After Anupam Kher, it's Nandita Das who has opted out of the controversial Karachi Literary Festival. Says Nandita, "I have been unwell since Wednesday morning and unfortunately I am unable to go Karachi. I felt terrible letting down the organizers but it's beyond my control. I had offered to do the sessions via Skype to make sure one can participate and the intent, with which the Lit Fest is organized, is upheld." Nandita has been embroiled in a slug-fest of sorts with her colleague Anupam Kher over the supposed denial of a visa by the Pakistan government for his visit to the literary festival. Nandita got Anupam agitated when she said he should have had the 'common sense' to apply for a visa. To this Anupam retorted, "Ab mujhe Nandita Das se common sense sikhna hoga!" Explaining her stance Nandita says, "As a firm believer of people-to-people initiatives, I want...
- 2/6/2016
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Abu Dhabi, Oct 29: A shared culture and matching sensibility make India a promising destination for screening films from across the border, say Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, co-directors of highlly acclaimed Pakistani film "Zinda Bhaag".
Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah-starrer "Zinda Bhaag" is the first Pakistani movie to be sent for the Oscars in the last 50 years.
In 2008, Shoaib Mansoor's "Khuda Kay Liye" was released commercially in India, making it the first Pakistani film to release across the border after 43 years. It was followed by Mehreen Jabbar's "Ramchand Pakistani". In 2011, Indian audiences were treated to Mansoor's.
Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah-starrer "Zinda Bhaag" is the first Pakistani movie to be sent for the Oscars in the last 50 years.
In 2008, Shoaib Mansoor's "Khuda Kay Liye" was released commercially in India, making it the first Pakistani film to release across the border after 43 years. It was followed by Mehreen Jabbar's "Ramchand Pakistani". In 2011, Indian audiences were treated to Mansoor's.
- 10/29/2013
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will head committee to choose country's first flagbearer in 50 years
Pakistan is planning to submit a film for the best foreign-language Oscar for the first time in 50 years, reports Variety.
The committee responsible for picking the entry has reportedly received tacit support from the Pakistan authorities, despite professing independence. Pakistan has only previously sent two movies to the Academy Awards since the foreign-language category was created in 1965: Akhtar J Kardar's Jago Hua Savera in 1959 and Khawaja Khurshid Anwar's Ghunghat in 1963.
British-Pakistani director Hammad Khan told Variety: "Pakistan has not officially submitted any films for the Academy Awards consideration in 50 years because the state has never taken film seriously, neither as a cultural art form nor as a valuable communal experience." The film-maker, whose 2011 debut feature Slackistan was refused a release in Pakistan unless cuts (which he refused to make) were carried out, added: "In all those years,...
Pakistan is planning to submit a film for the best foreign-language Oscar for the first time in 50 years, reports Variety.
The committee responsible for picking the entry has reportedly received tacit support from the Pakistan authorities, despite professing independence. Pakistan has only previously sent two movies to the Academy Awards since the foreign-language category was created in 1965: Akhtar J Kardar's Jago Hua Savera in 1959 and Khawaja Khurshid Anwar's Ghunghat in 1963.
British-Pakistani director Hammad Khan told Variety: "Pakistan has not officially submitted any films for the Academy Awards consideration in 50 years because the state has never taken film seriously, neither as a cultural art form nor as a valuable communal experience." The film-maker, whose 2011 debut feature Slackistan was refused a release in Pakistan unless cuts (which he refused to make) were carried out, added: "In all those years,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Ten years ago today, Gfi announced the recipients of the inaugural granting program, and look at them now...The Global Film Initiative announced its most recent grant recipients from the Winter 2012 granting cycle. The list of grantees features 11 works from both emerging and established filmmakers, representing 10 different countries around the world, and each project demonstrates great promise and vision. As Susan Weeks Coulter, Founder and Board Chair, said in the announcement: "We are pleased to identify and support these eleven unique and powerful narratives."
