What’s in this Bazaar?
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What’s in this Bazaar? Chennai November 18, 2016 15:51 IST Updated: December 02, 2016 16:19 IST
It’s any filmmaker’s dream to spend a few days with international filmmakers, producers, festival programmers as they come up with marketing strategies, brainstorm story ideas and suggest new film-viewing technologies. And, that’s exactly what the 10th edition of the Film Bazaar (FB) in Goa offers. Like every year, there will be panel discussions and knowledge series workshops with eminent film professionals. A workshop named ‘Women Protagonists in Indian Filmscape’ will discuss a shift in Indian cinema narrative in addressing its women characters. This session features Shoojit Sircar, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Vani Tripathi Tikoo. “This year, women-centric films such as Pink and Piku have not only garnered critical attention, but have also done well at the box office,” says Manas Malhotra, the co-director of Film Bazaar. Regional cinema is given more focus. “We are often blamed for being too Bollywood-centric. But, that’s not the case. We have always given thrust to regional cinema. We are having a session with Nagraj Manjule, the filmmaker of Sairat and Fandry, Bhaskar Hazarika, director of Assamese film Kothanodi, and Raam Reddy of (Kannada movie) Thithi fame. Regional cinema is a lot more rooted than Hindi cinema.” However, the icing on the cake is a session with Philip Lee, who has been involved with Cloud Atlas, The Dark Knight and The Revenant. Manas, who has worked with the producer, says Lee has
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