8th Jagran Film Festival, India - Catalogue by Diorama International Film Festival & Market

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Jagran Prakashan Limited is one of the leading media houses in India with interest spanning print, radio, digital, out of home and activations. With 10 titles across 13 states in five different languages and a total readership of 68mn (IRS 2012 Q4 TR), it is the largest print media group of the country. The flagship brand, Dainik Jagran has been the no.1 newspaper in India for over a decade now. Amongst the company’s divisions, Jagran Engage provides specialised ‘ out of home’ advertising services and Jagran Solutions provides below the line marketing solutions. The group’s digital division offers web, text/voice-based value added services and products across web and mobile. The Jagran online portfolio spans Genres like news, education, and music. With over 85 mn+ monthly unique visitors and 22 mn Facebook Fans, Jagran New Media is one of the top digital media networks in the country. (Source Google Analytics Apr ’17)

The group’s entry into the Radio segment has been through the acquisition of Radio City 91.1 FM - India’s first and leading FM brand. Radio City, a part of Music Broadcast Limited (MBL) is a subsidiary of Jagran Prakashan Ltd. It reaches out to over 49.60 million listeners in 23 cities (Source : AZ Research). Music Broadcast Limited currently has 39 stations.

Jagran Film Festival is a showcase of cinematic art. It is an initiative of the Jagran Group to foster a culture of cinema appreciation and to create a stage where film makers and audiences come together to experience cinema and discover new stories, new cultures, and new talent. Geographically, the largest film festival in the world, Jagran Film Festival is organized in 16 cities across India with well over 400+ screenings and cinema appreciation workshops over a period of 100 days. Last year, the festival directly touched over an audience of over 75,000 people, and the media coverage of Jagran puts the reach of the festival well beyond 68 million people across India. Popular film platform Filmfreeway.com has put Jagran Film Festival in top 2% of the film festivals in the world with their global festivals rating in 2017. Enthused by the response to this initiative by both the audience and the filmmakers, the Festival in its eight edition plans to travel an even greater distance. The Jagran Film Festival starts from Delhi, traveling through Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Hissar, Ludhiana, Meerut, Dehradun, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Raipur, Indore, Bhopal and finally culminates in Mumbai.

The festival screen films across genres from around the globe and ad films. The unique feature of JFF is that the cast and crew of few select films are invited to a discussion with the audience on various elements of the films. An important aspect of the festival is to generate a discussion on the various aspects of Cinema and its impact on society and popular culture. A series of Panel Discussions will be held with deliberations by eminent personalities from the industry across each of the 16 cities. The Master Class series under the Jagran Film Festival involves experts in various domains of film making, sharing various aspects of creating cinema and film appreciation. Making the most of Jagran Prakashanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength- 68 million print readers and 20million+ online audience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the festival has not only managed to democratize but has also evolved the market which contributes around 65% of box office collection for Hindi Cinema.

SANJAY GUPTA Editor in Chief & Chief Executive Officer Jagran Prakashan Ltd.

I am delighted to present the 8th Edition of the Jagran Film Festival . This festival has been at the forefront of igniting a silent cultural revolution across the heartland of India. The journey has been very exciting. I’m happy to note that this initiative has created a platform for filmmakers or Content Producers to talk directly to the society or Content Consumers. We believe that through JFF we’re preparing society to appreciate and accept good cinema. This year, we’ve introduced Prize Money across several award categories to support the film making community. We believe that the platform is also an enabler for filmmakers to tell their stories to audiences spread across the country. It’s a huge task to organise an event of this magnitude that lasts over 100 days and travels through 16 cities. But it’s the passion for cinema and the cause that drive and motivate my team to pull it off successfully year after year. I am pleased to learn that this year we have received 6000+ film entries from over 100 countries for the festival. This speaks volumes about the trust the film making community reposes in us and the popularity that the Festival has acquired in such a short span of time. I would like to thank the Indian and International film communities for believing in our cause and supporting the festival.

Each year, the Festival constantly evolves and pushes new boundaries. This year we’ve created a new section - Jagran Dox, an exposition of world class documentary films. As a media house, we have always supported ‘Independent Voice’, and the inclusion of this section was a natural progression for the Festival. I hope you will find the 8th edition of the Festival absorbing and intellectually exciting.

I am indeed delighted to share the 8th edition of the Jagran Film Festival with you. It is indeed a matter of pride and great satisfaction that Festival has reached the eighth year and grown phenomenally in size, content and esteem. This year the Festival presents four very special events. The first one is a retrospective of an actor who has truly deserved it in the past five decades. I feel this retrospective of versatile and evergreen actor Rishi Kapoor was long due from the film fraternity and the Festival circuit. The Festival is proud to present it this year with eight of his remarkable films in 16 cities of the country. The second is a special section on ‘Achievers’. The section seeks to explore the lives of ordinary people who rose to great and eminent positions through their sheer grit, determination and strength and transformed themselves into the extraordinary. Their lives are living examples for people to learn and emulate. As part of this section, we are presenting a clutch of ten remarkable feature films.

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA Strategic Consultant, Jagran Film Festival

The Festival pays homage this year to four great actors who passed away this year, Vinod Khanna, Om Puri, Reema Lagoo and Jeanne Moreau, the French Actress by screening their films, ‘Achanak’, ‘Dharavi’, ‘Rui Ka Bojh’ and ‘Jules et Jim’. The Festival also pays tributes to G V Iyer and Ramanand Sagar on their centenaries this year. This apart the Festival this year presents Cinema from 40 countries across various categories like the World Panorama, Stars on the Horizon, Indian Showcase, Jagran Shorts, Jagran Dox. My sincere thanks to the Preview Panel for their relentless efforts in selecting films for us. Lastly, I would like to thank Soumitra Ranade and Zhang Luoping who kindly consented to screen their remarkable films ‘Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyu Aata Hai ‘ and ‘Sunflower’ (China) as the Opening and Closing Films respectively.

I hope you would find the film selection intellectually fulfilling.

ABOUT JAGRAN

JAGRAN FILM FESTIVAL

INDIAN SHOWCASE JURY

JAGRAN SHORTS JURY

CINEMA OF THE SELLERS JURY

INTERNATIONAL JURY

OPENING & CLOSING FILM

WORLD PANORAMA

INDIAN SHOWCASE

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

ACHIEVERS

STARS ON THE HORIZON

CINEMA OUT OF THE BOX

COUNTRY FOCUS - MOROCCO

RETROSPECTIVE

108

HOMAGE

122

JAGRAN SHORTS

131

JAGRAN DOCS

157

CENTENARY TRIBUTES

165

SHORTS THAT MADE IT BIG

168

KNOWLEDGE SERIES

174

Sudhir Mishra is one of the top film directors and a screenwriter known for directing critically acclaimed films like’Dharavi’, Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin’, ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’, ‘Chameli’, ‘Ye saali Zindagi’ and many others. Winner of three National Film Awards from the President of India, as well as Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government (equivalent to a Knighthood). He was one of the pioneers of the alternative independent cinema movement in India in the 1980s and one of the few directors from that era who has still managed to remain contemporary. He has served on many national and international film juries.

Divya Dutta is a renowned Indian film actress and model. She has established a successful career in Hindi and Punjabi cinemas but has also appeared in Malayalam and English language films. She is noted for playing a wide variety of roles in various film genres, and has established herself as one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema. With over 90 feature films and 19 film awards Divya has established herself as one of the top actors in India.

Sunny Joseph is an Indian cinematographer and director from Kerala, mostly known for his work with some of the top film directors of India like Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Shaji N. Karun in some of their classics. A graduate Cinematography from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he is also the General Secretary of Indian Society of Cinematographers.

Sankalp Meshram is a graduate from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune (Class of 1994). He is an Award Winning Producer, Writer, Director and Editor of Feature Films, Documentaries and TV Series. In his prolific 23 year career he has been recognised for his excellence both as a technician and a creative artist with over 100 projects in Feature Films, Television, Ad Films, Documentaries and Art Installations. Many of these projects have won various National and International Awards. He has served in various capacities at the FTII, Pune one of these being a Member of the Academic Council of FTII, Pune (2007-2013).

Harmeet Singh, part of the Group Meet Bros, Harmeet Singh is a Music Director working under the Label Meet Bros. Together they have taken the Hindi film industry music scenario by storm. Meet Bros’ most well-known and critically acclaimed songs are “Baby Doll” from Ragini MMS 2 and “Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan” from Roy. Both songs feature the vocals of Kanika Kapoor and the latter was part of a soundtrack that fetched them multiple awards including the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, the Screen Award for Best Music Director, and the IIFA Award for Best Music Director.

JAGRAN SHORTS JURY Barry John (born 1944)is a British born, Indian theatre director and teacher, who was the Founder-Director of ‘Theatre Action Group’ (TAG) (1973), one of the early theatre groups based in Delhi. In 1997, he launched Imago Media Company, along with Sanjay Sujitabh, and also started Imago Acting School in Delhi, both of which moved to Mumbai in March 2007. The school also got him recognition, as some of the alumni went on to become Bollywood actors, including Shahrukh Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Samir Soni and Shiney Ahuja as well as Hollywood stars like Freida Pinto. He was awarded the 1993 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre Direction by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India’s National Academy for Music, Dance and Theatre, and also the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award.

Makarand Deshpande born in 1966 is an Indian film actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, and Indian Theatre. Appearing in films in supporting and pivotal roles in various films like Jungle, Sarfarosh, Swades, Makdee, and Darna Zaroori, Makrand has directed over 5 films. He has significantly contributed to the Theatre Industry directing over 50 Short Plays and 40 Full Length Plays. Some of his widely known plays are ‘Sir Sir Sirla’, ‘Joke, Maa In Transit’, ‘Krishna Kidding’ and ‘Shakepearcha Mhatara’. His recent plays, ‘Patni’, with Niladri Kumar has been a sensational hit across the country. His journey in theatre started in the year 1990 at Prithvi Theatre with support from Sanjana Kapoor. He started Ansh Theatre Group in the year 1993, along with Kay Kay Menon who continues to remain one of the founding pillars of the group.

Aarti Chhabria is an Indian actress and a former model, who appears in Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi and Kannada films. She started her career as a model doing advertisements at the age of 3. Her first advertisement was a press ad for Farex. She has modelled for more than 300 television commercials for products like Maggi Noodles, Pepsodent toothpaste, Clean & Clear face wash, Amul Frostick Ice cream, Krack cream, LML trendy scooter, and Kalyan Jewels. She won the Miss India Worldwide 2000 pageant in November 1999. And went on to act in Music Videos like ‘Nasha hi Nasha hai’ for Sukhwinder Singh, ‘Chaahat’ for Harry Anand, ‘Meri Madhubala’ for Avdooth Gupte, ‘Roothe hue ho kyo’ for Adnan Sami. She made her acting debut in the Bollywood film Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai which was released in 2002. Ever since in a career spanning 12 years, Aarti has acted in about 26 feature films. She is the winner of the fourth season of Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2011.

CINEMA OF THE SELLERS JURY SONAL DABRAL Chairman & CCO DDB Mudra Group (India) Sonal has over 25yrs of unmatched experience in the industry. A popular speaker, Sonal has spoken at major festivals like Spikes Asia, Dubai Lynx, Cristal Advertising Festival, Turkey, LIA, besides numerous engagements across Asia. Sonal has been a popular TV host on prime time television, a Bollywood scriptwriter and has also been channeling his passion for films into directing ad films.

Kailash Surendranath Co-founder & Director Kailash Picture Company Kailash is a renowned filmmaker who has worked on iconic TVCs like Mile Sur Mera Tumhara. He began his career when he was 17 and has directed around 3,500 ad films since then in his 35 years career span. Kailash is the man behind discovering actor Salman Khan’s budding talent for modelling & films.

Raj Nair CEO & CCO Madison BMB Raj, is a writer, people-watcher, dream seller, idea trader, new vision embracer and, most importantly, an avid storyteller who likes to get into the minds of people. He has written memorable award winning campaigns for Cadbury (for Eclairs, Celebrations, Halls, Bytes), Shoppers Stop, HSBC, Asian Paints Royale and NIIT, to name a few. He has won over 300 international and national awards in advertising including Cannes, One Show, New York Festival, London International, Adfest Asia, Spikes, The Cup, among others, as writer as well as Creative Director.

Nima DT Namchu CCO Havas Wordlwide (India) Nima has over 20 years of experience in advertising. Before joining Havas, he worked at Cheil, Contract Advertising where he spent over four years. At Contract, he worked on accounts like Domino’s, NIIT, SpiceJet, Google, DelMonte, Dabur and Whirlpool. Before Contract, he was with Publicis India, where he worked on brands like Hewlett Packard, Aviva Life Insurance, Beam Brands and Future Brands. Other agencies he has worked at include McCann Erikson, Capital Advertising, McCann Erickson, Publicis India, Contract and Cheil Worldwide. For a Reebok campaign, he coined the moniker “The Wall” for Rahul Dravid. Prasoon Pandey Co-founder & Director Corcoise Films Prasoon is an advertising filmmaker & the owner of Corcoise films. Ad Age listed him among the Top 100 advertising film directors of the world. Gunn Report ranked him at No. 24 in a list of the best and most awarded ad film directors in 2001. His One Black Coffee ad for Ericsson was the first Indian commercial to win at Cannes. Having finished his studies at National Institute of Design he worked as agency creative director at advertising agency Lintas before turning spot director after a client had asked him to direct a particular film himself.

INTERNATIONAL JURY Rahul Rawail is a veteran film director in India, a second generation film maker. In a career spanning over three decades Rahul has directed some fo the biggest box office hits like Love Story (1981), Betaab (1983), Arjun (1985), Dacait (1987), Anjaam (1994), and the recent one Jo Bole So Nihaal (2005). Son of film director H. S. Rawail, Rawail has launched a few of the Bollywood actors through his films like Kumar Gaurav and Vijeta Pandit in Love Story, Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in Betaab, Kajol in Bekhudi (1992), and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997).

Rauf Ahmed is a journalist, film critic and author. He began his career at the Times of India and went on to join the Free Press Journal as a Sub-Editor in the early 1970s where he rose to be the Features Editor followed by a move to the Sunday Journal as Editor. He then switched to film journalism and founded and edited the film magazines Super and Movie. He later went on to serve as editor of Filmfare. He returned to mainstream journalism in 1994 as Chief of Bureau of the newly launched daily, Asian Age, in Mumbai. In 2001, he became the Vice President for Programming on Zee Cinema and Zee Music. He has also worked as a content advisor on the documentary Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, produced by Shekhar Kapur and directed by Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra, and which opened the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. He is also the author of Mehboob Khan: The Romance of History and has contributed an essay titled Dilip Kumar – An Emperor Among Actors for the anthology Bollywood’s Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema.

Jainardhan Sathyan is an Indo-American Film Producer-Director-Editor based in the United States of America with 25 films and Television Series to his credit. Some of his well know films are ‘Harvey’s dream and ‘Dying to Live’ of his popular films. Beginning his career in India, Jainardhan migrated to USA and works out of there.

OPENING FILM

ALBERT PINTO KO GUSSA KYU AATA HAI? SYNOPSIS One early morning Albert Pinto leaves his house without telling anyone where he is going. His girlfriend Stella, his mother and his brother Dominic are concerned about his safety. They file a missing complaint with the Police. When Albert doesn’t return even after a few weeks, they begin to fear. What they don’t know is that Albert is traversing a road journey from Mumbai to Goa. Nayar who drives the vehicle accompanies him on his mission. While Albert is an educated youth from a middle-class family, Nayar is a man from the streets. Through their sometimes cynical, sometimes witty and sometimes devastating conversations, we see the plot unfold. Albert’s anger stems from the experiences that life has presented to him – the personal injustice done to his father and the injustice done to a large section of humanity. It is this anger that is taking him to Goa, to settle a score that he believes will relieve him of his helplessness and enable him to lead a life of dignity and hope.

CAST & CREW Director: Soumitra Ranade Writer: Soumitra Ranade Producers: Soumitra Ranade, Vikram Saxena, Jagmeet Singh, Noopur Raje, Pinke Ankur Patel Director of Photography: Rahul De Sound: Vinod Subramanian Editor: Aarti Bajaj Music: Avishek Majumder

DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR:SOUMITRA RAM MADHVANI RANADE DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY An alumnus of Sir J.J. School of Arts Mumbai and FTII Pune, Soumitra has been involved for the last 25 years in writing, directing and producing a wide range of animation and live-action projects in feature films, TV serials, documentaries and short experimental genres. His work has been showcased at various prestigious international film festivals including Toronto, Busan, Dubai, Oberhausen, IFFLA, River-to-River, Annecy, Hiroshima, Mumbai, Rotterdam and many others.

FILMOGRAPHY Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyu Aata Hai? (2017) Jajantaram Mamantaram (2003)

90Mins/Hindi/India/2017

CLOSING FILM

XIANG YANG DE RI ZI (SUN FLOWER) SYNOPSIS When Xiangyang was ten years old, his grandmother passed away, and he went to live with his father. Father and son used to be strangers but now they gradually get along very well, something Xiangyang’s step mother did not like. In order to make his family lead a better life, Xiangyang’s father Zhang Hengyuan goes away from home to find work. He secretly leaves 50 bucks for Xiangyang. The money is found by Xiangyang’s stepmother. It turns worse since Xiangyang can’t explain where the money came from. She believes that Xiangyang stole the money. Xiangyang feels wronged and leaves home to look for his father. When he finally reaches the Mine where his dad worked, Zhang Hengyuan’s coworker tells him that his dad had already was headed home. Xiangyang reaches home with great excitement only to find his stepmother crying hard and his father lying there as if in a deep slumber forever.

CAST & CREW Director: ZHANG Luoping Writer: Peipei, ZHANG Luoping Producer: LUO Haifu Director of Photography: HUANG Shaohui Key Cast: WU Chao, Hai Erfu, WANG Like

85 Mins/Mandarin/China/2017

DIRECTOR: ZHANG RAM MADHVANI DIRECTOR: LUOPING DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY ZHANG Luoping, graduated from the Director Training Class of Beijing Film Academy, has a rich experience of directing and photography. With an unique style of works, ZHANG has worked many times for the domestic top fashion magazines, cooperating with many celebrities. He won the 6th Outstanding Ten National Portraits Award and Annual Pioneer Image Figure in 2010. He also served as the official jury of the 8th Outstanding Ten National Portraits Award.

WORLD PANORAMA | 16

BLUE SILENCE SYNOPSIS Hakan is a former member of the armed forces. Through the attentive care of nurse Ayla at the military hospital he is treated, he makes progress in exorcising his demons. After a long stay, he is discharged, rewarded by a medal of honour and some cash.

CAST & CREW Director: Bülent Öztürk Writer: Bülent Öztürk Producer: Tomas Leyers Editor: David Verdurme Sound: Benoît Biral Director of Photography: Emre Tanyildiz Music By: Michelino Bisceglia Key Cast: R. Kan Albay, Korkmaz Arslan, Roda Canioglu, Teoman Kumbaracibasi, Cela Yildiz

FESTIVALS/AWARDS: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival- 2017 Istanbul International Film Festival- 2017

DIRECTOR: BÜLENT ÖZTÜRK DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Bülent Öztürk (born 16 October 1975 in Bağlarbaşı, Turkey) is a Belgian-Kurdisch filmmaker based in Antwerp, Belgium. He is best-known for the film Houses with Small Windows, which won the prize for best European short film at the 2013 Venice Film Festival and was nominated for the 26th European Film Awards in Berlin. He graduated in 2011 as Master in the audiovisual arts at the Rits in Brussels, Belgium. Apart from Houses with Small Windows, Öztürk also directed two documentaries.

FILMOGRAPHY: Blue Silence (2017) Houses with small windows (2013) Waiting (2012) Zaman Zaman (2010)

93Mins/Turkish/ Turkey/2017

CORPORATE SYNOPSIS Emilie is a bright young workaholic manager in Human Ressources, working for a huge French agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated to her job, she is a good soldier, ready to put ruthless methods of management into practice to meet the higher-ups’ requirements. But, one day, one of the employees commits suicide at the company in front of her. Afflicted by the terrific death of her colleague, she will eventually realize that the company has to take its responsibility too. While an investigation in underway, stuck between her traumatized colleagues and under pressure of a powerful hierarchy, she will have to get by on her own.

CAST & CREW Director: Nicolas Silhol Writer: Nicolas Silhol, Nicolas Fleureau Producer: Kazak Productions Editor: Florence Bresson Sound: Antoine Corbin, Julien Roig, Director of Photography: Nicolas Gaurin Music By: Alexandre Saada, Fabien Kourtzer Key Cast: Céline Sallette, Lambert Wilson

FESTIVALS/AWARDS:

WORLD PANORAMA | 18

Karlovy Vary 2017 – Competition

95 Mins/French/ France/2016

DIRECTOR: NICOLAS SILHOL DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Nicolas Silhol is a filmmaker and writer from France. He studied Screenwriting at La Femis. His films have been shown at the Semaine de la Critique, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, and many other film festivals.

FILMOGRAPHY: Corporate (2016) Love Thyself (2010) My Name is Dominic (2008)

DARK BLUE GIRL SYNOPSIS When JIMMY and HANNAH finally find a buyer for their holiday home on the Greek volcano island Santorini, the excouple returns to the place where they broke up two years ago. In tow: Their seven-year-old daughter LUCA whose love the parents compete for. Hardly arrived on the island, old tensions and conflicts appear despite every effort to make it right. Above it all is Hannah, who is jealous of the close father-daughter-relationship she is not able to reach. But the upcoming sale of the house triggers something in Jimmy as well – the irrefutable end of his former dream: to have a future as a family.

CAST & CREW Director: Mascha Schilinski Writer: Mascha Schilinski Producer: Anne Schmidt, Ruben Steingrüber Director Of Photography: Fabian Gamper Editor: Svenja Baumgärtner Sound: Claudio Demel Music: Anna Gemina Key Cast: Helena Zengel, Karsten Antonio Mielke, Artemis Chalkidou

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Berlinale – Perspektive Deutsches Kino (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany), 2017 27th Filmkunstfest Mv (Feature Film Competition, Schwerin, Germany), 2017 *Winner Flying Ox* *Best Music And Sounddesign* La Film Festival (World Fiction Competition, La, Usa), 2017

103Mins/German/ Germany/2017

DIRECTOR: MASCHA SCHILINSKI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Mascha Schilinski was born in 1984 in Berlin. After severals internships in film industry she was travelling from 2005-2007 through Europe, wrote short stories and worked as a magician and fire-eater at a small travelling circus in Italy. In 2008 she completed her degree in a master class for screenwriters at the HAMBURG FILM SCHOOL. After that she worked as a free screenwriter in Berlin. Since 2012 she studies directing at the FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG. Her narrative short film THE CAT was awarded with the EUROPEAN AWARD at the FESTIVAL DU CINÉMA DE BRIVE. Her first narrative feature film DARK BLUE GIRL had his premiere in 2017 at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY Die Tochter / Dark Blue Girl (2017) Die Katze / The Cat(2015) Das Gefühl (2014)

EINMAL BITTE ALLES (PRETTY FAR FROM OKAY) SYNOPSIS Isi is 27 and stuck in a quarter-life-crisis. With a graphic diploma in one hand and a drink in the other, she is divided between the ‘University’ and ‘real life’. Her place would seem bleak and lonely, if her best friend Lotte wouldn’t be there with her. The situation however changes abruptly when Lotte not only finds a real job but also falls in love with her colleague Leo, effectively ending their life as a ‘twosome’. Isi is forced to move into a filthy flat-share. While working on a Graphic Novel, Isi realized, that adulthood had arrived, like a runaway train, and there’s no escape from it. She finds herself in an almost awesome, love-hate relationship with her twenties, which is “pretty far from okay”.

CAST & CREW Director: Helena Hufnagel Writers: Sina Flammang, Madeleine Fricke Producer: Helena Hufnagel, Torben Maas, Christian Füllmich Music: Dieter Schleip Director of Photography: Aline László Sound: Jörg Elsner Key Cast: Luise Heyer, Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen, Maximilian

WORLD PANORAMA | 20

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Filmfestival Max Ophüls Price Saarbrücken, Germany Neisse Filmfestival, Görlitz, Germany Regina Film Awards, Canada (Nomination Best Picture, Best Director) Filmfest Emden, Germany Auckland Film Festival Auckland, New Zealand (Nomination Best Debut Feature) Winner Best Woman Director, Winner Best Soundtrack

85 Mins/German/ Germany/2017

DIRECTOR: HELENA HUFNAGEL DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Helena Hufnagel finished her studies at the University of Television and Film Munich in 2015. Received several scholarships and prizes for producing and building up her company COCOFILMS. Her documentary ‘The safest nuclear power plant worldwide’ has been screened at over 40 Film Festivals. Her equally successful short film ‘WILLA’ based on a ‘Stephen King short Story’ has been screened at 45 Festivals. After winning several awards and accolades, Helena makes her directorial debut with this feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY Pretty Far From Okay (2017)

EL CALLEJÓN (THE ALLEY) SYNOPSIS Andrea, a young woman that lives in a small town at the north of Mexico, is waiting for some news from his husband who tried to cross illegally, a year ago, into the United States. One day, a “chicano” young man, Paul, comes from Phoenix to work as a country singer. They fall in love with each other. Since then, Andrea struggles against her own morals, tempted with thoughts and personality of this new man in town. THE ALLEY is a story about forgiveness and true love.

CAST & CREW Director: Caro Duarte Writer: Caro Duarte Producer: La Nova Films Sound: Isaac Peña Director of Photography: Caro Duarte, Paco Espinoza Musician: 8 segundos Música Country Key Cast: Perla Encinas, Alex Olivas, América Barrón

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Festival Internacional de Cine Alamos, Mexico Bridges International Film Festival, UK

DIRECTOR: CARO DUARTE DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Caro Duarte is a Mexican producer, writer and director of films. Graduated from the university degree in Communication Sciences. Founder of La Nova Films in 2005, a film production company. Her films have been part of the Official Selection of several film festivals around the world. She is also director of the Álamos Mágico International Film Festival in Álamos, México.

FILMOGRAPHY El Callejón (2017) Noli (2015) Ser (2010) Los Misterios del Templo de Pitiquito (2009)

104 Mins/Spanish/Mexico/2017

EM 97 ERA ASSIM (BACK TO 97) SYNOPSIS It’s 1997. It’s the time of discovery for Renato, Moreira, German and Stack, a group of young boys living in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil. The audience are lead inside their world through the point of view of 15-year-old Renato, the shyest one in the lot. In their teenage heydays, with their hormones speaking louder than their brains, the boys struggle with their first doubts and aspirations -- and, most of all, with the urge to lose their virginities. To get on with it, they seek the aid of a professional, but in order to pay for her services, they need to make money on their own. Amidst coping with homeworks and puppy-love interests that come along their way, the gang begins taking on all kinds of small jobs to come up with the cash and achieve what they believe to be adulthood. However, what they learn from this experience cannot be found in textbooks, school, or even porn magazines: the value of true friendship.