Celebrating a decade in international independent film funding with this most recent granting cycle. Ten years ago to the day, the very first round of grantees were announced on May 16, 2003. In celebration of this milestone, they are taking a look back on the films Gfi has funded over the years.
Again and again, their grantees represent filmmakers who are not afraid to challenge convention--to make sometimes dangerous, but always fiercely truthful, statements about the society and the world that reflect them. These films often represent new perspectives and voices in storytelling--voices which are too often silenced or misrepresented in the mainstream--and hold promise in heralding a new generation of filmmakers.
Click to view the interactive map!10 Years in The Global Film Initiative Granting Program:
The Global Film Initiative granting program distributes 15-20 filmmaker awards annually. Since 2003, The Global Film Initiative has awarded 143 grants to 58 nations.
Numbers By Nation:
By Region: North Africa--8 (5.6%), Sub-Saharan Africa--19 (13.3%), East Asia--9 (6.3%), Central Asia--5 (3.5%), Southeast Asia--16 (11.2%), South Asia--9 (6.3%), Middle East--21 (14.7%), Latin America--44 (30.7%), Eastern Europe--11 (7.7%), Caribbean--1 (0.7%)
Fun fact!
Argentina is the nation with the most Gfi grants at 11 awards!
Did you know?
Gfi's list of Winter 2013 grantees features the first grants to Mauritius (David Constantin's Sugarcane Shadows) and Tibet (Sonthar Gyal's The Stone With Nine Eyes)!
Hearalding New Voices:
Only a sliver of perspectives are represented in most films that get funding and are produced. Gfi works to broaden the horizons of American film-goers by supporting and distributing independent, international cinema--introducing previously unheard voices through film.
In particular, despite the often under-representation of women's voices in film and media, we are fortunate to have received many women filmmaker applicants; roughly 30% of our grants were awarded to women filmmakers in the last ten years.
Gfi also acts as a spring board for new storytellers: roughly 30% of Gfi's grants have gone to the first feature films of filmmakers, male or female. Gfi has continually provided access to new stories and storytelling in cinema since its first round of grantees, all of which were debut features: Buffalo Boy, Hollow City, On Each Side, and Another Man's Garden.
Filmmaker Maria João Ganga Breaking Boundaries:
Of their incredible list of grantees, a few films and filmmakers stand out for their sheer courage and innovation. The Global Film Initiative is proud to stand by and support these incredible works and individuals.
Hollow City, dir. Maria João Ganga. Among the first ever grant recipients, Ganga's incredible story of one war orphan's journey across the dangerous landscape of post-war Luanda is not only just the second film to be made after the end of Angola's civil war in 1991. It is also the very first film to be made by an Angolan woman ever.
Ramchand Pakistani, dir. Mehreen Jabbar. This film, a Spring 2007 grantee, about a young boy who accidentally crosses the border between Pakistan and India, is one of the first Pakistani films to feature Hindu main characters.
Karaoke, dir. Chris Chan Fui Chong. This film from Gfi's Winter 2009 grantees, which illustrates the changing climate of contemporary Malaysia through karaoke videos, was only the second Malaysian film to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
Colored Like The Night, dir. Agliberto Melendez. Gfi is proud to be supporting Dominican filmmaker Melendez's sophomore film about the final address of revolutionary mayoral candidate José Francisco Peña Gómez. His first film A One Way Ticket (1989) was the first full-length feature of the Dominican Republic!
Beatriz's War, dir. Bety Reis. This film, from the Summer 2011 grantees, is the first full-length feature film out of East Timor!
A scene from Cinema, Aspirins And VulturesAccolades:
Of the 143 projects that Gfi has funded, 75% of those completed are award-winning or nominated.
Did you know?
