Two Indian films won awards at the recently-concluded 10th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha.
Unravel, directed by Meghna Gupta, won the Jury award in the short film category. Synopsis – When the Western world no longer wants it clothes, they are sent to a textile recycling factory in the sleepy town of Panipat, Northern India. Bright and inquisitive factory worker Reshma and her co-workers, reflect on these clothes. Despite limited exposure to western culture, they construct a picture of how the West is, using both their imagination and rumours that travel with the cast off garments. The film has earlier been screened at Sydney and Raindance film festivals, among others.
In the long film category, the Public Liberty and Human Rights Award went to the multiple award-winning documentary, Gulabi Gang by Nishtha Jain. The film has won the Best Film award in Muhr Asia-Africa documentary section at Dubai International...
Unravel, directed by Meghna Gupta, won the Jury award in the short film category. Synopsis – When the Western world no longer wants it clothes, they are sent to a textile recycling factory in the sleepy town of Panipat, Northern India. Bright and inquisitive factory worker Reshma and her co-workers, reflect on these clothes. Despite limited exposure to western culture, they construct a picture of how the West is, using both their imagination and rumours that travel with the cast off garments. The film has earlier been screened at Sydney and Raindance film festivals, among others.
In the long film category, the Public Liberty and Human Rights Award went to the multiple award-winning documentary, Gulabi Gang by Nishtha Jain. The film has won the Best Film award in Muhr Asia-Africa documentary section at Dubai International...
- 11/4/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Lucia, Director Pawan Kumar’s Kannada-language film Lucia has won the coveted Audience Award at the 4th London Indian Film Festival (Liff, July 18-25). The inventive crowd-funded film, powered by UK-based online outfit Distrify, delighted sold out audiences across the city.
Pawan Kumar said: “To win this award in the face of such powerful competition is a dream come true for me. I thank the London Indian Film Festival for selecting the film for its world premiere and would also like to thank the London audience and the UK Kannada community for supporting the film.”
Anurag Goswami won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, for Kaun Kamleshwar? (Who’s Kamleshwar?). The jury, comprising Atif Ghani (producer – Ill Manors), Kim Longinotto (director – Salma), Sunny Grewal (BBC London), Meghna Gupta (shorts director, Unravel) and Satwant Gill (Liff), said: “The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film...
Pawan Kumar said: “To win this award in the face of such powerful competition is a dream come true for me. I thank the London Indian Film Festival for selecting the film for its world premiere and would also like to thank the London audience and the UK Kannada community for supporting the film.”
Anurag Goswami won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, for Kaun Kamleshwar? (Who’s Kamleshwar?). The jury, comprising Atif Ghani (producer – Ill Manors), Kim Longinotto (director – Salma), Sunny Grewal (BBC London), Meghna Gupta (shorts director, Unravel) and Satwant Gill (Liff), said: “The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film...
- 7/30/2013
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
A still from Lucia
Kannada-language film Lucia directed by Pawan Kumar has won the Audience Award at the 4th London Indian Film Festival that concluded recently.
The crowd-funded film revolves around an usher at a decrepit cinema who suffers from insomnia. His life changes when he starts getting weird and wonderful dreams but with a caveat. Set in the teeming young metropolis that is Bangalore, the film is a turbulent ride where the lines between dreams and reality are blurred to delirious effect. Lucia features Sathish, Shruthi Hariharan, Hardhika Shetty and Achyuth Kumar.
The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, went to Anurag Goswami for Kaun Kamleshwar?
The jury, comprising Atif Ghani (producer – Ill Manors), Kim Longinotto (director -Salma), Sunny Grewal (BBC London), Meghna Gupta (shorts director, Unravel) and Satwant Gill (Liff), said: “The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award goes to...
Kannada-language film Lucia directed by Pawan Kumar has won the Audience Award at the 4th London Indian Film Festival that concluded recently.
The crowd-funded film revolves around an usher at a decrepit cinema who suffers from insomnia. His life changes when he starts getting weird and wonderful dreams but with a caveat. Set in the teeming young metropolis that is Bangalore, the film is a turbulent ride where the lines between dreams and reality are blurred to delirious effect. Lucia features Sathish, Shruthi Hariharan, Hardhika Shetty and Achyuth Kumar.
The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, went to Anurag Goswami for Kaun Kamleshwar?
