“Agra” by Kanu Behl, “Joram” by Devashish Makhija and “Sultana’s Dream” by Isabel Herguera (San Sebastian selection “Kalebegiak”) are among the selections at India’s Film Bazaar Recommends (Fbr) strand.
The strand is a part of Film Bazaar, the South Asia film project market operated by India’s National Film Development Corporation. The Fbr selections, comprising 20 features, two mid-length films and eight shorts are chosen from 247 films in the market’s Viewing Room that presents films from India and South Asia, which are recently completed or still in post-production. The films are available for film festival selection, world sales, distribution partners or finishing funds. All the selections are awaiting their world premieres.
The 30 selected films will have the opportunity to pitch to Bazaar delegates during the market.
The Bazaar has also chosen five projects for its Work-In-Progress Lab, which provides the selected filmmakers an opportunity to screen the rough...
The strand is a part of Film Bazaar, the South Asia film project market operated by India’s National Film Development Corporation. The Fbr selections, comprising 20 features, two mid-length films and eight shorts are chosen from 247 films in the market’s Viewing Room that presents films from India and South Asia, which are recently completed or still in post-production. The films are available for film festival selection, world sales, distribution partners or finishing funds. All the selections are awaiting their world premieres.
The 30 selected films will have the opportunity to pitch to Bazaar delegates during the market.
The Bazaar has also chosen five projects for its Work-In-Progress Lab, which provides the selected filmmakers an opportunity to screen the rough...
- 11/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Eighty films from 32 countries, including 21 feature narratives and 43 short films, will be be showcased at the 11th Dharamshala International Film Festival (Diff) in Dharamsala next month, as announced on Thursday.
The highlights include the India premieres of Cannes Jury Prize Winner and 2022 Oscar Nominee, Joyland by Saim Sadiq; Once Upon A Time in Calcutta by Aditya Vikram Sengupta; the Anurag Kashyap-presented debut feature by Parth Saurabh, Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar (On Either Sides of the Pond); 2022 Oscar Nominee, Writing with Fire by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Sen; and Fire in the Mountains (India 2021) by Ajitpal Singh.
The India premieres of these acclaimed international features will also take place at Diff 2022: Eternal Spring by Jason Loftus; In Viaggio by Gianfranco Rosi; Lullaby by Alauda Ruiz de AzAa; Mother Lode by Matteo Tortone; Navalny by Daniel Roher; Neptune Frost by Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams; They Carry Death by Helena GirAn...
The highlights include the India premieres of Cannes Jury Prize Winner and 2022 Oscar Nominee, Joyland by Saim Sadiq; Once Upon A Time in Calcutta by Aditya Vikram Sengupta; the Anurag Kashyap-presented debut feature by Parth Saurabh, Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar (On Either Sides of the Pond); 2022 Oscar Nominee, Writing with Fire by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Sen; and Fire in the Mountains (India 2021) by Ajitpal Singh.
The India premieres of these acclaimed international features will also take place at Diff 2022: Eternal Spring by Jason Loftus; In Viaggio by Gianfranco Rosi; Lullaby by Alauda Ruiz de AzAa; Mother Lode by Matteo Tortone; Navalny by Daniel Roher; Neptune Frost by Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams; They Carry Death by Helena GirAn...
- 10/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Director Natesh Hegde and producer Rishab Shetty, whose “Pedro” was in the New Currents competition at the Busan International Film Festival in 2021, are at this year’s Asian Project Market with “Vaghachipani” (“Tiger′s Pond”).
“Pedro” won best director for Hegde at Pingyao, best film at the Nantes Three Continents Festival, and had a stellar festival run including the BFI London Film Festival, Golden Horse and IndieLisboa.
Set in a sleepy hamlet, “Tiger′s Pond” will follow an under-aged shepherdess who is discovered to be pregnant. Her employer, who is hellbent on becoming the chair of the village council, makes every effort to cover it up.
