The 2022 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) has announced the winners of its annual filmmaker awards, with Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s “Once Upon a Time in Calcutta” winning the grand jury prize for feature film. Anmol Sidhu’s “Jaggi” was the recipient of the Uma da Cunha Award for feature film debut, as well as the audience choice award for feature.
“This year’s edition of the film festival was wonderful in so many ways,” said Iffla executive director Christina Marouda. “The excitement felt by the reunion of so many of our filmmakers, patrons, and film fans back in the theaters was something we all shared. The months and weeks leading to the festival, we weren’t sure whether people would show up after a three-year break from an in-person festival. We were overwhelmed to see everyone coming back, eager to reconnect with the community and the Iffla family,...
“This year’s edition of the film festival was wonderful in so many ways,” said Iffla executive director Christina Marouda. “The excitement felt by the reunion of so many of our filmmakers, patrons, and film fans back in the theaters was something we all shared. The months and weeks leading to the festival, we weren’t sure whether people would show up after a three-year break from an in-person festival. We were overwhelmed to see everyone coming back, eager to reconnect with the community and the Iffla family,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
“The Green Knight” star Dev Patel has launched his own production company, Minor Realm, which has a mission to “explore and develop the creative landscape of voices and talent that too often are unrecognized, bringing these stories to life in a larger way.”
Patel has already made two hires for the new banner: Sony Pictures’ Lakshmi Iyengar and producer Samarth Sahni, who will both report directly to Patel.
Minor Realm, which will focus on both films and television, already has a first-look deal with ShivHans Pictures, developing and creating projects with ShivHans’ CEO and founder Shivani Rawat and president of production Julie Goldstein.
Iyengar most recently served as Sony Pictures’ vice president of worldwide acquisitions and production, working on films including “Ammonite,” “Late Night” and “The Wedding Guest,” in which Patel starred. During her career she has also worked at Universal Pictures and Focus Features.
At Minor Realm Iyengar will...
Patel has already made two hires for the new banner: Sony Pictures’ Lakshmi Iyengar and producer Samarth Sahni, who will both report directly to Patel.
Minor Realm, which will focus on both films and television, already has a first-look deal with ShivHans Pictures, developing and creating projects with ShivHans’ CEO and founder Shivani Rawat and president of production Julie Goldstein.
Iyengar most recently served as Sony Pictures’ vice president of worldwide acquisitions and production, working on films including “Ammonite,” “Late Night” and “The Wedding Guest,” in which Patel starred. During her career she has also worked at Universal Pictures and Focus Features.
At Minor Realm Iyengar will...
- 12/1/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Dev Patel has unveiled the name of his production company – Minor Realm – and has made two key hires.
Lakshmi Iyengar, who most recently served as Vice President of Worldwide Acquisitions and Production at Sony Pictures Entertainment, has been hired as EVP, Head of Production and Development. In her new role, she will be producing and overseeing the company’s film and television development slate. Iyengar was previously at Universal Pictures and Focus Features. At Sony, her credits include The Wedding Guest and Late Night.
Minor Realm has also hired Samarth Sahni as EVP, Production, with a remit of producing film and TV projects. Sahni has production experience on studio pics including Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Dark Knight Rises, Life Of Pi, and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. He has previously worked with Patel on projects including his upcoming directorial debut Monkey Man, which is in post-production and will bow on Netflix,...
Lakshmi Iyengar, who most recently served as Vice President of Worldwide Acquisitions and Production at Sony Pictures Entertainment, has been hired as EVP, Head of Production and Development. In her new role, she will be producing and overseeing the company’s film and television development slate. Iyengar was previously at Universal Pictures and Focus Features. At Sony, her credits include The Wedding Guest and Late Night.
Minor Realm has also hired Samarth Sahni as EVP, Production, with a remit of producing film and TV projects. Sahni has production experience on studio pics including Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Dark Knight Rises, Life Of Pi, and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. He has previously worked with Patel on projects including his upcoming directorial debut Monkey Man, which is in post-production and will bow on Netflix,...
- 12/1/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor and filmmaker brings on Lakshmi Iyengar, Samarth Sahni.
The Green Knight star Dev Patel has unveiled his production company Minor Realm, which has a first-look deal with ShivHans Pictures, and announced two key hires.