The jury, comprising Atif Ghani (producer – Ill Manors), Kim Longinotto (director -Salma), Sunny Grewal (BBC London), Meghna Gupta (shorts director, Unravel) and Satwant Gill (Liff), said: “The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award goes to...
- 7/30/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Pawan Kumar’s Lucia has won the audience award at the 4th London Indian Film Festival.
The crowd-funded film, backed by UK-based online outfit Distrify and Kannada cinema’s first crowd-funded film, played to sold out audiences across the city.
Director Kumar said: “To win this award in the face of such powerful competition is a dream come true for me. I thank the London Indian Film Festival for selecting the film for its world premiere and would also like to thank the London audience and the UK Kannada community for supporting the film.”
Anurag Goswami won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, for Kaun Kamleshwar? (Who’s Kamleshwar?).
The jury, comprising Ill Manors producer Atif Ghani, documentary director Kim Longinotto, BBC London’s Sunny Grewal, shorts director Meghna Gupta and Liff’s Satwant Gill, said: the short film was “confident and ambitious in its storytelling, gave us engaging...
The crowd-funded film, backed by UK-based online outfit Distrify and Kannada cinema’s first crowd-funded film, played to sold out audiences across the city.
Director Kumar said: “To win this award in the face of such powerful competition is a dream come true for me. I thank the London Indian Film Festival for selecting the film for its world premiere and would also like to thank the London audience and the UK Kannada community for supporting the film.”
Anurag Goswami won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, for Kaun Kamleshwar? (Who’s Kamleshwar?).
The jury, comprising Ill Manors producer Atif Ghani, documentary director Kim Longinotto, BBC London’s Sunny Grewal, shorts director Meghna Gupta and Liff’s Satwant Gill, said: the short film was “confident and ambitious in its storytelling, gave us engaging...
- 7/29/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
This year I finally went to the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla). It took me 11 years of urging by my friend and former employee Carla Sanders, a festival guru, who works there and whose festival career began with "the two Garys" the founders of Filmex which was Los Angeles' first film festival in the 70s and 80s and one of the greatest shows on earth. In its second year The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie closed Filmex '72, and Luis Buñuel attended his first-ever public screening of one of his films. I won't go into this piece of history except to say it spawned the American Cinemateque and AFI Fest. The two Garys (Gary Essert and Gary Abraham) passed on, both victims of the first wave of the AIDS epidemic that hit the artistic community very hard, wiping out a generation of innovative filmmakers and film curator/ historians in Los Angeles.
The opening night of Iffla reminded me somewhat of Filmex with the glory of the filmmakers on the red carpet, beautiful young stars in glitzy clothes and skyscraper tall high heels, being stopped for interviews, flashbulbs going off and a general yet genteel excitement in the air. Even those interviewing were worth watching. It was different because all the stars were Indian which made this affair rather exotic at the same time.
The opening film, Gangs of Wasseypur, which had shown last year in the Cannes Film Festival, was truly extraordinary and the director Anurag Kashyap spent at least an hour talking to the audience about this film which is reminiscent of The Godfather and Gangs of New York though not at all derivative. Its second part showed the following evening and was equally outrageously original. Again the director spent an hour in the Q&A. He spoke to his move to Bombay as a filmmaker and the return to his own roots in telling the story of Wasseypur where he in fact grew up. The film actually is an analysis of the place's history and evolution as a burning inferno as the fight for the coal industry fuels the feud. From digging coal to killing someone in an innocuous brawl, the tale of vengeance runs parallel to the tale of India itself.
The 5 hours and 20 minutes were riveting. The music and dancing was also outrageous. Our friend Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter called it, "A dizzying explosion of an Indian gangster film, whose epic structure and colorful, immoral killers capture the imagination for over five hours."
David Chute, quoted in Thompson on Hollywood, says "Gangs is headlong, hand-held, violent entertainment. It manages to keep a dozen major characters and their agendas clear while rarely pausing to take a breath. It is also one of those rare movies that acknowledge the influence of movies and other forms of pop culture in shaping the values and motivations of its characters.
The story was actually based upon fact, a story of revenge over three generations of two families in a small city of India. My surprise and reaction to it reminded me of how I felt when I saw John Woo's The Killers in Toronto in 1989 which opened the door to John Woo in the U.S. (Coincidently it was the same David Chute who brought John Woo to the U.S. as I recall). The international sales agent, Elle Driver, has not made a sale in the U.S. Which surprises me.