“From my childhood I have been seeing mentally challenged people coming to our small town out of nowhere. They used to stay in bus stops or some other shed and after few months they disappear again. I always used to wonder what they feel...
“Pedro” won best director for Hegde at Pingyao, best film at the Nantes Three Continents Festival, and had a stellar festival run including the BFI London Film Festival, Golden Horse and IndieLisboa.
Set in a sleepy hamlet, “Tiger′s Pond” will follow an under-aged shepherdess who is discovered to be pregnant. Her employer, who is hellbent on becoming the chair of the village council, makes every effort to cover it up.
“From my childhood I have been seeing mentally challenged people coming to our small town out of nowhere. They used to stay in bus stops or some other shed and after few months they disappear again. I always used to wonder what they feel...
- 10/9/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Projects selected from 15 countries.
South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has unveiled the 29 titles selected for the 2022 Asian Project Market (Apm).
The film financing event that runs as part of Biff’s Asian Contents and Film Market will return in-person from October 9-11, after taking place as a hybrid event last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
From this year, Apm has excluded non-Asian projects to provide more focused support for Asian projects, which must be submitted by directors who have made at least one short or full-length feature as well as producers who have been involved with at least one feature.
South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has unveiled the 29 titles selected for the 2022 Asian Project Market (Apm).
The film financing event that runs as part of Biff’s Asian Contents and Film Market will return in-person from October 9-11, after taking place as a hybrid event last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
From this year, Apm has excluded non-Asian projects to provide more focused support for Asian projects, which must be submitted by directors who have made at least one short or full-length feature as well as producers who have been involved with at least one feature.
- 8/12/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has announced the 29 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market (Apm), a core strand of the festival’s industry activities, including new works from Thailand’s Aditya Assarat, China’s Wang Qi, Vietnam’s Le Bao and Myanmar’s Maung Sun, whose producer Ma Aeint is currently in prison in Yangon.
Ma Aeint, who previously produced Maung Sun’s award-winning Money Has Four Legs, was recently sentenced to three years in jail with hard labor by Myanmar’s military junta, which took over the country in a brutal coup in early 2021. She was accused of “causing fear, spreading fake news or agitating against government employees”. She is attached as a producer to Maung Sun’s new project, Future Laobans, described as a drama about the “international dimension of organized crime.”
Assarat, an award-winning Thai director, is returning to feature-length directing after focusing on producing,...
Ma Aeint, who previously produced Maung Sun’s award-winning Money Has Four Legs, was recently sentenced to three years in jail with hard labor by Myanmar’s military junta, which took over the country in a brutal coup in early 2021. She was accused of “causing fear, spreading fake news or agitating against government employees”. She is attached as a producer to Maung Sun’s new project, Future Laobans, described as a drama about the “international dimension of organized crime.”
Assarat, an award-winning Thai director, is returning to feature-length directing after focusing on producing,...
- 8/11/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The Asian Project Market, the film financing event attached to the Busan festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market, will return this year as an in-person event. To increase the focus on regional projects it has selected 29 titles and excluded those from outside Asia.
The Apm will be held at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (Bexco) and run Oct. 9-11, 2022. The Busan International Film Festival runs Oct 5-14.
Organizers say that thematically the selection – made from 288 projects submitted – highlights women filmmakers and the return of a handful of Busan festival alumni. The selection also finds house room for nine projects from South Korea.
The Apm prizes awarded to be awarded on Oct. 11 will also be “more diverse.” They include a newly-established Taicca Award and the Vipo Award, sponsored by Taiwan Creative Content Agency and Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization respectively, which will pay out 10,000 to support film development. And...
The Apm will be held at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (Bexco) and run Oct. 9-11, 2022. The Busan International Film Festival runs Oct 5-14.
Organizers say that thematically the selection – made from 288 projects submitted – highlights women filmmakers and the return of a handful of Busan festival alumni. The selection also finds house room for nine projects from South Korea.