CAST & CREW Director: Zeca Brito Writer: Leo Garcia Producer: Beto Rodrigues, Tatiana Sager, Leo Garcia, Zeca Brito Key Cast: Fredericco Restori, Julio Estevan, Pedro Diana Morais

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

WORLD PANORAMA | 22

Festival Cinema dos SertõesFloriano, Piauí, Brazil Best Director and Best Picture (Audience)

DIRECTOR: ZECA BRITO DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Zeca Brito holds a bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Production from Unisinos and also a Visual Arts degree from UFRGS, and works as a screenwriter and director. In 2006, he directed “A Film Called Sphincter”, fiction, aired by Multishow. In 2009, his short film “A Brief Assault” was aired by RBS TV and Canal Brasil. His short film “At Feet” in 2009 has been screened in New York, Buenos Aires, and Horta Island (Portugal). It won Best Film award at the Festival de Cinema de Maringá, Best Director at Comunicurtas, Best 35mm Film Award at the Festival Ibero Americano CurtaCanoa, Audience Award for Best Film at FESTin Lisbon. His directorial, “The Kid” premiered in 2011, competed in festivals, and aired on Canal Brasil in 2014. “Back to ‘97” is his second fiction feature.

FILMOGRAPHY 92 Mins/Portuguese/ Brazil/2017

Glauco do Brasil (2015) O Guri (2011) Aos pês (2009)

FORO ÍNTIMO (INNER COURT) SYNOPSIS Inspired by true events, a judge finds himself trapped in the Brazilian criminal justice system. In this Kafkaesque environment, the splendor and magnificence of the architecture conceals a labyrinth of crime, corruption and bureaucracy.

CAST & CREW Director: Ricardo Mehedff Writer: Guilherme Lessa Producer: Ricardo Mehedff Music: Artur, Alexandre Andres Director of Photography: Dudu Miranda Editor: Marilia Moraes Sound: Alessandro Laroca, Daniel Virmond Lima Key Cast: Gustavo Werneck, Jefferson da Fonseca Coutinho

FESTIVALS/AWARDS BIFF - Boston International Film Festival Boston, MA, United States of America Best Actor Award, AVANCA Film Festival Best Film, London Independent Film Festival

DIRECTOR: RICARDO MEHEDFF DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Ricardo started his career as a filmmaker after getting a Bachelors degree in Film at George Washington University. In Brazil, he became of the most prolific and indemand film editors, cutting countless feature films and theatrical film trailers. Naturally Ricardo wanted to take the next step and started writing, directing and editing short-films. His shorts received various awards and participated in over 100 festivals worldwide, including: Rotterdam, Oberhausen, Uppsala, Havana, Guadalajara, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

FILMOGRAPHY Um BrancoSúbito (2002) NoiteAberta (2004) Capital Circulante (2004)

74 Mins/Portuguese/ Brazil/2017

GOLDEN FIVE SYNOPSIS Maki, Kata and Jiji are loyal friends who believe in their youthful ideals. However, when Maki and Kata announce their engagement, Jiji becomes jealous. In the period of communist liquidations, there is an unsolved murder of five students, one of them being Maki. 65 years later, Alavantie, as a witness and a researcher, returns to his homeland with the “Golden Five” dossier. His secrets and knowledge bring additional tension in Kata’s and Jiji’s married life.

CAST & CREW Director: Goran Trenchovski Writer: Biljana Garvanlieva, Eleonora Veninova, Goran Trenchovski Producer: Dejan Miloshevski Music: Baklava Director of Photography: Apostol Trpevski Editor: Andrija Zafranovic Sound: Davor Omerza

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FESTIVALS/AWARDS Raindance Film Festival - London Manaki Brothers Film Festival - Bitola Macedonian Cinema Days - Sydney Macedonian Film Festival – Toronto, Canada DetectiveFest – Moscow, Russian Federation (Special Jury Diploma) Love Film Festival - Perugia, Italy Golden Griffon - Best Foreign Film SEE Film Festival – Paris, France (GRAND PRIX - Best Film; Best Editing) South East European Film Festival – Berlin, Germany Balkan Film Food Festival – Pogradec, Albania

83 Mins/Macedonian-Serbian/ Macedonia/2016

DIRECTOR: GORAN TRENCHOVSKI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Goran Trenchovski (1970) is director, writer, artistic leader, founder of Tiberiopolian Film Alliance ASTERFEST, lecturer, humanist. Graduated film and theatre directing at the prestigious academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Lived and researched for one year in Prague. He directed several TV and film projects in different genres and forms as well as stage performances and a number of plays and scripts by both classical and contemporary authors. His directions are screened, staged and awarded on festivals in many countries. Golden Fiveis his debut feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY Golden Five (2016)

‘IM AUGE DES BETRACHTERS’ (POINT OF VIEW) SYNOPSIS Karl Krämer is a middle class retired person who has been living with his wife Maria in the countryside of northern Germany for many years. Maria has been a well-known singer, who at the peak of her career, fell seriously ill and unluckily lost her voice. From this moment she has been in a desolate state unable to communicate and forced to battle her inner demons. Together, Karl and Maria have three grown up children who are quite different in their characters and lifestyles. Each of them try to get over their difficult childhood in their own way and moved away not only from their parents but from each other as well. Still on the 65th birthday of their father, they visit him unexpectedly. This family gathering is of course supposed to be a simple birthday reunion, but then it transforms into a series of disturbing, poignant and sometimes comical events. The emerging problems of this situation expose the family drowning into unresolved conflicts of the past. Each family member tries to find a solution in different interactions - with a deep desire to heal each other. How can they find their way back to sanity when each one’s point of view differs from the other...?

CAST & CREW Director: Otwin Karl Biernat Writer: Otwin Karl Biernat Producer: Otwin Karl Biernat Music: Jana Lou Director of Photography: Otwin Biernat Editor: Otwin Biernat Key Cast: Knut Kroedel, Maximilian Popp, Uta

DIRECTOR: OTWIN KARL BIERNAT DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY An Actor turned Director Otwin Biernat was born in Graz, Austria and trained himself in various crafts working in Theatre and Film in Vienna. In 2009, Otwin moved to Berlin and joined the Berlin Film Circle. In 2011, he co-directed, acted and produced “Codewort Mr. Bean” which was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film got the 3rd place for “Best Camera” in the 99 Fire Films Awards category. Seeking international experience, Otwin moved to the Middle East in late 2011, where he worked for television as Senior Picture Editor. Back in Europe in 2014, he co-produced another film “Homesick” which also had its World Premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2015. ‘Point of View’ is Otwin’s debut feature film in its true sense.

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

FILMOGRAPHY

Los Angeles CineFest, Semi finalist

Point of View (2017)

85 Mins/German/ Germany/2017

LA NOVIA DEL DESIERTO (THE DESERT BRIDE) SYNOPSIS 54-year-old Teresa has worked for decades as a live-in maid with a family in Buenos Aires. When the family sells the house, she is forced to take a job in the distant town of San Juan. Although feeling uncomfortable with traveling, she embarks on a journey through the desert. During her first stop, in the land of the miraculous “Saint Correa”, she loses her bag with all her belongings. This unexpected incident leads her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman, the only one who can help Teresa find her bag. What seemed like the end of her world will ultimately prove her salvation.

CAST & CREW Director: Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato Writer: Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato Producer: Alejo Crisóstomo, Eva Lauria, Vanessa Ragone Editor: Andrea Chignoli Sound: Mauricio López Director of Photography: Sergio Armstrong Music By: Leo Sujatovich Key Cast: Paulina García

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Un Certain Regard- Cannes Film Festival 2017 San Sebastián International Film Festival 2017 Jerusalem Film Festival 2017 New Zealand International Film Festival 2017

78 Mins/Spanish/ Argentina,Chile/2017

DIRECTOR: CECILIA ATÁN DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Cecilia is an Argentinian scriptwriter and director. Cecilia Atan’s documentary series “Madres de Plaza de Mayo, la Historia” was nominated for the International Emmy Awards. “The Sea,” her first short film, screened at the Cannes Short Film Corner in 2012. “The Desert Bride” is her first fiction feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY: The Desert Bride (2017)

LAST CHRISTMAS SYNOPSIS On Christmas’ Eve morning, Mulars’ family is shocked by the loss of the mother, Anna Maria. Her two sons, Antonio 45, who has just returned to Sardinia, and Francesco 35, decide to organize the burial, challenging the calm immobilism of the small town where they live. An unbelievable challenge, among old, hidden resentments and secrets concealed for over twenty years. A surreal and grotesque day, during which the Mulars will manage to complete their mission, rediscovering the family unity.

CAST & CREW Director: Christiano Pahler Writer: Christiano Pahler Producer: Guasco Sr. Director of Photography: Claudio Marceddu Editor: Gianvito Caputo Sound: Edoardo Sirocchi Key Cast: Andrea Bruschi, Evita Ciri, Gabriele Farci

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DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY A graduate form Roma Film Academy, Christiano Pahler was passionate about cinema since his childhood. He has directed about ten short films before making his debut feature ‘Last Christmas’. Christiano is a also a Drummer in three Music Bands.

FILMOGRAPHY

Jagran DIscovery

Last Christmas (2017)

76 Mins/Italian/ Italy/2017

LE TERRE ROSSE (THE RED LANDS) SYNOPSIS The film based on Giuseppe Brancale’s novel explores the difficult life of Giuseppe Prestone, and the communité of which he is part, Migalli, an imaginary country of Basilicata (South of Italy), from 1860 to 1887. The point of view is that of the last, that history has suffered rather than doing it, often finding a way out of brigand or emigration. The Prestone, paying in person, however, finds a third way.

CAST & CREW Director: Giovanni Brancale Writer: Giovanni Brancale Producer: Estravago Film Director of Photography: Gaetano Russo Key Cast: Simone Castano, Francesco RItondale, Gaetano Russo

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Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: GIOVANNI BRANCALE DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Giovanni Brancale, born in 1955 in Sant’Arcangelo (PZ), lives in Florence since 1973. He is a physician specialized in pediatrics and tropical medicine. After having been a paediatrician at the Zinvie Hospital in Benin for about two years and in Albania at a refugee camp, he has been practicing as a general practitioner in Florence. He has been devoting himself to some friends since the university, to an animation activity for children, with puppet shows and video. His puppet shows have been remarkably successful in specialized circuits and received awards in Tuscany, Abruzzo and Trentino. After experiencing her experiences in Africa, she felt the need to support her doctoral activity as a feature film feature for both professional actors and her patients and friends.

FILMOGRAPHY 100 Mins/Italian/Italy/2017

Le Terre Rosse (2017) Fuga Da Reuma Park (2016) Il Ricc, Il Povero e Il Maggiordomo (2014) La Leggenda Di Al, John E Jack (2002)

NAPOLI UNDERGROUND SYNOPSIS The film is set under the ground in a city called Naples or Napoli. ‘Napoli Underground’ is an anthology movie consisting of six episodes with different stories, characters and actors. Each episode is dedicated to a different underground location and portrays a different part of the city humanity. Napoli is the place where everything is mixed, and so their is comedy, drama, conflict, knowledge, thrill, mystery all melting together in the stories. The different contemporary souls of Naples descend in the underground and react to its stimuli coming from an often ancient past. Thousand years old catacombs used by the early Christians, Roman/Greek aqueduct tunnel mazes, mysterious underwater caves dug into the stone by the sea over the centuries, macabre ossuaries which house the bones of forgotten un-named people, hollow volcanoes where nature, history and myth merge together, are only some of the places depicted. Today’s Neapolitans do not seem fully aware of the legacy they represent and keep living their lives on the surface of our bright, spectacular city; meanwhile their past silently observes their meaningless dance from the dark, static, immutable, Neapolitan underground.

CAST & CREW Director: Salvatore Polizzi Writer: Salvatore Polizzi Producer: Salvatore Polizzi, Andrea Fiorentino, Nunzia Loffredo Music: Marco Zurzolo Key Cast: Valeria Vaiano, Sergio Savastano, Marco Cavalli

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran DIscovery

111 Mins/Italian/ Italy/2016

DIRECTOR: SALVATORE POLIZZI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Salvatore Polizzi, born in Palermo in 1976 and grown up in Naples, Italy is an author, producer and director of over 80 independent short films, including documentaries, music videos, web commercials, art videos, and this feature-length independent anthology movie ‘Napoli Underground’.

FILMOGRAPHY Napoli Underground (2016)

PURPLE HORIZONS SYNOPSIS Meryem 25, lost her family members because of sinking the migrant boat in the Aegean Sea near Bodrum Kos Island while trying to escape the war of Aleppo Syria. As a member of the Voast Guards Chief Superintendent Ibrahim aged 50 who is about to retire helps Meryem, the only survivor of this accident. Orphan İbrahim retires and marries Meryem, the same year and settles down in the Bozdoğan Town of Aegean. The neighborhood has one more couple who also comes to settle down in the same town at the same time. Hayati 35, an architect, fed up of city life in Istanbul and his painter partner Bahar aged 30. The early days are fine but a few years later things begin to change. Meryem can not handle the severe trauma and she wants to visit the beach and the sea where her family died. Her desire to visit the sea begins to take a toll on her relationship with Ibrahim. Being vehemently denied by Ibrahim, Meryem finds another way to go. Bahar is trying to convince Hayati to move back to İstanbul but he is content with his peaceful life in this town. With these two woman, totally different from each other, trying to reach their goals, the story takes a another turn.

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Director: Olgun Özdemir Writer: Olgun Özdemir Producer: Olgun Özdemir Music: Irsel Çivit Director of Photography: Ali Aslan Editor: Semih Gülcüoglu Key Cast: Zeynep Sevi

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

112 MINS/TURKISH/ TURKEY/2016/DRAMA

DIRECTOR: OLGUN ÖZDEMIR DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Olgun Özdemir was born 26 August 1973 in İzmir, Turkey. A graduate in Stage management from the Köln International Studio Academia Media School, Olgun owns Sargona Film Prodcution in Turkey. This is his second feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY Vicdan Ağacı (2015) Nene Hatun (2010) Anadolu’nun Renkleri (2009)

SIDE – B SYNOPSIS A Chinese tourist loses his papers and has to stay in Spain as an illegal immigrant. In the midst of this desperate situation he will fall face down in love.

CAST & CREW Director: David Yáñez Writer: David Yáñez Producer: David Yáñez Key Cast: Kai WuKey, AlinaNastase, Valentina Acevedo

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: DAVID YÁNEZ DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY David Yáñez (Cáceres, 1982) is a writer, filmmaker and teacher. Coming from a humble family, he was never able to afford the film schools fees. Instead he bought a video camera on instalments and taught himself how to make films. Living between Spain and Malaysia and alternating his job as a teacher in filmmaking with the writing and directing of independent film projects in his producer company Outcast Filmmakers. David made his debut with “Many pieces of something” (premiered in the Málaga Spanish Film Festival in 2015 and released in theatres in fall 2015). Side-B is his second feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY Muchos Pedazos de Alog (2015)

100 Mins/Chinese-Spanish/ Spain/2017

STILL SUMMER SYNOPSIS Jinsu is tired of living. This life was not that Jinsu wanted as there is no vitality of life. His Girlfriend Seulki is the only one given comfort in life. One day, Jinsu is told that Tae Young Lee, a member of high school club, is dead. Due to a past Incident, Jinsu had severed contacts with his friends. The trauma of the past begins to come alive and the relationship and takes its toll on his relationship with his girlfriend. Seulki gradually begins to lose trust in him and Jinsu decides to live life that he wanted in past without his girlfriend. The trust keeps declining between the two.

CAST & CREW Director: Yoon Hyung Chul Writer: Yoon Hyung Chul Producer: Seo Seung Hee Editor: Yoon Hyung Chul Sound: Hong Jung Woo Director of Photography: Jung Bon Musician: Jin Young Chan Key Cast: Lee Jae Gi, Kim Jin Hee, Kim Hong Kyeong, Kim Song Young, Lim Dong Hyun

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Jagran Discovery

84 Mins/Republic of Korea/ Korean/2017

DIRECTOR: YOON HYUNG CHUL DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY A Graduate in Filmmaking from Sangmyung University, Yoon has worked for several television shows and films. Her first film ‘A Girl Wearing A White Dress’ was a widely acclaimed film and have been to several film festivals globally.

FILMOGRAPHY Still Summer (2017) A Girl Wearing A White Dress (2015)

THE BLACK PRINCE SYNOPSIS ‘The Black Prince’ is a story of Queen Victoria and the Last King of Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh. His character as it evolves, torn between two cultures and facing constant dilemmas as a result. His relationship with Queen Victoria will be the most impactful relationship in the film, the Queen representing the English culture he was drawn into. The Black Prince begins a lifelong struggle to regain his Kingdom. It takes him on an extraordinary journey across the world.

CAST & CREW Director: Kavi Raz Writer: Kavi Raz Producer: Jai Khanna, Kavi Raz Music By: George Kallis Director of Photography: Aaron C. Smith Editor: Marc Cohen, Rohan Midha, Heidi Scharfe Sound: Stephen Traub Key Cast: Jason Flemyng, Amanda Root, Adam Woodward, Shabana Azmi, David Essex, Ameet Chana

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: KAVI RAZ DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Kavi Raz is an Indian-born British actor, writer, director and producer. Born in Punjab, Raz left India at a young age for the United Kingdom, where he grew up. He acquired national prominence as an exceptional hockey player in the Midlands.

Filmography: The Black Prince (2017) The Gold Bracelet (2006) Big River (2005) Terror Squad (1988)

118Mins/English, Punjabi/USA/2017

VOR LAUTER BÄUMEN (WOOD FOR THE TREES) SYNOPSIS ‘Wood For the Trees’ is the story of Manuel, who like many others of his generation, despite the best circumstances and bright prospects for a fulfilled life, struggles to overcome what are supposed to be the best years of his life.

CAST & CREW Director: Pablo Callisaya Writer: Pablo Callisaya Producer: Josef Zangger, Tapir Filmatelier Director of Photography: Key Cast: Rafael Luca Oliveira, Carlo Fuso, Claudia Klopfstein

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Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: PABLO CALLISAYA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Pablo Callisaya, born 1989 in Luzern Switzerland. He attended high-school in Switzerland and started his film studies in screenwriting for film and television at Septima Ars film school in Madrid, where he shot his first short film „Solucion de Transicion“ which was shown at the latin-american film festival Lakino in Berlin. After that he continued his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts in Film in 2015. Shortly after he formed his own production company Tapir Filmatelier, which produced his first feature length film „Vor lauter Bäumen“ in 2016. Currently he is working as an independent screenwriter and director in Switzerland.

FILMOGRAPHY

86 Mins/Swiss-German/ Switzerland/2017

In front of loud trees (2016) Paleontology (2015) Albert Ruppert (2014) But be careful (2013) Solución de transición (2012)

WŚCIEKŁOŚĆ (RAGE) SYNOPSIS After a quarrel with his wife, Adam spends time with his mistress at the gym. Later, as he runs 20 kilometers to get home, he takes a phone call, which is his dream come true. The owner of a TV station promotes him to Evening News Editor. Adam’s imagination conjures up a vision of a brilliant career. He doesn’t suspect his world will soon collapse… Now he has 90 minutes to patch up his life.

CAST & CREW Director: Michał Węgrzyn Writer: Michał Węgrzyn Producer: Grzegorz Wyrębiak Music: Tomasz Qlhead Kuldo Director of Photography: Wojciech Wegrzyn Editor: Michal Bilinski Sound: Pawel Rytelewski Key Cast: Jakub Świderski, Paulina Chapko, Natalia Klimas

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: MICHAŁ WĘGRZYN DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Michał Węgrzyn was born in NowySącz in 1978 into an extended family of teachers. After three years of film studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, he enrolled in the DOP Department of the Film School in Łódź. He wrote an MA thesis titled ‘Duties of a Documentary Director’. His first documentary short Zaszumiał, Powiał (2003), which he made with his younger brother Wojciech Węgrzyn, was awarded almost at every Polish film festival. His next documentary films Pojechał, Zobaczył (2008), 400 Hectares (2009), and 9Dołek (2010), also made in collaboration with his brother, were awarded both in Poland and the USA. His 2013 debut feature The Holy Sinner (Wybraniec) tells a story of an IVF procedure. In 2015, his film. The Story of a Woman (Historiakobiety) was featured in seventeen international film festivals. One year later, it was awarded Grand Prix at the Nador Film Festival in Morocco.

FILMOGRAPHY 83 Mins/Polish/ Poland/2016

Wściekłość/Rage (2016) Historia Kobiety/The Story Of A Woman (2015)

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A BILLION COLOR STORY SYNOPSIS 11-year-old Hari Aziz lives a blissful life in Mumbai with his parents, a pair of Bohemian filmmakers whose optimistic views have been embedded into their son’s DNA. Hari approaches the world with refreshing openness and curiosity, but soon the social realities of a country in crisis pose a challenge to his family’s gentle existence. Financial hardships force the family to move out of their beloved house, and Hari’s mom and dad – a Hindu woman and a Muslim man, neither one particularly observant – face a sort of religious intolerance from both sides that they had long hoped would disappear from India.

CAST & CREW Director: Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy Writer: Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy Producer: Satish Kaushik, Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy Director of Photography: Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy Key Cast: Dhruva Padmakumar, Gaurav Sharma, Vasuki

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Pusan Film Festival

DIRECTOR: PADMAKUMAR NARASIMHAMURTHY DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Paddy quit a job as creative head of Y&R Advertising, India to pursue fiction and film, choosing a creative journey that would be meaningful in the human context. He is a poet, writer and photographer, and considers himself a “Momenteer.” An idealist, his stories aspire to build bridges across differences.

FILMOGRAPHY A Billion Color Story (2016)

105Mins/English/India/2016

ALLAMA SYNOPSIS The film captures the story of the rebellious thinker Allama, also known as Allama Prabhu.”Allama” is a film about 12th century metaphysician, a son of a temple dancer who embarks on a quest for knowledge and answers to his four core sentiments, yearning, and obsession – Maddales, failures and self-realization.

CAST & CREW Director: T.S. Nagabharana Writer: T. S. Nagabharana Producer: Shri Hari L Khoday Editor: B S Kemparaju Director of Photography: G. S. Bhaskar Music By: Bapu Padmanabha Key Cast: Dhananjay, Meghana Raj, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Sanchari Vijay

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival Best Music Direction, National Film Award Best Makeup, National Film Award

DIRECTOR: T.S. NAGABHARANA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana (born 1953) is an Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry and a pioneer of the parallel cinema. He is one of the few film directors to have straddled the mainstream and parallel cinema worlds. He achieved success both in television and cinema. He has been the recipient of international, national, state and other awards for 20 of his 34 Kannada movies in the last 40 years. He was nominated as the chairman of Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA), Bangalore [Government of Karnataka] (State Film Academy).

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SELECT FILMOGRAPHY

140Mins/Kannada/India/2017

Banker Margayya (1983) Mysore Mallige (1991) Janumada Jodi (1995) Nagamandala (1996) Neela (2001) Singaaravva (2002) Kallarali Hoovagi (2006) Kamsaale Kaisaale (2012) Allama (2017)

AMARAAVATI SYNOPSIS ‘Amaraavati’ revolves around Shivappa, a manhole scavenger and his family. A circle of incidents that engulfs their life, where Shivappa just wants to live another day. His wife tries to maintain their house. Their two young kids are also victims of this life, which lists the eldest son, ChennaBasava who documents and narrates the whole story.A hots of other characters: Paul Nagaraj, an activist. John, a labor contractor, a runaway stranger with a mysterious past are introduced to shed light on the reality of this heinous occupation.

CAST & CREW Director: B M Giriraj Writer: B M Giriraj Producers: E Madhav Reddy, E Sushma Editor: Arjun Music: Abhilash Lakra, Joel Dubba Director Of Photography: Kiran Hampapura Cast : Achyuth Kumar, Kiran Kumar, Hemanth Sushil, Ninasam Ashwath, Vaishali Deepak, Ujwala Rao, Master S Chirag, Paramesh K S, Vidyha Raj Sharma, Santosh Karki

DIRECTOR: B M GIRIRAJ DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY B M Giriraj comes from a diverse background of theater and art. He has acted, directed and staged more than 2000 street plays and 12 stage plays in Kannada, Hindi and English. He has won state award for best Student Play for “MasanaVyuha” and has also won state award for Best Movie “Jatta”.

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

FILMOGRAPHY

Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

Mythri (2012) Jatta (2013) Adwaitha (2013) My Hero- Mythri (2015) Ooty (2016) Arivu (2017) Amaravati (2017)

123 Mins/Kannada/ India/2016

ANAARKALI OF AARAH SYNOPSIS The plot revolves around an erotic singer from Aarah in Bihar, who sings double meaning songs. She epitomizes a common feature of the local culture of the region, i.e., orchestra or naach parties. In this volatile world Anaarkali is the star performer of her troupe; the feisty Anaarkali knows the ways of the world and is ambitious and confident of her success. Until a fateful day when Anaarkali has a confrontation with a very powerful man of the region. What follows is a series of events that escalates the conflict between the two and the world around her turns increasingly vicious and misogynist. And then, she fights back...

CAST & CREW Director: Avinash Das Writer: Avinash Das Producer: Sandiip Kapur Music: Rohit Sharma Editor: Jabeen Merchant Sound: Devobrat Chaliha Director Of Photography: Arvind Kannabiran Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Sanjay Mishra, Pankaj Tripathi, Ishteyak Khan

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Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

113 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

DIRECTOR: AVINASH DAS DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Avinash Das began as a journalist in 1996. After working in several positions in the media, Avinash has directed his debut feature film ‘Anaarkali of Araah’.

FILMOGRAPHY Anaarkali of Aarah (2017)

ANGAMALY DIARIES SYNOPSIS Vincent Pepe who wanted to be a powerful leader of a righteous gang that ruled the city, like his seniors. And then there’s a rival clan with the malicious gangsters of the Angamaly, a locale on which the film is based.

CAST & CREW Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery Writer: Chemban Vinod Jose Producer: Vijay Babu Editor: Shameer, Muhammed Sound: Renganaath Ravee Director of Photography: Gireesh, Gangadharan Musician: Prashant Pillai Key Cast: Sarath Kumar, Antony Varghese, Tito Wilson

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: LIJO JOSE PELLISSERY DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Lijo, born in Chalakudy in Thrissur district, is the son of late theatre-movie actor Jose Pellissery. He did his schooling from Carmel High School, Chalakudy& PreUniversity from The Union Christian College, Aluva. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in marketing HR and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from IIPM, Bangalore.

FILMOGRAPHY Nayakan (2010) City of God (2011) Amen (2013) Double Barrel (2015) Angamaly DIaries (2017)

132 Mins/Malyalam/ India/2017

BAREILLY KI BARFI SYNOPSIS Set in the small town of Barielly, this romantic comedy explores the nuances of simple lives people live there. It’s a story of Bitti Mishra, a free-spirited girl, who is tired of the societal pressures and finds solace in a book titled “Barielly Ki Barfi”.

CAST & CREW Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Writer: Shreyas Jain, Nitesh Tiwari Producer: Renu Chopra, Vineet Jain Editor: Chandrashekhar Prajapati Sound: Sanjay Maurya, Allwin Rego Director of Photography: Gavemic U. Ary Music By: Sameer Uddin Key Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathy

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: ASHWINY IYER TIWARI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, the wife of director Nitesh Tiwari, is a film director and writer. She made her directorial and writing debut with the film Nil Battey Sannata (2016), Tamil remake of Amma Kanakku. Her 2017 release includes the romantic comedy film Bareilly Ki Barfi, which stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, and Rajkummar Rao in the lead.