Launched with the aim of championing stories from voices and talent “that too often are unrecognised”, Minor Realm has brought on industry veterans Lakshmi Iyengar and Samarth Sahni who will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to Patel.
Iyengar most recently served as VP of worldwide acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures and joins as EVP, head of production and development to oversee...
The Green Knight star Dev Patel has unveiled his production company Minor Realm, which has a first-look deal with ShivHans Pictures, and announced two key hires.
Launched with the aim of championing stories from voices and talent “that too often are unrecognised”, Minor Realm has brought on industry veterans Lakshmi Iyengar and Samarth Sahni who will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to Patel.
Iyengar most recently served as VP of worldwide acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures and joins as EVP, head of production and development to oversee...
- 12/1/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Dev Patel’s newly launched production banner, Minor Realm, has bolstered its film and TV production team by adding Lakshmi Iyengar and Samarth Sahni to its executive ranks.
The Oscar-nominated Hotel Mumbai star already has a first-look deal to produce, develop and create projects with Shivani Rawat’s production and finance venture, ShivHans Pictures.
Iyengar, most recently vp worldwide acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures Entertainment, will join Minor Realm as executive vp and head of production and development. She will produce and oversee the company’s film and TV development slate. Sahni will join Minor Realm as executive vp production and will ...
The Oscar-nominated Hotel Mumbai star already has a first-look deal to produce, develop and create projects with Shivani Rawat’s production and finance venture, ShivHans Pictures.
Iyengar, most recently vp worldwide acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures Entertainment, will join Minor Realm as executive vp and head of production and development. She will produce and oversee the company’s film and TV development slate. Sahni will join Minor Realm as executive vp production and will ...
- 12/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Dev Patel’s newly-launched production banner Minor Realm has bolstered its film and TV production team by adding Lakshmi Iyengar and Samarth Sahni to its executive ranks.
The Oscar-nominated Hotel Mumbai star already has a first look deal to produce, develop and create projects with Shivani Rawat’s production and finance venture ShivHans Pictures. Iyengar, most recently vp of worldwide acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures Entertainment, will join Minor Realm as executive vp and head of production and development.
She will produce and oversee the company’s film and TV development slate. Sahni will join Minor Realm as executive vp, production and ...
The Oscar-nominated Hotel Mumbai star already has a first look deal to produce, develop and create projects with Shivani Rawat’s production and finance venture ShivHans Pictures. Iyengar, most recently vp of worldwide acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures Entertainment, will join Minor Realm as executive vp and head of production and development.
She will produce and oversee the company’s film and TV development slate. Sahni will join Minor Realm as executive vp, production and ...
- 12/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Romantic frontier drama “The World to Come” opens the June installment of International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 and its director, New York and Oslo based writer-director Mona Fastvold is also set to give one of three Big Talks at the festival this week.
Since the director’s second feature made its debut last September at the Venice International Film Festival, the mid-19th century-set tale of two isolated farmers’ wives in rural upstate New York who fall in love, with the threat of disease never far away, appears to have struck a chord with people.
She says: “I would be having these conversations at festivals – before the second wave of the pandemic hit – and they would tell me about their own love stories, or a person that this film made them think of.
“I think that when we are forced to take a break and we pause and have time to...
Since the director’s second feature made its debut last September at the Venice International Film Festival, the mid-19th century-set tale of two isolated farmers’ wives in rural upstate New York who fall in love, with the threat of disease never far away, appears to have struck a chord with people.
She says: “I would be having these conversations at festivals – before the second wave of the pandemic hit – and they would tell me about their own love stories, or a person that this film made them think of.
“I think that when we are forced to take a break and we pause and have time to...
- 5/30/2021
- by Ann-Marie Corvin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has hired Lakshmi Iyengar as VP Acquisitions from Focus Features and has internally promoted Alexander Zahn with the same title as the company gears up to attend the Toronto Film Festival, which starts September 7. Both will report to Joe Matukewicz, Evp Acquisitions for Sony. The move was just announced via email by Steve Bersch, who runs Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions/Affirm Films/Stage 6. Here is the announcement…...
- 8/18/2017
- Deadline
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