The Apm prizes awarded to be awarded on Oct. 11 will also be “more diverse.” They include a newly-established Taicca Award and the Vipo Award, sponsored by Taiwan Creative Content Agency and Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization respectively, which will pay out 10,000 to support film development. And...
- 8/11/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
CinemaThe film festival is scheduled to be held between August 12 to 20th this year. Tnm StaffThe Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (Iffm), which is scheduled to take place between August 12 to 20th this year, will feature a number of south Indian films including critically acclaimed Jai Bhim (Tamil), Pedro (Kannada), and Chavittu (Malayalam), among others. Tamil movies like Jai Bhim, The Road to Kuthriyar, Perianayaki, Ayu, and Paraasakthi will be streaming at the film festival. Suriya starrer Jai Bhim premiered on Amazon Prime Video last year, coinciding with the festival of Deepavali and opened to positive responses from critics as well as the audience. The film is based on the story of a lawyer (Suriya), who fights to get justice for a tribal man falsely accused of robbery. Helmed by Bharat Mirle, The Road to Kuthriyar starring actors Dhruv Athreye, Chinna Dorai and Parvathi Om, narrates the story of a...
- 7/29/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
“Pedro”, the interesting debut feature of a young Kannada director Natesh Hegde, is an engaging glimpse into a closed rural community of a village located amidst Western Ghat’s dense forest. It drifts away from the usual slice-of-life documentarian style of this type of tale toward intimate psychodrama and introspective portrayal of a character, whose passiveness, alienation, and apathy are largely anti-heroic.
“Pedro” is screening at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Pedro is a middle-aged electrician, doing odd contracted jobs, who lives with his mother, sister-in-law, and her little son in a cramped house. He replaced his estranged brother, a troublemaking feisty drunkard, as the head of a family, and the former often bangs at the door, manifesting his anger and shouting his frustration off. Pedro’s looks are ordinary, he hardly ever speaks, and drinks a bit too much, like most of the males he knows. Despite a...
“Pedro” is screening at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Pedro is a middle-aged electrician, doing odd contracted jobs, who lives with his mother, sister-in-law, and her little son in a cramped house. He replaced his estranged brother, a troublemaking feisty drunkard, as the head of a family, and the former often bangs at the door, manifesting his anger and shouting his frustration off. Pedro’s looks are ordinary, he hardly ever speaks, and drinks a bit too much, like most of the males he knows. Despite a...
- 4/15/2022
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
The 2022 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) announced the lineup of official selections for the 20th annual edition of the internationally acclaimed film festival, which will mark a return to in-person screenings and events this year. Including a Gala presentation of Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show, Iffla will showcase 26 films, including the world premiere of Anmol Sidhu’s Jaggi, and the North American premieres of Faraz Ali’s Shoebox and Natesh Hegde’s Pedro.
The landmark 20th Anniversary edition of Iffla will:
Inaugurate a Spotlight on South Asia sectionFeature a 20th Anniversary Shorts special program celebrating the festival’s history, with a pre-festival screening of Iffla alumni shorts highlighting films representing each year of the festival’s history with an in-theater co-presentation with NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (Nfmla)Present a live script read previewing an Iffla alumnus’ next feature project, and Include the announcement of a filmmaker mentorship initiative...
The landmark 20th Anniversary edition of Iffla will:
Inaugurate a Spotlight on South Asia sectionFeature a 20th Anniversary Shorts special program celebrating the festival’s history, with a pre-festival screening of Iffla alumni shorts highlighting films representing each year of the festival’s history with an in-theater co-presentation with NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (Nfmla)Present a live script read previewing an Iffla alumnus’ next feature project, and Include the announcement of a filmmaker mentorship initiative...
- 3/31/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
In-person event to run April 28-May 1 .
The world premiere of Anmol Sidhu’s drama Jaggi is expected to be among the highlights as Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (Iffla) returns to in-person screenings and events for its 20th anniversary edition.
