywood

Our Film "Kesariya Balam" (Liebe ohne Grenzen) has been chosen to be screened at the International SHAH RUKH KHAN Conference to be held in Vienna from September 30^th to October 2^nd, 2010.

The conference will focus on the significance of Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) for the new dynamics of global Bollywood. It wants to bring together research, scholars and representatives from the film industry that are dedicated to various aspects of his work, his star power, and his embodiement of values, attitudes or emotions..

Participants include academicians from all over the world, opening address (amoung others) by the Indian Ambassador Dinkar Khullar and Nasreen Munni Kabir (Inner and Outer world of SRK). "King Khan" - as he is fondly called by many is, of course, also invited !!

"Kesariya Balam" billed as the first Austrian Bollywood Film has strong cross references to Shah Rukh Khan (and of course his films). Moreover, the filmmaker happens to be Shah Rukh's schoolmate.

More Info about the conference see below.

September 30th – October 2nd 2010
In recent years the circulation of Indian Cinema in a globalized world has become a focus of academic research from a wide range of disciplines and theoretical perspectives. A growing number of publications and conferences have been dedicated to the topic that embraces films and audiences as well as diverse cultural practises and performances. Furthermore, the role of ICT in these processes has emerged as a new point of interest, in particular in regard to the study of participant audiences and fan cultures. The overarching framework is the relationship of Bollywood with post colonialism, global flows, and transcultural processes that shape cinema contexts today.
The conference will focus on the significance of Shah Rukh Khan for the new dynamics of global Bollywood. Its wants to bring together research, scholars and representatives from the Film Industry that are dedicated to various aspects of his work, his star power, and his embodiment of values, attitudes or emotions. These topics are also connected with general questions about stardom as a way to make meaning in a media centred world. Moreover, Shah Rukh Khan will be discussed as a mode of representation of a postcolonial and globalized India. SRK has the reputation of holding the largest audience in the contemporary world of cinema comprising people from diverse places and cultural backgrounds. Thus, the conference will put strong emphasis on studies of reception, audiences and fandom. A particular point of interest in this context is the prevailing role of Shah Rukh Khan for new Bollywood audiences in several European countries.
Located in the centre of Europe the conference wants to act as a meeting point between European and international scholarship on Shah Rukh Khan and Global Bollywood. In addition, it has the aim to engage with young scholars on the topic, and to provide a platform to showcase their studies.
Venue:
Inauguration and invited speakers:
September 30th 2010: Museum of Ethnology, Neue Burg (Imperial Palace), 1010 Wien
http://www.khm.at/en/the-museum-of-ethnology/the-museum/
Workshops and Research Group Meetings:
October 1st -2nd 2010: University of Vienna, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien
General Coordination
Elke Mader (University of Vienna, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Research Group: Visual Studies in Social Sciences) elke.mader@univie.ac.at
Conference Committee:
Rajinder Dudrah (University of Manchester, Department of Drama and Screen Studies)
Bernhard Fuchs (University of Vienna, Department of European Ethnology)
Martin Gaenszle (University of Vienna, Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies)
Deana Heath (Trinity College Dublin, Department of History)
Mehru Jaffer (IANS, University of Vienna, Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies)
Christian Schicklgruber (Museum of Ethnology, Vienna)
Claus Tieber (University of Vienna, Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies)

Goldene Diana
http://www.golden-diana.com

Sonntag, 22.08.2010 ab 20.30
in Seelach am Klopeiner See.

Grand opening party at 07:30 p.m. at the "Kultursaal K3" at St. Kanzian.

Opening ceremony of the 22nd. international Filmfestival "GOLDEN DIANA" at the lake Klopeiner See.
Highlight is a performance of "Fritz HOFMEISTER", a famous Carinthian comedian, starting 08:30 p.m. (fee € 10,00)

Carinthia goes Bollywood. Filmmaker and Actor Sandeep Kumar just completed making Austria's first Bollywood film "KESARIYA BALAM" (Love knows no limits) - a colorful musical drama with mystery elements. The world premiere of the film took place on June 15th., 2010 in Vienna. The organisers of the international film festival "GOLDEN DIANA" are proud to have the premiere of the film in Carinthia as an exclusive screening during the Opening Ceremony of this year's film-festival. The filmmaker and some protagonists are also expected to attend the show.

So come and enjoy this Austro-Indian debut feature!

For seat and table reservation please call the organisation team at the telephone number: +43 699 1 862 6050

Slideshow von der Premiere

"Kesariya Balam/Liebe ohne Grenzen"
bekommt den Ebenseer Bär (Silver) Preis beim 38. Festival der Nationen, Ebensee.

Die Filmpremiere von

KESARIYA BALAM
(Liebe ohne Grenzen/Love knows no limits)

Termin: 15. Juni 2010

Beginn: 19:30

Ort: Lugner City Kino

über 350 geladene Gäste, unter denen auch viele Promis aus Film, Kultur und Society sind

"Kesariya Balam" selected to be screened at the 38^th Ebensee (Austria) international Film Festival on 18^th June 11:00 hrs.

Bei diesem Festival werden aus über 1000 aus aller Welt eingereichten Filme nur die besten 40 Filme gezeigt.
Und "Kesariya Balam" ist dabei.

1604 Kesariya Bala - Liebe ohne Grenzen 11:00 AM Sandeep Kumar ÖSTERREICH 74