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== Life and career == | == Life and career == | ||
Amit Dutta graduated from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]], [[Pune]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mubi.com/cast_members/63047 |title=Amit Dutta |publisher=Mubi.com |date= |accessdate=28 January 2014}}</ref> | Amit Dutta graduated from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]], [[Pune]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mubi.com/cast_members/63047 |title=Amit Dutta |publisher=Mubi.com |date= |accessdate=28 January 2014}}</ref> | ||
He has taught at the [[National Institute of Design|National Institute of Design (NID)]], Ahmedabad. In 2015, he joined [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]] (IIAS), Shimla as a Tagore fellow.<ref>http://www.iias.org/scholar/amit-dutta?qt-our_location=1</ref> | He has taught at the [[National Institute of Design|National Institute of Design (NID)]], Ahmedabad. In 2015, he joined [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]] (IIAS), Shimla as a Tagore fellow.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.iias.org/scholar/amit-dutta?qt-our_location=1| title = Reference at www.iias.org}}</ref> | ||
=== Early works === | === Early works === | ||
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==== ''Kramasha'' (To Be Continued) (2007) ==== | ==== ''Kramasha'' (To Be Continued) (2007) ==== | ||
''Kramasha'' (To Be Continued), an experimental short film made in 2007, earned considerable acclaim from film scholars and critics and was considered to be a defining achievement in experimental cinema. After winning many national and international awards, it was included in the list of thousand best films of all times compiled by film critic [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenbaum|first=Jonathan|title=Essential Cinema|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/uf8MtdMINhU/}}</ref> | ''Kramasha'' (To Be Continued), an experimental short film made in 2007, earned considerable acclaim from film scholars and critics and was considered to be a defining achievement in experimental cinema. After winning many national and international awards, it was included in the list of thousand best films of all times compiled by film critic [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenbaum|first=Jonathan|title=Essential Cinema|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/uf8MtdMINhU/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Reconsidered Essentials, July 2007 {{!}} Jonathan Rosenbaum|url=https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/12/postscript-reconsidered-essentials-july-2007/|access-date=2021-12-27|website=jonathanrosenbaum.net}}</ref> who also described the film as "a dazzling, virtuoso piece of mise en scene in 35-millimeter, full of uncanny imagery about the way the narrator imagines the past of his village and his family."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rosenbaum|first=Jonathan|journal=Chicago Reader|year=2009|title=IITB IDC FILM CLUB Reviews|url=http://iitbidcfilmclub.blogspot.in/2009/09/films-on-september-4-2009_03.html}}</ref> It was also voted as one of the best films in the Senses of Cinema poll in 2007.<ref name="2009 World Poll">{{cite web|title=2009 World Poll|url=http://sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/2009-world-poll/}}</ref> | ||
The [[FIPRESCI]] Jury while giving it the critic's prize in 2007 at the Oberhausen Film Festival in remarked, "Now that 35-millimeter appears to be a format whose pleasures are being overlooked or forgotten, especially in the realm of short films, the sensual pleasures of Amit Dutta's 22-minute To Be Continued (''Kramasha'') seem all the more precious…"<ref>{{cite web|title=On KRAMASHA|url=http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/?p=25830}}</ref> | The [[FIPRESCI]] Jury while giving it the critic's prize in 2007 at the Oberhausen Film Festival in remarked, "Now that 35-millimeter appears to be a format whose pleasures are being overlooked or forgotten, especially in the realm of short films, the sensual pleasures of Amit Dutta's 22-minute To Be Continued (''Kramasha'') seem all the more precious…"<ref>{{cite web|title=On KRAMASHA|url=http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/?p=25830}}</ref> | ||
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==== ''[[Sonchidi]]'' (The Golden Bird) (2011) ==== | ==== ''[[Sonchidi]]'' (The Golden Bird) (2011) ==== | ||