Among other activities this year’s festival running April 28-May 1 will inaugurate Spotlight On South Asia, unveil a filmmaker mentorship, stage a live script-read previewing an Iffla alumnus’s next feature project, and screen shorts from the festival’s history with pre-festival screenings of shorts by Iffla alumni in association with NewFilmmakers Los Angeles.
The line-up of 10 features includes...
The world premiere of Anmol Sidhu’s drama Jaggi is expected to be among the highlights as Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (Iffla) returns to in-person screenings and events for its 20th anniversary edition.
Among other activities this year’s festival running April 28-May 1 will inaugurate Spotlight On South Asia, unveil a filmmaker mentorship, stage a live script-read previewing an Iffla alumnus’s next feature project, and screen shorts from the festival’s history with pre-festival screenings of shorts by Iffla alumni in association with NewFilmmakers Los Angeles.
The line-up of 10 features includes...
- 3/29/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles has announced the programming lineup for its 2022 edition, which includes Pan Nalin’s “Last Film Show” as a gala presentation.
The festival, which spotlights films made about the Indian diaspora from filmmakers of Indian heritage, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a return to in-person screenings for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the course of the festival, 10 feature films and 16 short films will be screened, including a world premiere and two North American premieres.
“Reflecting on Iffla’s 20 years, we find ourselves overjoyed by the range of incredible talent we have discovered and celebrated, introducing numerous emerging and established voices to Los Angeles,” Iffla executive director and founder Christina Marouda said in a statement. “We are also incredibly proud of the sense of family and community we have accomplished over the last 20 years. We are...
The festival, which spotlights films made about the Indian diaspora from filmmakers of Indian heritage, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a return to in-person screenings for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the course of the festival, 10 feature films and 16 short films will be screened, including a world premiere and two North American premieres.
“Reflecting on Iffla’s 20 years, we find ourselves overjoyed by the range of incredible talent we have discovered and celebrated, introducing numerous emerging and established voices to Los Angeles,” Iffla executive director and founder Christina Marouda said in a statement. “We are also incredibly proud of the sense of family and community we have accomplished over the last 20 years. We are...
- 3/29/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
IFFKThe film, which was screened at the 26th Iffk in Kerala, tells the story of an outcast who accidentally kills a cow and has to face the aftermath in a remote Karnataka village.CrisNearly all of the violence in Pedro is hidden from the camera. After a gunshot in the dark, a cow’s cry is heard. But the next morning, you only see the ends of its legs tied to be carried away. Pedro, the man accidentally killing the cow, would be beaten where it hurts most – under the feet. But as soon as the policeman asks for a thicker baton, the camera skips the scene. It is all very well that the tragedy of Pedro, forced to be an outcast after an accident with a gun, is made easier to look at. However, the lack of visuals or cries of pain does not make Pedro’s misery seem any less.
- 3/25/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
ControversyWith several critically acclaimed films failing to make it to Bangalore International Film Festival’s lineup this year, filmmakers comment on the ambiguity around the selection criteria used by the jury and organisers.Saradha UScreengrab/ YouTubeDebutant director Natesh Hedge’s 2021 Kannada film Pedro opened to positive critical reception and has been receiving rave reviews in international film festival circuits over the past year. A 3-minute-long trailer of the Raj B Shetty starrer, which was unveiled on February 25, had also created a buzz amongst fans. However, much to everyone’s surprise, the film did not make it to the Bangalore International Film Festival (BIFFes)’s lineup this year, which is scheduled to take place between March 3 to March 13 this year. The plot of Pedro – which premiered at reputed international film festivals like Busan International Film Festival, and bagged multiple awards – revolves around the life of an outcast and alcoholic, who accidentally kills a cow,...
- 3/3/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
Mumbai Film Festival Considers Physical Screenings After Filmmakers’ Appeal to Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Updated: Filmmakers have a glimmer of hope after the Mumbai Film Festival said it would consider physical screenings, but did not make any promises.
