City Pride Presents IInnddiiaann CCiinneemmaa 2016 Cinemawala Indian Cinema Cinemawala Director: Kaushik Ganguly 2015 - 105’- Bengali - Colour - India Producer: Shrikant Mohta Cast: Paran Bandopadhyay, Parambrata Chatterjee, Arun Guha Thakurta, Lama Halder, Sohini Sarkar. Screenplay: Kaushik Ganguly Cinematographer: Soumik Halder Editor: Subhojit Singha Music Composer: Indraadip Dasgupta Production Company: Shree Venkatesh films World Sales Address: Shrikant Mohta & Mahendra Soni, Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt. Ltd., 6 Waterloo Street, Kolkata - 700069 World Sales Phone: 033 30927600 World Sales Email: [email protected] Festival/Awards: Cinemawala is about a father-son relationship set against the backdrop of the fast- Winner of UNESCO Fellini award at the 46th International vanishing single-screen theatres in West Bengal. Pranb, a retired film exhibitor, has always Film Festival of India 2015 maintained himself as a true 'Cinemawala', whereas, his son, Prakash is an opportunist who has no qualms about selling pirated DVDs of feature films in town. Director’s Biography Director’s Filmography Kaushik Ganguly is an Indian director, screenwriter and actor in Bengali Khaad (2014) cinema. He is eminent filmmaker who has garnered critical acclaim for Shabdo (2013) his feature films and national Award-winning 'Shobdo'. He is known for Apur Panchali (2013) his works that explore sexuality, like Ushnatar Janye (2003), which deals with a lesbian relationship, and Arekti Premer Golpo (2010), which Laptop (2012) examines transgender identity. Rang Milanti (2011) 244 2016 Song Of The Horned Owl Indian Cinema Dau Huduni Methai Director: Manju Borah 2015 - 78’- Bodo - Colour - India Producer: Shankar Lall Goenka Cast: Reshma Mushahary, Jasmine Hazowary, Ahalya Daimary, Nita Basumatary, Ajay Kumar Boro Screenplay: Manju Borah Cinematographer: Sudheer Palsane Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad Music Composer: Aniruddha Borah Production Company: Shiven Arts World Sales Address: Shri Shankar Lall Goenka, Shiven Arts, Goenka Enterprises, Kelvin Cinema Compound, SRCB Road, Takobari, Guwahati World Sales Phone: +9403612515518 World Sales Email: [email protected] Festival/Awards: The film is based on the sufferings of innocent Bodo villagers because of rampant International Film Festival of India, Goa 2015 militancy and violence. Insurgency related fatalities have grown to an alarming number in the North-Eastern Region of India over the past 35 years. The majority of victims are common folk who have nothing to do with either side and the film recounts the effects of the violence through the perspective of Raimali, a young rape victim. Director’s Biography Director’s Filmography Manju Borah is a multiple international and national award-winning Ko: Yaad (2012) Indian female film director and short story writer from Guwahati, Assam. Aai Kot Nai (2008) Her films explores the region's culture and its impact on the person and Laaz (2004) society as a whole. She has been awarded the Woman of Excellence Award by FICCI for her outstanding contribution to the field of Film & Anya Ek Yatra (2001) Entrepreneurship (2009). Manju also served as Jury Member, Indian Baibhab (1999) Panorama, IFFI 2007, 10th MAMI International Film Festival 2008 and 3rd Eye 7th Asian Film Festival Mumbai 2008, 55th National Film Awards for 2007 (Feature Films) Delhi 2009. 245 2016 The spark Indian Cinema Firingoti Director: Jahnu Barua 1992 - 116’- Assamese - Colour - India Producer: Sailadhar Baruah Cast: Bishnu Kharghoria, Moloya Goswami, Chetana Das, Hemen Choudhury Screenplay: Jahnu Barua Cinematographer: Anoop Jotwani Editor: Heu-en Baruah, Ranjit Das Music Composer: Satya Baruah World Sales Address: Dolphin Films Pvt. Ltd Festival/Awards: National Film Award – Second Best Feature Film National Film Award - Best Actress : Moloya Goswami The story is set in 1962, the time of Sino-India war. It revolves around a widowed teacher named Ritu who is transferred to Koronga, a small Assamese village. The school here was destroyed by fire ten years earlier. Ritu takes on the challenge of rebuilding the school and starts campaigning among the villager. Ritu manages to build a school. It starts functioning under a large village-tree. Then comes a supposedly 'son of the soil' who, having lost his job there, wants to take over the school. When Ritu fights back against the threats and even physical assault, the man brings his ruffian friends and sets fire to the school house. She has to return with a heavy heart. However she is comforted by the promise of the inhabitants of reconstructing the school so that no one can suppress the spark of knowledge. Director’s Biography Director’s Filmography Jahnu Barua is one of the most brilliant among contemporary Indian Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005) filmmakers. He is closely associated with Assamese Seventh Art. Jahnu Bonani (1995) Barua is the first Assamese director to interpret onscreen the connection Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987) between politics and social and cultural events with an aim of bringing awareness to the public. He adopts generally a direct style, which serves the levelheaded development of the narrative. He has made several films in Assamese and Hindi. His films are marked by a humanistic vision. Jahnu Barua's films are critically acclaimed in India. 