In Sonchidi, two travelers journey in the quest for a flying craft that they believe would help them cross the cycle of births. [[International Film Festival Rotterdam|The Rotterdam film festival]] described it as an "intriguing philosophical piece which evokes many memories, challenges various interpretations. Truly cinematic, a connoisseur's piece."<ref>{{cite web|title=Rotterdam Film profile- Sonchidi|url=http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/sonchidi/}}</ref> | In Sonchidi, two travelers journey in the quest for a flying craft that they believe would help them cross the cycle of births. [[International Film Festival Rotterdam|The Rotterdam film festival]] described it as an "intriguing philosophical piece which evokes many memories, challenges various interpretations. Truly cinematic, a connoisseur's piece."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Golden Bird {{!}} IFFR |url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2012/films/the-golden-bird |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=iffr.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rotterdam Film profile- Sonchidi|url=http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/sonchidi/}}</ref> | ||
=== Nainsukh (2010) === | === Nainsukh (2010) === | ||
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=== Books === | === Books === | ||
''Kaljayi Kambakht'', his first novel in Hindi, was published in 2016. It received positive reviews and the author was awarded the Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship for outstanding contribution to Experimental Hindi Literature.<ref name="dailyexcelsior.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/cultural-calender-2016/|title=CULTURAL {{sic|CALEN|DER|nolink=y}} 2016|date=1 January 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaljayi Kambakht|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/56069922-kaljayi-kambakht|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutta|first=Amit|title=Kaljayi Kambakht|id={{ASIN|8193287827|country=in}}}}</ref> | '''''Kaljayi Kambakht'',''' his first novel in Hindi, was published in 2016. It received positive reviews and the author was awarded the Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship for outstanding contribution to Experimental Hindi Literature.<ref name="dailyexcelsior.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/cultural-calender-2016/|title=CULTURAL {{sic|CALEN|DER|nolink=y}} 2016|date=1 January 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaljayi Kambakht|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/56069922-kaljayi-kambakht|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutta|first=Amit|title=Kaljayi Kambakht|id={{ASIN|8193287827|country=in}}}}</ref> | ||
''Khud Se Kayi Sawal'' (Many Questions to Myself), is a selection from his journals as a film-student, translated into Hindi by writer [[Geet Chaturvedi]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Khud Se Kayi Sawal (Raza Pustak Mala)|url=https://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php/default/khud-se-kayi-sawal|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.rajkamalprakashan.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutta|first=Amit|title=Khud Se Kayi Sawal|id={{ASIN|8126730730|country=in}}|translator-last=Chaturvedi|translator-first=Geet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-03|title=किताबें मिलीं: 'ताजमहल- छ: फिट नीचे', 'कनस्तर में गंगा', 'खुद से कई सवाल' और 'शिक्षा-परीक्षा और प्रधानमंत्री'|url=https://www.jansatta.com/arts-and-literature/jansatta-hindi-books-review/676128/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref> | '''''Khud Se Kayi Sawal'' (Many Questions to Myself)''', is a selection from his journals as a film-student, translated into Hindi by writer [[Geet Chaturvedi]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Khud Se Kayi Sawal (Raza Pustak Mala)|url=https://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php/default/khud-se-kayi-sawal|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.rajkamalprakashan.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutta|first=Amit|title=Khud Se Kayi Sawal|id={{ASIN|8126730730|country=in}}|translator-last=Chaturvedi|translator-first=Geet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-03|title=किताबें मिलीं: 'ताजमहल- छ: फिट नीचे', 'कनस्तर में गंगा', 'खुद से कई सवाल' और 'शिक्षा-परीक्षा और प्रधानमंत्री'|url=https://www.jansatta.com/arts-and-literature/jansatta-hindi-books-review/676128/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref> | ||
