Congrats to Blake and his TTMBS team on another award winner.
Dear Blake, Congratulations! Chambal International Film Festival – Season 10 has updated the Judging Status of your submission Totally Mindblowing Show to Award Winner.
Totally Mindblowing ShowAward WinnerProject has been selected as an award winner in festival.
For those of you who are counting our successful film festival run, here are the stats:
The Totally Mind-Blowing Show received more good news from Mumbai, India.
We’ve been selected to be screened.
Here’s some info on the festival:
Here’s the history of growth of the festival in its first 8 seasons:
Chambal International Film Festival Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were grand success. In Season 1, 316 films from 28 Countries were submitted and 160 films were selected for screening. India’s official entry to Academy awards ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ (2009) was also screened under special focus in Season 1.
In Season 2, 492 films from 35 Countries were submitted and 243 films were selected for screening. India’s official entry to Academy awards ‘Court’ (2015) was also screened under special focus in Season 2.
In Season 3, 604 films from 40 Countries were submitted and 398 films were selected for screening. India’s official entry to Academy awards ‘Shwaas’ (2004) was also screened under special focus in Season
In Season 4, 701 films from 54 Countries were submitted and 464 films were selected for screening.
In Season 5, 809 films from 63 Countries were submitted and 494 films were selected for screening.
In Season 6, 903 films from 71 Countries were submitted and more than 300 films were selected for screening.
In Season 7, 1007 films from 82 Countries were submitted and more than 250 films were selected for screening. Loksabha Speaker Hon’ble Mr. Om Birla Sir inaugurated the opening ceremony.
In Season 8, 1104 films from 93 Countries were submitted and more than 250 films were selected for screening. The inaugural ceremony of the 3 day event took place on the beautiful Chambal River Front, Kota.
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The highlights are: 1. Free Hospitality to all the film makers including stay at hotel, meals and conveyance (hotel to venue). 2. Awards in 75 categories. 3. Jury members are from INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY. 4. Excellent media coverage. 5. Great Exposure (5000 plus audience) 6. Support for releasing films on leading OTT platforms. 7. World’s one of the most loved and best reviewed film festivals. 8. Workshops, Networking and Seminars. 9. Certificate Of Official Selection to all the Nominated Films. 10. Certificate Of Participation to all the participants. 11. The films were screened on multiple screens
Chambal International Film Festival, India is a platform where film makers will get an opportunity to showcase their talent to film loving great audience. Also the audience will get a chance to watch some wonderful short films, documentary films, animation films and music videos of various film makers of the World. The Honorable Jury members Mr. Sayeed Quadri (Renowned Lyricist), Mr. Kshitij Tarey (Famous Singer and Music Composer) and Mr. Ranjan Das (Eminent Editor and Writer) from Indian Film Industry are reputed names. Late Mr. Suresh Naik (Highly Experienced DOP and Special Effect Co- Ordinator) was also a part of the jury.
Congrats to Blake and the whole Totally Mind-Blowing team on another win.
Proud to see our names on the official selection list.
This time, he apologized to the Jews. You know, for praising Adolf Hitler, fetishizing swastikas, and openly fantasizing about extermination. Minor stuff.
Ye chose to deliver this apology via a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal. Even the apology managed to be antisemitic. One imagines Ye thinking, Jews love money—of course they read the Journal. Instead of buying ad space, he might have done something radical: donated that money to Magen David Adom or B’nai B’rith.
In the ad, Ye explained that a car accident caused a head injury, which caused bipolar disorder, which apparently caused antisemitism. An airtight defense. From now on, whenever Ye spirals into Jew-hatred, he can just say: My bipolar made me do it. Or, I lost touch with reality—and as everyone knows, when people lose touch with reality, they become Nazis. Of all people, he figured, the Jews would understand that.
What Ye still hasn’t learned is that apologies without contrition are meaningless. Tears are cheap. Words are cheaper. Real repentance requires action: acknowledging harm, making amends, committing to change, and doing penance.
Yes, Ye apologized to an Orthodox rabbi. But that alone doesn’t cleanse the stain. So, in the interest of helping Ye wash away his sins in the eyes of Hashem, I humbly offer a path forward:
The Kanye West Plan for Contrition and Redemption
Visit Israel—really visit it. Travel from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
Write a rap song titled: “I’ve Been to the River, I’ve Been to the Sea—The Land of Israel Will Always Be.”
Go to the Western Wall. Lay tefillin. Pray. And before leaving, place a handwritten note into the Wall that reads:I have been wicked. I am a brokenhearted Black man seeking salvation. I sinned against the Jewish people by believing and spreading Adolf Hitler’s lies. Please forgive me. I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell. I carry deep remorse for my sins against one of the world’s great religions. Now that I have seen Your Holy Land, I recognize my wrongs and commit to making them right.
Perform multiple concerts at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv—and donate all proceeds to the victims of October 7th.
Finally, Ye, don’t forget to sing your “River to Sea” song—and remember: being bipolar does not require hating G-d’s chosen people.
Redemption is possible. But only if Ye learns that repentance isn’t an ad campaign—it’s a reckoning.
Totally Mindblowing Show
Award WinnerProject has been selected as an award winner in festival.