Iffla concluded on Sunday evening (April 14) with a red carpet and gala fete that included the Los Angeles premiere of Deepa Mehta’s Midnight's Children, and the presentation of the festival's Grand Jury and Audience Choice Awards, followed by an after party.
This year the festival showcased more than 35 film features, documentaries, and short films at ArcLight Hollywood, home of Iffla since its inception. “The awards are always bittersweet for all of us in the programming team as we truly believe in the exceptional talent and relevance of each film which has been so carefully chosen,” said Lead Programmer Terrie Samundra. “That being said, we wholeheartedly share the enthusiasm of the audience and our prestigious jury. A huge congratulations to the winners!”
Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature, with an honorable mention for Ship of Theseus directed by Anand Gandhi. The Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary went to Sushrut Jain for Beyond All Boundaries, and for Best Short to Unravel directed by Meghna Gupta, with an honorable mention for Tatpaschat directed by Vasudev Keluskar.
Audience Awards
Best Feature: Filmistaan directed by Nitin Kakkar
Best Documentary: Beyond All Boundaries directed by Gotham Chopra
Best Short: Unravel directed by Meghna Gupta
The 2013 feature film jurors were International Director of the Feature Film Program at the Sundance Institute Paul Federbush, director/editor/writer Kanika Myer (Halo, Heart Of India), and Assistant Curator of Film Programs at Lacma Bernardo Rondeau.The Best Documentary Award was decided by The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times film critic Sheri Linden, Senior Programmer at Film Independent Maggie Mackay, and Producer Nadine Mundo (Chelsea Settles). Judging the short films were filmmaker and Iffla alum Prashant Bhargava (Patang), Film Curator and Director of Industry Programming at Palm Springs ShortFest Kathleen McInnis, and actress Sheetal Sheth (Abcd, Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World).
About Iffla
Now in its 11th year, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) is a nonprofit organization devoted to a greater appreciation of Indian cinema and culture by showcasing films, honoring entertainment industry business executives, and promoting the diverse perspectives of the Indian diaspora.
The six-day festival is the premiere platform for the latest in cutting edge global Indian cinema and bridges the gap between the two largest entertainment industries in the world – Hollywood and India. The festival showcased over 35 films from the Indian filmmaking community across the globe, hosted the highly anticipated opening and closing red carpet galas, and the closing awards ceremony.
For more information:
http://www.indianfilmfestival.org.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/indianfilmfestival
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iffla...
The opening night of Iffla reminded me somewhat of Filmex with the glory of the filmmakers on the red carpet, beautiful young stars in glitzy clothes and skyscraper tall high heels, being stopped for interviews, flashbulbs going off and a general yet genteel excitement in the air. Even those interviewing were worth watching. It was different because all the stars were Indian which made this affair rather exotic at the same time.
The opening film, Gangs of Wasseypur, which had shown last year in the Cannes Film Festival, was truly extraordinary and the director Anurag Kashyap spent at least an hour talking to the audience about this film which is reminiscent of The Godfather and Gangs of New York though not at all derivative. Its second part showed the following evening and was equally outrageously original. Again the director spent an hour in the Q&A. He spoke to his move to Bombay as a filmmaker and the return to his own roots in telling the story of Wasseypur where he in fact grew up. The film actually is an analysis of the place's history and evolution as a burning inferno as the fight for the coal industry fuels the feud. From digging coal to killing someone in an innocuous brawl, the tale of vengeance runs parallel to the tale of India itself.
The 5 hours and 20 minutes were riveting. The music and dancing was also outrageous. Our friend Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter called it, "A dizzying explosion of an Indian gangster film, whose epic structure and colorful, immoral killers capture the imagination for over five hours."
David Chute, quoted in Thompson on Hollywood, says "Gangs is headlong, hand-held, violent entertainment. It manages to keep a dozen major characters and their agendas clear while rarely pausing to take a breath. It is also one of those rare movies that acknowledge the influence of movies and other forms of pop culture in shaping the values and motivations of its characters.
The story was actually based upon fact, a story of revenge over three generations of two families in a small city of India. My surprise and reaction to it reminded me of how I felt when I saw John Woo's The Killers in Toronto in 1989 which opened the door to John Woo in the U.S. (Coincidently it was the same David Chute who brought John Woo to the U.S. as I recall). The international sales agent, Elle Driver, has not made a sale in the U.S. Which surprises me.