“We feel the disappointment of the filmmakers,” a statement released by the festival board of trustees and team on Monday said. “We are working on a plan to manage a physical screening for films in our selection that do not screen in India in the near future. Whenever that is possible, we will get in touch and work with the filmmakers to make it happen.”
“But we do not, as we have said repeatedly, want to make promises we cannot keep. We have never requested any of our filmmakers to make choices in our favor or to hold back from whatever they feel is the best platform for their film and we do not want to do it now,” the statement added.
The statement also revealed...
“We feel the disappointment of the filmmakers,” a statement released by the festival board of trustees and team on Monday said. “We are working on a plan to manage a physical screening for films in our selection that do not screen in India in the near future. Whenever that is possible, we will get in touch and work with the filmmakers to make it happen.”
“But we do not, as we have said repeatedly, want to make promises we cannot keep. We have never requested any of our filmmakers to make choices in our favor or to hold back from whatever they feel is the best platform for their film and we do not want to do it now,” the statement added.
The statement also revealed...
- 2/28/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Update, 02/28, 05:30Am: Organizers of the Mumbai Film Festival (Mami) have responded to an open letter published last week by a collection of Indian filmmakers criticizing the decision to not hold physical screenings at this year’s event.
In a statement, the fest said they “feel the disappointment of the filmmakers” and that the move had been a “last resort”. They added that a key sponsor had pulled out of the event. Below is the statement in full.
“We feel the disappointment of the filmmakers. The last two years have been very hard on the filmmaking community. Similarly, we as an academy, all our benefactors, collaborators, and partners have also suffered. Amongst many things, we have had an associate sponsor discontinue their partnership with us. While that has put accumulating pressure on us, we also understand the difficulties of our partners.
“For us, cancelling an edition of the festival is the last resort.
In a statement, the fest said they “feel the disappointment of the filmmakers” and that the move had been a “last resort”. They added that a key sponsor had pulled out of the event. Below is the statement in full.
“We feel the disappointment of the filmmakers. The last two years have been very hard on the filmmaking community. Similarly, we as an academy, all our benefactors, collaborators, and partners have also suffered. Amongst many things, we have had an associate sponsor discontinue their partnership with us. While that has put accumulating pressure on us, we also understand the difficulties of our partners.
“For us, cancelling an edition of the festival is the last resort.
- 2/28/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Leesa Gazi’s Bengali-language A House Named Shahana won the feature award in the Film Bazaar Recommends section.
Kannada-language drama Shivamma, directed by Jai Shankar, and Baghjan, an Assamese and Moran-language drama from Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia, were presented with the Prasad Labs and Qube Moviebuff Appreciation Awards in the Works-in-Progress (Wip) section of Film Bazaar Online 2021.
A special mention by the Wip Lab Mentors went to A Space Of Our Own (Ek Jagah Apni), a Hindi-language drama directed by the Ektara Collective. The mentors said in a statement that they wanted to recognise the film “for challenging the conventional structures...
Kannada-language drama Shivamma, directed by Jai Shankar, and Baghjan, an Assamese and Moran-language drama from Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia, were presented with the Prasad Labs and Qube Moviebuff Appreciation Awards in the Works-in-Progress (Wip) section of Film Bazaar Online 2021.
A special mention by the Wip Lab Mentors went to A Space Of Our Own (Ek Jagah Apni), a Hindi-language drama directed by the Ektara Collective. The mentors said in a statement that they wanted to recognise the film “for challenging the conventional structures...
- 11/26/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
India’s annual Film Bazaar market has revealed the five projects chosen for its work-in-progress lab.
The selected projects are Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia’s Assamese and Moran-language “Baghjan”; Shailendra Sahu’s Hindi and Chattisgarhi-language “Bailadila; Ektara Collective’s Hindi-language “Ek Jagah Apni; Harshad Nalawade’s Marathi, Kannada and Hindi-language “Follower”; and Jai Shankar’s Kannada-language “Shivamma.”