Of Gfi's grantees, the film with the highest number of awards is Cinema, Aspirins And Vultures with 29 film award wins!10 of the granted films have been submitted to the Academy Award's "Best Foreign Language Film" category! These films are: Cinema, Asprins And Vultures (Brazil's submission, 2006), I Am From Titov Veles (Macedonia's submission, 2009), Whisky (Uruguay's submission, 2004), The Buffalo Boy (Vietnam's submission, 2006), Border Cafe (Iran's submission, 2006), When I Saw You (Palestine's submission, 2012), Beauty (South Africa's submission, 2011), October (Peru's submission, 2010), Crab Trap (Columbia's submission, 2009), and Alive! (Albania's submission, 2009).
From supporting both the development of independent cinema around the world, to the hundreds of accolades these individual films have collectively received, they can't be more proud of their first decade of support--and cannot wait to see what Gfi's grantees accomplish in the next 10 years!
Celebrating a decade in international independent film funding with this most recent granting cycle. Ten years ago to the day, the very first round of grantees were announced on May 16, 2003. In celebration of this milestone, they are taking a look back on the films Gfi has funded over the years.
Again and again, their grantees represent filmmakers who are not afraid to challenge convention--to make sometimes dangerous, but always fiercely truthful, statements about the society and the world that reflect them. These films often represent new perspectives and voices in storytelling--voices which are too often silenced or misrepresented in the mainstream--and hold promise in heralding a new generation of filmmakers.
Click to view the interactive map!10 Years in The Global Film Initiative Granting Program:
The Global Film Initiative granting program distributes 15-20 filmmaker awards annually. Since 2003, The Global Film Initiative has awarded 143 grants to 58 nations.
Numbers By Nation:
By Region: North Africa--8 (5.6%), Sub-Saharan Africa--19 (13.3%), East Asia--9 (6.3%), Central Asia--5 (3.5%), Southeast Asia--16 (11.2%), South Asia--9 (6.3%), Middle East--21 (14.7%), Latin America--44 (30.7%), Eastern Europe--11 (7.7%), Caribbean--1 (0.7%)
Fun fact!
Argentina is the nation with the most Gfi grants at 11 awards!
Did you know?
Gfi's list of Winter 2013 grantees features the first grants to Mauritius (David Constantin's Sugarcane Shadows) and Tibet (Sonthar Gyal's The Stone With Nine Eyes)!
Hearalding New Voices:
Only a sliver of perspectives are represented in most films that get funding and are produced. Gfi works to broaden the horizons of American film-goers by supporting and distributing independent, international cinema--introducing previously unheard voices through film.
In particular, despite the often under-representation of women's voices in film and media, we are fortunate to have received many women filmmaker applicants; roughly 30% of our grants were awarded to women filmmakers in the last ten years.
Gfi also acts as a spring board for new storytellers: roughly 30% of Gfi's grants have gone to the first feature films of filmmakers, male or female. Gfi has continually provided access to new stories and storytelling in cinema since its first round of grantees, all of which were debut features: Buffalo Boy, Hollow City, On Each Side, and Another Man's Garden.
Filmmaker Maria João Ganga Breaking Boundaries:
Of their incredible list of grantees, a few films and filmmakers stand out for their sheer courage and innovation. The Global Film Initiative is proud to stand by and support these incredible works and individuals.
Hollow City, dir. Maria João Ganga. Among the first ever grant recipients, Ganga's incredible story of one war orphan's journey across the dangerous landscape of post-war Luanda is not only just the second film to be made after the end of Angola's civil war in 1991. It is also the very first film to be made by an Angolan woman ever.
Ramchand Pakistani, dir. Mehreen Jabbar. This film, a Spring 2007 grantee, about a young boy who accidentally crosses the border between Pakistan and India, is one of the first Pakistani films to feature Hindu main characters.
Karaoke, dir. Chris Chan Fui Chong. This film from Gfi's Winter 2009 grantees, which illustrates the changing climate of contemporary Malaysia through karaoke videos, was only the second Malaysian film to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
Colored Like The Night, dir. Agliberto Melendez. Gfi is proud to be supporting Dominican filmmaker Melendez's sophomore film about the final address of revolutionary mayoral candidate José Francisco Peña Gómez. His first film A One Way Ticket (1989) was the first full-length feature of the Dominican Republic!