''INVISIBLE WEBS: An art Historical inquiry into the life and death of Jangarh Singh Shyam'' (2018) is a book exploring the art-historical background of the art, life and suicide of the artist [[Jangarh Singh Shyam]], who belonged to the Gond-Pardhan tribe of Central India. Its foreword is written by art-historian [http://parthamitter.com/ Partha Mitter.]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-04|title=Book Review: Amit Dutta's 'Invisible Webs: An Art Historical Inquiry into the Life and Death of Jangarh Singh Shyam'|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book-review-amit-duttas-invisible-webs-an-art-historical-inquiry-into-the-life-and-death-of-jangarh-singh-shyam/1371717/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Invisible Webs|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/64650985-invisible-webs-an-art-historical-inquiry-into-the-life-and-death-of-jan|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Srinivasan|first=Srikanth|date=2018-09-22|title='Invisible Webs' by Amit Dutta explores the implications of artist Jangarh Singh Shyam's death|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/invisible-webs-by-amit-dutta-explores-the-implications-of-artist-jangarh-singh-shyams-death/article24993804.ece|access-date=2020-10-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | '''''INVISIBLE WEBS: An art Historical inquiry into the life and death of Jangarh Singh Shyam''''' (2018) is a book exploring the art-historical background of the art, life and suicide of the artist [[Jangarh Singh Shyam]], who belonged to the Gond-Pardhan tribe of Central India. Its foreword is written by art-historian [http://parthamitter.com/ Partha Mitter.]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-04|title=Book Review: Amit Dutta's 'Invisible Webs: An Art Historical Inquiry into the Life and Death of Jangarh Singh Shyam'|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book-review-amit-duttas-invisible-webs-an-art-historical-inquiry-into-the-life-and-death-of-jangarh-singh-shyam/1371717/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Invisible Webs|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/64650985-invisible-webs-an-art-historical-inquiry-into-the-life-and-death-of-jan|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Srinivasan|first=Srikanth|date=2018-09-22|title='Invisible Webs' by Amit Dutta explores the implications of artist Jangarh Singh Shyam's death|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/invisible-webs-by-amit-dutta-explores-the-implications-of-artist-jangarh-singh-shyams-death/article24993804.ece|access-date=2020-10-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | ||
'''''Gyarah Rupay Ka Fountain Pen'',''' a book of short-stories for children, published in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Trusts’ Parag Initiative Announces Parag Honours List 2022 - Press Releases|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/media/press-releases/tata-trusts-parag-initiative-announces-parag-honours-list-2022|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Tata Trusts|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Parag Honour List Books {{!}} Parag|url=https://www.paragreads.in/parag-reads/parag-honour-list-books/|access-date=2022-02-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Excelsior|first=Daily|date=2021-12-25|title=Cultural Round-up 2021|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/cultural-round-up-2021/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K|language=en-US}}</ref> It was included in Tata Trusts’ Parag Honours List 2022, as one of the best books for children, in an effort to promote good quality children’s literature in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Trusts’ Parag Initiative Announces Parag Honours List 2022 - Press Releases|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/media/press-releases/tata-trusts-parag-initiative-announces-parag-honours-list-2022|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Tata Trusts|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Trusts’ Parag Initiative Announces Parag Honours List 2022|url=https://www.frontlist.in/tata-trusts-parag-initiative-announces-parag-honours-list-2022|access-date=2022-02-16|website=www.frontlist.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Trusts’ Parag Children Literature Honour List 2022 announced – Curriculum Magazine|url=https://curriculum-magazine.com/tata-trusts-parag-children-literature-honour-list-2022-announced/|access-date=2022-02-16|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
=== Other works === | === Other works === | ||
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Venice Film festival, Berlin Film festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, | Venice Film festival, Berlin Film festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, | ||
San Francisco Film festival, | San Francisco Film festival, Toronto International Film festival(TIFF Bell Lightbox),<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.savac.net/nainsukh/| title = Nainsukh I SAVAC}}</ref> Oberhausen Film festival, Viennale, Cinema Du Reel, | ||
