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{{Infobox person
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|occupation = film -author, -curator, -society-activist, and -festival-consultant.
|years_active = 1977 – present
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'''Premendra Mazumder''' is a film -critic, -author, -curator, -consultant, -society-activist, -festival-organizer, and -festival-consultant. He has participated in several round-table discussions, conducted workshops, delivered lectures, and presented papers on various topics at national and international conferences.<ref>https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/creating-art-film-audience-important-than-making-movies-film-119110200856_1.html</ref><ref>https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/entertainment/2019/11/02/ces12-as-giff.html</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Festivals-bring-short-films-back-in-limelight/articleshow/48137523.cms|title=Festivals bring short films back in limelight - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/iffk-2019-the-grammar-of-good-cinema/article30270390.ece</ref><ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/global-campaign-to-restore-satyajit-ritwik-mrinals-ancestral-homes-in-bangladesh/articleshow/73817163.cms</ref><ref>https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2019/10/13/jaya-s-bini-sutoy-selected-at-international-film-festival-of-kerala</ref><ref>https://dhakatranslationfest.org/premendra-mazumder/</ref><ref>https://thenewsmill.com/festivals-help-promoting-film-as-an-art-form-experts-at-giff/</ref>

At the [[Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival]] in 2015, he spoke on the 'Politics of Film and Social Dynamics' and on 'Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-12-11/kimff-receives-warm-welcome.html|title=KiMFF receives warm welcome|work=ekantipur.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kimff.org/news-events/item/165-panel-discussion-trends-in-south-asian-independent-cinema|title=Panel Discussion – Trends in South Asian Independent Cinema|work=kimff.org}}</ref>

He has conducted film workshops in Kabul, Afghanistan and Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 2019<ref>https://didoriff.tj/resume_of_premendra_nath_mazumder_en_2</ref>

He worked for the [[International Critics' Week]] [[Cannes]] (since 2006),<ref>http://www.semainedelacritique.com/images/DOSSIER_DE_PRESSE_version_ang.pdf</ref> Cairo International Film Critics Week <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cairofilmcriticsweek.com/|title=Cairo International Film Critics Week|work=cairofilmcriticsweek.com}}</ref> (since its inception) and several other film festivals as consultant and advisor.<ref>https://www.newagebd.net/article/110315/curtain-lifts-on-4th-sylhet-film-festival</ref><ref>http://indianfilmfestivalboston.com/team/</ref>

He presented the Celebration Ceremony of 100 Years of Indian Cinema in [[Croatia]] (May 2013).<ref>http://www.indija.hr/spaw2/uploads/files/100%20godina%20indiskog%20filma%20knjizica%20KB%20web-2.pdf</ref>

He has inaugurated various film societies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kiit.ac.in/photohtml/cssociety.html|title=:: Campus Film Society ::|work=kiit.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/2015/01/05/campus-film-society-inaugurated-kiit-varsity-odisha-capital/|title=Campus film society inaugurated at KIIT varsity in Odisha capital|first=Odisha Sun Times Editorial|last=Desk|date=5 January 2015|work=odishasuntimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/InstitutionsCentresSchools/Contents/InstitutionContents.htm?f=KalaBhavana.htm|title=InstitutionsContents|work=visva-bharati.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar0214/state07|title=The Assam Tribune Online|first=TI|last=Trade|work=assamtribune.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Assam-international-film-festival-kicks-off-in-Jorhat-college/articleshow/11981146.cms|title=Assam international film festival kicks off in Jorhat college - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>http://ffsifilmculture.blogspot.in/2010_12_01_archive.html|title=FFSI Film Culture</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Bengali-film-fest-to-screen-films-from-India-Bangladesh/articleshow/28491390.cms|title=Bengali film fest to screen films from India, Bangladesh - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref> and has been the chief guest at important film meets over the last decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150424/jsp/northeast/story_16330.jsp#.VUaA2fCQmQB|title=Cine Club celebrates 50 golden years|work=telegraphindia.com}}</ref> Additionally, he initiated the 1st FFSI International Film Festival traveling in over 40 cities in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bangla-filmmaker-for-same-day-release/articleshow/48337201.cms|title=Bangla filmmaker for same-day release - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr2715/city051|title=The Assam Tribune Online|first=TI|last=Trade|work=assamtribune.com}}</ref> The Festival was inaugurated on 3 August 2015 in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Fresh-take-on-silver-screen-tryst/articleshow/47806192.cms|title=Fresh take on silver screen tryst - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/culture/farooki-to-present-ant-story-at-ffsi-international-film-festival/|title=Farooki to present 'Ant Story' at FFSI International Film Festival|work=clickittefaq.com}}</ref>