Beatriz's War, dir. Bety Reis. This film, from the Summer 2011 grantees, is the first full-length feature film out of East Timor!
A scene from Cinema, Aspirins And VulturesAccolades:
Of the 143 projects that Gfi has funded, 75% of those completed are award-winning or nominated.
Did you know?
Of Gfi's grantees, the film with the highest number of awards is Cinema, Aspirins And Vultures with 29 film award wins!10 of the granted films have been submitted to the Academy Award's "Best Foreign Language Film" category! These films are: Cinema, Asprins And Vultures (Brazil's submission, 2006), I Am From Titov Veles (Macedonia's submission, 2009), Whisky (Uruguay's submission, 2004), The Buffalo Boy (Vietnam's submission, 2006), Border Cafe (Iran's submission, 2006), When I Saw You (Palestine's submission, 2012), Beauty (South Africa's submission, 2011), October (Peru's submission, 2010), Crab Trap (Columbia's submission, 2009), and Alive! (Albania's submission, 2009).
From supporting both the development of independent cinema around the world, to the hundreds of accolades these individual films have collectively received, they can't be more proud of their first decade of support--and cannot wait to see what Gfi's grantees accomplish in the next 10 years!
- 5/25/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
UK based independent distributor Mara Pictures has picked up rights for Anurag Kashyap’sGangs of Wasseypur I and II and Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Gangs of Wasseypur will be released in winter 2012-2013 while The Reluctant Fundamentalist is slated for a summer 2013 release.
The catalogue of Mara Pictures include Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl in Yellow Boots, Mehreen Jabbar’s Ramchand Pakistani, Chris Smith’s The Pool and Hammad Khan’s Slackistanamong others.
Kashyap’s sequels and Nair’s adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s acclaimed novel by the same name have garnered critical acclaim across festivals. Gangs of Wasseypur was screened at the 2012 Cannes Director’s Fortnight, while The Reluctant Fundamentalist opened the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
Gangs of Wasseypur will be released in winter 2012-2013 while The Reluctant Fundamentalist is slated for a summer 2013 release.
The catalogue of Mara Pictures include Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl in Yellow Boots, Mehreen Jabbar’s Ramchand Pakistani, Chris Smith’s The Pool and Hammad Khan’s Slackistanamong others.
Kashyap’s sequels and Nair’s adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s acclaimed novel by the same name have garnered critical acclaim across festivals. Gangs of Wasseypur was screened at the 2012 Cannes Director’s Fortnight, while The Reluctant Fundamentalist opened the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
- 10/15/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 7th edition of the 7 Islands Film Festival commenced in Mumbai with the screening of Nandita Das’s Firaaq at S.P. Jain Auditorium, Bhavan’s College Campus, Andheri.
The festival aims at screenings award-winning films on the theme of non-violence and peace. It has a competition section and gives away prize money of Rs. 1 lakh. This festival is the brainchild of Bankim Kapadiya,Director General, Films Division,Government of India.
Some of the films to be screened at the festival are Mehreen Jabbar’s Ramchand Pakistani, Nina Paley’s Sita Sings The Blues and Mahmoud’s Kaabour’s Being Osama.
The festival will run till January 30, 2012. For complete schedule of the festival, click here.
The festival aims at screenings award-winning films on the theme of non-violence and peace. It has a competition section and gives away prize money of Rs. 1 lakh. This festival is the brainchild of Bankim Kapadiya,Director General, Films Division,Government of India.
Some of the films to be screened at the festival are Mehreen Jabbar’s Ramchand Pakistani, Nina Paley’s Sita Sings The Blues and Mahmoud’s Kaabour’s Being Osama.
The festival will run till January 30, 2012. For complete schedule of the festival, click here.