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Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017) Amma Kanakku (2016) Nil Battey Sannata (2015)

116 Mins/Hindi/India/2017

CHARANDAS CHOR SYNOPSIS Charan More is an apprentice to a Fight Master in films in Mumbai. An undergraduate, low profile, under confident, recluse and a poor guy from a village in Maharashtra’s Chiplun. Leave aside talking; he would barely manage to make an eye contact with even a vegetable vendor. He is scared of people’s gaze. He believes that the whole world is watching him and would beat him up if he commits any mistake. He is always unsure of every act of his. Charan loves to crack jokes, and he is pretty good at it, but only to the working class people, like spot boys, electricians etc. One fine day we find that an action scene is to be shot on the film set which requires currency of Rupees two crores and on the Director’s insistence, the Producer has bring the real currency instead of the fake one.Charan who goes to collect this money loses his way. Petrified he wants to get rid of the trunk carrying the money but can’t. The film traces Charan’s dilemma in a funny yet sensitive and emotional manner.

CAST & CREW Director: Shyam Maheshwari Writer:: Shyam Maheshwari Producer: Deepa Mahashwari Editor: Abhijeet Deshpande Music By: Atif Afzal, Rohit Manjrekar Sound: Akhilesh Acharya Director Of Photography: Sumit Suryawanshi Cast: Abhay Chavan, Adesh Aware, Sonam Pawar

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

101 Mins/Marathi/ India/2017

DIRECTOR: SHYAM MAHESHWARI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Shyam Maheshwari is an MBA from IMS, Indore and also completed his education in Film Direction from XIC, Mumbai. After assisting Film Director AnubhavSinha, he began directing films on his own. His penchant for dealing with some meaningful work urged him to make a shift from Television to direct this simple and entertaining tale of CharandasChor. Apart from being a good technician he is a good writer and has written the film MS Dhoni: the Untold Story.

FILMOGRAPHY Kuch Jhuki Palkein (TV Series) (2002) Maati Ki Banno (TV Series) (2010) Chandras Chor (2017)

DOCTOR RAKHMABAI SYNOPSIS DOCTOR RAKHMABAI deals with the tumultuous era of 1864-1955. 90 epic years that changed Indian tradition and society and one iconic lady who was responsible for the silent revolt. Dr Rakhma bai, India’s first practicing lady doctor. She diligently followed her step-father, Dr Sakharam Arjun’s lessons to educate herself, much against the norms of the time. It was a move that shook up a lot of people in a conservative, orthodox society. Young Rakhmabai refused to live with her husband, raising a storm of dust that ended up as a battle in the High Court of Bombay [then] under a British judge. In what threatened to change existing marriage laws and raise a dust on child marriage and abuse, Rakhmabai stood steadfast in her intentions and despite losing the case refused to bend down to her imbecile husband. She went to England to get a degree in medicine and returned to her country that ironically ostracized her. But she fought to pioneer medical theories and also to clear the stigma attached to her.

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Director: Anant Mahadevan Writer: Bikas Ranjan Mishra, Mohini Varde Producer: Swapna Patkar Editor: Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Sound: Subhash Sahoo Director of Photography: Alphonse Roy Musician: Rohan Pradhan Key Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Bharat Dabholkar, Santosh Juvekar, Kavita Lad, Prasad Oak

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

124 Mins/Marathi/ India/2017

DIRECTOR: ANANT MAHADEVAN DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Anant Mahadevan, also credited as Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, is a screenwriter, actor, and director of Hindi and Marathi films and television serials in India.Having been an integral part of the Indian television serials and Hindi movies since the 1980s, he is also involved in the professional English and Hindi theatre. Ananth along with Sanjay Pawar received the National Award (2010) for the Best Screenplay and Dialogues for the successful Marathi movie Mee Sindhutai Sapkal’. The Marathi film Mee Sindhutai Sapkal also fetched him the special jury award at the National Film awards 2010.

FILMOGRAPHY Gour Hari Dastaan (2015 film) The Xposé (2014 film) Staying Alive (2012) Red Alert: The War Within (2009) Anamika: The Untold Story (2008) Aggar: Passion Betrayal Terror (2007) Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever (2007) Aksar (2006) Dil Maange More!!! (2004)

HINDI MEDIUM SYNOPSIS A couple from Chandni Chowk aspire to give their daughter the best education and thus be a part of and accepted by the elite of Delhi.

CAST & CREW Director: Saket Chaudhary Writer: Zeenat Lakhani, Saket Chaudhary Producer: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Dinesh Vijan Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad Sound: Parikshit Lalwani Director of Photography: Laxman Utekar Musician: Sachin Sanghvi, Jigar Saraiya Key Cast: Irrfan Khan, Saba Qamar, Deepak Dobriyal

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: SAKET CHAUDHARY DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Saket Chaudhary is an Indian screenwriter and director. Chaudhary originally wanted to be an Engineer, but changed his focus to Media & Communications when he attended the Department of Media & Communication Studies (DMCS), Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU).

FILMOGRAPHY PyaarKe Side Effects (2006) ShadiKe Side Effects (2014)

132 Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

JOLLY LLB 2 SYNOPSIS A lawyer hoodwinks a woman to start his own law firm. However, he feels guilty after he finds out that she committed suicide and her husband was a victim of injustice and tries to make things right.

CAST & CREW Director: Subhash Kapoor Writer: Subhash Kapoor Producer: Fox Star Studios Editor: Chandrashekhar, Prajapati Sound: Dara Singh Director of Photography: Kamaljeet Negi Music: Vishal Khurana Key Cast: Akshay Kumar, Annu Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: SUBHASH KAPOOR DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Subhash Kapoor is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. After completing his MA degree in Hindi literature, Kapoor started his career as a political journalist in Delhi in the 1990s covering North India, thereafter when his short film got him acclaim in 2001, he started making commercial short films, documentaries and ad films, eventually shifting base to Mumbai in 2006.

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FILMOGRAPHY Say Salaam India (2007) Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010) Jolly LLB (2013) Guddu Rangeela (2015)

147 Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

KAABIL SYNOPSIS When they get hitched, visually-impaired couple Rohan Bhatnagar (Hrithik) and Supriya Sharma (Yami) light up each other’s lives. Unfortunately their dark world goes topsy-turvy when Supriya is raped and Rohan finds the policemen playing blind man’s bluff. Leaving him with no choice, but to take the law into his own hands.

CAST & CREW Director: Sanjay Gupta Writer: Sanjay Masoom, Siraj Ahmed Producer: Rakesh Roshan Editor: Akiv Ali Sound: Resul Pookutty Director of Photography: Sudeep Chatterjee, Ayanaka Bose Music By: Rajesh Roshan Key Cast: Yami Gautam, Hrithik Roshan, Ronit Roy, Rohit Roy, Suresh Menon , Narendra Jha, Girish Kulkarni

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: SANJAY GUPTA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Sanjay Gupta born on 23 October 1969 is an Indian big budget filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He started his career with Aatish: Feel The Fire (1994) starring Aditya Pancholi and Sanjay Dutt. He is known for films like Shootout at Wadala (2013) starring John Abraham, Anil Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut, Kaabte (2002) starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar and more in the lead roles.

FILMOGRAPHY

139 Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

Hameshaa (1997) Jung (2000) Khauff (2000) Kaante (2002) Musafir (2004) Zinda (2006) Dus Kahaniyaan (2007) Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) Shootout at Wadala (2013) Jazbaa (2015) Kaabil (2017)

KAATRU VELIYIDAI (AMIDST THE AIR) SYNOPSIS The film tells the romantic story of fighter pilot Varun Chakrapani (Karthi) and a doctor Leela Abraham (Aditi Rao Hydari). They have contrasting characters but yet find themselves attracted to each other. Leela comes across Varun after he suffered a major accident. Love blossoms between them soon and everything appears sweet in their relationship till she realises that her life would not be as smooth as she imagined due to his male chauvinism. While she decides to walk out of his life, he is held as a prisoner by the Pakistani Army.The film strongly portrays two facets of life. Also, Kaatru Veliyidai tries to tell how a self-centered nature can ruin a relationship and how mental and physical agony help one overcome his inner problems

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Director: Mani Ratnam Writer: Mani Ratnam Producer: Mani Ratnam Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad Sound: Anand Krishnamoorthi Director of Photography: S. Ravi Varman Musici By: A.R. Rahman Key Cast: Karthi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Shraddha Srinath, RJ Balaji, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Delhi Ganesh

DIRECTOR: MANI RATNAM DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY The man who revolutionized Tamil-language cinema, Mani Ratnam is the biggest director in south India and one of the most respected directors in all of India. Each of his films contain its own unique style, with beautifully photographed songs and unique back-lighting. However, his films contain substance as well as style--Ratnam has dealt with a wide variety of topics, from the classic Indian love story to political thrillers.

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

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Kaatru Veliyidai (2017) Ok Jaanu (2017) O Kadhal Kanmani (2015) Guru (2007) Yuva (2004) Saathiya (2002) Dil Se (1998) Bombay (1995) Roja (1992)

146 Mins/Tamil/India/2017

MARTIN

SYNOPSIS It’s a story of Young engineer Martin who is working in New Delhi. He arrives in Goa for reunion with old buddies. When he reaches Airport, he receives a phone call from an unknown Caller who warns him and asks him to keep away from police. Shocked by unexpected developments Martin is asked to follow each and every instruction given by caller. Who is the caller? Why Martin is dragged in this Game? Will Martin’s loved ones survive? The thriller unfold layer by layer.

CAST & CREW Writer: Jeetendra Shikerkar Director: Jeetendra Shikerkar Producer: A. Durga Prasad Editor: Dinesh Mengade Sound: Abhijeet Deo Music: Ajay Naik Director Of Photography: Sharmad Pai Raiturkar Cast: Anuj Sikri, John d’ Silva, Fermino Goes, Aryan Khedekar

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: JEETENDRA SHIKERKAR DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Jeetendra Shikerkar is a Writer, Director from Goa. He started his career with Advertising Agency and then gradually shifted towards Advertising commercials, Documentaries. In 2006 he shifted to Delhi where he worked with different agencies as a script writer for different Production houses.In 2011 he directed his first Marathi feature film, “Uday” followed by “Mortoo”, a black comedy in 2013 where he bagged Award for Best Screenplay Writer at 7th Goa State Film Festival. His latest venture, Konkani film, “MARTIN” a suspense Thriller released all over in Goa.

FILMOGRAPHY Uday (2012) Mortoo (2015) Martin (2017)

89 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

MESSI

SYNOPSIS Messi is a story about two brothers. The elder brother Prosun doesn’t do anything except loitering around with his girlfriend and fixing local football matches for his brother from who he gets a share of winning money. The younger brother Chotu, who wears the jersey titled “Messi”, is highly gifted in soccer (football) skills. He is the pride of his family and the hope of their father who once used to be a football coach. While attending one such match which Prosun arranges for Chotu, an accident happens and Chotu is left physically disadvantaged for life. The unfortunate incident fills Prosun with unfathomed guilt, and to get rid of this guilt he attempts to achieve the impossible. He attempts to step into his brother’s shoes.

CAST & CREW Director: Riingo Banerjee Writer: Riingo Banerjee Editor: Riingo Banerjee Director of Photography: Riingo Banerjee Musician: Dibyendu Mukherjee Producer: Pradip Churiwal Key Cast: Rana Mitra, Chaiti Ghoshal, Ronodeep Bose, Aryann Bhowmik, Aishika Chakroborty

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Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

130 Mins/Bengali/ India/2017

DIRECTOR: RIINGO BANERJEE DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Riingo Banerjee is a noted Indian Bengali film director. Riingo Banerjee is known directing films like Kranti (2006), Love (2008), which won him the Anandlok Awards for Best Director, and Messi (2017), a football film starring Aryann Bhowmik, Ronodeep Bose, Chaiti Ghoshal and Rana Mitra.

FILMOGRAPHY Kranti (2006) Neel RajarDeshe (2007) Love (2008) Risk (2009) Jodi Ekdin (2010) Ray (2010) (Television Release) System (2011) Na Hannyate (2012) Sadakaloabcha (2013) Ghuri (2014) Road (2016) Luv Story TBA

MUKTI BHAWAN SYNOPSIS When a 77 year old man, Daya, wakes up from a strange nightmare, he knows his time is up and he must get to Varanasi immediately in hope of dying there to attain salvation. His dutiful son, Rajiv, is left with no choice but to drop everything and make the journey with his stubborn father, leaving behind his wife and daughter.The two of them check into Mukti Bhawan, a hotel devoted to people hoping to spend their last days there. Rajiv finds himself having to live and take care of his father for the first time in his life. While Rajiv struggles to juggle his responsibilities back home, Daya starts to bloom as he finds a sense of community in the hotel, and a companion in the 75-year old Vimla.As the days go by and Daya shows no sign of letting up, Rajiv is faced with the dilemma of whether to remain there with his father or fulfill his duty back home. Rajiv gives his father a shot at salvation but as family bonds are tested, he finds himself torn, not knowing what he must do to keep his life together.

CAST & CREW Director & Writer: Shubhashish Bhutiani Producer: Sanjay Bhutiani, Sajida Sharma, Shubhashish Bhutiani Editor: Manas Mittal Director of Photography: Michael McSweeny, David Huwiller Cast: Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Palomi Ghosh, Navnindra Behl, Anil K Rastogi

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Venice International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival Dubai International Film Festival San Fransisco International Film Festival

99 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

DIRECTOR: SHUBHASHISH BHUTIANI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Shubhashish Bhutiani grew up in a small Himalayan town in lndia and attended Woodstock School, Mussoorie. He specialized in Direction as an undergraduate from the School of Visual Arts, New York in 2013.Two time Indian National Award winner, Shubhashish’s first directorial feature film, Mukti Bhawan-Hotel Salvation World Premiere was held at the prestigious Venice International Film Festival 2016. He was honored with the XXlIIrd PRIX “ENRICO FULCHIGNONI” Award and UNESCO Gandhi Medal 2016 for the film.Shubhashish’s thesis film at School of Visual Arts, New York titled ‘Kush’ had its World Premiere at the Venice International Film Festival 2013, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film. ‘Kush’ was also shortlisted by the Academy Award for an Oscar in The Best Live Action Short in 2014 and won over 25 International Awards, including the National Award by the President of India in 2013.

FILMOGRAPHY Kush (2013) MuktiBhawan (2017)

PHILLAURI

SYNOPSIS A young man, who is born under an unlucky star, marries a tree first to ward off bad luck before marrying his fiancee. He is astounded when a spirit starts following him soon after.

CAST & CREW Director: Anshai Lal Writer: Anvita Dutt Producers: Anushka Sharma, Karnesh Sharma, Fox Star Studios Editor: Rameshwar S. Bhagat Sound: Manas Choudhury Director of Photography: Vishal Sinha Musician: Shashwat Sachdev, Sameer Uddin Key Cast: Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma, Mehreen Pirzada

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: ANSHAI LAL DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Anshai completed his schooling from Delhi Public School, Mathura Road and graduation in Bachelors of Journalism and Mass Communication from Indraprastha University. Anshai Lal is an Indian film director working in Hindi films since 2006. His directorial debut is Phillauri, starring Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh and Suraj Sharma.

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Phillauri (2017)

131 Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

PINK

SYNOPSIS Minal Arora, Falak Ali and Andrea Tariang, three young girls, in their mid-20’s, from different parts of India, professionals in their respective fields, stay strong as tenants in a posh South Delhi locality. Staying in the same locality as these girls, is the mysterious and ominous figure, ‘Deepak Sehgal’. A yester-year ‘big-league’ lawyer, Deepak Sehgal today is a mere shadow of his infamous self, spending most of his time behind the closed doors. One night, which was supposed to be a girl’s night out, becomes for them a dark truth that would continue to hound their future. Soon after MINAL is charged for ‘Attempt to murder’, where she could face imprisonment for more than 10 years, if convicted. Will the law be able to see beyond the obvious, will the society be able to see them beyond their moralistic eyes? Will these 3 girls be able to come out of this ordeal unscathed or will they be ‘scarred’ forever?

CAST & CREW Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Writer: Ritesh Shah, Shoojit Sircar, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Producer: Shojit Sircar, Rashmi Sharma Editor: Bodhaditya Banerjee Sound: Dipankar Chaki, Bishwadeep Chatterjee Director of Photography: Avik Mukhopadhyay Musician: Shantanu Moitra Key Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Tapasee Panu, Kirti Kulhari, Angad Bedi

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

136 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

DIRECTOR: ANIRUDDHA ROY CHOWDHURY DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury is a Bengali and Hindi film director. He is the director and producer of multiple Bengali films.

FILMOGRAPHY Anuranan (2006) Antaheen (2008) Aparajita Tumi (2012) Buno Haansh (2014)

POSTO SYNOPSIS A seven-year-old Posto lives with his grandparents since both his parents are the modern-day ambitious individuals. Posto cannot imagine a day without his grandparents, Dinen and Gauri, and neither can they. But, one fine day, Posto’s parents are offered an opportunity to settle abroad. Given their ambitious nature, the two decide that this opportunity will also work in the best interest of their son. However, taking it up meant Posto would have to leave his grandparents. Unwilling to let go of their grandson, Dinen and Gauri fight to gain the custody of the little boy who is torn between making a choice between his parents and grandparents. When they are unable to reach a common ground, the case is dragged to the court, which is where a heart-wrenching story of love and attachment unfolds.

DIRECTOR: NANDITA ROY, SHIBOPROSAD MUKHERJEE

CAST & CREW Director: Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee Writer: Nandita Roy Producer: Windows Production House Editor: Maloy Laha Sound: Anup Dev Director of Photography: Goopi Bhagat Musician: Anindya Chatterjee, Anupam Roy, Upal Sengupta Key Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee , Lily Chakraborty , Jisshu Sengupta , Mimi Chakraborty , Paran Bandopadhyay , Argha Basu Roy

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DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Nandita Roy was born in Mumbai. She attended St. Joseph’s Convent School and is an economics graduate of Parle College. She later completed her post-graduation in economics from University of Mumbai. She made her directorial debut with the film Icche along with her codirector Shiboprosad Mukherjee. Shiboprosad Mukherjee is an Indian Bengali Filmmaker, writer and actor, who is known for films like BelaSeshe, Icche, Muktodhara, Accident, Alik Sukh and Ramdhanu. He joined the theatre school as a trainer after completing his school. He debuted in acting in the year 1995 in the film Zee Bangla. In 2017, he co-directed the Bengali drama Posto, along with Nandita Roy. Revolving around Posto and family, the movie stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Mimi Chakraborty, Jisshu Sengupta and Lily Chakraborty in pivotal roles.

FILMOGRAPHY 150 Mins/Bengali/ India/2017

Praktan (2016) BelaSheshe (2015) Ramdhanu (2014)

RAEES SYNOPSIS Criticizing the prohibition of alcohol in Gujarat, this film unfolds the story of a clever bootlegger, whose business is challenged by a tough cop.

CAST & CREW Director: Rahul Dholakia Writer: Rahul Dholakia, Harit Mehta, Niraj Shukla, Ashish Vashi Producer: Farhan Akhtar, Gauri Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani Music By: Ram Sampath Director of Photography: K.U. Mohanan Editor: Deepa Bhatia Sound: Dhiman Karmakar Key Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mahira Khan

DIRECTOR: RAHUL DHOLAKIA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

Rahul Dholakia born and brought up in Mumbai, is an Indian filmmaker, writer and producer. He completed his schooling from Campion School and Jamna Bai Narsee School in Mumbai, and is a graduate from St. Xavier’s Colleg, Mumbai. His film Parzania (Heaven and Hell On Earth), 2005 has received National Film Award.

Filmography: Raees (2017) Lamhaa (2010) Mumbai Cutting (2008) Parzania (2007) Kehta Hai Dil Baar Baar (2002)

143 Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

RAMA RAMA RE SYNOPSIS The plot revolves around the story of a convict on death row, who escapes from prison and accidentally ends up with a veteran who is called upon by the authorities to teach the process of hanging a convict to the new staff. It describes the journey of varied characters in a jeep with a flavor of humor and sarcasm.

CAST & CREW Director: D Satya Prakash Writers: Dhananjay Ranjan, Nagendra H S, Kannada Kolour Cinemas, D Satya Prakash Producer: Kannada Kolour Cinemas Editor: B.S Kemparaju Music: Vasuki Vaibhav Director of Photography: Lavith Sound: Nobin Paul Cast: K. Jayaram, Nataraj S. Bhat, Dharmanna Kadur, Sridher, Bimbashri Neenasam

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: D SATYAPRAKASH DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY D. Satya Prakash from Kadur, Chikkamagalur district, Karnataka, India, completed diploma in Computer Science from Shimoga. Joined Kannada film Industry in 2006. Worked as a writer, and AD. With the 10 years of industry experience in 2016 directed and produced the debut kannada feature film “Rama Rama Re...”

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Rama Rama Re (2016)

112 Mins/Kannada/ India/2016

SHAANU- THE OPTIMIST SYNOPSIS Shaanu The Optimist is a poignant story of a nine year old girl, who believes that when she predicts things, they are bound to happen. Submersed in her own world of beliefs and miracles, she enrolls as a kho-kho player in the school, whose talent is recognized and she marches ahead to participate in district level tournament. She is bound to hit a road-block there….

CAST & CREW Director: K.N.T Sastry Writer: K.N.T Sastry Producer: CFSI Editor: Sreekar Prasad Director of Photography: M.G. Radhakrishnan Key Cast: Baby Jhanavi, Master Satwick, Shivajiraja, Madhavi, Shafi, Baby Sriya, Chaitra

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Best Child Actor at San Diego International Kids Film Festival, USA

FILMOGRAPHY Shaanu The Optimist (2016) Kamli (2006) Tiladaanam (2002) Surabhi (Short Documentary) (1999)

95Mins/Telugu/ India/2016

DIRECTOR: K.N.T SASTRY DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Mr. K N T Sastry is a renowned Indian film critic, turned film director, who has received a number of national and international awards for his various films, documentaries and books. Associated with a number of English Magazines and English dailies in India, he has worked with Indian Express, Chennai; Hindustan Times, New Delhi, and was for some time Resident Editor of Vijayawada edition of Deccan Chronicle. He strayed first into documentary filmmaking and has made over 20 full length documentaries, besides number of ad films. His first documentary “Surabhi” received National Award as Best Anthropological documentary. His first feature film later, “The rite .. a Passion” (Tiladaanam) has received worldwide acclaim, and won the New Currents Award at the Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, in 2002, apart from Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) as Best First feature film of a Director. It also won Best Debut Director Golden Nandi (Golden Bull) Award from the AP government, apart from an award for best makeup.

SHIVAAY

SYNOPSIS In order to unite his daughter with her mother, a young man travels to Bulgaria. However, things don’t go as planned as soon something goes awry and he has to fight evil forces.

CAST & CREW Director: Ajay Devgan Writer: Sandeep Srivastava, Robin Bhatt Producer: Ajay Devgan Editor: Dharmendra Sharma Sound: Anup Dev Director of Photography: Aseem Bajaj Musician: Mithoon Key Cast: Ajay Devgan, Sayesha Saigal, Erika Kaar, Vir Das, Abigail Eames

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: AJAY DEVGAN DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Ajay Devgan was born in a Punjabi family in Delhi. He graduated from the Silver Beach High School in Juhu and completed further studies from Mithibai College. He is a well-known Indian actor, director and producer. He has won two National Awards and four Filmfare Awards. Ajay Devgan was also honoured by Government of India with Padma Shri in 2016.

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U Me Aur Hum (2008) Shivaay (2016)

153 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

SONATA SYNOPSIS The story unfolds one evening in Aruna Chaturvedi and Dolon Sen’s posh apartment in an up-market Mumbai suburb. Although temperamentally very different, the two women have lived together for many years and made a comfortable albeit unexciting life for themselves. Aurna, a professor of Indology and Sanskrit, is highly educated, and has traveled to several international seminars and conferences. She is still rather beautiful, but her reserved personality and conservative thinking can make her come off as a prude. Quite to the contrary, Dolon, who is a highlypaid banker, is bubbly, affectionate, and expressive. She tends to be plump and has been trying to lose weight with little success. Dolon diplays her affection by touching, hugging and kissing her friends. Their other friend Subhadra Parekh, is a journalist. She believes in living life to the fullest and is almost ageless, or pretends to be. She wears jazzy clothes, showing off her figure, and lives with her boyfriend with whom she has a stormy and abusive relationship. She seems to be living the high life, but when asked if she is happy, Subhadra is at a loss for answers. The film explores the complex interaction between three very different women whose lives are intertwined by the bonds of friendship.

CAST & CREW Director & Writer: Aparna Sen Producer: Dipankar Jojo Chaki , Vinod Lahoti, Anjan Ghosal Editor: Rabi Ranjan Maitra Director of Photography: Shirsha Ray Key Cast: Aparna Sen, Shabana Azmi, Lillete Dubey

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Film Festival of Melbourne CSAIFF Chicago.

103Mins/Bengali/ India/2017

DIRECTOR: APARNA SEN DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY A powerhouse performer, a prolific filmmaker and an articulate writer, Aparna Sen has, over the decades, redefined Bengali cinema with her films, which are both thought provoking and empathic. She made her acting debut with Satyajit Ray’s anthology film Teen Kanya in 1961 and the went on to act in acclaimed films like Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), Sagina (1974), Kotwal Saab (1977), Abhinoy Noy (1983), Ek Din Achanak (1990), Titli (2002), and Iti Mrinalini (2011). In 1981, the actress donned the hat of a filmmaker and directed the Bengali drama film 36 Chowringhee Lane, which was produced by the veteran actor, Shashi Kapoor. For her debut film, Sen also bagged her debut National Film Award for Best Direction. Subsequently, she directed films like Paroma (1984), Sati (1989), Yugant (1995), Paromitar Ek Din (2000), Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2001), and 15 Park Avenue (2005). In 1987, the Government of India felicitated Aparna Sen with the Padma Shri, which is the fourth highest civilian award in the country.

SUPER SINGH SYNOPSIS A man’s life changes after he unknowingly gets super powers and then embarks on a journey that helps him discover the true meaning of love, life, courage, sacrifice, and his role in the world.

CAST & CREW Director: Anurag Singh Writer: Dheeraj Rattan, Anurag Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Rupinder Inderjit Producer: Aman Gill, Pawan Gill, Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Sameer Nair, Anurag Singh Editor: Manish More Sound: Debajit Changmai Director Of Photography: Anshul Chobey Music By: Jatinder Shah Key Cast: Diljit Dosanjh, Sonam Bajwa, Pavan Malhotra, Alexandra Bandean

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: ANURAG SINGH DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Anurag comes from a small village in the Kapurthala district of Punjab, India. He left India to learn film-making in Australia before returning to work in Bollywood. He later began working in Punjabi cinema, breaking out with the movie Jatt & Juliet in 2012. He is now the Hit Machine of Punjabi Cinema.

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Filmography: Raqeeb (2007) Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009) Yaar Annmulle (2011) Jatt & Juliet (2012) Jatt and Juliet 2 (2013) Disco Singh (2014) Punjab 1984 (2014) Super Singh (2017)

155 Mins/Punjabi/ India/2017

THE GHAZI ATTACK SYNOPSIS The Ghazi Attack is an epic underwater tale of the immense courage and undying patriotism of the men aboard the Indian Submarine S-21 who destroyed the Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi when it ventured into Indian waters with the ambition of destroying INS Vikrant and conquering the Visakhapatnam port on the eastern coast of India in 1971.

CAST & CREW Director: Sankalp Writer: Sankalp, Gunnam Gangaraju, Niranjan Reddy Producers: Anvesh Reddy, Jagan Mohan Vancha, Venkatramana Reddy, Param V. Potluri, Pearl V. Potluri, Kavin Anne Music: K. Krishna Kumar Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad Director Of Photography: Madhie Sound: Tapas Nayak Cast: Rana Daggubati, Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Taapsee Pannu, Rahul Singh, Late Om Puri

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: SANKALP REDDY DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Sankalp is a debutant Director from the Telugu Film Industry. He is credited for being the first filmmaker in India to make a first of its kind Submarine based War-atSea Film, The Ghazi Attack, which was shot both in Telugu and Hindi. He is also the Author of the Novella titled Blue Fish based on the same subject matter which he wrote prior to the making of the film. He has done a filmmaking course in Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.