Rome Film festival, Beijing Film festival, Bilbao International Film Festival Spain, Mumbai International Film festival, IFFI- International Film festival of India, Belfort Entreveus Film Festival (France), IDSFFK (Kerala), Media art festival, Osnabrueck (Germany), 25 Fps (Zagreb), Jeonju Film Festival (Korea), Vancouver International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schemamag.ca/2011/10/04/viff_2011_nainsukh/#.WHzyoZIV3dQ|title=VIFF 2011 - Nainsukh|publisher=}}</ref> | Rome Film festival, Beijing Film festival, Bilbao International Film Festival Spain, Mumbai International Film festival, IFFI- International Film festival of India, Belfort Entreveus Film Festival (France), IDSFFK (Kerala), Media art festival, Osnabrueck (Germany), 25 Fps (Zagreb), Jeonju Film Festival (Korea), Vancouver International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schemamag.ca/2011/10/04/viff_2011_nainsukh/#.WHzyoZIV3dQ|title=VIFF 2011 - Nainsukh|publisher=}}</ref> | ||
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* 2013 - '''Grand Prize – Oberhausen Film festival''' - Field-Trip<ref name="ReferenceA"/>(nomination) | * 2013 - '''Grand Prize – Oberhausen Film festival''' - Field-Trip<ref name="ReferenceA"/>(nomination) | ||
* 2013 - '''70 Directors for Venice 70''' - invited by the Venice Film Festival as one of the 70 directors who made the recent history of the Festival to celebrate the anniversary offering a short film. | * 2013 - '''70 Directors for Venice 70''' - invited by the Venice Film Festival as one of the 70 directors who made the recent history of the Festival to celebrate the anniversary offering a short film. | ||
* 2014 -'''Honored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)''' for Nainsukh<ref>https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/iccr-felicitates-amit-dutta-for-film-nainsukh/</ref> | * 2014 -'''Honored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)''' for Nainsukh<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/iccr-felicitates-amit-dutta-for-film-nainsukh/| title = ICCR felicitates Amit Dutta for film ‘Nainsukh’ - Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K}}</ref> | ||
* 2014 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' – Lalit Kala Akademi,<ref name="lalitkala.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://lalitkala.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=68|title=Lalit Kala Akademi|website=lalitkala.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140323/ttlife1.htm#2|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - The Tribune Lifestyle|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref> | * 2014 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' – Lalit Kala Akademi,<ref name="lalitkala.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://lalitkala.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=68|title=Lalit Kala Akademi|website=lalitkala.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140323/ttlife1.htm#2|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - The Tribune Lifestyle|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref> | ||
* 2014 - ''' IFFR Audience Award - International Film Festival Rotterdam'''- The Seventh Walk<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/2014/films/the-seventh-walk|title=The Seventh Walk|date=4 September 2015|publisher=}}</ref>(nomination) | * 2014 - ''' IFFR Audience Award - International Film Festival Rotterdam'''- The Seventh Walk<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/2014/films/the-seventh-walk|title=The Seventh Walk|date=4 September 2015|publisher=}}</ref>(nomination) | ||
* 2015 - '''Honored''' by the government of Himachal Pradesh for ''Nainsukh''<ref>http://himachalpr.gov.in/OnePressRelease.aspx?Language=1&ID=2074</ref> | * 2015 - '''Honored''' by the government of Himachal Pradesh for ''Nainsukh''<ref>{{cite web| url = http://himachalpr.gov.in/OnePressRelease.aspx?Language=1&ID=2074| title = Himachal Pradesh Government}}</ref> | ||
* 2015 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' - '''Through the looking Glass - Centre Pompidou''', Paris, the 37th edition of Cinéma du Réel – France<ref name="cinemadureel.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemadureel.org/en/archives/programme-2015/amit-dutta-through-the-looking-glass|title=Amit Dutta: Through the Looking Glass — Cinéma du Réel|website=www.cinemadureel.org|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021055904/http://www.cinemadureel.org/en/archives/programme-2015/amit-dutta-through-the-looking-glass|archive-date=21 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | * 2015 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' - '''Through the looking Glass - Centre Pompidou''', Paris, the 37th edition of Cinéma du Réel – France<ref name="cinemadureel.