The director and editor of the selected films show their rough cuts to the panel of mentors and receive in-depth one-on-one feedback. The international editor assigned to the film guides the director and editor of the selected films through two sessions of the editing lab.
Mentors this year include producers Philippa Campbell (“Top of the Lake”) and Olivia Stewart (“The House of Mirth”), veteran film festival curator Marco Müller, editor and festival curator Marie-Pierre Duhamel, editors Jacques Comets and Lizi Gelber (“Venice Elsewhere”) and critic Derek Malcolm.
Since its inception in 2008, the lab has...
The selected projects are Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia’s Assamese and Moran-language “Baghjan”; Shailendra Sahu’s Hindi and Chattisgarhi-language “Bailadila; Ektara Collective’s Hindi-language “Ek Jagah Apni; Harshad Nalawade’s Marathi, Kannada and Hindi-language “Follower”; and Jai Shankar’s Kannada-language “Shivamma.”
The director and editor of the selected films show their rough cuts to the panel of mentors and receive in-depth one-on-one feedback. The international editor assigned to the film guides the director and editor of the selected films through two sessions of the editing lab.
Mentors this year include producers Philippa Campbell (“Top of the Lake”) and Olivia Stewart (“The House of Mirth”), veteran film festival curator Marco Müller, editor and festival curator Marie-Pierre Duhamel, editors Jacques Comets and Lizi Gelber (“Venice Elsewhere”) and critic Derek Malcolm.
Since its inception in 2008, the lab has...
- 11/16/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Deadly flooding did not divert this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival from running its full course, with the event drawing to a close Monday with an award ceremony honoring Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy, India’s Natesh Hegde, and China’s Kong Dashan and Wei Shujun with top prizes.
Many anticipated that this fifth edition of the festival would be different, given the shifting role of its co-founder and leading light, director Jia Zhangke. He unexpectedly stepped down last year, only to recant and come back in the nebulous role of “chief experience officer” months ago.
Instead, this year’s iteration has been more memorable for the backdrop of historically heavy rains that have left at least 15 dead, more than 120,000 relocated, and an estimated 1.8 million people affected in the inland Shanxi province.
The show went on in Pingyao, even though some three dozen parts of the picturesque ancient capital...
Many anticipated that this fifth edition of the festival would be different, given the shifting role of its co-founder and leading light, director Jia Zhangke. He unexpectedly stepped down last year, only to recant and come back in the nebulous role of “chief experience officer” months ago.
Instead, this year’s iteration has been more memorable for the backdrop of historically heavy rains that have left at least 15 dead, more than 120,000 relocated, and an estimated 1.8 million people affected in the inland Shanxi province.
The show went on in Pingyao, even though some three dozen parts of the picturesque ancient capital...
- 10/19/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
China’s Pingyao International Film Festival got under way on Tuesday with the gala screening of Zhang Lu’s new drama film “Yanagawa.” The festival will unspool Oct. 12-19 with a familiar package of competition screenings a work in progress section, a film lab, a project market and a tribute section dedicated to Tsui Hark.
Organizers announced an ambitious twelve-title competition section (“Crouching Tigers”) for first second and third films from around the world.
These include: “Amparo,” directed by Simón Mesa Soto; “As Far As I Can Walk,” directed by Strahinja Banovic; “Feathers,” directed by Omar El Zohairy; “Mama, I’m Home” directed by Vladimir Bitokov (Russia); “Pedro” directed by Natesh Hegde (India); “Playground” (Un Monde) directed by Laura Wandel (Belgium); “Prayers for the Stolen” (Noche de Fuego) directed by Tatiana Huezo; “Rehana” (Rehana Maryam Noor) directed by Abdullah Mohammad Saad; “The Tale of King Crab” (Re Granchio) directed by...
Organizers announced an ambitious twelve-title competition section (“Crouching Tigers”) for first second and third films from around the world.