- 1/27/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
What happens to film projects after they participate in Film Bazaar? Do all of them see the light of the day? Film Bazaar 2010 witnessed films like Dibakar Banerjee’s Shanghai and Umesh Kulkarni’s Deool. While both these films are ready for release, did the 16 other projects at the co-production market meet the same fate?
Before Film Bazaar 2011 begins in Goa from November 24, DearCinema, in the first of a series, takes a stock of projects that participated in Film Bazaar 2010:
Project: Untitled by Mehreen Jabaar (Pakistan)
Status: production
Mehreen Jabaar, director of Ramchand Pakistani (2008) and producer Javed Jabbar attended Film Bazaar with an untitled project that was visualized as a co-production involving India, Pakistan, Australia and the USA. They met Phillip Bowman of Enjoy Entertainment, Australia at the Film Bazaar and the meeting led to the signing of an Mou to develop the project over the next two years.
Before Film Bazaar 2011 begins in Goa from November 24, DearCinema, in the first of a series, takes a stock of projects that participated in Film Bazaar 2010:
Project: Untitled by Mehreen Jabaar (Pakistan)
Status: production
Mehreen Jabaar, director of Ramchand Pakistani (2008) and producer Javed Jabbar attended Film Bazaar with an untitled project that was visualized as a co-production involving India, Pakistan, Australia and the USA. They met Phillip Bowman of Enjoy Entertainment, Australia at the Film Bazaar and the meeting led to the signing of an Mou to develop the project over the next two years.
- 11/1/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
“You cannot really reprehend mediocrity, you can only regret it. But you can and must condemn the gifted filmmaker who has it in him to combine artistic integrity with a consciousness of dual responsibility to the viewing public and to the man who backs him but who yet keeps postponing the great film ….and yet compromise just this little , just this once” –Satyajit Ray
Stating the obvious, not many Pakistani films get to be exhibited on silver screens in India. Stating the even more obvious, these are bad times for local cinema in Pakistan. The annual output of films made in Pakistan has dropped from 59 films produced in 2001 to a mere 14 in the previous year. And it’s no secret that not many of these films are trailblazers. The sporadic exhibition of lackluster films has made us (west side of the Wagha divide) effectively numb and apathetic when it comes...
Stating the obvious, not many Pakistani films get to be exhibited on silver screens in India. Stating the even more obvious, these are bad times for local cinema in Pakistan. The annual output of films made in Pakistan has dropped from 59 films produced in 2001 to a mere 14 in the previous year. And it’s no secret that not many of these films are trailblazers. The sporadic exhibition of lackluster films has made us (west side of the Wagha divide) effectively numb and apathetic when it comes...
- 8/30/2011
- by Zia Ahmad
- DearCinema.com
Launched with much fanfare exactly two years back with a budget pegged at 25 crores, Raftaar 24X7 was one of those couple of dozen films which came into existence when the industry was at it's peak. The term recession had not yet made its presence felt and every reputed production house and actor was more than glad to make huge announcements. There was widespread excitement around the film since a 25 crore budget allocated by Percept Picture Company meant that Raftaar 24X7 was all set to be Emraan Hashmi's biggest venture till date. All seemed to be quite well during the earlier schedules of the film as first time filmmaker Shamim Desai joined the principal cast of Raftaar 24X7 in Maldives for a 'test shoot'. This was one of its kinds experiments as the week long trip worth Rs. 1.5 crore was planned to get the cast and the crew familiar with each other.
- 5/29/2010
- by Joginder Tuteja
- BollywoodHungama
The Museum of Modern Arts (MoMA), New York will screen Ramchand Pakistani directed by Mehreen Jabbar from April 21 through 26, 2010, as part of the monthly film series ContemporAsian. Based on a true story, Ramchand Pakistani (2008), starring Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqi, Syed Fazal Hussain, illustrates the political tensions between India and Pakistani through one family's tragic story.