246 2016 Lens Indian Cinema Lens Director: Jayprakash Radhakrishnan 2015 - 109’- English - Colour - India Producer: Jayprakash Radhakrishnan Cast: Jayprakash Radhakrishnan Screenplay: Jayprakash Radhakrishnan Cinematographer: S. R. Kathir Music Composer: Siddharth Vipin Lens has the distinction of being a multi-lingual film — its characters speak in as many as four languages. Seventy per cent of the story is about the Skype interaction between two characters from different backgrounds. The characters switch between accented English, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam just like we speak in real life."Lens" focuses on Aravind and his online friend "Nikky" who predominantly interacted via video chat. They take voyeurism to the next level, when Nikki asks Aravind to watch her commit suicide. Director’s Biography Director’s Filmography Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan is a director and actor, known for Lens Lens (2015) (2015).He is a software engineer, who moved to India from the U.S. to pursue cinema. 247 2016 Life In Metaphors : A Portrait Of Girish Kasaravalli Indian Cinema Life In Metaphors : A Portrait Of Girish Kasaravalli Director: O P Srivastava 2015 - 84’- English- Colour - India Producer: O P Srivastava (co-producer) Screenplay: O P Srivastava Cinematographer: G.S. Bhaskar Editor: Monisha R Baldawa Sound Designer: Monisha R Baldawa (sound editor) Girish Kasaravalli is an internationally renowned Indian filmmaker, who has made highly acclaimed films such as Ghatashraddha, Thai Saheba, Dweepa and Gulabi Talkies. All of his films are rooted in local culture and yet these films have travelled beyond the bounderies and have been hugely appreciated as “world cinema”. A down-to-earth approach to filmmaking has earned him the reputation of creating unique langaugae of cinema, which excels in 'culturing realism'. Life in Metaphors journeys into the world of the master filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli with an urge to understand the language, grammar and the core purpose of story telling through the medium of cinema. Director’s Biography Director’s Filmography O P Srivastava is an Indian director and producer. He has produced Life in Metaphors: A Portrait of Girish Kasaravalli documentaries. Few Days More 248 2016 I Am Not A He, But She Indian Cinema Naanu Avanalla...Avalu Director: B. S. Lingadevaru 2015 - 105’ - Kannada - Colour - India Producer: Ravi R. Garani Cast: Sanchari Vijay, Sumithra, Kunal Punekar, Sundar Screenplay: Living Smile Vidya, B. S. Lingadevaru Cinematographer: Ashok V. Raman Editor: Nagendra K. Ujjani Music Composer: Anoop Seelin Production Company: RG Pictures Festival/Awards: 62nd National Film Awards National Film Award for Best Actor — Sanchari Vijay National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist International Film Festival India, Goa - 2015 The film narrates the story of Madesha, A boy from the rural parts of Karnataka, who believes that he is a woman trapped in a body of a man despite innumerable obstacles placed in his way by family and society, he leaves his home in a bid to change his gender. The film traces his journey as he becomes 'Vidya' who then has to discover her own identity and fight against all odds to lead a dignified life. Director’s Biography Director’s Filmography B S Lingadevaru is a state and national Award-winning film producer, Mouni (2003) actor and director. His interest lies firmly in the field of film-making, where he can explore the possibilities of lateral presentation of stories through visual media. 249 2016 Like a Play Indian Cinema Natoker Moto Director: Debesh Chatterjee 2015 - 121’ - Bengali - Colour - India Producer: Firdousul Hassan, Probal Haldar Cast: Paoli Dam, Rupa Ganguly, Rajatava Dutta, Bratya Basu, Ushasie Chakraborty Screenplay: Debesh Chatterjee Cinematographer: Indranil Mukherjee Editor: Bodhaditya Banerjee Music Composer: Bodhaditya Bannerjee Production Company: Friend's Communication Journey of a Kheya, a female theatre artist and her multi-dimensional conflicting experience as a girl, as a woman and even as an artist. Whilst the film depicts the scenario of Kolkata socio-cultural circuit spanning from 1950 to 1970s, it aspires to bring about the struggles and conflicts that a female artist has to go through even after two decades