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Professor Shanti Thakur Wins Best Narrative Film Award

Professor Shanti Thakur has won the Best Narrative Film Award at the 60th Columbus International Film Festival
for her short film Red Tulips, A Story About Forgetting, which won over both short and feature length narrative films.

Red Tulips is currently on the festival circuit. Other screenings include: Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival and the Athens International FIlm Festival.

Red Tulips is about a magical world where memory lasts only a few hours. James meets his wife and daughter for the first time, every day. The film was partially funded by a PSC-CUNY Research Award, the George N. Shuster Fellowship and the President’s Fund for Faculty Advancement.

Prof. Shanti Thakur’s film RED TULIPS screening

Professor Shanti Thakur’s film RED TULIPS, A STORY ABOUT FORGETTING will screen
this week.

St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO, Wednesday, November14th, 2012
For more information, please see http://www.cinemastlouis.org

Columbus International Film Festival, Columbus, OH, Saturday, November 17th, 2012

Prof. Shanti Thakur’s film screening

Shanti Thakur’s “Red Tulips, A Story About Forgetting” will be screening at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, September 6-13th.

The film will also be screening at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Francisco, October 4 -14th.

Red Tulips, 2012, S-16mm film finished on HDCAM SR
In a magical world where memory lasts only a few hours, everyday, James
learns how recognize his wife and daughter. Liberated from the filters of memory,
this is about discovering trust and human connection in the present moment.

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