In Ramchand Pakistani, an eight-year-old Pakistani boy accidentally crosses the border into India, and both he and his father are apprehended and thrown into an Indian jail. As they languish in prison for five years, the boy's mother, unaware of their whereabouts, struggles to build a new life by herself. Based on actual events, Ramchand Pakistani portrays the absurd price exacted on an ordinary family who are haplessly caught in the political crossfire between India and Pakistan, while also exposing the religious and social discrimination faced by lower-caste families in Pakistan.
As part of the monthly exhibition ContemporAsian,...
In Ramchand Pakistani, an eight-year-old Pakistani boy accidentally crosses the border into India, and both he and his father are apprehended and thrown into an Indian jail. As they languish in prison for five years, the boy's mother, unaware of their whereabouts, struggles to build a new life by herself. Based on actual events, Ramchand Pakistani portrays the absurd price exacted on an ordinary family who are haplessly caught in the political crossfire between India and Pakistan, while also exposing the religious and social discrimination faced by lower-caste families in Pakistan.
As part of the monthly exhibition ContemporAsian,...
- 3/19/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Three Indian films – Gulaal and Dev D directed by Anurag Kashyap, and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Delhi-6 are being screened at the Belgrade International Film Festival (Fest) being held in Serbia from February 19 to 28. These films are being screened under the group ‘Fantasia’ in the 38th edition of the festival.
Fest is also showing Ramchand Pakistani. Directed by Mehreen Jabbar, it stars Indian actress Nandita das along with Shaood Alvi, Adarsh Ayaz, Atif Badar, Karim Bux Baloch.
Gulaal, Dev D and Delhi 6 were also screened ‘Out of Competition’ at the Venice international film festival last year.
Fest is also showing Ramchand Pakistani. Directed by Mehreen Jabbar, it stars Indian actress Nandita das along with Shaood Alvi, Adarsh Ayaz, Atif Badar, Karim Bux Baloch.
Gulaal, Dev D and Delhi 6 were also screened ‘Out of Competition’ at the Venice international film festival last year.
- 2/21/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Complete Dubai fest coverage
Dubai -- While arguably the hottest ticket in the region, the Dubai International Film Festival is hardly alone these days. Five years after its launch, Diff is now part of an entire season of Arab film festivals, running from October to December each year.
The latest addition to the scene is a spinoff of Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival, which will launch in November in Doha, capital of the oil-rich Saudi state of Qatar. Other newcomers include Abu Dhabi's two-year-old Middle East International Film Festival, which offers filmmakers a shot at several millions of dollars in prize money.
In November, the International Film Festival of Marrakech turned eight years old. Highlights for attendees included a spotlight on British film and dinner with the king.
These upstart players join the oldest film festival in the Middle East, the Cairo International Film Festival, which for much...
Dubai -- While arguably the hottest ticket in the region, the Dubai International Film Festival is hardly alone these days. Five years after its launch, Diff is now part of an entire season of Arab film festivals, running from October to December each year.
The latest addition to the scene is a spinoff of Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival, which will launch in November in Doha, capital of the oil-rich Saudi state of Qatar. Other newcomers include Abu Dhabi's two-year-old Middle East International Film Festival, which offers filmmakers a shot at several millions of dollars in prize money.
In November, the International Film Festival of Marrakech turned eight years old. Highlights for attendees included a spotlight on British film and dinner with the king.
These upstart players join the oldest film festival in the Middle East, the Cairo International Film Festival, which for much...
- 12/13/2008
- by By Liza Foreman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Read a review of Saiff opening film "Firaaq"
here.
New York -- On the eve of the fourth annual South Asian International Film Festival in New York, Indian activist and actress Nandita Das, director of the opening film about Hindu-Muslim violence, called for the movies to act as a platform for peace.
Her film, "Firaaq" -- which means "separation" and "quest" in the Urdu language of Pakistan -- tackles the deadly Hindu-Muslim riots in India in 2002. It will screen Wednesday evening at the Ziegfield Theater in Manhattan.