FILMOGRAPHY The Ghazi Attack (2017)

125 Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

TOILET- EK PREM KATHA SYNOPSIS A woman threatens to leave her husband unless he installs a toilet in their home. In order to win her love and respect back, he sets on a journey to fight against the backward society.

CAST & CREW Director: Shree Narayan Singh Writer: Garima, Siddharth Producer: Shital Bhatia, Arjun N. Kapoor Director of Photography: Anshuman Mahaley Editor: Shree Narayan Singh Sound: Souvik Phukan Key Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sana Khaan, Bhumi Pednekar, Anupam Kher, Divyendu Sharma, Sudhir Pandey

DIRECTOR: SHREE NARAYAN SINGH DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

Shree Narayan Singh is an Indian editor who is best known for his works in films like A Wednesday (2008), Special 26 (2013), Baby (2015), and Rustom (2016). His 2017 release includes Toilet - Ek Prem Katha.

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Toilet- Ek Prem Katha (2017) Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai (2012)

155Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

TRAPPED SYNOPSIS A man gets stuck in an empty high rise without food, water or electricity.

CAST & CREW Director: Vikramaditya Motwane Writers: Amit Joshi, Hardik Mehta Producers: Madhu Mantena, Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl Editor: Nitin Baid Music: Alokananda Dasgupta Sound: Anish John Director of Photography: Siddharth Diwan Cast: Rajkumar Rao

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indian Showcase, Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: VIKRAMADITYA MOTWANE DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Vikramaditya Motwane was a long-time Assistant of Sanjay Leela Bhansali and collaborated with Bhansali on the films ‘Hum Dil De ChukeSanam’ (1999) and ‘Devdas’ (2002). He directed the song sequences in Anurag Kashyap’s unreleased film ‘Paanch’ (2003) and was a Choreographer on Deepa Mehta’s Academy Awardnominated film ‘Water’ (2005). Motwane released his debut feature film, entitled ‘Udaan’ (2010), for Anurag Kashyap’s production house, Anurag Kashyap Films, on 16 July 2010, which won seven Film fare awards including Film fare critics award for best movie and also won him the Best Director Award at the 2011 Star Screen Awards. Motwane’s second film, a period romance called ‘Lootera’ was the Opening Film at Jagran Film Festival in 2013. Motwane is co-owner of Phantom Films, a film production company, with Vikas Bahl, Anurag Kashyap, and Madhu Mantena.

Filmography 105 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

Lootera (2013) Trapped (2016) Bhavesh Joshi (2017)

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ANTAREEN SYNOPSIS The story is about a woman’s pathetic and heart-wrenching quest of a sanctuary in this cynical and morally void world where she is projected as a psychiatric paranoid patient. Brought up in a world where she could not communicate her angst with any one, not least with her status-conscious father, Torali eventually becomes an embarrassment for her father, whom the latter wants to get rid of. Pradipta, a psychiatrist of high reputation unwittingly steps into the subtle trap laid by Torali’s politically powerful father and fails to see the reality of Torali’s life. Without a human holistic investigation of Torali’s case, he diagnoses her as a psychiatric case and thus in the asylum Torali finds a sort of her long desired sanctuary. But Pradipta’s junior colleague Samiran raises questions that gnaws at Pradipta’s conscience and lays bare the cynicism of the players in the story. Samiran’s dissent on the other hand brings Torali again on the brink of another uncertainty disturbing the stability of her sanctuary. Having seen her hope of breaking open through her suffocating confinement dashed time after time, Torali now hesitates to entertain another hope of freedom. In the confinement of the asylum she seeks her freedom.

CAST & CREW Director: Monjul Baruah Writer: Rita Chowdhury Producer: Manabendra Adhikary Director Of Photography: Sumon Duwerah Key Cast: Urmila Mahanta, Arun Nath, Boloram Das, Pranami Bora

FESTIVALS/AWARDS: Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: MONJUL BARUAH DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Director of the “Best film” award winning work “Antareen” at ‘3rd Indian Cine Film Festival, 15’ Monjul Baruah’s journey in film making world has had its first milestone in the short film called ‘Fountain Pen’ that earned him critical acclaim from both viewrs and critcs. Having done a diploma course in photography at National Institute of Photography, Mumbai, Monjul plunged into film-making as a assistant director for a number of Assamese and Hindi films that received critical acclaim. On his own, he has made several ad-films, corporate films and some well-received short films such as ‘Fountain pen’ that earned him viewers’ good reviews. His maiden Assamese feature film ‘Antareen’ based on novelist Dr.Rita Chowdhury’s story is shot in the November-December of 2014 in Assam, his home state.

FILMOGRAPHY: 124 Mins/Assamese/ India/2016

Antareen (2016)

EH JANAM TUMHARE LEKHE SYNOPSIS Eh Janam Tumhare Lekhe is a journey of one man “BHAGAT PURAN SINGH” who treaded a difficult and exhausting path. The journey was made possible by his infinite faith in his mission: the moral values he received from his mother: and courage, vision and determination he received from Guru Granth Sahib. With compassion in his heart he found energy that can move mountains and create miracles. The film is an important chapter in the history of post - partition Punjab.

CAST & CREW Director: Harjit Singh Writer: Tejinder Harjit, Harjeet Singh Producer: All India Pingalwara Charitable Society Music By: Gurmoh Director of Photography: Anirudh Garbyal Editor: Param Shiv Key Cast: Sudhanshu Aggarwal, Arjuna Bhalla, Avrinder Kaur, Pavan Malhotra, Master Yuvraj

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Jagran Film Festival

135Mins/Punjabi/ India/2015

DIRECTOR: HARJIT SINGH DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Harjit Singh is an actor and director, known for Heer Ranjha: A True Love Story (2009), Eh Janam Tumhare Lekhe (2015) and Hawayein (2003).

FILMOGRAPHY: Eh Janam Tumhare Lekhe (2015) Heer Ranjha: A True Love Story (2009)

GURGAON SYNOPSIS Kehri Singh, a real estate baron, runs his business ‘Preet Real Estate’ in his daughter’s name. She is his lucky charm, the apple of his eye. Kehri Singh’s oldest son Nikki Singh, is often sidelined by his father as brash, insolent good for nothing who only brings bad luck. Driven by his need to pay off a large debt to a local bookie, Nikki Singh sets off a chilling chain of events, that unwittingly force his cold-blooded father to confront his buried past. Gurgaon, is a cautionary tale that reminds us of the famous saying, what goes around, comes around.

CAST AND CREW: Director: Shanker Raman Writer: Shanker Raman, Sourabh Ratnu, Vipin Bhatti, Yogi Singha Producer: Ajay G. Rai, Alan McAlex, Madhukar R. Musle Editor: Shan Mohammed Sound: Mohandas V.P. Director of Photography: Vivek Shah Musician: Naren Chandavarkar, Benedict Taylor Cast: Akshay Oberoi, Ragini Khanna, Pankaj Tripathi, Aamir Bashir

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Film Festival

124 Mins/Marathi/ India/2017

DIRECTOR: SHANKER RAMAN DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Shanker Raman is an award winning cinematographer/ writer and producer, having worked professionally over the last two decades on several documentaries, shorts, feature films and TV commercials. After completing his Bachelors in Physics he went on to major in Cinematography from the Film and TV Institute of India, Pune.

FILMOGRAPHY: Gurgaon (2017)

MOH MAYA MONEY SYNOPSIS Delhi based Aman, employed as a real estate broker in a multinational, often skims money from his company because of his greed for good and flashy life. When he finds out about a huge deal in his company, he passes it on Raghuveer, a small time real estate broker and a ‘Thug’, for a bigger piece of the pie. Through a series of unfortunate events the deal snowballs out of his control putting his and his wife, Divya’s lives in danger. To fix everything he involves his begrudging wife in a desperate white collar crime which entangles completely innocent strangers in it, leading to an end neither could imagine.

CAST AND CREW: Director: Munish Bhardwaj Writer: Munish Bhardwaj, Mansi Nirmal Jain Producer: Ajay G. Rai, Alan McAlex, Madhukar R. Musle Editor: Hitesh Kumar Sound: Arunav Dutta. Director of Photography: Arun Varma Music By: Tuomas Kantelinen Key Cast: Devendra Chowhan, Neha Dhupia, Vidushi Mehra, Ranvir Shorey, Priya Tandon

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New York Indian Film Festival Hanoi International Film Festival ImagineIndia Film Festival, Spain Vancouver South Asian Film Festival

109Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

DIRECTOR: MUNISH BHARDWAJ DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Munish Bhardwaj is an actor and writer, known for films like Lunch Lady (2015), Ankho Dekhi (2013). Moh Maya Money (2016) is his debut film as a director, a saga of two lives trapped by the greed of money.

FILMOGRAPHY: Ankhon Dekhi (2013) Lunch Lady (2015) Moh Maya Money (2016)

NAAM SHABANA SYNOPSIS Jai gets killed in an altercation with some goons, who were teasing Shabana. Later, Shabana gets a call offering help avenge Jaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death provided she agrees to join a secret intelligence agency.

CAST & CREW Director: Shivam Nair Writer: Neeraj Pandey Music By: Sanjoy Chowdhury Film Editor: Kathikuloth Praveen Director Of Photography: Sudhir Palsane Sound: Shahaab Alam Producer: Neeraj Pandey, Shital Bhatia Key Cast: Tapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Film Festival

DIRECTOR: SHIVAM NAIR DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Shivam Nair is an Indian film and television director and editor who is best known for his television serial Sea Hawks[1] and his 2006 film, Ahista Ahista. Nair has been working in the television industry since 1982, and has been involved in numerous television series. He assisted Sriram Raghavan on Raman Raghav, A City, A Killer (1991), a docudrama based on serial killer Raman Raghav. He has also directed and edited three other docudramas based on serial killers and murderers Auto Shankar, Ranga Billa and Feroz Daruwalla. Ahista Ahista, based on a script by Imtiaz Ali was his first feature film as director, and the 2008 film Maharathi, based on the play by Uttam Gada, is his most recent one. His next thriller film Bhaag Johnny starring Kunal Khemu and Zoa Morani released in 2015. The film is produced by T Series.

FILMOGRAPHY 147 Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

Ahista Ahista (2006) Maharathi (2008) Bhaag Johnny (2015)

TOPE (THE BAIT) SYNOPSIS A film by one of India’s top film maker, Buddhadeb Dasgupta is yet another treat to be looked forward to. ‘Tope’ (The Bait) is based on a macabre short story by Narayan Bandyopadhyay, which Dasgupta first earmarked for adaptation over a decade ago, but which initially proved too blunt and spare for his maximalist magic-realist style. Deep in the wilds of rural Bengal, eccentric faded aristocrat Raja is living in palatial splendor with his voluptuous mistress Rekha but their relationship is clearly doomed. While both appear stranded in antique fantasy versions of India, the arrival of a modern film crew from Kolkata with their laptops and digital cameras, enlisting Raja to help them track down a tiger for a documentary project, comes as a mild shock. A former postman Goja has seemingly lost his mind and reinvented himself as a tree-dwelling soothsayer and Munni is a pre-teen nomad girl who earns a meager living for her impoverished lower-caste parents with her dazzling public displays of tightrope walking. All these narrative threads initially unfold separately, then cross and intertwine.

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Director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta Writer: Buddhadeb Dasgupta Musician: Alokananda Dasgupta Editor: Amitava Dasgupta Director Of Photography: Asim Bose Producer: Pawan Kanodia Key Cast: Ananya Chatterjee, Kajal Kumari, Sudipto Chatterjee, Chandal Roy Sanyal

FESTIVALS Jagran Film Festival

87 Mins/Bengali/ India/2017

DIRECTOR: BUDDHADEB DASGUPTA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Buddhadeb Dasgupta was born in a Vaidya family in 1944 in Anara near Puruliya in Southern West Bengal, and was third of nine siblings. He studied economics at the prestigious Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta. Buddhadeb Dasgupta is a poet and prominent contemporary Indian filmmaker.

SELECT FILMOGRAPHY Bagh Bahadur (1989) Charachar (1993) Lal Darja (1997) Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) Kaalpurush (2008) Dooratwa (1978) Tahader Katha (1993)

M.S. DHONI: THE UNTOLD STORY SYNOPSIS M.S. Dhoni, a boy raised in a typical middle-class family defies all odds and becomes one of the greatest captains of the Indian cricket team.

CAST & CREW Writer: Neeraj Pandey, Dilip Jha Producer: Arun Pandey Music: Sanjoy Chowdhury Sound: Debasish Mishra Director of Photography: Sudhir Palsane Editor: Shree Narayan Singh Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, Bhumika Chawla

DIRECTOR: NEERAJ PANDEY DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Neeraj Pandey is an acclaimed Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. In his first movie A Wednesday, his work was largely praised by audiences as well as the critics. A Wednesday also won many awards in different categories.

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A Wednesday (2008) Special 26 (2013) Baby (2015) M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)

190 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

NEERJA SYNOPSIS Neerja is the story of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization. Neerja, without caring for her own life set free a number of hostages from the aircraft before being shot by the terrorists. Neerja achieved such high honour which remains an example in courage to this day.

FESTIVALS Writer: Saiwyn Quadras Producer: Atul Kasbekar, Fox Star Studios Music: Vishal Khurana Director of Photography: Mitesh Mirchandani Editor: Monisha R Baldawa Sound: Subhash Sahu Key Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Yogendra Tiku, Shekhar Ravjiani, Jim Sarbh. Vikrant Singta

DIRECTOR: RAM MADHVANI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Ram Madhvani is one of India’s most respected filmmakers. His debut feature film Let’s Talk premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. It then went on to win the Screen “Best Actor” award for Boman Irani and “Best Debut Director” at the Srinivas Gollapudi National Awards. Ram’s documentary, Everlasting Light, showcased India’s superstar, Amitabh Bachchan, at the Lincoln Center in New York. Richard Peña, Director of the Lincoln Center, wrote: “It is rare that a film on an artist is itself a work of art.”

122 Min/Hindi/ India/2016

RANG RASIYA SYNOPSIS A look into the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma. One of the greatest painters in the history of Indian art. A trend setter, an achiever who saw much beyond his times and lent a new dimension to the Indian art which remains an example for generations to come. The film traces his life and times.

CAST & CREW Writer: Sanjeev Dutta, Ketan Mehta Producer: Deepa Sahi, Aanand Mahendroo, Ketan Mehta Music: Sandesh Shandilya Director of Photography: Christo Bakalov Editor: Yves Beloniak, Pratik Chitalia Sound: Bhagat Singh Rathod Cast: Randeep Hooda , Nandana Sen, Gaurav Dwivedi, Vipin Sharma, Paresh Rawal

DIRECTOR: KETAN MEHTA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

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Ketan Mehta is one of the most internationally acknowledged filmmakers from India. He has a received many National and International awards for his well-known films like ‘The Rising - Ballad of Mangal Pandey’, ‘Mirch Masala’, ‘Maya Memsaab’, ‘Sardar’, ‘Holi’ and ‘Bhavni Bhavai’. Received Best Film on Human Rights for Bhavni Bhavai, Best Film for Mirch Masala at the Hawaii International Film Festival and the Audience Choice Award at Locarno for the Ballad of Mangal Pandey. Ketan Mehta, a graduate in Film making from India’s premier film institute FTII (Film and Televsion Institute of India) has more than 25 years’ experience in the film industry. He has served as a consultant on many Government of India bodies including Doordarshan, Directorate of Film Festivals and is currently a Member of the Board of Directors of NFDC (National Film Development Corporation of India). He has been a Content Producer for ISRO and been involved in their satellite project for a number of years.

132 Mins/Hindi/ India/2008

SACHIN: A BILLION DREAMS SYNOPSIS A ten-year-old Sachin watched the Indian Cricket Team lift its first World Cup trophy in 1983, and, twenty-eight years later, the whole world saw him lift the trophy in 2011. Based on the life of the living legend in the cricketing world Sachin Tendulkar, the movie encapsulates Tendulkarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion and dedication towards the sport. With him appearing in the movie, the Master Blaster himself reveals certain aspects of his life that were never heard of before.

CAST & CREW Writer: James Erskine, Sivakumar Ananth Producer: Ravi Bhagchandka Music: A.R. Rahman Director of Photography: Joel Devlin, Chris Openshaw Editor: Deepa Bhatia, Avdhesh Mohla Sound: Bishwadeep Chatterjee Cast: Sachin Tendulkar

138 Min/Hindi-English/ India/2017

DIRECTOR: JAMES ERSKINE DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Primarily a documentary and short filmmaker, James Erskine has also directed a number of television shows. While he has various projects to his directorial credit, he has also written for and produced a number of documentaries and television shows. He was donning all the three hats for the movies EMR, Shooting for Socrates, The White Room, and The Healer. Under his television credits are EastEnders, Holby City, and Waterloo Road. Appealing to a global audience, Erskine directed the documentary Sachin - A Billion Dreams, exploring the life and journey of the legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in 2017.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK SYNOPSIS Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

CAST & CREW Writer: Aaron Sorkin and Ben Mezrich Producer: Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca Cast: Jesse Eisenberg , Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer

DIRECTOR: DAVID FINCHER DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY

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David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing with N. Lee Lacy in Hollywood. He went on to found Propaganda in 1987 with fellow directors Dominic Sena, Greg Gold and Nigel Dick. Fincher has directed TV commercials for clients that include Nike, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Heineken, Pepsi, Leviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Converse, AT&T and Chanel. He has directed music videos for Madonna, Sting, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, George Michael, Iggy Pop, The Wallflowers, Billy Idol, Steve Winwood, The Motels and, most recently, A Perfect Circle. As a film director, he has achieved huge success with Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999) and, Panic Room (2002).

120 Min/English/ U.S.A/2010

AMADEUS SYNOPSIS The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

CAST & CREW Director: Milos Forman Writer: Peter Shaffer Producer: Saul Zaentz Director of Photgraphy: Miroslav Ondrícek Editor: Michael Chandler, T.M. Christopher, Nena Danevic Sound: Todd Boekelheide Key Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones

FILMOGRAPHY: Black Peter (1964) The Loves of a Blonde (1965) The Firemen’s Ball (1967) Taking Off (1971) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Hair (1979) Ragtime (1981) Amadeus (1984) Valmont (1989) The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) Man On The Moon (1999) Goya’s Ghosts (2006)

160Mins/English/ USA/1984

DIRECTOR: DAVID FINCHER DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Milos Forman was born Jan Tomas Forman in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, to Anna (Svabova), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. During World War II, his parents were taken away by the Nazis, after being accused of participating in the underground resistance. His father died in Buchenwald and his mother died in Auschwitz, and Milos became an orphan very early on. He studied screen-writing at the Prague Film Academy (F.A.M.U.). In his Czechoslovakian films, Black Peter (1964), The Loves of a Blonde (1965), and The Firemen’s Ball (1967), he created his own style of comedy. During the invasion of his country by the troops of the Warsaw pact in the summer of 1968 to stop the Prague spring, he left Europe for the United States. In spite of difficulties, he filmed Taking Off (1971) there and achieved his fame later with One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) adapted from the novel of Ken Kesey, which won five Oscars including one for direction. Other important films of Milos Forman were the musical Hair (1979) and his biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amadeus (1984), which won eight Oscars.

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8:30 SYNOPSIS 8:30 follows the observations of a young man who finds himself stranded in a desert- like suburb in some kind of infinite loop.

CAST & CREW Director: Laura Nasmyth Writer: Laura Nasmyth, Philip Leitner Producer: Ioanes H. Sinderman (Produktionsleiter) Sound: Daniel Lercher, David Schweighart Director of Photography: Mario Minichmayr Editor: Thomas Schneider, Laura Nasmyth Musician: David Schweighart Key Cast: Florian Nolden, Doris Hess, Angelica Castello, Stefan Ried

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran DIscovery

DIRECTOR: LAURA NASMYTH DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Laura Nasmyth, Director and Screenplay: Born in the UK, Laura studied at the Glasgow School of Art before moving to Vienna in 2009, where she now works. She performs various occupations, working as a production designer, artist and filmmaker.

FILMOGRAPHY 8:30 (2017) ‘Was Man Macht’ (2014)

70 Mins/German/Austria/2017

ANGELS OF DARKNESS SYNOPSIS Three childhood friends - Berk, Mete & Guray, grew up alone without anyone looking after them, got nobody else but each other. Whenever these best friends get together, they transform into an instant trouble. The fact that they haven’t been able to live a normal life with a normal family; to get away from all that thoughts and sorrow, they try to fill up the emptiness, the blank with unreasonable behaviors, which you can say is their way of having fun and amusement. They often take others belongings (clothes, bikes, cars etc.) and leave them in other spots. Until the day that changed their lives for good. The day they happen to be in a wrong place at the wrong time. They were told to watch a yacht for a couple minutes. But they decide to take it for a tour, that’s where they discover a box inside the yacht... box full of narcotic.

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DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Director: David Angelus Writer: David Angelus Producer: La Nova Films Sound: Bari Ş Kocata Ş Director Of Photography: Doruk Can Editor: Ça Ğla Angelus Musician: Ross Bugden Key Cast: Burak Çelik, Ertunç Tuncer, Özgür Daniel Foster

David Angelus has been involved with the media industry for a long time. He recently decided to shoot his first film “Karanlıktaki Melekler” (Angels of Darkness) in Turkey.

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DIRECTOR: DAVID ANGELUS

Jagran Discovery

83 Mins/ Turkish/Turkey/2017

The film has been written and directed by Canadian director David Angelus “Angels of Darkness” tells about three childhood friends who try to fight difficulties and face the consequences of greed.

FILMOGRAPHY Angels of Darkness (2017)

BLACK CAT SYNOPSIS When a near-decade old murder case involving a movie star threatens to reopen, adult child Duke Moody decides to make a true crime documentary, financed by his mother.

CAST & CREW Director: Peter Pardini Writer: Peter Pardini Producer: Grant Garry, Katherine Muise Director of Photography: John Honoré Editor: Peter Pardini Sound: Peter Pardini Key Cast: Grant Garry, Doug Bennett, Jimmy Pardo

DIRECTOR: PETER PARDINI FESTIVALS/AWARDS Fort Myers Beach Film Festival, United States VousMent Film Festival Lyon, France Sydney Indie Film Festival

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Peter Pardini shot into limelight directing the official documentary on the history of the legendary Rock Group Chicago, ‘Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago’, which was aired on CNN on New Year’s Day to #1 ratings. He has also made several short films.

FILMOGRAPHY Black Cat (2017)

85 Mins/English/ USA/2017

BOY ON THE BRIDGE SYNOPSIS In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socratesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; careless summer days of riding his bike and tantalizing the local residents come to an abrupt end when he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, which exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.

CAST & CREW Director: Petros Charalambous Writer: Petros Charalambous Producer: Marios Piperides Sound: Christos Kyriakoullis Director of Photography: Yorgos Pahmatoulin Editor: Soteris Christou Key Cast: Konstantinos Farmakas. Giorgos Demetriou, Kika Georgiou

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9th Rome Film Festival-Alice In The City - October 2016, Italy World Premiere 57th Thessalloniki Film Festival - November 2016, Greece 66th Melbourne International Film Festival - August 2017, Australia

DIRECTOR: PETROS CHARALAMBOUS DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Petros Charalambous was born in Nicosia in 1976. His early exposure to photography, theater and art, as well as his need for emotional and visual expression led him to Hollywood where he studied film and television directing at the California State University, Northridge. His work experience in USA includes a year at CNN/ DNEW in Los Angeles. In 2000 he came back to Cyprus, where he taught television production at the Frederick University. At the same time he was working for Lumiere Services as a film director, until 2008. Since then, he works as a freelancer film director shooting commercials, corporate videos, music videos, narratives and documentaries. Some of the commercials he directed were shortlisted for several advertising competitions.

FILMOGRAPHY 84 Mins/ Greek/Greece, Cyprus/2016

Boy On The Bridge (2016)

BRAVO VIRTUOSO SYNOPSIS Alik, a young virtuoso clarinetist of a classical orchestra is forced to accept contracts intended for a hired killer, called the ‘Virtuoso’ to save his orchestra but Alik is a musician, not a murderer.

CAST & CREW Writers: Levon Minasian, Stéphanie Kalfon Producers: Robert Guediguian, Marc Bordure, Hrach Keshishyan Music: Tigran Hamsayan, Michel Petrossian Director of Photography: Mko Malkhasyan Editor: Nicolas Desmaison Sound: Philippe Charbonnel Key Cast: Samvel Tadevosyan, Maria Akhmetzyanova, Rudolf Ghevondyan

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Indépendance(s) etcréationAuch, France Cinémed Montpellier, France Arpa International Film Festival Los Angeles, United States PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, Estonia Festival International du Cinéma Oriental de Genève Genève, Switzerland FIFOG d’OR - Gold Award RencontresCinématographiquesPézenas, France Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia Skip City International D-Cinema Festival Tokyo, Japan Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Jecheon, Korea, Republic of International Film Festival “East & West. Classic and avantgarde Orenburg, Russian Federation

92 Mins/Russian/ Armenia/2017

DIRECTOR: LEVON MINASIAN DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY LevonMinasian was born on July 7, 1970 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Le piano (2011), Lux aeterna (1999) and Bravo Virtuoso (2016).

FILMOGRAPHY Bravo Virtuoso (2017)

CHARLOTTE SYNOPSIS After losing her memory in a car crash, Renee struggles to connect with her newborn daughter. What she doesn’t know is that her life is about to take another turn.

CAST & CREW Director,Writer & Producer: Nima Raoofi Music: Nima Raoofi Director of Photography: Nima Raoofi Editor: Nima Raoofi Sound: Key Cast: Ashleigh Chanel, David Daradan, Gary Hartley

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DIRECTOR: NIMA RAOOFI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Jagran Discovery

STARS ON THE HORIZON | 84

NimaRaoofi is a self-taught Filmmaker. Born in 1984 in Iran he has a passion for Filmmaking. Raoofi started his career as an animator in his teenage years and continued learning Filmmaking until he moved to Australia as a refugee. Raoofi has since made several short Films and has recently completed his debut feature Film. Being passionate about Filmmaking, Nima works professionally as a Screenwriter, Producer and Director. He also has worked as Cinematographer, Editor, Sound Editor, Visual Effects Artist and Score Composer in the majority of his Films, including his feature Film.

FILMOGRAPHY Charlotte (2017)

70 Mins/English/ Australia/2017

DIE TRACHT (THE COSTUME) SYNOPSIS When Frank inherits his grandfather’s powerful jacket, allowing him to use his hands as guns, he feels ready to become a hero and avenge the latter. Perhaps he is merely losing his mind.

CAST & CREW Director: Fritz v. Eichhorn Writer: Fritz v. Eichhorn Producer: Sven Philipp Pohl Director of Photography: Timm Kröger Editor: Frank Wiedmann Key Cast: Sven Philipp Pohl, Anna von Haebler

FESTIVALS/AWARDS 40th INTERNATIONALE GRENZLAND-FILMTAGE 2017 (Competition, Selb, Germany)

DIRECTOR: FRITZ V. EICHHORN DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Fritz v Eichhorn was summoned in Denmark. Since that day he kept busy yarning and secretly dreaming of saving the world. The bare necessities for production of Die Tracht he financed through blood and sperm donations. This is his first flick.