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemadureel.org/en/archives/programme-2015/amit-dutta-through-the-looking-glass|title=Amit Dutta: Through the Looking Glass — Cinéma du Réel|website=www.cinemadureel.org|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021055904/http://www.cinemadureel.org/en/archives/programme-2015/amit-dutta-through-the-looking-glass|archive-date=21 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* 2015 - '''Honorary Retrospective''', Kerala State Chalachitra Academy - International Documentary and Short film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK)<ref name="anandvattamannil.blogspot.in">{{cite web|url=http://anandvattamannil.blogspot.in/2015/08/amit-dutta-movies-beckon-movie-buffs-to.html|title=Amit Dutta Movies Beckon Movie Buffs to IDSFFK|website=anandvattamannil.blogspot.in}}</ref><ref name="nyoooz.com">https://www.nyoooz.com/news/thiruvananthapuram/137319/amit-duttas-films-a-big-draw/</ref> | * 2015 - '''Honorary Retrospective''', Kerala State Chalachitra Academy - International Documentary and Short film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK)<ref name="anandvattamannil.blogspot.in">{{cite web|url=http://anandvattamannil.blogspot.in/2015/08/amit-dutta-movies-beckon-movie-buffs-to.html|title=Amit Dutta Movies Beckon Movie Buffs to IDSFFK|website=anandvattamannil.blogspot.in}}</ref><ref name="nyoooz.com">{{cite web| url = https://www.nyoooz.com/news/thiruvananthapuram/137319/amit-duttas-films-a-big-draw/| title = Amit Dutta`s Films a Big Draw {{!}} THIRUVANANTHAPURAM NYOOOZ}}</ref> | ||
* 2015 - '''CNAP Award''' for his project on ''the History of Chess'', by the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, France. (won) | * 2015 - '''CNAP Award''' for his project on ''the History of Chess'', by the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, France. (won) | ||
* 2015 - '''Golden Berlin Bear – Berlin Film festival''' – Chitrashala<ref name="ReferenceA"/>(nomination) | * 2015 - '''Golden Berlin Bear – Berlin Film festival''' – Chitrashala<ref name="ReferenceA"/>(nomination) | ||
* 2015 - ''' Indian Panorama - International Film Festival of India'''- Even Red Can be Sad<ref>http://iffi.nic.in/writereaddata{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | * 2015 - ''' Indian Panorama - International Film Festival of India'''- Even Red Can be Sad<ref>{{cite web| url = http://iffi.nic.in/writereaddata| title = Reference at iffi.nic.in}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ||
* 2015 - '''Award of the Tagore Fellowship''' at the ''Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla''<ref>http://www.iias.org/scholar/amit-dutta</ref> | * 2015 - '''Award of the Tagore Fellowship''' at the ''Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla''<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.iias.org/scholar/amit-dutta| title = Reference at www.iias.org}}</ref> | ||
* 2016 - '''Grand Prize – Oberhausen film festival''' – Scenes from a Sketchbook<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/festival/sections/international|title=64. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen|website=www.kurzfilmtage.de}}</ref>(nomination) | * 2016 - '''Grand Prize – Oberhausen film festival''' – Scenes from a Sketchbook<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/festival/sections/international|title=64. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen|website=www.kurzfilmtage.de}}</ref>(nomination) | ||
* 2016 - '''Grand Prix – 25FPS film festival - Zagreb''' – Scenes from a Sketchbook<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.25fps.hr/en/film/scenes-from-a-sketchbook|title=Scenes from a Sketchbook :: 25 FPS|website=Festival 25 FPS}}</ref> (nomination) | * 2016 - '''Grand Prix – 25FPS film festival - Zagreb''' – Scenes from a Sketchbook<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.25fps.hr/en/film/scenes-from-a-sketchbook|title=Scenes from a Sketchbook :: 25 FPS|website=Festival 25 FPS}}</ref> (nomination) | ||
* 2016 - '''Award of the Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship''' for outstanding contribution to Experimental Hindi Literature.<ref name="dailyexcelsior.com"/> | * 2016 - '''Award of the Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship''' for outstanding contribution to Experimental Hindi Literature.<ref name="dailyexcelsior.com"/> | ||