These include: “Amparo,” directed by Simón Mesa Soto; “As Far As I Can Walk,” directed by Strahinja Banovic; “Feathers,” directed by Omar El Zohairy; “Mama, I’m Home” directed by Vladimir Bitokov (Russia); “Pedro” directed by Natesh Hegde (India); “Playground” (Un Monde) directed by Laura Wandel (Belgium); “Prayers for the Stolen” (Noche de Fuego) directed by Tatiana Huezo; “Rehana” (Rehana Maryam Noor) directed by Abdullah Mohammad Saad; “The Tale of King Crab” (Re Granchio) directed by...
- 10/13/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Festival, which opens today, also annouced its Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons competition sections.
This year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (Octobner 12-19) will open with Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu’s Yanagawa and close with Xu Lei’s The Great Director.
Starring Ni Ni, Zhang Luyi and Xin Baiqing, Yanagawa revolves around two brothers who travel to Japan in search of the woman they both loved in their youth. The film, which is receiving its world premiere at Busan in the Icons section, is produced by Midnight Blur Films and sold internationally by Hishow Entertainment. The Great Director is described...
This year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (Octobner 12-19) will open with Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu’s Yanagawa and close with Xu Lei’s The Great Director.
Starring Ni Ni, Zhang Luyi and Xin Baiqing, Yanagawa revolves around two brothers who travel to Japan in search of the woman they both loved in their youth. The film, which is receiving its world premiere at Busan in the Icons section, is produced by Midnight Blur Films and sold internationally by Hishow Entertainment. The Great Director is described...
- 10/12/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Feature debutant Natesh Hegde’s “Pedro,” which has its world premiere at Busan’s New Currents strand and has subsequent play dates at the BFI London Film Festival, explores the theme of outsiders in society.
The titular Pedro is a taciturn electrician in a forest village in the foothills of western India. He also does odd jobs and is frequently inebriated. An incident that he is in the thick of sets in motion a chain of events that exposes societal prejudices.
“A lot of things in the film are derived from my life or life around me,” Hegde told Variety. “Particularly ‘Pedro’ is a story of a person struggling to fit in the social norms. I have a fascination towards them. Many times I also struggled for acceptance so, when I thought of making a film, this subject was the first thing that occurred to me.”
“I was trying to...
The titular Pedro is a taciturn electrician in a forest village in the foothills of western India. He also does odd jobs and is frequently inebriated. An incident that he is in the thick of sets in motion a chain of events that exposes societal prejudices.
“A lot of things in the film are derived from my life or life around me,” Hegde told Variety. “Particularly ‘Pedro’ is a story of a person struggling to fit in the social norms. I have a fascination towards them. Many times I also struggled for acceptance so, when I thought of making a film, this subject was the first thing that occurred to me.”
“I was trying to...
- 9/28/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The 65 British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival has unveiled its full program and the headline galas include several films that have been gaining fame recently.
Among the galas are Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” with Kristen Stewart; Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” with Benedict Cumberbatch; Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard,” with Will Smith; and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” featuring a host of stars including Timothée Chalamet, Tilda Swinton and Léa Seydoux.
The galas also include Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Paul Verhoeven’s “Benedetta,” Eva Husson’s “Mothering Sunday,” Edgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir: Part II” and Sarah Smith and Jean Philippe-Vine’s “Ron’s Gone Wrong.”
Special presentations include Clio Barnard’s “Ali & Ava,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria,” Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” Jacques Audiard’s “Paris, 13th District,...
Among the galas are Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” with Kristen Stewart; Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” with Benedict Cumberbatch; Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard,” with Will Smith; and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” featuring a host of stars including Timothée Chalamet, Tilda Swinton and Léa Seydoux.
The galas also include Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Paul Verhoeven’s “Benedetta,” Eva Husson’s “Mothering Sunday,” Edgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir: Part II” and Sarah Smith and Jean Philippe-Vine’s “Ron’s Gone Wrong.”
Special presentations include Clio Barnard’s “Ali & Ava,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria,” Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” Jacques Audiard’s “Paris, 13th District,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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