FILMOGRAPHY Die Tracht (2017)

92Mins/English,German/ Germany/2017

LETTER TO NIGHT SYNOPSIS A young woman is lying in the arms of the love of her life. This one is asleep. She spends the night remembering their memories, from their first encounter to their disputes, between oneirism and reality, sensuality and complicity.

CAST & CREW Director, Writer & Producer: Julia Pirinoli Music: Sylvain Morizet, Lonepsi Sound: Lucas Le Néouanic , Samuel Delorme Key Cast: Camille Chantel, Thibault Vassor, Martin Protais Camera: Arnaud Cognet, Emile Cadiergue

DIRECTOR: JULIA PIRINOLI FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Self-taught, Julia Pirinoli is influenced by the worlds of Refn, Noah, Sorrentino and Malick. She shares, with her co-director Hugo Versa, a very aesthetic and artistic vision of cinema, with a care for detail and atmospheres. Julia carried out this project in self-production in order to be free of all their artistic choices: create a film without compromise and innovative on both form and substance. This is Julia’s debut feature.

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Letter To Night (2017)

75 Mins/French/ France/2017

THE RETURN OF THE HONEY BUZZARD SYNOPSIS In ‘The Return of the Honey Buzzard’ a man enters Simons book shop. The man reminds Simon of someone from his past. He is intrigued by the stranger and starts following him. Simon’s youth is revealed through flashes in which two bullies terrorize his best friend Ralph at school. This psychological thriller slowly unravels the traumatic past of Simon and his school friend Ralph and we discover the terrible secret Simon carries with him. Will he be able to make his peace and to continue the life he has built with his wife Laura? Or is the past too much of a burden and will Simon break down under the enormous pressure of his bad conscience.

CAST & CREW Writer: Philip Delmaar Producer: Floor Onrust Key Cast: BenjaBruijning

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

FILMOGRAPHY The Return of the Honey Buzzard (2017)

90 Mins/Dutch/ Netherlands/2017

DIRECTOR: STANLEY KOLK DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Stanley Kolk, NCE was born on March 8, 1971 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From a very young age it was clear to Stanley Kolk (1971) that he didn’t want to be a fireman or an astronaut, but that he wanted to work in the film industry. In his youth he devoured many films and in high school he often got clearance because his teachers could see that he learned more in the cinema than in their classes. He followed his way to the Dutch Film and Television Academy where in 1996 he graduated in editing & production. He is best known for his editing work on the ongoing TV series Penoza (2010-2015), Daglicht (2013) and Vuurzee (2005 & 2008) In 2011 Stanley was asked to become member of the NCE managment (Dutch association of Cinema Editors) and in 2015 he became member of the NOSC (Dutch Oscar Selection Commission). Last year Stanley got the change to use his expertise in storytelling when he directed the TV Movie The Return of the Honey Buzzard. The result is a strongly layered and visually told film.

THE BENCH SYNOPSIS

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Parichehr is a female author, whose new book concerns this issue. She is a university professor and an author. Although she is married, she could never have children, and that, has been a reason for people around her to blame and disrespect her. And now, as the subject of her new story, she is intrigued by the fate of a female poet who lived about 150 years ago. This woman’s name is Heyran, and she moved from Nakhjavan to Iran, but her fiancé remained in Nakhjavan but promised to join her soon. But he never came back to her. Heyran never forgot him and waited for him till her death. Parichehr finds Heyran’s fate similar to her own. As she too had loved a man who went to war and she never heard from him again. This similarity prompts Parichehr to do a thorough research on Heyran’s life. Parichehr discovers that the same abuse and prejudice still lives and has merely changed shades. During the story, Parichehr finds out that her husband has forged the medical documents with the help of one his friends that prove her inability to have children. Where the truth is that the husband is the one with problems. And all these years, with this lie have crushed Parichehr’s spirit and soul. But Parichehr refuses to give in to this abuse.

DIRECTOR: FLORA SAM DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Born in 1965, in Shiraz, Iran, Flora Sam is a graduate in Film Direction from Tehran University. A Writer-Director has been a part of the Iranian Film Industry for a long time. The Bench is her debut feature film.

CAST & CREW

FILMOGRAPHY

Writer: Flora Sam Producer: Majid Owji Director of Photography: Tooraj Mansoori Editor: Varooj Karim Masihi Key Cast: Shaghayegh Farahani, Amin Zendegani, Mahchehreh Khalili Camera: Varooj Karim

The Bench (2017)

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

98 Mins/Persian/ Iran/2017

THE DOCK

SYNOPSIS Julio and Sofia, are two teenagers who get separated despite being in love. In the same town in southern Argentina where they live, a teacher in his thirties cannot find true love. And in the city of Cordoba, an architect of his age, after breaking up with her boyfriend travels back to her hometown where she will meet that teacher and reveal that they are Julio and Sofia fifteen years later.

CAST & CREW Writer: Matias Guzman Producers: Maria AyelenQuiroga, Matías I. Guzmán, Giselle Olivera, Key Cast: Juan Ignacio Croce, Sol Zavala, Leandro Colja,

DIRECTOR: MATIAS GUZMAN

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Jagran Discovery

Matias Ismael Guzmán born in Bell Ville, Córdoba, Argentina 1985. Graduated from the School of Cinema and TV, La Metro de la Ciudad de Córdoba, in the year 2015. He has made four short films and one feature film, In which he worked as a scriptwriter and director. Today in the city of Buenos Aires as well as working as an independent director and producer, he continues his training in Audiovisual Storytelling.

FILMOGRAPHY The Dock (2017)

85 Mins/Spanish/ Argentina/2017

THE LETTER BOX SYNOPSIS Adem, 29, has a traffic accident while travelling to begin his military service. The crash leaves him wheelchair bound, but his burning passion to become a soldier never dies out. He relentlessly sends the military letters in the hope of being given another chance but to no avail. Sensing his burning desire, his close friend Nihat comes up with a brilliant plan he sends Adem a forged letter from the Army asking him to attend ‘Mobilization Traning’. Nihat and his friends organize a fake Military Training Program in an abandoned quarters near their town. They find 15 willing volunteers to play the roles of the soldiers and steal real guns from a cantonment to convince Adem that the program was real. Nihat and his friends band together to make Adem’s dream come true, but their mission isn’t without its dangers.

DIRECTOR: BARIS KIRMSELIOGLU CAST & CREW Writers: BarışKırımşelioğlu, Ali Buhara Mete Producer: MahmutKeçici, NedimZeper Key Cast: İsmail Demirci, İnanUlaş Torun, OzanOsmanpaşaoğlu

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Born June 15, 1980. He graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering. Until 2010, he made numerous motion pictures, commercials and cartoons. Directed to TRT by documentary A has begun. Between 2011 and 2015, he directed advertising. He started directing the series with Emerging Love Wanted. In January 2016, he wrote the screenplay called The Mailbox.

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The Letter Box (2017)

104 Mins/Turkish/ Turkey/2016

WOMAN MYSTERY SYNOPSIS The film takes place in two rural villages in southern Iraq about a rural girl wrestling with a harsh masculine community to prove her view that wisdom is the way to life and that violence breeds and generates only violence. She is eventually able to prove her point of view but after great sacrifices.

CAST & CREW Director: Dr. Ali Hanoun Writer: Dr. Ali Hanoun, Abdul Satar Albedhani Producer: Samir Thanon Director of Photography: Majeed Kurdjin Sound: Waheed Maqdusi Key Cast: Alaa Hussein, Ameer Albasri, Mazin Mohmmade, Sami Qaftan

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: DR. ALI HANOUN DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Dr. Ali Hanoun was born in 1985 and holds a doctorate in cinema. He has been writing and directing since 1991. The film is the first feature film for him. He has many record films, dramas and television programs.

FILMOGRAPHY Woman Mystery (2017)

123 Mins/Arabic/Iraq/2017

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CHALOO MOVIE SYNOPSIS A hillarious story of man named Khoji who is arrested from the cinemas for selling the movie tickets in black. However, Khoji claims to be the director of the movie he is selling the tickets for. The inspector is even more perplexed when the police commissioner and a local Don insist on detaining Khoji.

CAST & CREW Director: Vinod Pande Writer: Vinod Pande Producer: Vinod Pande Editor: Bobby Bose Director of Photography: Jogindarnath Panda Sound: Buta Singh Musician: Anand Raj Anand Key Cast: Rajpal Yadav, Divya Dutta, Gulshan Grover, Nandana Sen, Sayali Bhagat

DIRECTOR: VINOD PANDE DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Vinod Pande is an Indian director, actor and producer. Pande worked for the advertising agency “Image Enterprises” in London, for which he shot two documentary and several advertising films. In 1980 he created the first Hindi film with Ek Baar Phir, which was produced entirely in the UK. With Star (1982) he tried to take the form of Western-style film music. His film Sins (2005), which focuses on the sexual relationship of a Catholic priest to a younger woman, evoked protests by Indian Christians. Also in his latest film, The psychothriller Red Swastik (2007) with the model Sherlyn Chopra in the lead role.

FILMOGRAPHY

125 Mins/Hindi/ India/2011

Ek Baar Phir (Once Again) (1980) Star (1982) Sach (1989) Akeli (1999) Sins (2005) Red Swastik (2007)

AKELI SYNOPSIS: Akeli is a 2014 Hindi film produced, written and directed by Vinod Pande. The film featured R. Madhavan in his first full-length role in a Hindi film, alongside danseuse Nandini Ghosal and Anupam Shyam. Despite being completed and censored in August 1999, the film remained unreleased before the makers chose to release it via YouTube in August 2014. CAST & CREW Director: Vinod Pande Writer: Vinod Pande Producer: Vinod Pande Editor: Bobby Bose Musician: Jeetu-Tapan, Nilesh Bhatia Director of Photography: Sudhir Gowda Sound: Nilesh Bhatia Key Cast: R. Madhavan, Nandini Ghosal, Anupam Shyam

FESTIVALS

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Abu Dhabi Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival (Winner- C.I.C.A.E. Award) Cinefan - Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema (Winner- Best Director)

DIRECTOR: VINOD PANDE DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Vinod Pande is an Indian director, actor and producer. Pande worked for the advertising agency “Image Enterprises” in London, for which he shot two documentary and several advertising films. Pande also worked for AIR and as a newsreader at the BBC. In 1980 he created the first Hindi film with Ek Baar Phir, which was produced entirely in the UK. With Star (1982) he tried to take the form of Western-style film music. His film Sins (2005), which focuses on the sexual relationship of a Catholic priest to a younger woman, evoked protests by Indian Christians. Also in his latest film, The psychothriller Red Swastik (2007) with the model Sherlyn Chopra in the lead role, Pande did not spare with Indian films for relatively free scenes - after a rape the protagonist takes revenge on her tormentors and kills them one by one.

FILMOGRAPHY 165Mins/Hindi/ India/1999

Sach (1989) Sins (2005) Red Swastik (2007) Chaloo Movie (2011)

ADIOS CARMEN SYNOPSIS In 1975, 10-year-old Amar lives in a village in northern Morocco with his violent uncle, waiting for the unlikely return of his mother, who has left for Belgium. He finds a friend in Carmen, his neighbor, who is a Spanish exile and who works as an usher at the village cinema. Carmen helps him discover a world previously unknown to him.

CAST & CREW Director: Mohamed Amin Benamraoui Writer: Mohamed Amin Benamraoui Producer: Mohamed Amin Benamraoui Director of Photography: Ivan Oms Blanco Editor: France Duez Sound: Jonathan Vanneste Key Cast: Benjalil Amanallah, Paulina Gálvez,Ufrin Mustapha Azzarouali

FESTIVALS Dubai International Film Festival, 2013

DIRECTOR: MOHAMED AMIN BENAMRAOUI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Mohamed Amin Benamraoui (born Morocco) came to Brussels in the mid-1980s and studied cinema under Thierry Zeno. His shorts include SELLAM AND DEMETAN (2008, Grand Prix at Martil Film Festival and Jury Award at Benalmadena International Short Festival), WEDDING ON THE BEACH (2008) and KIF KIF. ADIOS CARMEN is his first feature. Benamraoui has also worked as a radio presenter and a programme planner for several Berber festivals.

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Adios Carmen (2013)

104 Mins/Arabic-Spanish/ Morocco/2013

ANDROMAN..BLOOD AND COAL SYNOPSIS Ouchen, arrogant and rustic, is a coal miner who has inherited from his ancestors and desires to leave this legacy to his son, but unfortunately fate deprives him of a boy who would succeed him and then decides to change his eldest daughter, In boy Androman. Androman who revives the mutations of his adolescent body and the feminine attitudes that betrays his false masculine appearance, will be reluctant to his will. Haunted by the desire to become woman again, she falls in love. This touching story about the suppression of women is helmed by director AzLarabe Alaoui in his feature film debut which earned him great critical acclaim and several prestigious awards at the 2012 National Film Festival of Tanjier (Best Actress, Best Actor, Critics Award) and the 2012 Muscat International Film Festival (Best Cinematography, Critics Award).

CAST & CREW Director: AzLarabe Alaoui Writer: AzLarabe Alaoui Producer: AzLarabe Alaoui Key Cast: Hassan Ben Badida, Lina Hanafi, Mohamed Khouyi

96 Mins/Arabic/ Morocco/2012

DIRECTOR: AZLARABE ALAOUI DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY The Azlarabe Lamharzi is a distinguished film director, screenwriter and film director. His films have been honored with many awards. Among them, the Izorane film won the prize in SidiBel-Abbass festival in Algeria in 2009.

FILMOGRAPHY Androman - De sang et de charbon (2012) Izorane (2009)

DALLAS SYNOPSIS A film director, whose nickname is Dallas, needs to shoot a film to solve his financial problems. He joins forces with a rich man, who is an enthusiastic film lover. Dallas starts shooting the film which happens to tell the rich man’s grandfather’s story. When the main actor dies of a heart attack while filming, Dallas thinks he has no other choice than to decide to go on with the shooting by filming… the actor’s dead body.

CAST & CREW Director: Mohamed Ali El Majboud Writer: Mohamed Ali El Mejboud Producer: Mohamed Rezqi Director of Photography: Guillaume Georget Editor: Yassine Nchoubi Sound: El Moussaoui Mustapha Key Cast: Aziz Dadass (Dallas), Amal Al Atrache, Kamal Kadimi

FESTIVALS Marrakech International Film Festival, 2014

DIRECTOR: MOHAMED AMIN BENAMRAOUI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Born in 1978 in Morocco, he decided to study law in Paris from 1998 to 2000. He then joined ESEC in Paris. During his studies, he directed three shorts. Back in Morocco, he directed two TV films, La Vague blanche and El Guerrab, followed between 2008 and 2010 by the TV series Une heure en enfer awarded Best Moroccan TV Drama at the 2010 Noujoum Biladi.

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Dallas (2016)

102Mins/Arabic/Morocco/2016

DEATH FOR SALE SYNOPSIS Three young men decide to rob a jewelery store. They are among the hopelessly unemployed street population of Morocco’s provincial cities, common thugs in the eyes of many but bound by solidarity and friendship. They see the heist as a means to break out of a cycle of poverty that weighs on their destiny like a life sentence. Malik, a dashing 26-year-old man, is in love with Dounia, a cabaret dancer. He wants start-up capital to help rescue her from a life of prostitution and make a new future for them as a couple. Allal, the toughest of the three, wants fast cash to stake a solid entry into the business of drug-smuggling. Impish high-school dropout Soufiane, the youngest of the group, has his own motives for wanting to kill the jewelery store owner. But the plan goes awry and the men’s destinies splinter.

DIRECTOR: FAOUZI BENSAIDI

CAST & CREW

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Director: Faouzi Bensaïdi Writer: Faouzi Bensaïdi Producer: Entre Chien et Loup Music: Richard Horowitz Director of Photography: Marc-André Batigne Editor: Danielle Anezin Sound: Luc Thomas Key Cast: Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labied, Mouhcine Malzi

Born in Morocco in 1967, Faouzi Bensaidi is a theatre director and an actor who made his cinematic directorial debut with the short film, LA FALAISE, in 1997. His first feature-length film, MILLE MOIS, won an award in Cannes in 2003. In 2006 his second feature, WWW.WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, was selected for the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinemato grafica in Venice.

FESTIVALS

Short Plays (2014) Death for Sale (2011) WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006) A Thousand Months (2003)

Abu Dhabi Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival (Winner- C.I.C.A.E. Award) Cinefan - Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema (Winner- Best Director)

117 Mins/Arabic/ Morocco-France/2011

FILMOGRAPHY

HORSES OF GOD SYNOPSIS What could compel two ordinary, football-loving broth ers to become part of a cell of suicide bombers? That is one question – among others – that Moroccan filmmaker Nabil Ayouch dares to ask in Horses of God, a thoughtful, masterfully controlled adaptation of MahiBinebine’s novel The Stars OfSidiMoumen. Inspired by the real-life 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca, Ayouch’s film follows two brothers over the course of a decade. While they begin as kids in search of thrills in the sprawling slums of Morocco’s SidiMoumen, we witness their gradual, and ultimately shocking, radicalisation. Rather than opt for dry didacticism, however, Ayouch fashions a visually sumptuous and often breathless coming-of-age story that is reminiscent, at times, of Fernando Meirelles’ City of God, albeit with a tragic twist in the tale. A major achievement by one of North Africa’s most important filmmakers.

CAST & CREW

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Director: Nabil Ayouch Writer: Jamal Belmahi, Mahi Binebine Producer: Nabil Ayouch, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Eric Van Beuren, Patrick Quinet Director of Photography: Hichame Alaouie Editor: Damien Keyeux Key Cast: Abdelhakim Rachi, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek

Born in 1969 in Paris, he works predominantly there and in Casablanca, as both a filmmaker and a noted activist in the cultural politics of the Southern European/North African interface. His first short film, 1992’s The Blue Rocks of the Desert, marked the discovery of actor Jamel Debouzze, while his first features (starting with Mektoub in 1997) successively represented Morocco’s nominations for the foreign-language Oscars. He has directed several high-profile live shows, and in 1999 founded Ali n’ Productions, a company through which he helps young directors to launch their careers. In 2008 he helmed the French-Canadian co-production Whatever Lola Wants, set in Egypt and featuring an American wannabe bellydancer, while in 2011 he released his first documentary feature film, My Land.

FESTIVALS

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DIRECTOR: NABIL AYOUCH

Cannes Film Festival (Winner- François Chalais Award) Rotterdam International Film Festival (Winner- MovieZone Award) Seattle International Film Festival (Winner- Golden Space Needle Award) Valladolid International Film Festival (Winner- Golden Spike)

115 Mins/Arabic-French/ Morocco- France/2013

FILMOGRAPHY 1992 Les Pierresbleues du désert 1997 Mektoub 2000 Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue 2008 Whatever Lola Wants 2011 My Land 2012 Les Chevaux de Dieu (The Horses of God)

LOVE IN THE MEDINA SYNOPSIS Initiatory journey of a young man, with an unconfessable love for fresh meat and freedom. Coming from a long line of coranic lawyers, Thami braves his father’s wrath to embrace the only occupation he cares for: butchery. Handling the meats, he discovers another passion, women, and the taste of love.

CAST & CREW Director: Abdelhai Laraki Writer: Violaine Bellet, Abdelhai Laraki Producer: Zaineb Laraki, Caroline Locardi Music: Richard Horowitz Director of Photography: Roberta Allegrini Editor: Marie Castro Sound: Dario D’Amico Key Cast: Omar Lotfi, Ouidad Elma, Driss Roukhe

FESTIVALS Dubai International Film Festival Tangier International Film Festival Sofia International Film Festival Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (Winner)

113 Mins/Arabic/ Morocco/2011

DIRECTOR: ABDELHAI LARAKI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Abdelhaï Laraki was a PhD student at the Sorbonne, where he directed “Cheick el Kamel” (doc/1979). In Morocco he works for TV and in advertising. His film credits include: “Mona Saber” (2002) and “Scent of Sea” (2006).

FILMOGRAPHY Love in the Medina (2011) Parfum de mer (2006) Mona Saber (2002)

MALAK SYNOPSIS An underage pupil from a good family discovers that she’s pregnant. When her boyfriend cuts her off, she escapes to Tanger and begins to work as a prostitute in order to provide for her child and her self. An impressive filmic document on exclusion and marginalisation in today’s Morocco.

CAST & CREW Director: Abdeslam Kelai Writer: Abdeslam Kelai, Mohamed El Mouncif El Kadiri Producer: Mouton Rouge Films Music: Bernhard Elsner Director of Photography: Ivan Oms Blanco Editor: Roman Sotola Sound: Valerio Secondini Key Cast: Chaimae Ben Acha, Mohamed Choubi, Saadia Ladib

DIRECTOR: MOHAMED AMIN BENAMRAOUI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

FESTIVALS

Born 1969 in Larache, Morocco, has directed theatre plays and worked as a script writer. Malak is his first feature film.

Marrakech International Film Festival Tanger Film Festival Chicago International Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY Malak (2012)

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Happy Day (2004)

97Mins/Arabic/Morocco/2012/ Drama

PEGASUS SYNOPSIS Zineb is an emotionally exhausted psychiatrist assigned to Rihana, a traumatized and pregnant young woman found in the street muttering unintelligibly about “The Lord of the Horse.” Soon, Rihana’s story awakens repressed thoughts in Zineb’s own troubled mind, and reality merges into a haunted fever-dream of fear and denial.

CAST & CREW Director: Mohamed Mouftakir Writer: Mohamed Mouftakir Producer: Fred Challa Music: Wolfgang Funk Director of Photography: Xavier Castro Editor: Julien Foure Sound: Piergiorgio De Luca Key Cast: Saadia Ladib, Driss Roukhe, Anas El Baz

FESTIVALS Dubai International Film Festival, 2010 (Winner)

DIRECTOR: MOHAMED MOUFTAKIR DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Son of the great violinist HoucineMouftakir (aka Budra), he first studied English literature at the University of Casablanca before studying Film. Direction and Writing, especially in France. He worked for five years as an assistant of directors in Morocco or abroad, and followed several internships in France, Germany, where he lived for several years, and Tunisia. He went on to direct several short films. In 2010, his debut feature. Pegasus won Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Actress Prizes and the Critics’ Prize at the Tangier Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY 104 Mins/Arabic/ Morocco/2010

Pegasus (Pégase) (2010) The Blinds’ Band (L’Orchestre des aveugles) (2014)

THE END SYNOPSIS Casablanca, July 1999. With longtime monarch Hassan II on his deathbed, there is an air of uncertainty weighing on Morocco - and especially on one marginalized young man, M’key. M’key finds a surrogate father figure in “pit bull” police commissioner Daoud and finds love with the enchanting Rita, but Rita is kept under close watch by her gangster brothers.

CAST & CREW Director: Hicham Lasri Writer: Hicham Lasri Producer: Lamia Chraibi Director of Photography: Maxime Alexandre Editor: Julien Foure Sound: Valerio Secondini Key Cast: Adil Abatourab, Malek Akhmiss, Hassan Ben Badida

FESTIVALS Annonay International Festival (Winner)

DIRECTOR: HICHAM LASRI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Born in Casablanca in 1977 Hicham Lasri after legal studies, he changes orientation and begins a career of writer, playwright and script-writer. He writes a first feature film for Omar Chraîbi, and then collaborates with other directors as Taieb Louhichi, Lahcen Zinoun, Rachid El Ouali and Nabil Ayouch. He obtains the big price of the young writer of the Union of Morocco’s Writers in 2005 and the Special prize Naaman (Lebanon) for the play (K)Rêve. He is also a prize-winner of Grand Prix 2M of Literature for the Science fiction novel as well as of multiple prizes of short stories and poetry.

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FILMOGRAPHY

110 Mins/Arabic/ Morocco/2011

Headbang Lullaby Starve Your Dog (2015) The Sea Is Behind (2014) C’est eux les chiens... (2013) The End (2011) Terminus des anges (2010)

THE NARROW FRAME OF MIDNIGHT SYNOPSIS A young orphan, Aïcha, is found alone in the forests of central Morocco. She has a personal history that reveals a courageous attempt at self-determination. Taken and sold from her home in the hills of the Atlas mountains, Aïcha finds herself at the mercy of a petty criminal, Abbas, and his conflicted girlfriend, Nadia. They soon cross paths with Zacaria, a Moroccan/Iraqi writer, who has left everything behind - including a passionate relationship with a teacher, Judith - to search for his missing brother. The group embarks on a journey that will lead them across Morocco, to Istanbul, the plains of Kurdistan and beyond.

CAST & CREW Director: Tala Hadid Writer: Tala Hadid Producer: Khalid Abdalla, Khadija Alami, Joslyn Barnes Key Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Marie-Josée Croze, Fadwa Boujouane

FESTIVALS Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - Discovery section BFI London Film Festival 2014 - Journey section 1st French Film Festival, The Netherlands 2015 Special mention – Plein Les yeux Rome Film Market 2014 - Cinema d’oggi Competition Film Africa 2014, London Stockholm International Film Festival 2014 - Spotlight section Dubai Film Festival 2014 - Muhr Feature Competition Marrakech International Film Festival 2014 - Coup de coeur

DIRECTOR: TALA HADID DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Tala Hadid is a Writer, Director, Photographer who has made several short flms, including TesCheveux Noirs Ihsan, which received an Academy Award and won the Panorama Best short Film Award at the Berlin Film Festival. She has also made various documentaries including Sacred Poet on Pier Paolo Pasolini. Her work has shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, L’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the Goteberg Kunsthalle in Sweden, the Goethe Institute/ Cairo, the Los Angeles County Museum, Zoom Art Fair/ Miami/Basel, la Cinémathèque Française in Paris, the Seville Biennale, the Jonathan Schorr Gallery NYC and the Photographer’s Gallery in London. Last year the Fine Art photography publisher Stern published a volume of a selection of Hadid’s photographs as part of its Stern Fotografie Portfolio series of emerging photographers.

FILMOGRAPHY 93 Mins/French-Arabic/ Morocco/2014

House in the Fields (2016) The Narrow Frame of Midnight (2014)

THE RED SCARF SYNOPSIS Lahbib, a Moroccan living in Algeria , waits with his Algerian wife Louisa , their first baby . At the time of childbirth in a neighboring village clinic, the nurse asks the future father to seek a layette for the future baby. That day, the Sand War breaks out. Lahbib, concerned about the state of his wife, pays no attention to the unusual agitation of the village. On the way back, soldiers intercept it, discover that he is Moroccan, and throw it beyond the borders.

CAST & CREW Director: Mohammed Lyounsi Writer: Mohammed Lyounsi Producer: Médina Production Key Cast: Mohamed Bestaoui, Karim Saidi, Farid Regragui

DIRECTOR: MOHAMED AMIN BENAMRAOUI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Mohammed Lyounsi is a 40 yera old Morrocan director, scripwriter, producer and managing director of MEDINA PRODUCTION.

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écharpe rouge (2016) Ben X (2011)

100Mins/Arabic/ Morocco/2016/Drama

SOTTO VOCE SYNOPSIS During the Algerian war, the road to Beni Boussaid on the Morocco-Algeria border is obstructed by the Morice line, a 430-mile long belt that is electrified and heavily mined. Moussa, a Moroccan friend of the revolution, helps refugees across the mountains. However, he must go through Beni Boussaid when he finds out that the path he usually takes is no longer safe. Hans, a Communist militant of the GDR, loses a leg on the way, while trying to remove a mine from a passageway. Normally, the wounded and sick are put to rest, but Hans is not a Muslim and cannot be a martyr.

