Vanni Mouse

Vanni Mus (tamilsk: வன்னி எலி) er en kortfilm produsert og regissert av Tamiliam Subas, som tilhører gruppen Eelam-tamiler. 

Filmen vant prisen for beste i fiction category i den ni dager lange 11. International Short and Independent Film Festival (ISIFF) i Dhaka 2010. En representant for Eelavar Cine Arts Council i London opplyste i den forbindelse at dette var den første gangen en kunstner tilhørende gruppen Eelam-tamiler hadde vunnet en pris på en internasjonal filmfestival.

I juryens begrunnelse het det blant annet:

«As far as content is concerned, the film is against violence perpetrated in the name of national integrity. To convey this message, the director picked up a form, which is an interesting combination of nature documentary wild life cinematography, surrealistic Filming location backdrop and realistic incident. A monotonous journey of some mice ends up in an unexpected revelation of a human tragedy. The approach is quite original for anti-war film.»

Handling
“Vanni Mus” handler om reisen til to mus gjennom interneringsleiren Manik Farm. I leiren er de vitner til tragiske hendelser, som forblir skjult for omverden.

Priser

2011 – Best Short film 4th Ulagayutha International Tamil film festival, India
2010 – Second Prize Makkal TV Ten Minute Stories, India
2010 – Best Critic Award 8th International Tamil Film Festival, Canada
2010 – Best Fiction Award 11th International Short and Independent Film Festival (ISIFF), Dhaka (Bangladesh)
2010 – Special Prize Tamil film festival, Norge
2009 – Special Prize Periyar thirai

Deltagelse på filmfestivaler

2010 – 14th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Czech Republic 2010
2010 – 9th International Documentary and Short Film Festival (DokuFest) Kosovo 2010
2010 – The European Independent Film Festival 2010 
2010 – Vibgyor International Film Festival 2010 under theme “Focus of the Year: `South Asia

Referanser

Eksterne lenker
 
Veteranfilmregissør Balu Mahendra om Vanni Mouse
Veteran poet Kasi Ananthan] om Vanni Mouse

Norske kortfilmer
Kortfilmer fra 2010-årene