==Writings on cinema==
Premendra Mazumder's thoughts on cinema have been published in a variety of serious Indian film magazines; daily newspapers; and film journals - [[Screen (magazine)|Screen]], [[Rupwani]], and [[DNA]] (Mumbai),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/salon-tagore-was-inescapable-1046722|title='Tagore was inescapable' - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=11 August 2006|work=dnaindia.com}}</ref> [[Cinemaya]] (Delhi), Filmbuff, [[College Street (publication)|College Street]], [[Chitrabhavna]], and [[Chitralipi]] (Kolkata), [[Deep Focus]] (Bangalore),.<ref>http://www.deepfocusonline.com/about/team/</ref> The international film magazines in which his writings have appeared include [[Positif (magazine)|Positif]] (Paris),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revues-de-cinema.net/Sommaire/FRA_16004_Catalogue-anciens.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-09 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924090653/http://www.revues-de-cinema.net/Sommaire/FRA_16004_Catalogue-anciens.pdf |archivedate=24 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Subversive <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.subversivefestival.com/subff2011/main_eng.php?tekst_id=508&kategorija_id=97|title=SUBVERSIVEFILMFESTIVAL|work=subversivefestival.com}}</ref><ref>://www.archive.subversivefestival.com/subff2009/index_det_det.php?tekst_id=515&spn=1</ref> Cinema (Portugal), [[Film Realm]] (Cairo),
Cinesith (Colombo), 16mm (Dhaka), and Deepwani (Port Blair). He is also the Indian correspondent of the Cannes Critics Week.

*Editorial Board - Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nouveau-monde.net/livre/?GCOI=84736100092570|title=Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique|publisher=}}</ref> published in October 2008 by the Nouveau Monde Editions <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nouveau-monde.net/|title=Nouveau Monde éditions|publisher=}}</ref>
*Editor - The Poet of Celluloid on the life and works of the master film maker [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ffsiarchive.blogspot.in/|title=Federation of Film Societies of India|work=ffsiarchive.blogspot.in}}</ref>
*Executive-editor/co-author - 'Indian Film Culture' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7THm6ETmNC3NzlVWV82eHU0WFE/preview|title=Indian Film Culture 15th Edition August 2010.pdf|work=google.com}}</ref> (2010)
*Executive-editor/co-author - 'Indian Film Culture: Indian Cinema' (2016)
*Co-author - [[Routledge]] Handbook of Indian Cinemas (chapter titled, 'Music in Mainstream Indian Cinema') <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwGgF-rDucEC&q=cinema+premendra+mazumder&pg=PT465|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|first1=K. Moti|last1=Gokulsing|first2=Wimal|last2=Dissanayake|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136772917|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415677745/|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (Hardback) - Routledge|work=routledge.com}}</ref>
*Author - Film Society Movement: a Success or Failure? <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ideaindia.com/film-society-movement-a-success-or-failure/p/1942/|title=FILM SOCIETY MOVEMENT ? A SUCCESS OR FAILURE ? Ebook by Premendra Mazumder|first=Chits|last=Development|work=ideaindia.com}}</ref>
*Author - Folk Songs of Bengal <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/FOLK-SONGS-BENGAL-Premendra-Mazumder-ebook/dp/B005H2TPV6|title=FOLK SONGS OF BENGAL|first=Premendra|last=Mazumder|date=11 August 2011|publisher=IDEAINDIA.COM|via=Amazon}}</ref>

==Publications==
He writes essays, short stories, and plays.
His published books are:
*Prekshapat (Collection of Essays, 1984)
*Hundred Years of Indian Cinema (1996)
*Samay Ashamayer Natak (Collection of Plays, 2005)
*Victoriar Pori Ebong Onyanya Galpo (Anthology of Short Stories, 2020) {{ISBN|978-93-81686-78-2}}
As a playwright he has five major plays to his credit.

==Offices hold==
*Vice President - [[Federation of Film Societies of India]]<ref>https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2020/02/01/ffsi-demand-restoration-of-ancestral-homes-of-satyajit-ray-ritwik-ghatak-mrinal-sen</ref>
*Secretary - [[Fipresci-India]], India Chapter of the [[International Federation of Film Critics]]<ref>http://www.fipresci-india.online/</ref><ref>https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2020/01/11/top-10-indian-films-in-2019-according-to-critics</ref><ref>https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2020/mar/3/24774</ref>
*Secretary - Asia Pacific, International Federation of Film Societies (IFFS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ficc.info/IFFS.php|title=IFFS - International Federation of Film Societies|work=ficc.info}}</ref><ref>https://infoficc.wordpress.com/2020/09/30/film-societies-have-worked-hard-to-bring-cinema-to-the-masses-says-premendra-mazumder-vice-chairman-of-the-federation-of-film-societies-of-india-ffsi/</ref>
*Program Director [[Third Eye Asian Film Festival]]<ref>http://www.asianfilmfestival.in/</ref>
*Coordinator [[South Asian Short Film Festival]]<ref>https://www.sasff.online/contact-us/</ref>
*Advisor [[Nepal International Film Festival]]<ref>https://niff.org.np/profiles/premendra-mazumder/</ref>
*Founder President - [[Film Critics Circle of India]] (FCCI)