CAST & CREW Director: Kamal Kamal Writer: Kamal Kamal Producer: Kamal Kamal Music: Kamal Kamal Director of Photography: Rodolphe Soucaret Editor: Catherine Schwartz Sound: Francesco Persia Key Cast: Amal Ayouch, Mohamed Bastaoui, Ahmed Benaissa

DIRECTOR: MOHAMED AMIN BENAMRAOUI DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Born in 1961 in Berkane, he studied film at the CFLC in Paris. He works for Moroccan television and produces commercials.

FILMOGRAPHY

FESTIVALS: Dubai International Film Festival

94Mins/Arabic/ Morocco/2013

Sotto voce (2013) The Moroccan Symphony (2006) Tayf nizar (2001)

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RISHI KAPOOR Scion of the first family of Indian Cinema, the second son of great Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor was born on 4 September 1952 in Chembur, Mumbai. He made his film debut in his father’s 1970 film, ‘Mera Naam Joker’ as a besotted student in love with his teacher and went on to win the National Film Award in the category ‘Best Child Actor’. At the age of 21 he debuted with Dimple Kapadia in ‘Bobby’. The film was immensely successful with the tickets of the films sold for months in advance. Bobby’s worldwide success launched him into a global movie star, domestically in India and overseas in the Soviet Union. Rishi never looked back. With his first film he acquired a kind of a cult status and icon and went on to make it bigger with films like ‘Karz’, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Kabhie Kabhie’, ‘Hum Kisi se Kam Nahin’, ‘Aap Ke Deewane’, ‘Sagar’,’Damini’, Prem Rog’, ‘Laila Majnu’, ‘Sargam’, ‘Chandni and many others. He also partnered with his real ‘life partner’ Neetu Singh in many successful films. Together they left a mark on the Indian film industry as a highly successful pair. The versatility of this great actor has been demonstrated in films like ‘Agneepath’ (as Rauf Lala), ‘Do Dooni Char’(as Santosh Duggal) and very recently ‘Kapoor and Sons’(as Amarjeet Kapoor). The 8th edition of the Jagran Film Festival salutes the creative genius of this great actor and proudly presents a retrospective of his selected films.

AGNEEPATH SYNOPSIS Vijay gains the confidence of notorious gangster Rauf Lala in order to reach Kancha Cheena, a crime lord operating from Mandwa. Vijay wants to avenge his father who was framed and killed by Kancha.

CAST & CREW Director: Karan Malhotra Writer: Ila Dutta Bedi, Karan Malhotra Film Editor: Akiv Ali Music By: Ajay Gogavale, Atul Gogavale Producer: Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar Director Of Photography: Ravi K. Chandran, Kiran Deohans Sound: Stephen Gomes Key Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Rishi Kapoor, Om Puri, Zarina Wahab

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FILM FACTS Actor Rishi Kapoor was cast as Rauf Lala, an underworld Don. The veteran actor had never played a completely negative character in his entire career, was initially hesitant to sign the film.

174 Mins/Hindi/ India/2012

AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY SYNOPSIS Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 action comedy film directed and produced by Manmohan Desai. The plot revolves around the life of three brothers who get separated in childhood. The three brothers were brought up in different religions Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. They finally unite in their youth and fight against the wrong doers together.

CAST & CREW Director: Manmohan Desai Writer: Kader Khan, Prayag Raj, K.K. Shukla Film Editor: Kamlakar Karkhanis Music By: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma Producer: Manmohan Desai Director Of Photography: Peter Pereira Sound: Mangesh Desai Key Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, Nirupa Roy, Pran, Jeevan, Nazir Hussain, Ranjeet, Helen

FILM FACTS

175Mins/Hindi/ India/1977

The next lesser known fact is from one of the songs from the movie, ‘My name is Anthony Gonsalves...’ Audience loves to listen to the song even today, especially, the starting lines which go, ‘Sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated with the exuberance of your own verbosity,’ uttered by Anthony after he emerges from the huge Easter egg. The words are quotation from a speech given by Benjamin Disraeli in 1878.

BOBBY SYNOPSIS The story is about the love of two teenagers- Raj Nath and Bobby Braganza of Mumbai belonging to different classes. Raj Nath whose father is a rich businessman goes to see his old governess Mrs. Braganza where Raj fell in love with her granddaughter Bobby Braganza, who is a daughter of a poor fisherman. The plot goes about how both of them fight against the odds and finally unite. The fathers too realise that they love their children and cannot stand in their way of happiness.

CAST & CREW Director: Raj Kapoor Writer: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Jainendra Jain, V.P. Sathe Film Editor: Raj Kapoor Music By: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma Director of Photography: Radhu Karmakar Producer: Raj Kapoor Sound: Mangesh Desai Key Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia

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FILM FACTS Bobby became an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it drew an audience of 62.6 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 biggest box office hits of all time in the Soviet Union. Some scenes were shot in Gulmarg. One scene was shot in a hut in Gulmarg, which became famous as the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bobby Hutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

169 Mins/Hindi/ India/1973

CHANDNI SYNOPSIS Chandni’s fiance is paralysed in an accident and she’s forced to start afresh. Her boss falls in love with her and she agrees to marry him. She faces a dilemma when her fiance returns to her life

CAST & CREW Director: Yash Chopra Writer: Kamna Chandra, Umesh Kalbagh, Arun Kaul, Sagar Sarhadi Film Editor: Keshav Naidu Music By: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Shiv Kumar Sharma Producer: Yash Chopra, T. Subbarami Reddy Director Of Photography: Manmohan Singh Sound: Hitendra Ghosh Key Cast: Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Waheeda Rehman

FILM FACTS Director Yash Chopra took his son Aditya Chopra on as assistant director. This began Aditya Chopra’s foray into filmmaking and would provide him with valuable experience and knowledge for the making of his blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).

187 Mins/Hindi/ India/1989

DO DOONI CHAAR SYNOPSIS Do Dooni Chaar is a story of a middle class family. Santosh Duggal is a math teacher in a school and lives in a small apartment in Delhi with his wife, his college going daughter and his school going son. They were called in a wedding by his Meerut-based sister Urvi. The family borrows the car from their neighbours to travel to Meerut and damaged the car. They were criticized over not owning a car, when he finally decides to buy one.

CAST & CREW Director: Habib Faisal Writer: Habib Faisal, Rahil Qazi Film Editor: Aarti Bajaj Music By: Anjan Ankit, Meet Bros Director of Photography: Anshuman Mahaley Producer: Arindam Chaudhuri Sound: Bishwadeep Chatterjee Key Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh

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‘Do Dooni Chaar’ was the first film of Mr. Rishi Kapoor with his wife as a lead pair with a substantial role, after a gap of 30 years.

110 Mins/Hindi/ India/2010

KAPOOR & SONS SYNOPSIS A story revolving around a dysfunctional family of 2 brothers who visit their family and discover that their parents marriage is on the verge of collapse,the family is undergoing a financial crunch and much more as the drama unfolds.

CAST & CREW Writers: Shakun Batra, Ayesha DeVitre Producer: Hiroo Johar,Karan Johar & Apoorva Mehta Key Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt, Rishi Kapoor

FILM FACTS

132 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

Rishi Kapoor surprised fans with his new avatar in Karan Johar’s ‘Kapoor and Sons’, in which he played a 90-yearold but not many know that the actor’s make-up has been done by American Artist Greg Cannom, who in the past worked on Titanic (1997), and was the man behind Brad Pitt’s flawless facial transformation in the 2008 film, ‘The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’.

LAILA MAJNU SYNOPSIS Kaish Amari comes from a wealthy Islamic family. At the tender age of six he is sent to school and gets friendly with a young girl named Laila. Both of them become close friends, so much so that Kaish gets himself punished and beaten for her. They mature in age so does their love much to the chagrin of Laila’s dad, who wants her to marry a wealthy Arabian, Bahksh, a noble Prince. Now the region is aflame with their love story, Kaish, who is now known as Majnu, cannot get Laila out of his mind and roams around the desert semi-senile, without food or drink, while Laila is getting wed to the man of her father’s choice. The question remains will love triumph in the end or is this young couple fated to be separated for the rest of their lives.

CAST & CREW Director: Harnam Singh Rawail Writer: Abrar Alvi, Mohafiz Hyder, Anjana Rawail, Harnam Singh Rawail Editor: Shyam Rajput Music By: Madan Mohan, Jaidev Verma Producer: Ram B.C., Seeroo Daryanani Director Of Photography: G. Singh Sound: Mangesh Desai Key Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Ranjeeta Kaur, Danny Denzongpa, Aruna Irani, Asrani, Paintal

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FILM FACTS

140Mins/Hindi/ India/1979

One of the interesting and lesser known fact associated with the film is around its enthralling music. Legendary composer Madan Mohan passed away before completing the film’s score and the loss was the biggest blow to the production unit. As the music required certain quality of Sufism, finding his replacement to work on the existing tracks turned out to be a daunting task. It was later, National Award winning music composer, Jaidev (known for films like Hum Dono, Reshma aur Shera etc.) filled his shoes and delivered a fantastic musical score.

MERA NAAM JOKER SYNOPSIS Mera Naam Joker is the story of Raju, who was considered as the best clown ever. Raju’s father was also a clown and died during his performance. Ever since then Raju’s mother was against the circus. But Raju had natural affinity towards the circus world. Raju in his life span fell in love with three women first was his teacher, Mary who was elder than him. He attended her wedding and suffered his first heartbreak. Raju was hired by Mahendra Singh, the owner of the circus who saw the potential in him. Raju then fell in love with a Russian girl, Marina who came to India. She also left Raju and went back to Russia as soon as the circus visit ended. Raju’s mother alsodied during his performance watching him perform the same stunts as his father. Raju left the circus and meets Meenu, an orphan who wanted to become a famous actress. Raju and Meenu started their own circus business and moved to theatre. Meenu also left him as she was offered a role in a film. At the end of the film, Raju gave his last performance and called all the three ladies he was in love with. He reassures everyone that he will be back soon to make them laugh harder.

CAST & CREW Director: Raj Kapoor Writer: K. A. Abbas Film Editor: Raj Kapoor Music By: Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi Producer: Raj Kapoor Director Of Photography: Radhu Karmakar Sound: Mangesh Desai Key Cast: Raj Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Manoj Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra, Dara Singh, Kseniya Ryabinkina, Padmini, Rajendra Kumar

244 Mins/Hindi/ India/1970

FILM FACTS The film had a running time 255 minutes with two intervals, a first for Indian Cinema. The film is said to have flopped at that time but years later it has acquired an iconic status.

REMEMBERING FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT Almost five to seven decades alter the films of Francois Truffaut, the famed French Film Director who initiated the French New Wave would be on display again in Mumbai at the 8th Jagran Film Festival under a programme titled ‘Remembering Truffaut’. Right from ‘The 400 Blows’ a defining film of the French New Wave to Jeanne Moreau starrer ‘Jules and Jim’ to ‘Confidentially Yours’ to ‘The Last Metro’ shall be on display between 18-24 September 2017 at the Fun Republic Cinepolis, Andheri West, Mumbai.

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‘The 400 Blows’ was released in 1959 to both critical and commercial acclaim and Truffaut was adjudged the Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Incidentally he had been the only Film Critic not invited the Festival for years post his criticism of the French contemporary Cinema in his articles. This film marked the beginning of the French New Wave movement and opened a wider audience for Directors like Jean –Luc-Godard and Claude Chabrol. The French New Wave as against the French contemporary cinema dealt with rejection of traditional cinema structure advocated by Truffaut for a long time. The year 1962 saw him come up with Jules and Jim a romantic drama with Jeanne Moreau in the lead. Some of his memorable films were ‘Fahrenheit 451’, ‘Stolen Kisses’, ‘Day for Night’ which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, ‘Small Change’, ‘The Man who Loved Women’ and ‘Love On the Run’. Another memorable film of his ‘Confidentially Yours’ was a tribute to his favorite director, Alfred Hitchcock. One of Truffaut’s final films ‘The Last Metro’ brought him back on the Centre stage of world cinema in 1980. The film received twelve César Award nominations with ten wins, including the Best Director. ‘The Last Metro’ was shot in black and white. The film almost concluded his career and defined what he stood for and believed in. The 8th edition of Jagran Film Festival lightens up the French New wave once again in India this September.

LES 400 COUPS (THE 400 BLOWS) SYNOPSIS Antoine Doinel is a 13-year-old boy. He lives in the vicinity of Place de Clichy, in an uncomfortable little apartment, between his mother, Gilberte, a sulky woman who does not love him, and the man who gave him his name but is not his father, A lustful being who could love him if he was not so inconsistent. With the age, Antoine supports less and less this situation and dreams of a better future. He soon discovers the joys of schooling with his friend René, returns late, wipes his parents’ remonstrance without flinching, and one day, finally, to excuse an absence in class, announces that his mother is dead ...

Cast and Crew: Director: François Truffaut Writer: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy Film Editor: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte Music By: Jean Constantin Producer: François Truffaut Director Of Photography: Henri Decaë Sound: Jean-Claude Marchetti Key Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Georges Flamant

FACTS

91 Mins/French/ France/1959

Truffaut enlisted in the French army in December, 1950, hoping to be assigned to the film branch of the army, but he was ordered first to Germany and then to Indochina as an artilleryman. An unhappy Truffaut deserted twice and was assigned first to a military stockade and later to an asylum. His actions caused him to be dishonorably discharged in 1952.

LE DERNIER METRO (THE LAST METRO) SYNOPSIS Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner, a German Jew who had taken refuge in France since the advent of Nazism, had to go into exile - at least officially - a second time, leaving Marion (Catherine Deneuve) to the prestigious Théatre Montmartre. In fact, Lucas Steiner is still there: he hides in the basement of the theater and Marion joins him after work. For the time being, the Montmartre Theater is setting up a new play, directed by Jean-Loup Cottins (Jean Poiret) and for which Bernard Granger (Gérard Depardieu) has just been hired. The strong personality of the actor intrigues and moves Marion, especially since this one does not hide long his attraction for the director of the theater. From his cellar, Lucien Steiner manages to follow the rehearsals he hears through a mouthful of air and every evening he makes his remarks to Marion. It has a delicate role. Pushed by Cottins, she accepted, despite her disgust, to maintain courteous relations with Daxiat, critic of theater and pro-Nazi journalist very influential. The latter, who ultimately suspects that Lucas is still in Paris, outrageously exercises his power over Marion. What Bernard Granger does not support, involved in the actions of the Resistance, and which causes a fight with the journalist the day after the first. But the theater survived until the Liberation.

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Cast and Crew: Director: François Truffaut Writer: François Truffaut , Suzanne Schiffman , Jean-Claude Grumberg Film Editor: Martine Barraqué , Jean-François Gire Music By: Georges Delerue Producer: François Truffaut Director Of Photography: Nestor Almendros Sound: Jacques Maumont Key Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost

131Mins/French,German/ France/1980

FACTS He was a big Alfred Hitchcock fan and defined him as his master.

VIVEMENT DIMANCHE (CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS) SYNOPSIS Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place as Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), an estate agent who knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier’s car. As the police discover that Marie-Christine Vercel (Caroline Sihol), Julien’s wife, was Massoulier’s mistress, Julien is the prime suspect. But his secretary, Barbara Becker (Fanny Ardant), while not quite convinced he is innocent, defends him and leads her private investigations.

Cast and Crew: Director: François Truffaut Writer: François Truffaut , Suzanne Schiffman , Jean Aurel Film Editor: Martine Barraqué Music By: Georges Delerue Producer: Armand Barbault , François Truffaut Director Of Photography: Nestor Almendros Sound: Jacques Maumont Key Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

QUOTES “Film lovers are sick people”

110Mins/French/ France/1983

“Taste is a result of a thousand distastes” “Cinema is an improvement on life”

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VINOD KHANNA Very few actors achieve what Vinod Khanna did in his lifetime. Beginning with a humble debut as a villain in Sunil Dutt’s 1968 film ‘Man Ka Meet’ directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, Vinod Khanna finished his innings as a Super Star and an actor par excellence. He was born in a Punjabi family on 6 October 1946 in the era of British India (now Pakistan) and entered the film industry with a negative character but soon graduated to playing the solo leads. Vinod Khanna got his first break as the solo lead hero in the film ‘Hum Tum Aur Who’ (1971) opposite Bharathi Vishnuvardhan and went on to act on over 140 feature films. Some of the prominent films he is remembered for are ‘Achanak’ ‘Mera Gaon Mera Desh’, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Hera Pheri’, ‘Parvarish’, ‘Qurbani’ and many others. Winner of several awards and honours, Vinod Khanna also had the distinction of being a Member of Parliament. On 27 April 2017, this great actor left for his heavenly abode. The 8th Jagran Film Festival pays homage to this legendary actor by screening his popular film “ACHANAK”. In this 1973 film, Vinod Khanna’s performance as an army officer facing death row is a highly critically acclaimed one. Directed by Gulzar, the film derives its origins from a true life court case ‘K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra’ where he portrayed Kawas Nanavati, the real-life Navy officer, as Major Ranjeet Khanna.

ACHANAK

SYNOPSIS Dr. Chaudhary has to perform a surgery on an army officer shot by the police. However, he is in a dilemma because the officer has been sentenced to death. The film dedicated to the memory of one of the greatest actors in Indian Cinema, Vinod Khanna remains a classic work by the actor till date.

CAST & CREW Director: Gulzar Writer: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Sampooran Singh Gulzar Film Editor: Waman B. Bhosle, Gurudutt Shirali Music By: Vasant Desai Director of Photography: K. Vaikunth Producer: Raj N. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy Sound: Badri Nath Sharma Key Cast: Vinod Khanna, Lily Chakravarty, Asrani

DIRECTOR: GULZAR DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Sampooran Singh Kalra popularly known by his pen name Gulzar, is a renowned poet, lyricist and one of the greatest film directors in India. Beginning his career as a Lyricist, he went on to direct some of the classics in Indian Cinema like ‘Aandhi’, ‘Mausam’ and many others. Awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India,the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — the highest award in Indian cinema, Gulzar has won numerous other awards and honours including an Academy Award and a Grammy Award.

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FILMOGRAPHY

150 Mins/Hindi/ India/1973

OM PURI An icon who arrived on the Indian Cinema scene with the art house cinema movement, also known as the Indian Arthouse or the ‘Parallel Cinema’ movement. Synonymous with this movement, Om Puri along with actors Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil challenged the so called mainstream cinema and had his films run parallel to big films like ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ and many others. Om Puri brought to the Indian cinema a style that was not only earthy and realistic but also highly credible. The characters played by him were the people moving around in the society. Post his success in Indian Cinema, he moved on to work in international film projects like ‘City of Joy’, ‘In Custody’, ’The Ghost and the Darkness’, ‘Wolf’,’ The Mystic Masseur’, ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’, ‘East is East, ‘West is West’ and many others. Winner of several national and international awards Om Puri left this world on 6 January 2017. He was honored at the 89th Academy Awards in memorial segment for his contribution in Indian and world cinema. The 8th Jagran Film Festival pays tribute to Om Puri, an outsider who dared to bring change to Hindi Cinema by screening his renowned film “DHARAVI”, directed by Sudhir Mishra.

DHARAVI

SYNOPSIS Dharavi (City of Dreams) is a critically acclaimed 1993 Hindi film, directed and written by Sudhir Mishra. The film was a joint NFDC-Doordarshan production and went on to winning many awards in the following year, including the 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film was also invited at the London Film Festival, Mannheim International Film Festival and Festival 3 Continents Nantes in 1992. The film stars Shabana Azmi and Om Puri in lead roles, and is set amidst the backdrop of India’s largest slums, Dharavi.

CAST & CREW

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Director: Sudhir Mishra Writer: Sudhir Mishra Film Editor: Renu Saluja Music By: Rajat Dholakia Producer: Ravi Malik Director Of Photography: Rajesh Joshi Sound: Hitendra Ghosh Key Cast: Om Puri, Shabana Azmi

120 Mins/Hindi/ India/1992

DIRECTOR: SUDHIR MISHRA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Sudhir Mishra is one of the top film directors and a screenwriter known for directing critically acclaimed films like’Dharavi’, Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin’, ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’, ‘Chameli’, ‘Ye saali Zindagi’ and many others. Winner of three National Film Awards from the President of India, as well as Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government (equivalent to a Knighthood). He was one of the pioneers of the alternative independent cinema movement in India in the 1980s and one of the few directors from that era who has still managed to remain contemporary. He has served on many national and international film juries.

REEMA LAGOO One of the few extremely versatile and graceful actors in Indian Cinema, Reema Lagoo was a woman with many distinctions. Born on 21 June 1958, Reema worked extensively in Indian Cinema and Television. She began her career with Dr. Jabbar Patel’s Marathi film ‘Sinhasan’ in 1979 and went on to work in films like ‘Aakrosh (1980) by Govind Nihalani, Kalyug (1981) by Shyam Benegal shot into prominence in the Indian mainstream Cinema with Aamir Khan’s debut film ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ in 1988. An accomplished Theatre, TV and Film Actor Reema breathed her last on 18 May this year. Some of her memorable films are ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’, ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, ‘Ashiqui’, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’, ‘Rui Ka Bojh’ and ‘Vaastav: The Reality’. The Festival pays homage to this wonderful actor in this edition by screening her film ‘Rui Ka Bojh’ (The Weight of Cotton -1997). In this NFDC produced and Subhash Agrawal directed film she played the lead with Pankaj Kapoor.

RUI KA BOJH (THE WEIGHT OF COTTON) SYNOPSIS Kishan Shah is a self-respecting, wise old man who has divided his property amongst his family and now lives with his youngest son, Ram Sharan. However he is not able to get along with him and his family for too long.

Cast and Crew: Director: Subhash Agarwal Writers: Subhash Agarwal, Vijay Bhope Producer: NFDC Music : K. Narayan Producer: National Film Development Corporation of India Director Of Photography: Mahesh Chandra Cast: Pankaj Kapur, Reema Lagoo, Raghuvir Yadav

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DIRECTOR: SUBHASH AGARWAL DIRECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIOGRAPHY Taking his diploma in sound recording and engineering from Film & TV Institute of India, Pune. Subhash Chand has worked in the Bombay Film Industry for over 35 years as the sound recordist. As a sound recordist his best associations with the feature films Parinda, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, Kabhi Han Kabhi Na; the TV serials Buniyaad, Project Tiger, Chanakya, Reporter, Shriman Shrimati and Mrs. Madhuri Dixit.

117Mins/Hindi/ India/1997

JEANNE MOREAU Jeanne Moreau an icon not only in the French Cinema but also regarded as a great actor on the world cinema stage in her career encompassing seven decades. An actress, singer, screenwriter and director par excellence Jeanne Moreau was born on 23 January 1928. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960), the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for Viva Maria! (1965), and the César Award for Best Actress for The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1992). She was also the recipient of several lifetime awards, including a BAFTA Fellowship in 1996. Moreau made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. She began playing small roles in films in 1949, with impressive performances in the Fernandel vehicle Meurtres? (Three Sinners, 1950) and alongside Jean Gabin as a showgirl/gangster’s moll in the film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954). She achieved prominence as the star of Elevator to the Gallows (1958), directed by Louis Malle, and Jules et Jim (1962), directed by François Truffaut. Most prolific during the 1960s, Moreau continued to appear in films into her eighties. Jeanne Moreau left for her heavenly abode on 31 July 2017. The 8th Jagran Film Festival pays tributes to this creative genius by screening her Truffaut directed film ‘Jules et Jim’ (1962).

JULES ET JIM (JULES AND JIM) SYNOPSIS From the time of their meeting in 1912, two men, Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre), share a close friendship. Shortly before the First World War, Jules marries Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), wilful young women the two men have befriended, but, after the war has ended, his relationship with her deteriorates rapidly. When Jim comes to stay with the couple and their daughter, he begins a relationship of his own with Catherine, having been urged to do so by Jules, who hopes that if his wife is involved with his friend she will not leave him. Catherine’s carefree behavior, however, soon creates further difficulties.

Cast and Crew: Director: François Truffaut Writer François Truffaut, Jean Gruault Film Editor: Claudine Bouché Music By: Georges Delerue, Serge Rezvani Director of Photography: Raoul Coutard Producer: François Truffaut Key Cast: Henri Serre, Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Anny Nelsen

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102Mins/French/ France/1962

DIRECTOR: FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Born on February 6, 1932, in Paris, France, François Truffaut went on to become a leading figure in the New Wave movement with acclaimed films like The 400 Blows and Jules and Jim. His 1973 film Day for Nightwon an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and subsequent works included Small Change, The Last Metro and The Woman Next Door. An actor and critic as well, he died on October 21, 1984.

AZAAD

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SYNOPSIS

Set against the socio-political backdrop of present day India, AZAAD tells the story of the dysfunctional relationship between a father and his son, within 48 hours of the father going missing.

It is a dramatic thriller about an oppressive Husband (“Russia”) who uses means of violence and aggression in order to contain his Wife (“Ukraine”) inside their former house (“Soviet Union”).

CAST & CREW

Writer & Director: Rahul V. Chittella Producers: Antara Banerjee, Naved Farooqui Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Sakshi Tanwar, Siddharth Menon, Nandu Madhav, Aayushi Lahiri

Producers &Directors :Alexander Formos, Veronica Formos Key Cast :Veronica Formos , Alexander Formos

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Jagran Discovery

30 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

24 Minutes/Russian/ Canada/ 2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Rahul V. Chittella is an independent producer and director based out of Mumbai, India. In 2009, he was the director and executive producer for the Global Lives Project, India. He then worked with the United Nations Documentary Program at the United Nations headquarters, New York City. In 2010, Rahul directed a short film titled Muted, which was screened at international film festivals. He was awarded the Media Citizen KarmaveerPuraskaar in India for his contribution to projects that have used media for social change. Since 2010, Rahul has worked with the prolific filmmaker, Mira Nair, as her creative associate and producing partner in India on projects like The Reluctant Fundamentalist, God Room (part of Words with Gods), and Nafas. The Reluctant Fundamentalist premiered as the opening film for the 69th Venice International Film Festival, and at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival.

Born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, USSR on May 18th, 1983. Alexander was passionate about cinema from early age, renting and watching as many films as possible. He completed his Master of Arts degree in Public Relations in Film and TV in 2005 from the University of Cinema and TV in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation and began directing amateur short films with MiniDV camera. In 2008-2009 Alexander, with the help of his friends wrote, directed and produced his first feature film “Last Days of Mortal Entity”. In 2017 Alexander graduated from University of British Columbia with the joint Master’s degree in Film Production and Creative Writing and now lives in Canada.

DIRECTOR: RAHUL V. CHITTELLA

DIRECTOR: ALEXANDER FORMOS

BURNING

BURN OUT

SYNOPSIS

A tangled story of Algerians today who are struggling, much like this frozen fish that passes from from the Kabyle mountains to the coast.

The film deals with the mental state of a Telephone Operator who begins to hear the phone bell all the time, see telephone instruments chasing him all the time, everywhere in the maze, that life is.

CAST & CREW Writer & Director :Slimane Bounia Writer :Sylvain Bolle-Reddat Cast: Sabrina Ouazani, Salim Kechiouch, RachidHadid

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Festival International du Court Métrage à Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand, France 12 Months Film Festival

18 Mins/ French/ France/ 2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Slimane directed his first short movie in 1995. Twenty two years later, he has a rich filmography. In 2010, with ‘Versl’Ouest’ : a triptych of three shorts fiction films produced by Plus de Prod, Slimane caught up with fictionand mostly works in fictional cinema.