Iffla concluded on Sunday evening (April 14) with a red carpet and gala fete that included the Los Angeles premiere of Deepa Mehta’s Midnight's Children, and the presentation of the festival's Grand Jury and Audience Choice Awards, followed by an after party.
This year the festival showcased more than 35 film features, documentaries, and short films at ArcLight Hollywood, home of Iffla since its inception. “The awards are always bittersweet for all of us in the programming team as we truly believe in the exceptional talent and relevance of each film which has been so carefully chosen,” said Lead Programmer Terrie Samundra. “That being said, we wholeheartedly share the enthusiasm of the audience and our prestigious jury. A huge congratulations to the winners!”
Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature, with an honorable mention for Ship of Theseus directed by Anand Gandhi. The Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary went to Sushrut Jain for Beyond All Boundaries, and for Best Short to Unravel directed by Meghna Gupta, with an honorable mention for Tatpaschat directed by Vasudev Keluskar.
Audience Awards
Best Feature: Filmistaan directed by Nitin Kakkar
Best Documentary: Beyond All Boundaries directed by Gotham Chopra
Best Short: Unravel directed by Meghna Gupta
The 2013 feature film jurors were International Director of the Feature Film Program at the Sundance Institute Paul Federbush, director/editor/writer Kanika Myer (Halo, Heart Of India), and Assistant Curator of Film Programs at Lacma Bernardo Rondeau.The Best Documentary Award was decided by The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times film critic Sheri Linden, Senior Programmer at Film Independent Maggie Mackay, and Producer Nadine Mundo (Chelsea Settles). Judging the short films were filmmaker and Iffla alum Prashant Bhargava (Patang), Film Curator and Director of Industry Programming at Palm Springs ShortFest Kathleen McInnis, and actress Sheetal Sheth (Abcd, Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World).
About Iffla
Now in its 11th year, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) is a nonprofit organization devoted to a greater appreciation of Indian cinema and culture by showcasing films, honoring entertainment industry business executives, and promoting the diverse perspectives of the Indian diaspora.
The six-day festival is the premiere platform for the latest in cutting edge global Indian cinema and bridges the gap between the two largest entertainment industries in the world – Hollywood and India. The festival showcased over 35 films from the Indian filmmaking community across the globe, hosted the highly anticipated opening and closing red carpet galas, and the closing awards ceremony.
For more information:
http://www.indianfilmfestival.org.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/indianfilmfestival
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iffla...
- 5/6/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Still from Filmistaan
Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely won the Jury prize for Feature Film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) that concluded on Sunday. Ship of Theseus by Anand Gandhi won a Jury Honourable Mention.
Filmistaan by Nitin Kakkar won the Audience award in the Feature Film category.
Beyond all Boundaries by Sushrut Jain won both the Jury and Audience award for Documentary.
Unravel by Meghna Gupta won the Jury and Audience award for Short Film while And After That by Vasudev Keluskar won an Honorable Mention.
Producer Guneet Monga and Executive Vice President, Universal Television, Bela Bajaria were honoured with the sixth annual Industry Leadership Awards.
Gangs of Wasseypur I opened the festival while Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children was the closing film of the festival.
Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely won the Jury prize for Feature Film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) that concluded on Sunday. Ship of Theseus by Anand Gandhi won a Jury Honourable Mention.
Filmistaan by Nitin Kakkar won the Audience award in the Feature Film category.
Beyond all Boundaries by Sushrut Jain won both the Jury and Audience award for Documentary.
Unravel by Meghna Gupta won the Jury and Audience award for Short Film while And After That by Vasudev Keluskar won an Honorable Mention.
Producer Guneet Monga and Executive Vice President, Universal Television, Bela Bajaria were honoured with the sixth annual Industry Leadership Awards.
Gangs of Wasseypur I opened the festival while Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children was the closing film of the festival.
- 4/15/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Two Indian films have been selected for Raindance Film Festival in UK. Kshay (Corrode) will screen at the Raindance Film Festival under the features section, while Unravel by Meghna Gupta will be screened under the shorts category.
The 20th edition of the festival will be held from 26th September – 7th October, 2012.
Featuring Rasika Dugal, Alekh Sangal and Sudhir Pednekar, Kshay is written, directed and co-produced by Karan Gour. “When young newlywed Chhai discovers a sculpture of the Hindu Goddess of fertility in a mysterious Bombay workshop she is immediately entranced by it and sets her heart on having it for herself. But with her husband Arvind struggling to make ends meet with a miserly and corrupt boss, she is faced with the reality that she cannot have the thing that she covets most. Her desire for the sculpture soon turns to obsession as we discover its tragic personal significance and...