In her own quest to bridge the divide between Muslim Pakistan and Hindu-majority India -- split at independence from Britain in 1948 -- Das traveled her homeland talking to students about identity, difference and acceptance of other religions, classes and sexual preferences.
"People were getting further divided and polarized, and I realized that the talks were not enough and that film was more powerful...
here.
New York -- On the eve of the fourth annual South Asian International Film Festival in New York, Indian activist and actress Nandita Das, director of the opening film about Hindu-Muslim violence, called for the movies to act as a platform for peace.
Her film, "Firaaq" -- which means "separation" and "quest" in the Urdu language of Pakistan -- tackles the deadly Hindu-Muslim riots in India in 2002. It will screen Wednesday evening at the Ziegfield Theater in Manhattan.
In her own quest to bridge the divide between Muslim Pakistan and Hindu-majority India -- split at independence from Britain in 1948 -- Das traveled her homeland talking to students about identity, difference and acceptance of other religions, classes and sexual preferences.
"People were getting further divided and polarized, and I realized that the talks were not enough and that film was more powerful...
- 10/22/2008
- by By Jonathan Landreth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Directed by Mehreen Jabbar
Produced by Javed Jabbar
Written by Javed Jabbar
Starring Nandita Das, Syed Fazel Hussain, Maria Wasti, Noman Ijaz
Music by Debatyoti Mishra
Running time 103 min
Language Urdu
Word of caution: Read ahead only if you are interested in serious art movies. Now, assuming you are a serious art movie lover, this isn’t a serious art movie but treads into that category. Mehreen Jabbar is one of the upcoming directors on the Pakistani movie circuit, though you might say she has managed to create ripples in the entire subcontinent with her...
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Produced by Javed Jabbar
Written by Javed Jabbar
Starring Nandita Das, Syed Fazel Hussain, Maria Wasti, Noman Ijaz
Music by Debatyoti Mishra
Running time 103 min
Language Urdu
Word of caution: Read ahead only if you are interested in serious art movies. Now, assuming you are a serious art movie lover, this isn’t a serious art movie but treads into that category. Mehreen Jabbar is one of the upcoming directors on the Pakistani movie circuit, though you might say she has managed to create ripples in the entire subcontinent with her...
(more...)...
- 10/19/2008
- by Vivek
- ReelSuave.com
New York -- Organizers of the fourth South Asian International Film Festival, held in New York from Oct. 22-28, on Monday announced the event's lineup of 50 films, shorts and documentaries along with the jurists who will judge them.
Apart from the already announced opening and closing films -- "Firaaq" and "Ramchand Pakistani," respectively -- the HBO-sponsored festival will screen Christopher Mitchell's "Super 30," Chris Smith's "The Pool" and Amyn Kaderali's comedy "Kissing Cousins," among other films from and about India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Programming director Simon Taufique will head a jury that will determine prizes including best narrative feature, best documentary feature and the winner of the HBO Short Film Competition, which carries an award of $2,500 in cash.
The jury will include Maulik Pancholy ("Weeds"), Waris Ahluwalia ("Inside Man"), Mridu Chandra ("Brother Outsider" the Life of Bayard Rustin") and Aasif Mandvi ("The Daily Show"), among others.
Apart from the already announced opening and closing films -- "Firaaq" and "Ramchand Pakistani," respectively -- the HBO-sponsored festival will screen Christopher Mitchell's "Super 30," Chris Smith's "The Pool" and Amyn Kaderali's comedy "Kissing Cousins," among other films from and about India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Programming director Simon Taufique will head a jury that will determine prizes including best narrative feature, best documentary feature and the winner of the HBO Short Film Competition, which carries an award of $2,500 in cash.
The jury will include Maulik Pancholy ("Weeds"), Waris Ahluwalia ("Inside Man"), Mridu Chandra ("Brother Outsider" the Life of Bayard Rustin") and Aasif Mandvi ("The Daily Show"), among others.
- 10/6/2008
- by By Jonathan Landreth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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