* 2017 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' - ''' LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura''', Lugano, Switzerland.<ref name="india.luganolac.ch">{{Cite web |url=http://www.india.luganolac.ch/it/1069/le-affinita-elettive |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202516/http://www.india.luganolac.ch/it/1069/le-affinita-elettive |archive-date=14 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="sentieriselvaggi.it">http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/affinita-elettive-india-1947-2017-il-cinema-e-gli-altri-linguaggi-delle-arti/</ref> | * 2017 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' - ''' LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura''', Lugano, Switzerland.<ref name="india.luganolac.ch">{{Cite web |url=http://www.india.luganolac.ch/it/1069/le-affinita-elettive |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202516/http://www.india.luganolac.ch/it/1069/le-affinita-elettive |archive-date=14 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="sentieriselvaggi.it">{{cite web| url = http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/affinita-elettive-india-1947-2017-il-cinema-e-gli-altri-linguaggi-delle-arti/| title = Affinità elettive. India 1947-2017: cinema e altri linguaggi - SentieriSelvaggi}}</ref> | ||
* 2017 - '''Honorary Retrospective'''– '''''Modernism by Other Means''''', Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.'''<ref name="thehindu.com">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/glimpses-of-a-rare-filmmaker/article21294703.ece</ref> | * 2017 - '''Honorary Retrospective'''– '''''Modernism by Other Means''''', Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.'''<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/glimpses-of-a-rare-filmmaker/article21294703.ece| title = Glimpses of a rare filmmaker - OTHERS - The Hindu}}</ref> | ||
* 2017 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' - '''''Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum''''', Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archives (BMPFA), University of California.<ref name="bampfa.org">{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/program/amit-dutta%E2%80%99s-cinematic-museum|title=Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum - BAMPFA|website=bampfa.org}}</ref> | * 2017 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' - '''''Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum''''', Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archives (BMPFA), University of California.<ref name="bampfa.org">{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/program/amit-dutta%E2%80%99s-cinematic-museum|title=Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum - BAMPFA|website=bampfa.org}}</ref> | ||
*2018 - '''Enlighten Award''' for his contribution to philosophy and art-history through films<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/matterdenc/posts/1744623362268198|title=Matterden CFC|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> | *2018 - '''Enlighten Award''' for his contribution to philosophy and art-history through films<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/matterdenc/posts/1744623362268198|title=Matterden CFC|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> | ||
* 2018 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' - ''''' National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune'''''<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/nfai-plans-a-retrospective-of-art-filmmaker-amit-duttas-works/articleshow/63703388.cms</ref> | * 2018 - '''Honorary Retrospective''' - ''''' National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune'''''<ref>{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/nfai-plans-a-retrospective-of-art-filmmaker-amit-duttas-works/articleshow/63703388.cms| title = nfai: NFAI plans a retrospective of art filmmaker Amit Dutta’s works {{!}} Pune News - Times of India}}</ref> | ||
* 2020 '''- Special Tribute - The Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival—Venice, Italy'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Short meets AMIT DUTTA » Ca' Foscari Short|url=http://cafoscarishort.unive.it/en/portfolio/short-meets-amit-dutta/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Ca' Foscari Short|language=en-US}}</ref> | * 2020 '''- Special Tribute - The Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival—Venice, Italy'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Short meets AMIT DUTTA » Ca' Foscari Short|url=http://cafoscarishort.unive.it/en/portfolio/short-meets-amit-dutta/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Ca' Foscari Short|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
== Retrospectives == | == Retrospectives == | ||