The 20th edition of the festival will be held from 26th September – 7th October, 2012.
Featuring Rasika Dugal, Alekh Sangal and Sudhir Pednekar, Kshay is written, directed and co-produced by Karan Gour. “When young newlywed Chhai discovers a sculpture of the Hindu Goddess of fertility in a mysterious Bombay workshop she is immediately entranced by it and sets her heart on having it for herself. But with her husband Arvind struggling to make ends meet with a miserly and corrupt boss, she is faced with the reality that she cannot have the thing that she covets most. Her desire for the sculpture soon turns to obsession as we discover its tragic personal significance and...
- 9/24/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Six shortlisted Indian short films from the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s annual short film competition 2012 will be screened at the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival in Bristol, UK.
The shortlisted films are:
Ayesh by Farzana Tipurita, UK
Raju by Max Zarhle, Germany
Khaleel Khan ke Faakhtey (Dirty Doves) by Rizwan Siddiqui, India
Maya by Naina Panemanglor, UK
Shor (Noise) by Neeraj Ghaywan, India
Unravel by Meghna Gupta, UK
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival is an annual festival promoting international short and animated films. The 18th edition of the festival will be held from 18th – 23rd September, 2012.
The shortlisted films are:
Ayesh by Farzana Tipurita, UK
Raju by Max Zarhle, Germany
Khaleel Khan ke Faakhtey (Dirty Doves) by Rizwan Siddiqui, India
Maya by Naina Panemanglor, UK
Shor (Noise) by Neeraj Ghaywan, India
Unravel by Meghna Gupta, UK
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival is an annual festival promoting international short and animated films. The 18th edition of the festival will be held from 18th – 23rd September, 2012.
- 9/3/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Director Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s feature Aaranya Kaandam (Anima and Persona), starring Jackie Shroff, Sampath Raj, Yasmin Ponnappa and Ravi Krishna has won the Western Union Audience Award at the 3rd London Indian Film Festival (Liff, June 20 – July 3). Sp Charan’s Capital Film Works produced the film.
Kumararaja said: “I don’t know what to say. It’s nice to know that people in Europe loved the film and in fact, that people across continents love the film. It also worked with audiences in the Us and with the jury at the Indian National Awards. And it is appreciated now in Europe also. I’m thrilled.”
Charan said: “I’m happy and proud of Aaranya Kaandam’s success this year. On behalf of Capital Film Works and the crew of Aaranya Kaandam, I would like to first of all congratulate London Indian Film Festival on a successful event this year and...
Kumararaja said: “I don’t know what to say. It’s nice to know that people in Europe loved the film and in fact, that people across continents love the film. It also worked with audiences in the Us and with the jury at the Indian National Awards. And it is appreciated now in Europe also. I’m thrilled.”
Charan said: “I’m happy and proud of Aaranya Kaandam’s success this year. On behalf of Capital Film Works and the crew of Aaranya Kaandam, I would like to first of all congratulate London Indian Film Festival on a successful event this year and...
- 7/7/2012
- by BollySpice Editors
- Bollyspice
Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s Tamil feature Aaranya Kaandam starring Jackie Shroff, Sampath Raj, Yasmin Ponnappa and Ravi Krishna has won the Western Union Audience Award at the 3rd London Indian Film Festival which was held from June 20 – July 3, 2012.
Also at the festival this year, Satyajit Ray Foundation Short Film Award and a £1,000 prize was won by Neeraj Ghaywan’s Shor (Noise).
Meghna Gupta’s short Unravel was given a Special Mention by the jury that comprised directors Eran Creevy (Welcome To The Punch), Suri Krishnamma (The Grief Tourist), Andrew Hinton, winner of the 2011 Satyajit Ray Foundation Award for Amar, and Satwant Gill from Liff.
The festival closed with a screening of the Bengali film Baishey Srabon (Seventh August).
Also at the festival this year, Satyajit Ray Foundation Short Film Award and a £1,000 prize was won by Neeraj Ghaywan’s Shor (Noise).
Meghna Gupta’s short Unravel was given a Special Mention by the jury that comprised directors Eran Creevy (Welcome To The Punch), Suri Krishnamma (The Grief Tourist), Andrew Hinton, winner of the 2011 Satyajit Ray Foundation Award for Amar, and Satwant Gill from Liff.