DIRECTOR:

SLIMANE BOUNIA

CAST & CREW Producers: Nebulosa Producciones, Mateo Marzari Gondean,Manuela Moore Cast: Hector Pedro Alem

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

6 Mins/Spanish/ Argentina/ 2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Marcos Gabriel Arce is a film student. This is his Student film and his debut as a film maker.

DIRECTOR: MARCOS GABRIEL ARCE

CHUTNEY

SYNOPSIS

Everyone we meet has a public face. The one they allow us to see. What if there is another side? A side so dark that it would make our souls shudder…?

Lucía, a single thirty years old girl, realizes that all of her friends are getting married and she is going to be left on the shelf, so she decides to contact a dates website.

CAST & CREW

Writers: Jyoti Kapur Das, Avneesh Mishra, Tisca Chopra Key Cast: Tisca Chopra

Writer: Paul Dean Producer: Paul Dean Cast: Jana Cóndor, Manuel de la Rosa, Álex Saudinós,

FESTIVALS/AWARDS South Asian International Film Festival New York, USA HBO Shorts Award Dharamshala International Film Fetsival, Himachal Pradesh

FESTIVALS/AWARDS 17 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

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CONECTA2

Having graduated from India’s prestigious Film & Television Institute of India, JyotiKapur Das has been a professional in the Mumbai film industry since 1995. After assisting filmmakers like Kundan Shah, PankujParasher, J.P.Dutta and Abbas Mustaan, Jyoti took a break to be a work-from-home Mom. In 2011, she was offered the profile of Creative Head at Viacom18 Motion Pictures and brought her experience from the Industry into the corporate setup. She continued in this position till November 2014. She is currently Creative Head (Fiction) at Big Synergy Media Ltd. Between her feature, which BSML is co-producing, and the various shows for TV & Digital platforms, Jyoti is driving the Content slate aggressively.Jyoti’s first short fiction film Lucky Day (2002) has been screened at various international film festivals and won a film contract with PNC at the Buzz18 competition 2007.

DIRECTOR: JYOTI KAPUR DAS

Jagran Discovery

12 Mins/Spanish/ Spain/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY French native, he discovered his true passion for cinema in Spain. He studied script,realization and film directing at several schools in Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia. The short of his first screenplay “Quema2” was selected to the festival of San Luca La Mayor in 2005. In 2016, he creates the association “Los Lunes En Sol” with which he writes and directs the short “Conecta2” and takes part on several shorts and a music video. The same year, he works as first assistant director of the film “Tell me who you are” of Luis Javier Jimenez

DIRECTOR: PAUL DEAN

DESTROY MADRID

FLOW

SYNOPSIS

Madrid, 2030. In a world ravaged by the fight between goverments and citizens, one member of the resistance has got a mysterious device that can finally end the war.

A lonely woman wandering at the Berlin subway encounters a figure that changes the course of her life.

CAST & CREW Writer, Producer & Director: Joseba Alfaro Cast: Javier Server, Fernando Cayo, Ramón Quesada, Ricardo Reguera

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Falcon International Film Festival SCI-FI LONDON Almaty Independent Film Festival

CAST & CREW Producer Ogrinz, Christian Cast: Alec, Vlatca, Kröger, Martha

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

9 Mins/English/ Spain/2016

4 Mins/German/ Germany/ 2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Joseba Alfaro has directed dozens of short films and he firmly believes in the french term “film d’auteur“. Also, he devours commercial and studio movies, but until he gets to undertake such projects, he feels very comfortable producing, writing and directing his own ones. In DESTROY MADRID, as he did in his last works REM or TRIMAKE, he takes over the cinematography and camera operation —tasks he feels very comfortable with. At the same time, Joseba also carries out post-production work. Since he began his studies focusing on film editing, he edits all his projects and even assumes the processing of some VFX. Currently, Joseba wants to focus his efforts on making BALAS CIEGAS —a feature film he has been working on along many years—, the full-lenght feature film of DESTROY MADRID, and KAPLAN INVESTIGACIONES —a TV Series.

Tuca Paoli started her career in São Paulo on television, directing several programs for young audiences at MTV. She did contemporary arts’ correspondence in London for TV Cultura, and has directed documentaries about music. Her first (fiction) short film ‘Amadores’ featured on many festivals such as ‘Short Film Corner Cannes’, ‘Lakino Film Festival Berlin’, ‘São Paulo International Film Festival’, ‘Washington DC Short Film Festival’, and ‘Short Shots Tokyo’.

DIRECTOR: JOSEBA ALFARO

DIRECTOR: TUCA PAOLI

HER WORLD

SYNOPSIS

A 7 year old child walks in an airport restroom. In a few minutes her life changes dramatically.

A very annoyed movie fanatic does whatever is necessary to continue watching his flick.

CAST & CREW

Writer, Director: CristianScardigno Producer: Esen Studios Cast: Gaya Oggiano, Blazenka Pane Director of Photography: Francesco Di Pierro Editing and Sound Designer: Matteo Di Simone

Writers: Michael Poynor, Brandon Carter Producer: Michael Poynor Cast: Brandon Carter, Nick Flemens, Amy Carter

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery 6 mins/English/ USA/2016

10 Mins/EnglishItalian/ Italy/ 2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY CristianScardigno is a director, as well as a screenwriter and a producer. He directed several short films that were awarded at numerous international film festivals. In 2013 he directed his first feature, “Amoreodio (Lovehate)”, selected at the “Montreal World Film Festival” (Canada), “Festroia International Film Festival” (Portugal) and winner of the award for best actress at “Annecy Cinema Italien” (France). Screened in Paris, at the film exhibition “De Rome a Paris”, Amoreodio premiered in Italy in 2014. Since 2015, Scardigno is the artistic director of Cisterna International Short Film Festival. JAGRAN SHORTS | 136

HICCUPS

DIRECTOR: CRISTIAN SCARDIGNO

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Michael Poynor was born February 25, 1996 in Portales, New Mexico and raised there for most of his life. He is a student at Eastern New Mexico University with goals to move to Albuquerque and join the local 480 as G&E. Michael is a very hardworking individual willing to put in what ever work necessary to be successful.

DIRECTOR: MICHAEL POYNOR

INTERMEZZO

KATENA

SYNOPSIS

he movie is a chamber play which takes place in a theater at one night. The main emotion in the film is a love triangle involving a married couple and an actor.

Something happened one night, in a club out of town. That moment triggers a violent chain reaction.

CAST & CREW Writer: OrsolyaRicholm Producer: University of Theather and Film Arts, Budapest Cast: Károly Hajduk, Marina Gera, Adám Farkas, Dániel Dömötör

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

CAST & CREW Writer & Director: Mauro Russo Rouge Producers: Example Movie, ArtIn Movimento Cast: Fabrizio Odetto

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

18 Mins/Hungarian/ Hungary/ 2017

Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Endre Papp was born in 1993 at Debrecen, Hungary. He is an actor and director. He received his education from University of Theather and Film Arts, Budapest, 2012-2017.

DIRECTOR: ENDRE PAPP

30 Mins/Engligh,Italian/ Itly/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Mauro Russo is an Italina Film Director and has been directing films since 2002. Beginning with short films, Mauro graduated on to Feature length films. He has till now directed two feature films, “Censurado, Ode to Love” and “Aberrante”. H eis now working on his third feture. ‘Katena’ is his fifth short film.

DIRECTOR: MAURO RUSSO ROUGE

KAJAL(KOHL)

LIFE ON THE LINE

SYNOPSIS

Like all elements, humans have a saturation point. What happens when a woman -- constantly bullied by a boss, harassed by strangers and abused by husband -- finds an abandoned package one night?

What happens when one that who cannot face death, encounters the person that cannot face life?

CAST & CREW Writer & Director: Paakhi A Tyrewala Producer: Sonali G. Shekhawat, 3 Monkeys, Mountain Girl Cast: SalonyLuthra, Sunil Palwal

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Writer & Director: Ashley Cheung Producer: Pikyi Lee Key Cast: Joman Chiang, Himmy Wong, Chloe Yeung, Juliana Wong, Amy Wu, Katrina Poon , Terrenz Yuen

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

FESTIVALS/AWARDS New York Indian film Festival Feedback Female Film Festival

CAST & CREW

20 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

Jagran Discovery

25 Mins/Chinese/ Hong Kong/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Born to a linguistics lecturer and a journalist, Paakhi A. Tyrewala started off her career in films as a child actor. She began with modelling for the biggest brands like Ponds, Sunsilk, Dabur, Herohonda, Rayban& Organics in the year 2000. She has worked in two films as the Lead Actress‘YehKya Ho RahaHai’ (2002) and ‘Jhoota Hi Sahi’ (2010). Paakhi has three films credited to her as a writer. With ‘Kajal’ she started her career in direction. Currently her debut feature film as a Director ‘Pahuna (The Little Visitors) is in post-production.

Ashley Cheung Yin Kei is a Philosophy graduate from Chinese University of Hong Kong. As a screenwriter, she wrote for the feature film Vampire Clean-up Department (2016), the feature script The Vampire Girl won the ‘Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum Award’ in HKTDC Hong Kong International Film & TV Market 2016. She has also written scripts for RTHK TV drama episodes such as The SE Way II, Once Upon a Dime, Hong Kong, My Home III. The Short film Rest is Pending (2014) she wrote for represents Hong Kong in the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition 2014 and won Best Film Award in Italy Film Festival O’Curt.

DIRECTOR: PAAKHI A TYREWALA

DIRECTOR: ASHLEY CHEUNG YIN KEI

LIFE OUT OF FRAME

MARTYR’S LAND

SYNOPSIS

Two friends are at a movie theatre to see a film. One of them slowly realizes he can’t watch it, because he is actually in the film itself.

The film reflects the blessed of the motherland (Kurdistan), it sheds light on each yard of it which has been irrigated by its martyrs blood, it is a lesson for the current generations and the following to be aware about the cares and what has been done for it.

CAST & CREW Writer & Director: Alessandro Marinaro Producer: Operaprima Key Cast: Alfio Sorbello, Carlo Ferreri

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

CAST & CREW Writer, Producer & Director: Sami Sabah Cast: Mohammed Sherwani

FESTIVALS/AWARDS 15 Mins/Italian/ Italy/2016

14 Mins/Kurd/ Iraq/2016

Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

A Mass Communication graduate from London, Alessandro Marinaro was born in Sicily (Italy). He has been shooting short-films, commercials and documentaries for a long time. Some of them got many awards: “Motore!” (Rolling!)won the “Festival del Corto La25ora” on La7 (Italian TV Channel) and “Buongiorno, Sig. Bellavista” (Good Morning, Mr. Bellavista) won 15 prizes. The most important is best short at “Italian Contemporary Film Festival 2013” (Toronto, Canada). His last feature film as producer and scriptwriter is “Mauro c’ha da fare” (Mauro is busy) released on 2015 in Italy.

Sami Sabah (born January 25, 1988) is a Kurdish director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered as one of the well-known Kurdish innovative directors, as well as the leading fighters of defending the way of traditionally film making methods in misleading the watchers in the modern era in Kurdish Cinemas, he has been trying to show the real ways of making the stories as they are based on the reality that reflect the community suffers and pains, to convey these, he has also been working on such approaches to show the authentic conflicts and suffers to the spectators in the community which have been invisible to many.

DIRECTOR: ALESSANDRO MARINARO

DIRECTOR: SAMI SABAH

MAZHABI LADDU

MIC N ME

SYNOPSIS

‘Mazhabi Laddu’ talks about the genesis of religious intolerance and communalism, which is so widespread in the present environment and it does this through the personal narrative of an 8 year old kid.

Cadence finds that dating a microphone is not without its costs.

CAST & CREW

Writer, Producer & Director : Jacob Shao Key Cast: Samantha Nugent, Jesse James Keitel

Writer& Director: SaurabhTyagi Producer: Humara Movie Cast: Mohit Shah, SahibaVij

FESTIVALS/AWARDS The Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival Seoul, Korea

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

11 Mins/English/ USA/2017

25 Mins/Hindi/ India/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Saurabh Tyagi was born in a farming community and got his education from a small town in UP. A Writer, director and Ad Film Maker by profession, he started his Journey from Jamia Millia Islam University where he studied Journalism and did theatre. From there he discovered his love for filmmaking. Soon, he started assisting a Renowned Director Shri Sudhir Mishra and learnt the ropes of filmmaking. Mazhabi Laddu is his first short film portraying the religious gaps in our society through the eyes of a kid.

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CAST & CREW

DIRECTOR: SAURABH TYAGi

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Jacob Shao is a 19-year old filmmaker from California who is hoping his films make money soon because he needs to fix his broken caps lock key as soon as possible. A couple years ago, he moved to New York City to pursue his dream of making movies for life. Fingers crossed that pans out and he won’t end up homeless, or worse, on his mom’s couch.

DIRECTOR: JACOB SHAO

NIGHTMARE

NO SMOKING

SYNOPSIS

The nuclear family tries to resolve the issues through series of experiences occurring on day to day basis. How one incident change their life and turn into a nightmare,

When a traveller checks into a motel and breaks one of its strictly enforced rules, it results in unexpected consequences in the hands of the motel owner.

CAST & CREW

Writer: Shravya Gunipudi, Prasad Sawant Producer: Amol Korde, Milind Chavhan, Prasad Sawant Cast: Pratiksha Rane, Milind Chavhan, Vihaan Dixit

Writer: Liam Lacy Executive Producer: Niranga Nero Associate Producer: Matt Hughes Cast: Mark Robert Walters, Peter Warbuton, Niranga Nero, NelKapoor

FESTIVALS/DISCOVERY Jagran Discovery

22 Mins/English/ India/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Prasad Sawant is an upcoming filmmaker. Nightmare is his first short film and he plans to make his first feature film soon.

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

12 Mins/English/ Australia/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Niranga Nero is an actor & film-maker in Melbourne. With origins in Sri Lanka, Nero was actively involved in the Sri Lankan film industry before heading into Australia. It took him a prolonged break of more than 4 years, to get back into the filming world. Nero’s directorial debut short film RAEES, received positive reviews on across short film festivals worldwide and was screened in few Melbourne indie film nights. Nero’s second short film ‘No Smoking’ is inspired by the works of Alfred Hitchock. He wanted to portray tension between two characters in one single location. His upcoming project is based on artificial intelligence, named ‘Waifu’.

DIRECTOR: PRASAD SAWANT

DIRECTOR: NIRANGA NERO

OUT OF BREATH

PEANUT BUTTER

SYNOPSIS

Shauly, a young film student, decides to prepare a memorial film about himself while he is alive. Directing the film forces him to deal with the one story he never told, and to confront unexpected discoveries.

A coming of age story where a woman is made aware of the next evolutionary step that she is to take… A step that is bold and nonconforming to existing social paradigms… Is PriyaMathur up to the challenge?

CAST & CREW

Writer, Producer, Director: Shauly Melamed Cast: Nadav Eder

Writers: Deepak Kapur Bhardwaj, Manu ChobeWriter Producers: RatneshKumar, Sunil Thadani, Mohan Shetty Cast: Gauhar Khan, DhirajTotlani

FESTIVALS/AWARDS TLV Fest, Tel Aviv’s International LGBT Film Festival Tel Aviv, Israel

13 Mins/Hebrew/ Israel/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

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Shauly Melamed is a student at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, in Tel Aviv University, Israel. She has created more than 20 short films as a student. Even before joining the University, she worked as an editor in the Israeli award winning satire show – ‘GavHa’uma’. Today she works as an editor in a documentary production company.

DIRECTOR: SHAULY MELAMED

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

19 Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Manu has been very social about the film he has done, he has been a veteran writer for TV shows like Sanjeevni, Sara Akash, KyaHaadsaKyaHaqeeqat and many more. Manu made his directorial debut with the Web series Married Woman Diaries and then later made Peanut Butter following which he came out with two more shorts Dogs not allowed and Parineeti respectively. He aims make his films seen by masses because they are the reflection of our society.

DIRECTOR: MANU CHOBE

PROJECTION

PUNCHLINE

SYNOPSIS

Projection is a short film about the charm of “Cinema”. What would happen if a Cinephile would end up inside his favourite movie?

Two wannabe gangsters can’t decide on the coolest thing to say before shooting Michel.

CAST & CREW

Writer, Producer & Director: Jack Salvadori Cast: TashKayser

Writer, Director: Christophe M.Saber Producer: Box Productions Cast: Mehdi Djaadi, Alain Borek, Laurent Baier

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

Jagran Discovery 6 Mins/English/ UK/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Jacopo “Jack” Salvadori is a student at Royal Holloway University of London, studying Film, Television and Digital Production. In 2016, he became the president of the university’s Film Society.This is his debut film.

DIRECTOR: JACK SALVADORI

9 Mins/French/ Switzerland/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Born in Cairo, in 1991. Egyptian/Swiss nationality. CHRISTOPHE M.SABER graduated from an American College in Cairo in 2009. He then completed a short school of digital filmmaking in the U.S before being admitted in the cinema department of the University of Arts and Design of Lausanne (ECAL) in Switzerland in 2010. He wrote and directed several fictions as well as documentaries and experimental films. In 2014, he graduated from ECAL with first class honors. Discipline is his diploma film and premiered during the 2014 edition of Toronto International Film Festival. He won the Swiss Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2015.

DIRECTOR: CHRISTOPHE M.SABER

RAMBLE

SAVE ME

SYNOPSIS

A couple, Afaq and Saman are addicted to Methamphetamine which is also called ‘Shishe’. Post theirdivorce, Afaqis in need of money and reqher ex-husband for her ‘Mahr’. When he approaches his Ex-boss Salehi, he accepts to lend but on one condition that eh would sell his kidney to Saleh….

Mother and her little girl in chased by a hunter in the forest but in the end it becomes obvious that the truth is something else.

CAST & CREW Writer, producer & Director: Hooman Shahabi Cast: Mina Eyvazi, SalarKarimkhani, Ali Taleblou, Maryam Mousavi

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

Writer & Director: Mohsen Nabavi Producer: AzadehAkbarian Cast: SimaBabaei, AyshinSalmaniha, HamedNadri, Mahmoud Nazaralian

FESTIVALS/AWARDS 40 Mins/Persian/ Iran/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY HoomanShahabi was born in Tehran in 1982. Post his education in photography, he began directing Documentary Films. ‘Ramble’ is his debut short film.

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CAST & CREW

DIRECTOR: HOOMAN SHAHABI

10 Mins/English/ Iran/2016

Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Mohsen Nabavi did MA in Dramatic Literature. He is the author of the book: Secrets of Attracting sponsors and investors Film. He is a screenwriter of short films and TV and director of short films.

DIRECTOR: MOHSEN NABAVI

SONNET 88

SPEED DATING

SYNOPSIS

A man in a ute travels down a lonesome road. He is quite emotional and has flashbacks to an argument with what appears to be his partner.

He’s got 7 minutes to seduce her... If he fails, she blows up.

CAST & CREW

Writer; Daniel Brunet Producer: Vladimir Feral Cast: Arnaud Ducret, AmelieEtasse, Thierry Desrose

Writer: KristianLupinski Producers: Kristian Lupinski, Nick De Gabriele Cast: Kristian Lupinski, El Mae

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

6 Mins/English/ Australia/ 2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

(U.S.A.).

Born in 1985 in the USA, Mr. Lupinski is a recent graduate of the Creative Industries program (Media Design) at the James Cook University (Cairns, Australia). Throughout his life, he has been pursuing a career in cinematography. He has been involved in numerous video and film productions, such as Saphhire Pictures (Australia) Little Earth Productions (Australia), Jakey D Productions (Greece), and Drive Line TV

CAST & CREW

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Festival du court d’humour de Meudon Best Short at Festival du court-métrage de Velizy-Villacoublay Mention spéciale du jury at Festival de Montalbert

12 Mins/ French/ France/ 2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY NICOLAS DOUSTE is an upcoming filmmaker. Speed/Dating is his first short film and he plans to make his first feature film soon.

In 2016, Mr. Lupinski formed Element Media Productions with Nick De Gabriele. Element Media Productions speacialise in independent productions of many genres of film including; music videos, campaign films, short narratives and documentaries.Currently, Mr. Lupinski and Mr. De Gabriele are in the process of writing and producing a feature film to begin production in 2018.

DIRECTOR: KRISTIANLUPINSKI, NICK DE GABRIELE

DIRECTOR: DANIEL BRUNET, NICOLAS DOUSTE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS

During a seemingly traditional job interview, prospective new hire Erin Andrews learns the limitations of her privacy rights in the modern, technology-based society we live in.

In a dystopian future, the TV show “The box of your life” has become a media phenomenon daily followed by millions of viewers. Leading the contest is Toni, an unscrupulous showman able to do anything to please his dehumanized audience.

CAST & CREW Writer, Producer &Director :Ashleigh Coffelt Cast: Courtney Birk, Justin Schilling Music: Michael Hsiang Lee Sound: Edmund Curran

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

CAST & CREW Writer, Producer & Director: David F Vega Cast: CucaEscribano, Antonio Valero

FESTIVALS/AWARDS 8 Mins/English/ USA/2017

Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Over the last few years, Ashleigh has created over 60 short films that have screened at film festivals both internationally and nationally. In addition to being a Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab Semi-Finalist, she has been awarded numerous awards including Best Director, Best Cinematography, and RAW:Baltimore Filmmaker of the Year.

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THE BOX OF YOUR LIFE

DIRECTOR: ASHLEIGH COFFELT

12 Mins/Spanish/ Spain/2016

Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY David F Vega, a Chemical Engineering graduate began his arts studies with great passion. Post completion of a degree course in Film making, David founded the audiovisual collective TukTuk Films. In this collective he produces his subsequent works, and continues his training for a Master’s degree at the New York Film Academy. His latest work, “The box of your life” is under distribution.

DIRECTOR: DAVID F VEGA

THE GIFT

THE LAST DRAWING

SYNOPSIS

A story about an unexpected meeting between two cultures and civilizations, told with a melancholic humor.

Inspired by a true story, “The last Drawing” depicts the horrors of domestic violence.

CAST & CREW

Writer: Toktobek Usenov Producer: Gulmira Kerimova Cast: Pan Jui Fan, Adilet Kojobergenov, Busurmankul Odurakaev

Writer,Director& Producer: Rudy Carpio Key cast: Henrik Plau, Tyrone Douglas

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Best Film & Audience Prize (National Competiton) International Film Festival

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

18MINS/Krygyz/ Krygyzstan/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Bolsunbek Taalaibek studied “Kyrgyz State Institute of Arts between 2008-13 and now works as a film maker. This is his debut short film.

9 Mins/English/ Norway/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Rudy Carpio-Alfsen was born on April 21, 1981, in San Salvador City, El Salvador. He is a Norwegian naturalised. Now he lives in London, UK since 2015. Having an inclination for film and TV but not able to attend any film course in his birth country, Rudy attended his Spain. Able to explore his passion for film, he studied the craft of filmmaking. He finished a Bachelor’s degree spesialising in film directing from his studies in Norway and Australia, later he finished a Masters in film production in London, UK. Over the last few years he has been short length films which have had much success in various international film festivals. Rudy directed, wrote and produced the 2017 film ‘The Generator’, which marked his feature film debut.

DIRECTOR: BOLSUNBEK TAALAIBEKUULU

DIRECTOR: RUDY CARPIO

THE STARRY SKY

TRADITION

SYNOPSIS

Brother and sister come to visit their grandmother to attend father’s funeral, where they get into trouble.

An old woman decorates a bride with the traditional Sri Lankan jewelry. The bride’s ultimate destiny seems something illusive.

CAST & CREW Director: Konstantin Ņedošivins (Odarst) Writer: Konstantin Ņedošivins (Odarst) Producer: DaigaLivčāne Cast: Alise Danovska, Kristīne Belicka, Mārtiņš Zariņš, Dace

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

Writer, Producer & Director: Lanka Bandaranayake Writer Producer: Ransiri Perera Cast: Kalum Gamlath, Irangani Serasinhe, Sameeralakmal,

FESTIVALS/AWARDS 35 Mins/Latvian/ Latvia/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Born on 17 March, 1989 in Jurmala, Latvia. In 2000, he started going to film group where he made his first funny short film. In 2011, his short film “Remembers in Dreams” was screened at the national Latvia Film Festival. He also directed TV show episode for youth.

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CAST & CREW

DIRECTOR: KONSTANTIN ŅEDOŠIVINS (ODARST)

VIS Vienna Shorts Vienna, Austria Agenda 14 Short Film Festival Colombo, Sri Lanka

11 Mins/SinhalaEnglish/Sri Lanka/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Lanka Bandaranayake was born in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. She started her career as an actress in 1998. Since then she has won several acting and costume designing national awards. Later she also became a national award Winning Drama Producer and Director. Her first short film “Tradition” was produced in 2016.

DIRECTOR: LANKA BANDARANAYAKE

UKLI(THE BOILING POINT)

UNIFORM

SYNOPSIS

A disturbing tale of two women - one a cripple, the other pregnant.

Zozan is a little girl who was not sent to the school by her parents. Her brother Ademwas however allowed to study in a primary school. One night, Zozan dreams that her brother falls down from a tree. This dream changes her destiny.

CAST & CREW Writer & Director: Omkar Kulkarni Producer: Neha Joshi Cast: Neha Joshi, Vibhawari Deshpande, Umesh Jagtap

CAST & CREW

FESTIVALS

Writer, Producer & Director: FıratOnar Cast: Arife Güneş, Bilal Güneş, Şükriye Kaya, Firdevs Güneş, Bilal Irmak

Ark Film Festival Pune, India

FESTIVALS/AWARDS 23 Mins/Marathi/ India/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Onkar is an upcoming filmmaker. Ukli is his debut short film, soon he plans to make his debut feature.

DIRECTOR: OMKAR KULKARNI

47th Giffoni film festival Official Selection 2017

13 Mins/Kurdish/ Turkey/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Firat Onar was born in 1992 in Batman, Turkey and now lives in Istanbul where he is studying at MimarSinan Fine Arts University - cinema department.

DIRECTOR: FIRAT ONAR

VIULU

WE’VE GOT COMPANY

SYNOPSIS

An ex-hitman tries to play violin one last time for his wife but first he must track down the gangsters that took it from him.

He is brave Jack, she is charming Kitty, and they hunt zombies in a Hollywood blockbuster. But someone else is spoiling their romantic love....

CAST & CREW

Writer, Director: RaminSohrab Producers: Sonja Farling, Ramin Sohrab, Eero Heinonen Cast: Saeid Rajabi, Sami Huhtala, Ramin Sohrab, Maxim Pavlenko, Sonja Farling, PepeKarai

Writer, Producer & Director: StepanEtrych Cast: Zuzana Krajickova, Zdenek Jarusek, Vladimir Kopácek

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Night Visions Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland

11 Mins/Finnish, Persian, Russian/ Finland/ 2017

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Best Sound at 48 Hour Film Project Bratislava, Slovakia ViceoCulture Fest Prague Runner Up at Kladno

7 Mins/ Czech/ Czech Republic/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Ramin Sohrab is a director, actor and stunt coordinator with over 15 years experience in entertainment industry. Ramin’s career began when he was only 4 years of age. His first trainer and mentor was his father, Alireza Sohrab, who at the time was already a well-known martial artist with a very popular martial arts school attended by thousands of students and widely employed in Persian motion picture productions.At the age of eight, Ramin moved to Finland. All this time, Ramin continued to actively perform in public. At the age of twenty, Ramin moved to Los Angeles. He studied and gradueted at Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Hollywood.