==Jury member (incomplete)==
*[[Jeevika Livelihood Documentary Competition]] (India, 2004)
*[[Mumbai International Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinema.uwaterloo.ca/article.php?id=72&festivals|title=Kinema : : A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media|publisher=}}</ref> (MAMI, Mumbai, India 2005)<ref>https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/kinema/article/view/1113/1316</ref><ref>https://miff.in/miff2006-jury/</ref>
*[[Mumbai International Film Festival for Shorts Documentaries & Animations]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miff.in/miff2006-jury/|title=MIFF'2006 Jury|publisher=}}</ref> (MIFF; 2006)
*[[Kara Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karafilmfest.com/KaraFilm2006/jury.htm|title=iPhone7|work=karafilmfest.com}}</ref> (Karachi, 2006)
*[[Hyderabad International Film Festival]] (India, 2008)
*[[Ismailia International Festival for Documentary & Short Films]] (Egypt, 2008)
*[[Jeevika Asian Livelihood Documentary Competition]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jeevika.org/author/admin/page/15/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-09 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414123918/http://jeevika.org/author/admin/page/15/ |archivedate=14 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> (New Delhi, 2010)
*Short & Documentary Film Festival Hyderabad (2010)
*[[Shaken's Stars]] [[International Film Festival Almaty]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyrgyzcinema.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=38&Itemid=116&lang=en&limitstart=120|title=Reviews, opinions-Kyrgyz Cinema|publisher=}}</ref>(Kazakhstan, 2012)
*[[Abu Dhabi Film Festival]] [[UAE]]<ref>http://www.abudhabifilmfestival.ae/en/Press/press-releases/2012/2012-10-19-ADFF-Unveils-Winners-of-2012-Black-Pearl-FIPRESCI-and-NETPAC-Awards|title=ADFF Unveils Winners of 2012 Black Pearl, FIPRESCI and NETPAC Awards</ref> (Abu Dhabi, 2012)
*[[Evora International Film Festival for Shorts & Documentaries FIKE]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandeecran.com/2013/10/25/fike-5a-feira-dia-24/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20150410012620/http://www.grandeecran.com/2013/10/25/fike-5a-feira-dia-24/ |archivedate=10 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> (Portugal, 2013)
*[[Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/events/kimff-kicks-off-with-unbroken-spirit/|title=KIMFF kicks off with 'unbroken spirit' - The Himalayan Times|date=11 December 2015|work=thehimalayantimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://admin.myrepublica.com/lifestyle/story/32641/kimff-is-back-with-unbroken-spirit.html|title=KIMFF is back with 'unbroken spirit'|work=myrepublica.com}}</ref>
*[[Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festivalregard.com/en/programmation/#jury-critique|title=Programming|work=festivalregard.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinefilic.com/2016/03/festival-regard-rencontre-avec-david.html|title=Festival Regard 2016: Rencontre avec David Uloth|work=cinefilic.com}}</ref> (Canada, 2016)
*[[Cairo International Film Festival]] (Cairo, Egypt 2016)
*[[SiGNS Film Festival]] (Cochi, India, 2016)
*[[Jaffna International Cinema Festival]] (Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2017)
*[[Busan International Film Festival]] (Bushan, South Korea, 2017)
*[[Bengaluru International Film Festival]] (Bangalore, India, 2018)
*[[Ismailia International Film Festival]] (Ismailia, Egypt, 2018)
*[[Slemani International Film Festival]] (Slemania, Kurdistan, Iraq, 2018)
*[[Third Eye Asian Film Festival]] (Mumbai, India, 2018)
*[[Nepal International Film Festival]] (Kathmandu, 2019)
*[[International Film Festival of Kerala]] (Trivandrum, India, 2019)
*[[Kalinga Global Film Festival]] (Bhubaneshwar, India, 2020)<ref>http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/kalinga-global-film-festival-concludes-at-kiit-397192</ref>
*[[Aurangabad International Film Festival]] (Aurangabad, India, 2020)<ref>http://www.aifilmfest.in/jury-indian-film-competition/</ref>
*[[International Film Festival of Thrissur]] (Thrissur, India, 2020)

== External links ==
*[http://filmcriticscircle.com/ Film Critics Circle of India]
*[http://ffsiarchive.blogspot.in/ Archives of Federation of Film Societies of India]
*[http://fipresci.org/people/premendra-mazumder Premendra Mazumder at FIPRESCI]

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