In March 2015, at the [[Centre Pompidou]], Paris, the 37th edition of [[Cinéma du Réel]] conducted a major retrospective of 14 of his features and short-films, curated by eminent curator and film-critic Marie-Pierre Duhamel Muller entitled “''Amit Dutta: Through the Looking Glass'',”<ref>{{cite web|title=37e Cinéma du Réel|url=http://leblogdocumentaire.fr/2015/03/20/cinema-du-reel-2015-entretien-avec-maria-bonsanti|website=leblogdocumentaire.fr}}</ref> followed by a round table conference dedicated to discussing his work where using excerpts from Amit Dutta's films, the participants went over the different stages of his filmography and artistic path.<ref>{{cite web|title=37e Cinéma du Réel- Table Ronde|url=http://www.cinemadureel.org/en/the-festival/programme-2015/crossing-views|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815082616/http://www.cinemadureel.org/en/the-festival/programme-2015/crossing-views|archive-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | In March 2015, at the [[Centre Pompidou]], Paris, the 37th edition of [[Cinéma du Réel]] conducted a major retrospective of 14 of his features and short-films, curated by eminent curator and film-critic Marie-Pierre Duhamel Muller entitled “''Amit Dutta: Through the Looking Glass'',”<ref>{{cite web|title=37e Cinéma du Réel|url=http://leblogdocumentaire.fr/2015/03/20/cinema-du-reel-2015-entretien-avec-maria-bonsanti|website=leblogdocumentaire.fr|date=20 March 2015}}</ref> followed by a round table conference dedicated to discussing his work where using excerpts from Amit Dutta's films, the participants went over the different stages of his filmography and artistic path.<ref>{{cite web|title=37e Cinéma du Réel- Table Ronde|url=http://www.cinemadureel.org/en/the-festival/programme-2015/crossing-views|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815082616/http://www.cinemadureel.org/en/the-festival/programme-2015/crossing-views|archive-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
Marie-Pierre Duhamel in her introduction to the retrospective writes: | Marie-Pierre Duhamel in her introduction to the retrospective writes: | ||
“''Amit Dutta explores the expressive dimensions of cinema as a time machine. He builds up a universe for the spectator where research feeds the imaginary, where the arts, history and mythology form part of landscapes and gestures and where knowledge enchants reality''.”<ref>{{cite web|last1=Duhamel|first1=Marie-Pierre|title=37th Cinéma du Réel- Press Dossier|url=http://www.bpi.fr/files/live/sites/SiteInstitutionnel/files/PDF/Espace%20presse/Communiques%20et%20dossiers%20de%20presse/CINEMA%20DU%20REEL%20Dossier%20de%20presse2015.pdf|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194328/http://www.bpi.fr/files/live/sites/SiteInstitutionnel/files/PDF/Espace%20presse/Communiques%20et%20dossiers%20de%20presse/CINEMA%20DU%20REEL%20Dossier%20de%20presse2015.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and that his body of work evokes “''the philosophical majesty of the image''.”<ref>{{cite | “''Amit Dutta explores the expressive dimensions of cinema as a time machine. He builds up a universe for the spectator where research feeds the imaginary, where the arts, history and mythology form part of landscapes and gestures and where knowledge enchants reality''.”<ref>{{cite web|last1=Duhamel|first1=Marie-Pierre|title=37th Cinéma du Réel- Press Dossier|url=http://www.bpi.fr/files/live/sites/SiteInstitutionnel/files/PDF/Espace%20presse/Communiques%20et%20dossiers%20de%20presse/CINEMA%20DU%20REEL%20Dossier%20de%20presse2015.pdf|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194328/http://www.bpi.fr/files/live/sites/SiteInstitutionnel/files/PDF/Espace%20presse/Communiques%20et%20dossiers%20de%20presse/CINEMA%20DU%20REEL%20Dossier%20de%20presse2015.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and that his body of work evokes “''the philosophical majesty of the image''.”<ref>{{cite journal|title=Amit Dutta: Through the Looking Glass|url=https://www.academia.edu/10804949|website=www.academia.edu|publisher=Marie-Pierre Duhamel|last1=Duhamel|first1=Marie}}</ref> | ||
Amit Dutta's films have been compiled and screened as comprehensive retrospectives at several points in his career till now. The 56th International Short film festival, Oberhausen, curated the director's Profile in 2010 with seven of his short-films.<ref>{{cite web|title= Oberhausen Profiles 2010|url=http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/festival/looking-back/2010/profiles/|website=www.kurzfilmtage.de}}</ref>[[Lalit Kala Akademi]], Chandigarh, had organized the Cinema and Art festival showcasing a selection of both his short films and feature films hosted at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cinema and Art Festival|url=http://www.lalitkalachandigarh.com/events.php?page=13}}</ref> | Amit Dutta's films have been compiled and screened as comprehensive retrospectives at several points in his career till now. The 56th International Short film festival, Oberhausen, curated the director's Profile in 2010 with seven of his short-films.<ref>{{cite web|title= Oberhausen Profiles 2010|url=http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/festival/looking-back/2010/profiles/|website=www.kurzfilmtage.de}}</ref>[[Lalit Kala Akademi]], Chandigarh, had organized the Cinema and Art festival showcasing a selection of both his short films and feature films hosted at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cinema and Art Festival|url=http://www.lalitkalachandigarh.com/events.php?page=13}}</ref> | ||