The festival closed with a screening of the Bengali film Baishey Srabon (Seventh August).
- 7/6/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Shor directed by Neeraj Ghaywan won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s Short Film Award 2012 at the London Indian Film Festival. This was announced at the closing night ceremony of the festival on July 3.
Shor is about a couple from Banaras consumed by their pursuit to survive in the seedy ghettos of Mumbai city. The film has earlier won the Best Short Film award at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and South Asian International Film Festival.
The other shortlisted films for the award were Ayesha by Farzana Tipurita (UK), Khaleel Khan Ke Faakhtey by Rizwan Siddiqui (India), Maya by Naina Panemanglor (UK), Unravel by Meghna Gupta (UK) and Raju by Max Zahle (India-Germany).
Shor is about a couple from Banaras consumed by their pursuit to survive in the seedy ghettos of Mumbai city. The film has earlier won the Best Short Film award at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and South Asian International Film Festival.
The other shortlisted films for the award were Ayesha by Farzana Tipurita (UK), Khaleel Khan Ke Faakhtey by Rizwan Siddiqui (India), Maya by Naina Panemanglor (UK), Unravel by Meghna Gupta (UK) and Raju by Max Zahle (India-Germany).
- 7/4/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Shor—that won the Best Short Film award at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and South Asian International Film Festival and Max Zahle’s Raju—nominated for Academy Awards 2012 and shot in India are among the six short listed films for Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film competition.
The shortlisted films will screen on June 27 at the London Indian Film Festival. The winning film will be announced at the closing night ceremony of the festival on July 3.
The other shortlisted films are Ayesha by Farzana Tipurita (UK), Khaleel Khan Ke Faakhtey by Rizwan Siddiqui (India), Maya by Naina Panemanglor (UK) and Unravel by Meghna Gupta (UK).
Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film competition is held in association with London Indian Film Festival.
Shortlisted Films with Synopses:
Ayesha – Dir Farzana Tipurita (UK)
The story of a British Pakistani woman at a crossroads, forced to choose between her family and her own desires.
The shortlisted films will screen on June 27 at the London Indian Film Festival. The winning film will be announced at the closing night ceremony of the festival on July 3.
The other shortlisted films are Ayesha by Farzana Tipurita (UK), Khaleel Khan Ke Faakhtey by Rizwan Siddiqui (India), Maya by Naina Panemanglor (UK) and Unravel by Meghna Gupta (UK).
Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film competition is held in association with London Indian Film Festival.
Shortlisted Films with Synopses:
Ayesha – Dir Farzana Tipurita (UK)
The story of a British Pakistani woman at a crossroads, forced to choose between her family and her own desires.
- 6/18/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from Unravel
Sydney Film Festival 2012 which will take place from June 6-17, 2012 will have a special focus on Indian cinema. The special section will screen Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2, Anand Patwardhan’s documentary Jai Bhim Comrade, Musa Syeed’s Valley of Saints, Umesh Kulkarni’s Deool and Sandeep Ray’s documentary The Sound of Old Rooms.
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2 will also participate in the official competition of the festival. ‘Anurag Kashyap’s epic is a thrilling, beautifully shot and extremely violent journey tracing the feud between mining magnate and politician Ramadhir Singh and the Khan family from colonial to contemporary times,’ writes the festival’s official website.
The festival will screen an Indian short film, Unravel by Meghna Gupta, in it section for shorts. ‘An Indian woman in the sleepy northern town of Panipat ponders the ways of the world as she unravels...
Sydney Film Festival 2012 which will take place from June 6-17, 2012 will have a special focus on Indian cinema. The special section will screen Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2, Anand Patwardhan’s documentary Jai Bhim Comrade, Musa Syeed’s Valley of Saints, Umesh Kulkarni’s Deool and Sandeep Ray’s documentary The Sound of Old Rooms.
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2 will also participate in the official competition of the festival. ‘Anurag Kashyap’s epic is a thrilling, beautifully shot and extremely violent journey tracing the feud between mining magnate and politician Ramadhir Singh and the Khan family from colonial to contemporary times,’ writes the festival’s official website.
The festival will screen an Indian short film, Unravel by Meghna Gupta, in it section for shorts. ‘An Indian woman in the sleepy northern town of Panipat ponders the ways of the world as she unravels...
- 5/9/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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