4th Aurora Asian Film Festival
Features Manick Sorcar Animation |
Brit Withey and Nancy
Phillips interviewing
Sorcar before his show |
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At the Fourth
Aurora Asian Film Festival, a series of Manick
Sorcar's award-winning animation classics
were featured on June 2, 2001, at 11 am, which solely represented
India with immense pride. Manick Sorcar was a featured guest for
the Festival's first Children's Matinee. The festival which ran
from May 31 through June 3, 2001, was jointly presented by the Aurora
Asian/Pacific Community Partnership, Denver Film Society, and the
City of Aurora. It was held at the historic Aurora Fox Arts Center,
9900 E. Colfax Ave, Aurora, Colorado, USA. On the Opening Night,
Manick Sorcar was interviewed live by the KACT-TV, Channel 8, where
he was interviewed by Brit Withey, the Program Director of the Denver
Film Society and Nancy Phillips, the News Producer of the City of
Aurora. |
He was introduced as "the internationally
acclaimed animation film director from
our own Colorado". On June 2, 11 am, prior to his animation
films, Manick Sorcar was introduced as the "Director in
Person" by Ms. Gloria Williams, Co-Chair of the Aurora
Asian/Pacific Community Partnership. It was sponsored by the Young
Music Ambassadors, Polynesia-Pacifica Foundation of Colorado, Aurora
Cultural Arts Action Team. The proceeds from this show were donated
to the benefit of earthquake victims of India.
The "Animated Works by Manick Sorcar" (a total
of 1-1/2 hours) featured Deepa & Rupa:
A Fairy Tale From India (Gold Plaque, Chicago International
Film Festival), The Sage and the Mouse
(Gold Medal, International Film Festival of New York), and The
Woodcutter's Daughter (A Finalist in Children's Program, at
the New York Festivals), all of which are based on classic fairy
tales of his native India. Other films that were included at the
festival representing various Asian countries were Himalaya (Nepal),
Breaking the Silence (China), Anak (Philippines), Nang Nak (Thailand),
Gaea Girls (Japan), Chac (Vietnam), From Opium to Chrysanthemums
(Thailand/Laos), Il Mare (Korea), Departure (Japan), Hidden Whisper
(Taiwan), and 12 Nights (Hong Kong).
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| The four-day film festival was enhanced by live cultural programs
from various parts of Asia. On the Opening Night, the Chinese Lion
Dance, with the spectacular Shaolin Hung Mei Pai, a 20-member ensemble
with three lions and percussion, lead the audience to the Aurora
Fox Arts Center. Before the screening of Gaea Girls and Chac, a
children's entertainment featuring the Young Music Ambassadors and
Polynesian music and dance by the Jr. Wahines were performed on
the Fletcher Plaza. Prior to the screening of "Animated Works
of Manick Sorcar" a 10 minute "Indian Lamp Dance"
was performed by a the Sorcar Dance
Troupe, under the direction of the Sorcar Sisters Piya and Payal. |
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