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* '''2017 - Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum, Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BMPFA), University of California.'''<ref name="bampfa.org"/> | * '''2017 - Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum, Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BMPFA), University of California.'''<ref name="bampfa.org"/> | ||
* '''2017 - Modernism by Other Means, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.'''<ref name="thehindu.com"/> | * '''2017 - Modernism by Other Means, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.'''<ref name="thehindu.com"/> | ||
* '''2018 - National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune.'''<ref name="indiatimes"> | * '''2018 - National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune.'''<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/nfai-plans-a-retrospective-of-art-filmmaker-amit-duttas-works/articleshow/63703388.cms| title = "nfai-plans-a-retrospective-of-art-filmmaker-amit-duttas-works"}}</ref> '''<ref name="hindustantimes">{{cite web| url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/nfai-to-host-a-retrospective-of-experimental-filmmaker-amit-dutta/story-FpzCCjR9jSmBe8LdAEC26I.html| title = "nfai-to-host-a-retrospective-of-experimental-filmmaker-amit-dutta"}}</ref> | ||
* '''2020 - The Inimitable Image—an Amit Dutta retrospective - MUBI'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/specials/the-inimitable-image-an-amit-dutta-retrospective|title=The inimitable image: an Amit Ditta retrospective}}</ref> | * '''2020 - The Inimitable Image—an Amit Dutta retrospective - MUBI'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/specials/the-inimitable-image-an-amit-dutta-retrospective|title=The inimitable image: an Amit Ditta retrospective}}</ref> | ||
* '''2020 - Special tribute - The Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival—Venice, Italy.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/shorts_unlimited/the_ca_foscari_short_film_festival_is_ready_to_celebrate_its_10th_edition_from_the_7th_to_the_10th_of|title=The Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival is ready to celebrate its 10th edition, from the 7th to the 10th of October}}</ref> | * '''2020 - Special tribute - The Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival—Venice, Italy.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/shorts_unlimited/the_ca_foscari_short_film_festival_is_ready_to_celebrate_its_10th_edition_from_the_7th_to_the_10th_of|title=The Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival is ready to celebrate its 10th edition, from the 7th to the 10th of October}}</ref> | ||
*'''2021- An Auteur's Palette- A festival of Amit Dutta's films—KNMA (Kiran Nadar Museum of Art)'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-27|title=Kiran Nadar Museum of Art presents | *'''2021- An Auteur's Palette- A festival of Amit Dutta's films—KNMA (Kiran Nadar Museum of Art)'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-27|title=Kiran Nadar Museum of Art presents 'An Auteur's Palette' – week long online festival of Amit Dutta's films|url=https://theliveindia.co.in/kiran-nadar-museum-of-art-presents-an-auteurs-palette-week-long-online-festival-of-amit-duttas-films/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=The Live India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-19|title=An Auteur's Palette - A Festival of Amit Dutta's Films|url=https://www.knma.in/an_auteurs_palette_amitdutta|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Kiran Nadar Museum of Art|language=en}}</ref> | ||
*'''2021- Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum, Freer and Sackler Gallery—Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC.''' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Films|url=https://asia.si.edu/events-overview/films/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum|url=https://amitdutta.eventive.org/welcome|access-date=2021-02-07|website=amitdutta.eventive.org}}</ref> | *'''2021- Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum, Freer and Sackler Gallery—Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC.''' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Films|url=https://asia.si.edu/events-overview/films/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Amit Dutta's Cinematic Museum|url=https://amitdutta.eventive.org/welcome|access-date=2021-02-07|website=amitdutta.eventive.org}}</ref> | ||