Inviting Cinemaphiles for a presentation by Writer-Director Aparna malladi on the topic "WE ARE THE STORIES WE TELL".

Storytelling is an important part of human communication.

A good story can create emotions and feelings among an audience and can transmit complex messages and inspire people to take independent actions.

Being a filmmaker and screenplay writer Aparna studied storytelling intimately and have a simple formula of sorts that I share with Universities and Institutions. This helps cause a breakthrough and empowers students understand screenplay writing at it’s basic level. We never know where the next great screenwriter of our community is waiting to express our collective story to the world.

The value of a good story is priceless because if the story is compelling enough, it will do the work for you effortlessly as a living and breathing entity of it’s own and will make people remember you and your story.

Aparna Malladi is a Los Angeles based filmmaker. She learnt filmmaking at Film Arts Foundation in San Francisco where she was awarded the ‘STAND Grant’ for new directors to create the award winning short film ‘NUPUR (Ankle Bracelets)’, 2001. ‘NUPUR (Ankle Bracelets)’ screened at more than 25 international film festivals, won the Family Award at the USA Film Festival, Dallas and was invited to be included in ‘Best of the Fest’ at the Rochester International Film Festival. Aparna’s debut feature film ‘MITSEIN’, 2009 set in San Francisco and starring Smriti Mishra won the trophy for ‘Best Art Film’ at the Eugene International Film Festival, Oregon and had it’s international premiere at the Mumbai International Film Festival in the ‘Film India Worldwide’ section. Aparna Malladi’s second feature film ‘THE ANUSHREE EXPERIMENTS’ 2015 a light comedy starring UK based Telugu actor Ulrika Krishnamurti is due for release shortly. Aparna Malladi was invited to attend the prestigious Squaw Valley Writers Screenwriting program [founded by acclaimed screenwriter Gill Dennis]. She presently teaches Screenwriting and Cinematic Language at the Film Direction Department [founded by Dr. Gopalakrishna Paruchuri] at Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University.

Aparna Malladi is also a prolific painter [Water Color on Paper], has shown her work in Los Angeles, Frankfurt and Hyderabad and has done an art residency at Can Serrat in El Bruc, Spain. Aparna Malladi has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad and a Masters in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Tennessee.

The lecture is an hour long with about 15 minutes of Q & A. Entry - Free.