StepanEtrych was born on January 24, 1977 in Prague, former Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). He is a selftaught filmmaker. Completed his journalism studies from Prague Charles University (2002). For a few years, he worked as a movie critic for magazines and newspapers. In 2007, he shot his first own short movie called “The Rose Hip Earrings (2007)”. After some years with his rock band, he turned back to the world of cinema and till now he has written and directed 13 short films. His films have won more than 20 awards and screened at more than 120 films festivals across the world.

DIRECTOR: RAMIN SOHRAB

DIRECTOR: STEPAN ETRYCH

YOU DIDN’T FORGET

YOUR FATHER’S EYE

SYNOPSIS

An elderly woman’s day is turned upside down when she sets out to find her missing husband, who’s been struggling with memory loss.”

Amila is a victim of a porn revenge. An act that generated abrupt change of the girl’s life, who under social convention, suffers popular anger and finds herself forced to flee away to finally face the unprecedented violence of her family, that is running close to the honor crime.

CAST & CREW

Writer: Simon Intihar Producer: Janez Pir, Edo Brzin Key Cast: Marijana Brecelj, Dare Valič

Writer & Director: Hamza Atifi Producer: Christophe Stathopoulos Cast: Ibtissam Laaroussi, ZakariaAtifi, ZohraNoujoum

FESTIVALS Cucalorus Film Festival Wilmington Praxis Film Festival Goldsboro, NC

14 Mins/Slovenian/ Slovenia/ 2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Simon Intihar (18.7.1990, Postojna, Slovenia) graduated in Film and TV directing at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He works on various Film, Video and TV projects. He is also an active musician.

DIRECTOR: SIMON INTIHAR

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

25 Mins/ Arabic/ Morocco/ 2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Born in Casablanca in 1992, HamzaAtifi comes from a family of cinema. Enthusiastic about his experiences with directors like Tony GATLIF and MoustaphaDerkaoui. He decided to take a Cinematography courses at ESAV Marrakech then at INSAS Brussels. His first short film ‘Poisoned Liberty’ was selected in numerous festivals, including the Marrakech International Film Festival, and received the second prize at the SILK & ROAD Festival in Dublin 2014. His next ‘Ghoul (Monster)’ was also selected at the Marrakech International Film Festival. He actively works as Cinematographer in Morocco for Moroccan and foreign films.

DIRECTOR: HAMZA ATIFI

HARD WAY- The Action Musical

ANGST

SYNOPSIS

HARD WAY combines Action and Musical. A story of hard men with hard feelings. Jake loses his best friend Zach in a S.W.A.T. operation near Detroit. Eight months later Jake and his team are trying to get „The Mother“ - the terrorist responsible for Zach’s death. While singing and dancing they fight their way through their enemies. But then Jake’s blind thirst for revenge leads them into the deadly hands of a sniper.

A young man visits his sister in London. The film explores their relationship and their past.

CAST & CREW

Director & Writer: Daniel Vogelmann Producer: Fireapple Bandel.Gengnagel GbR Director of Photography: Kaspar Kaven Key Cast: Oliver Tompsett, Hannah Britland, Charlie Anson, Ruby O. Fee 30 Mins/English/

CAST & CREW Director: Alessandro Inglima Writer: Alessandro Inglima Producer: Alessandro Inglima, Fabio guglielmelli Key Cast: Marianne Chase, Tom Wells Production Budget: 10000 GBP 15 Mins/English/United Kingdom/2017

Germany/2017

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DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Daniel shot his first short in 2003: “Ball Playing People”. In 2004, he began working as an editor for commercials and studying at film school in the same year. In 2006, he became cofounder of the film production company VON HERZEN (which translates “from the heart”). With VON HERZEN he directed commercials and animations for clients like McDonald’s, Wrigley and Microsoft. He also wrote and directed the horror short “Duplex” which was nominated for the infamous Shocking Short Award. In 2012, his mystery thriller “Wilt” won 19 awards at festivals throughout the world. But making movies is not Daniel’s only interest. He is also part of the band THE EXPLODING VOIDS, that has released four music videos so far. Their debut EP hit the stores in 2015. His bandmate Jakob composed the music for HARD WAY.

DIRECTOR: DANIEL VOGELMANN

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Alessandro Inglima is an Italian filmmaker based in London. He is writer and director for his own projects, and works as a freelance video editor and edit producer.

DIRECTOR: ALESSANDRO INGLIMA

BEHIND CLOSED CURTAINS

HOUSE OF MOTHERS

SYNOPSIS

Sexuality, cross-dressing, bullying and secrets. But firstly this film is about identity. The three main characters; Terje, Are and Gunnar are dealing with different battles in their lives as their paths crosses and all tackle the obstacles in their own way.

“A house of mothers” is a shelter for mothers with newborn children who have no place to go.

CAST & CREW Director & Writer: Hanna Björg Jónsdóttir Producer: Emilie Vincent Key Cast: Morten Rudå, Simon Moholt, Henning Mythe

FESTIVALS

20 Mins/ Norwegian/ Norway/2017 Cucalorus Film Festival Wilmington

CAST & CREW

Director: Olga Korotko Writer: Olga Korotko Producer: Olga Korotko, Aigul Nurbulatova Director Of Photography: Olga Korotko, Yerlan Aigozhinov Editor: Yerlan Aigozhinov

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

11 Mins/Russian/ Kazakhstan/2017

Praxis Film Festival Goldsboro, NC

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Hanna is an upcoming filmmaker and the film behind the closed curtains is here debut short. In this film she cast Morten Ruda, Veteran Actor who teaches filmmaking and acting at the Oslo School of Arts.

DIRECTOR: HANNA BJÖRG JÓNSDÓTTIR

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Olga Korotko was born on January 19, 1988 in Uralsk, Kazakhstan. She is a director and producer, known for Golub na kryshe (2012), An ordinary person (2015) and A Date (2015).

DIRECTOR: OLGA KOROTKO

SHE

DARK BREW

SYNOPSIS

The screenplay writer is writing the Script where the protagonist is his wife. Everything changes, when the tragedy of the script becomes a part of author’s real life. The pain of what unfolds next puts great pressure on him. The guilt and the loss of a loved one direct him to some really terrible thoughts.

A man commits a sin in his dream and gets killed, will he survive when he wakes up?

CAST & CREW Director: Mukhlisa Azizova Writer: Mansur Vasatti, Dilmurad Masaidov Producer: Oybek Abdushukurov Editor: Hurshid Alihodzhaev Cast: Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Rano Shadieva 11 Mins/Russian/

CAST & CREW Director: Akash Goila Writer: Akash Goila Producer: Aashish Sachdeva Key Cast: Vinay Pathak, Sheetal Thakur, Shibani Bedi

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

13 Mins/English-Hindi/ India/2017

Uzbekistan/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

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Mukhlisa Azizova was born in 1987 in Tashkent. She is studying at the State Institute of Arts and Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Department of Directing Cinema and TV. The film She is a student movie by Mukhlisa Azizova.

DIRECTOR: MUKHLISA AZIZOVA

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Akash Goila is a first time director, he has run many successful ventures in the field of events, professional speaking and exports. He wishes to make films on dark humor, fiction and love stories combined together.

DIRECTOR: AKASH GOILA

BISORJAN

PIZZA MMS

SYNOPSIS

Love.. Relation.. Sacrifice of Religion in 2017 is based on Rabindranath Tagore Story. Life is very much complicated of religion but too much individual and social. It is a big question in present time…humanity? Religion? Death ?

This is the story of a girl and a boy who are in relationship with each other but after sometime the boy shows his true colours and forces the girl to have sex in front of camera to blackmail her and how she get rid out of it . .

CAST & CREW

Producer: Soumen Goon Director: Shankha Ghosh Script: Pradipto Bhattacharjee DOP: Santanu Banerjee Editor: Sumanta Ghosh Cast: Jayanta Chatterjee, Sritama Dey, Shyamal Sarkar, Nurul Gama, Jishu Bauri, Aninda Mukherjee 11 Mins/Russian/ Uzbekistan/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Shankha Ghosh is an independent film maker from Kolkata. Born to famous film maker Late Sushil Ghosh. He is known for his experiments with lenses and actors in a highly unconventional manner. A new age film makerShankha began by assisting renowned film makers BudhadebDasgupta and Hori SadhanDasgupta. Earlier he worked with his father from an early age and learnt the ropes of film making. His debut film ‘Aka’ was premiered at New Jersey Film festival in 2000, his next “Katha” had a grand opening at International Film Festival of Kerala.

DIRECTOR: SIMON INTIHAR

CAST & CREW Director: Akash Goila Writer: Akash Goila Producer: Aashish Sachdeva Key Cast: Vinay Pathak, Sheetal Thakur, Shibani Bedi

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

1Min/Hindi/India/2017

Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: HAMZA ATIFI

PEHEL SYNOPSIS This is a Story of 3 friends who one fine day plan to hangout in a park, and are busyin their conversations. Being engrossed in their holiday mode they eat wheat puffs, and throw away the packet candidly/casually on the ground. While a kid witnesses their activity, and promises to himself to make these so called arrogant and boastful group of friends realize the repercussions of a simple yet emerging issue of the country.

CAST & CREW

3Mins/Hindi/ India/2017

Director: Divesh Jeswani & Priyanka Agarwal. Producer: Priyanka Agarwal Writer: Divesh Jeswani & Sangam Gupta Cast: Divesh Jeswani, Tanmay Agarwal & Sanchit Taksali DOP: Riddhiman Sinha

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A very creative and hard working individual with 4 Years of exhaustive Theatre Experience into Acting, Script Writing & Direction. Had been very active in various plays staged at renowned platforms encompassing very well known NGOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at an extensive scale. He is the core member of Creative Sailor Productions holding the designation of a Production Manager, In-house Writer and Actor. He has contributed his efforts at all the stages of film making: Pre-Production, Production & Post-Production. His farsighted vision helps in shaping good projects that could entertain/touch hearts of the audience as a Director & Versatile Actor.

DIRECTOR: DIVESH JESWANI

1984, WHEN THE SUN DIDN’T RISE SYNOPSIS Every evening women from the Sikh Widows Colony bond and share their memories. They are nestled away from the so-called developed Metropolis New Delhi to a rehabilitated colony, which is infamously called Widows Colony. They lost their men who were daily wage earners in 1984 when almost 30,000 Sikhs were killed all over India by violent mobs after the assassination of Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. Three decades later, a journey begins to connect with the women and children living in a Sorority and a ghetto of a kind to know their journey and impact of violence. The film is slice of life of three brave women who negotiate their memories each day to live and earn bread for their families while fighting for justice.

CAST & CREW Director: Teenaa Kaur Writer: Teenaa Kaur Producer: Teenaa Kaur Director of Photography: Tanweer Ahmed

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

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Busan International Film Festival, South Korea Busan Korea, Asian Cinema Fund Dok Leipzig Documentary And Animation Film Festival, Germany Leipzig Work In Progress Selected For Doc Wok, Docedge Kolkata Dc Asia Pacific Film Festival 2017 Best Documentary Feature

60Mins/Hindi-Punjabi/India/2016

DIRECTOR: TEENAA KAUR DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Teenaa has been extensively involved in documentaries and screenwriting. Her debut independent documentary ‘1984,When the Sun didn’t Rise’ received Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Network and Documentary fund “AND” Fund in 2015. It has been selected for “DOC WOK” of International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Films in 2014 and DOCEDGE, Kolkata in 2012. In 2013, she was awarded a fellowship by Time Warner Foundation supported Asia Society, New York, for her first feature film screenplay ‘The White Autumn’. Teenaa is a Production Engineering Graduate from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur. She has worked in the Television and Ad films to pursue her dream in independent filmmaking dedicatedly since 2010. She has studied Film Appreciation and Basic Videography from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 2012 and PG in Mass Communications from Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Delhi in 2003.

A MEMORY IN THREE ACTS SYNOPSIS Former political prisoners decide to go back to the places where they used to be interrogated and tortured, to meet their ghosts, rebuild their memories of torture and find a possible reconciliation with the past as a treatment for their trauma

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: INADELSO COSSA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Inadelso Cossa is an independent film director amd producer based in Mozambique, in film business since 2007 producing art house short films, features and creative documentaries, co-producing with internationals film projects. a Durban talent campus, berlinale talents and IDFAcademy Summer school 2014 Aluminus, awarded with EstaçãoImagem – Mora prize for best documentary at FIKE – Évora International short film festival 2013 and Special Jury prize at FFER – Récife International Ethnographic film festival 2013 with a short film Xilunguine, A Memory in three Acts its his first feature lengh documentary, the film has been selected to pitch at Durban Film Mart 2014 a co-production event of Durban international film festival and Open Doors Locarno 2014 a co-production event of Locarno International Film festival, the film was also selected by IDFA Bertha fund and IDFA Summer School

64 Min/English/ Mozambique/2016/Docu-Feature

BABYLON DREAMERS SYNOPSIS An intimate story of a group of young dancers from Israel’s periphery, whose members are immigrants from former USSR, is trying to win the International Breakdance Championship. The competition is the highlight of their dreams as dancers, but as we watch them prepare, we encounter a world of crisis and alienation. Mixer, 27, is supporting his family and trying to help his younger brothers, who still live with their alcoholic mother. Potter, 21, is in the army now; he still dreams of dancing, but has no one to help him care for his mother, who is ill. And yet, despite the hardships, these bold dancers confront reality head-on, because desperation is a luxury that they can hardly afford.

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

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Best Short Film, Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico 2012 Best Actor - Haifa International Film Festival, Israel2011 Best Original Music - South Cinema Festival, Israel 2011 Best Student Film - For the Development of Social Problems, Israel 2012 “It’s all fun and Games” (2012) An independent short clip to encourage HIV/AIDS awareness, Donated for broadcast on CH1, Israel. “The Witness” (2010) Short fiction film, 48 hr Film Contest Honorary Award. “The whole world on your shoulders” (2009) - short documentary, Best college film. Film and Television Sapir Academic College.

87 Mins/Hebrew,Russian/ Israel/2016/Docu-Feature

DIRECTOR: ROMAN SHUMUNOV DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Roman Shumunov-Agaranyan was born in Georgia, After the Civil War in Georgia, at the age 9 moved with family to Russia and after emigrated to Israel on his own in 2001, at 17 years of age on a student program. In 2008 started Film studies in Sapir Academic college and graduated with honors.

FILMOGRAPHY “No Future” (2016) Fiction feature, in progress. “Babylon Dreamers” (2016) Documentary. *Best Debut Film, Docaviv IFF, Israel 2016 *Best First Film Award: Israeli Documentary Film Awards - Israel 2016 * Audience Award at Moscow International Documentary Film Festival 2017. “No one but us” (2011), graduated film, 35 min fiction about young immigrants in Israel and their unique hardships and dilemmas.

FROM THE EDGE OF SANITY SYNOPSIS The documentary “From the Edge of Sanity” is interwoven with the destiny of a Christian family from Syria. At the peak of the war two sons and a daughter of YounesAyoub and Helen Alashehab leave the war-torn fatherland. Fear of terrorists and a desire to preserve the family together forced the 65-year-old Helen to go after their children. The family sold most of the property to pay smugglers to take them to Europe.The hero of the film, seventy years old Younes Ayoub, remains in Damascus.

FESTIVALS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: MILANA MAJAR DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Milana Majar was born in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska-Bosnia and Herzegovina. She graduated from primary school and Stage and Film Art Classes in High School, and then from the Faculty of Philosophy. Milana speaks Arabic and English. She worked and lived for nine years in Syria between 1992-2001. Since 2005 she has been working in the foreign news program at Radio Television Republic of Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milana has directed many documentaries from the Middle East. During 2009 and 2010 she participated in the Silk Road festival in Syria, organized by the Syrian Ministry of Tourism. At the time of the Egyptian revolution in 2011, she reported from Cairo for Radio Television Republic of Srpska.

26 Mins/Arabic/Bosnia and Herzegovina/2017/Docu-Short

FILMISTHAAN- THE EUPHORIC STATE OF BOLLYWOOD SYNOPSIS What is Bollywood? It is an idea? A state? A state of mind? “In India you have many states, Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal... But there is one more state, and that is Hindi cinema.” These words by lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar define the madness and the genius of Bollywood and begin to explain in part its mind-boggling appeal. In a country of 1.2 billion people, it is the magic of movies that ascribes value, assigns mind-space and captures all imaginations. It wins over all hearts. It blurs boundaries and removes barriers of religion or class. It challenges its fans, by taking a position on good and evil, inspiring them to be better people. How it does this and why it works is what the feature-length documentary, Filmisthaan: The Euphoric State of Bollywood, explores. The documentary features stalwarts from the industry including the Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty, screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan, filmmakers Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Shyam Benegal, Pooja Bhatt and Aseem Mishra, and ad-man Prahlad Kakkar besides many other illustrious names, speaking about how Hindi cinema has become one of the most successful cultural exports of the country over the years, sharing Indian values, culture and exuberance not just with the Indian diaspora but also foreigners.

Cast and Crew: Director: Fazal Kidwai and Yasmin Kidwai Writer: Yasmin Kidwai Producer: XPD Division, Ministry of External Affairs Editor: Anil Kumar Sharma, Mahipal Singh Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

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FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

80Mins/English-Hindi/India/2017

DIRECTOR: YASMIN KIDWAI DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY YASMIN KIDWAI is a Delhi-based award-winning documentary filmmaker. Committed to making films that sparks meaningful dialogue and drive change, Yasmin has focused on rural and social development issues for the better part of two decades. Her work has effected changes in government policy and pioneered methods of funding and showcasing films.

INDIA HAS NO NAME SYNOPSIS The short documentary film “India has no Name” presents a ‘montage experiment’ inspired by the Indian classical music structure. A trip from the countryside to the coast of India with a musical journey.

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: MARCO ANTÔNIOGONÇALVES DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Marco is born in Minas Gerais, Brazil, graduated in Cinema and Audiovisual (2016), has studied cinematography at Maine Media Workshops. Since 2012 has developed researches and productions on photography, video and cinema. In photography his last works have been on InfraRed Photography and long exposition. Directed the films Inaiá’s Eyes (2016), India has no Name (2017); director of photography of the videoclips “Nina” (2012), “Manawê” (2012), “AlaPétalo” (2012), “Rádio Favela” (2015), “Além Mar” (2016).

15 Mins/Music Only/Brazil/ 2016/Docu-Short

THE ART OF MOVING SYNOPSIS Daya Al-Taesh is an anti-IS satirical web series created by a group of Syrian Video Activists. They produce the episodes from their base in Gaziantep, Turkey. After receiving threats from IS supporters they leave for Istanbul with the aim to broadcast an improved topical-comedy show for Syrian TV but obstacles keep coming up in an already unstable situation, pressurising the group’s work and friendships. They are forced to take decisions about the future of their activism and the possibility of stable life in Istanbul, or elsewhere. This film is a refreshing take on the refugee crisis, the encroachment of IS and the fateful choices left to Syria’s youth.

FESTIVALS Jagran Discovery

DIRECTOR: LILIANAMARINHO DE SOUSA DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

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Liliana Marinho de Sousa was born in Germany in 1982. While and after completing her first studies in education with the focus on intercultural communication in 2008, she worked in the social area with deprived youngsters, women and refugees. She got into documentary filmmaking through an educational media project, where she supported educational documentaries for a youth audience. In 2010 she began studying documentary cinema. In 2014/2015 she volunteered for one year in a documentary filmmaking production and NGO in Istanbul, where she shot her graduation project “The Art Of Moving” about Syrian video activists based in Turkey. The documentary won the award for “Best Feature Documentary” at BBC Arabic Festival in 2017.

88 Mins/Arabic, English, Turkish/ Germany/2016/Docu-Feature

NEW SECTION

ADI SHANKARACHARYA SYNOPSIS The first and only Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Sankara - the founder of the non-duality (Advaita) school of Indian philosophy..

Cast and Crew: Director: G.V. Iyer Writer: Benanjaya Godvincharya (dialogue), G.V. Iyer (screenplay) Music By: Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna, B.V. Karanth Editor: V.R.K. Prasad Director of Photography: Madhu Ambat Cast: Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, M.V. Narayana Rao, Manjunath Bhatt, Leela Narayana Rao, L.V. Sharada Rao, Bharat Bhushan

DIRECTOR: G.V IYER

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Nicknamed “Kannada Bheeshma”, Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer born on 3 September 1917 in Mysore, Karnataka was popularly known as G. V. One of the stalwarts of Indian Cinema, GV began his career at the age of eight when he joined the Gubbi Veeranna theatre group. As an actor his first film was ‘Radha Ramana’. Some of his best known films are iconic in Kannada Cinema. Film like ‘Bedara Kannappa’ (1954), ‘Ranadheera Kanteerva’ (1960), ‘Bhoodana’ (1962), ‘Hamsageethe (1975), Adi Shankaracharya (1983), the first feature film produced in Sanskrit language, Bhagavad Gita (1993) and Swami Vivekananda (1998). While ‘Adi Shankaracharya’ won four National Film Award, including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Audiography his other critically acclaimed films Bhagavad Gita (1993), won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for Best Film at the Bogotá Film Festival and ‘Swami Vivekananda’ (1998) for which Mithun Chakraborty won national award for Best Supporting Actor, were equally famous.

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In his younger days, he was a committed to Gandhi and his ideals. He stopped wearing footwear from the day Gandhi died and never wore them again. He also wore hand-spun clothes “Khadi” as was advocated by Gandhi. An icon in Indian Cinema, GV left behind a legacy that is still admired and followed by his students. In his centenary year, the 8th Jagran Film Festival pays tributes to him by screening his film ‘ADI SHANKARACHARYA’

160Mins/Sanskrit/India/1983

ARZOO SYNOPSIS After completing his medical studies, Gopal takes a break and goes on holiday in Kashmir. There he meets with Usha and both fall in love with each other. Back home, Gopal has a close friend, Ramesh whose father wants him to marry Usha through an arranged marriage. Ramesh likes Usha and is willing to marry her. In the meantime, Gopal finds out that Ramesh is going to be married to his lady love Usha and decides not to pursue his romance with her. When Ramesh and Gopal’s sister, Sarla convince Gopal that Usha loves him only, he reveals a dark secret to them, which may convince them that he is not right for Usha.

Cast and Crew: Writer, Producer & Director: Ramanand Sagar Music: Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi Cinematography: G. Singh Editor: Lachhmandass

DIRECTOR: RAMANAND SAGAR

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY One of the stalwarts of Indian Cinema, Dr. Ramanand Sagar was born on December 29, 1917 near the city of Lahore, Pakistan (then part of Hindustan). During the British Rule itself, Ramanand began his film career with a silent movie called “Raiders of the Railroad” (1936). Subsequently, he went on to make, what is now known as a masterpiece, “Aur Insaan Mar Gaya”. After India’s independence Ramanand Sagar launched his own production company ‘Sagar Art Corporation’ in the year 1950 and launched a film titled “Mehmaan”. In the next 37 years Sagar Art Corporation and Ramanand Sagar produced over 50 Hindi films including blockbusters like “Insaniyat”, “Ghunghat”, “Peghaam”, “Aankhen” (1968) “Geet”, “Bagavat”, “Lalkar”, “Kohinoor”, “Zindagi”, Aarzoo” are just to name a few. As a Screenplay Writer, Sagar holds 18 film credits. Sagar created history when he made the television serial “Ramayan”, reportedly the longest running serial in India, which featured the life and times of Bhagwan Shri Ram, and his eventual conquest over Lord Ravan and his evil empire in Lanka.Such was the popularity of this Tele Serial that during its telecast roads across India would have no traffic. Recipient of India’s third highest honour “Padamshree”, Ramanand Sagar passed away on Monday December 11, 2005 in the evening. Year 2017 is Dr. Ramannand Sagar’s centenary year. The 8th Jagran Film Festival pays tribute to this pioneer by screening his film ‘Aarzoo’ in Mumbai as part of the Festival.

178 Mins/Hindi/India/1965

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NEW SECTIOMNSHORTSDTHAT MADE IT BIG

CAMOUFLAGE

BIG CITY SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS

Vijay, a lonely taxi driver who recently moved to Melbourne, picks up a stray drunk, Chris. Vijay’s distrust is slowly broken down as Chris befriends him. Over the course of the night Chris experiences some of Vijay’s nightly troubles, and Vijay learns to see the city in a new light.

Camouflage narrates the story of a forbidden friendship blossoming in a secret garden in the city where the East meets the West. This animated short inspired by Ottoman Miniatures and Hieronymus Bosch takes the audience to a mysterious and surreal world which is a reflection of the director’s reality. The Gezi Park Protests in Istanbul and the current political matters in Turkey are some of the topics that the director implements and criticizes in her work.

CAST & CREW Director: Jordan Bond, Lachlan Ryan Writer: Jordan Bond Producer: Jarrod Theodore Director Of Photography: Gerard Warrener Editor: Dave Redman Key Cast: Gurvinder Atwal, Cj Fortuna, Andrew Faulkner

CAST & CREW

FESTIVALS

Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival LA Shorts Fest Austin Film Festival 9 Mins/English/ Dallas Film Festival

Cinefondation, Cannes Film Festival 2017 BIFF Bucharest Internation Film Festival HAFF Holland Animation Film Festival

Director: Imge Özbilge Writer: Imge Özbilge Producer: Imge Özbilge Sound: Jonathan Karsilo

40 Seconds/Turkish/ Turkey/2016

Australia/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Jordan Bond is a writer/director at Melbourne based production company DPI. Lachlan Ryan is the Drama Development Manager at The Film Company with Producer Richard Keddie, which has a long history of producing multiaward winning films and TV drama. Lachlan recently Associate Produced ‘Oddball’ (2015), the 24th highest grossing Australian film of all time. He previously wrote, directed, and produced the feature film ‘Reverse Runner’.

DIRECTOR: JORDAN BOND

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Imge Özbilge grew up pendling between countries such as Austria, Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands. She studied Animation at the ‘AKV St. Joost Academy’ in the Netherlands and continued with her master at KASK in Belgium. Her relationship with time is an important aspect in her works: ‘I don’t see time as a linear thing, the past and the future are creating the present for me.

DIRECTOR: IMGE ÖZBILGE

CENTAURO

DADYAA

SYNOPSIS

CENTAURO is a Greco-creole, grassroots political western set among the palm trees and the digital antennas of the soy-producing Argentine Pampas. When the bad gaucho summons the spirit of his dead brother, the drama of representation is unleashed and violence –always instrumental–emerges in the shape of a riding crop-knife the horse-man carries. The centaur, just like the gaucho, is a myth, but an interrupted myth that was lost far away and long ago.

‘Atimaley’ and Devi’s village is haunted by memories. When a dear friend leaves the village without saying goodbye, the old couple faces a dilemma—keep living with the memories or leave the village for good?

CAST & CREW Director: Nicolás Suárez Writer: Nicolás Suárez Producer: Mariana Luconi Director Of Photography: Federico Lastra Key Cast: Agustín Alcides Otero & Walter Jakob

CAST & CREW Director: Pooja Gurung, Bibhusan Basnet Writer: Pooja Gurung, Bibhusan Basnet Producer: Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha, Prajjwal SJB Rana Director of Photography: Chintan Rajbhandari Key Cast: Parimal Damai, Chhamakala Damai

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

Best short Film at Venice Film Festival Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival

FESTIVALS

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Berlinale Shorts – Special Mention Mar Del Plata International Film Festival Hong Kong International Film Festival 14 Mins/Spanish/ Argentina/2016 La Film Festival Palm Springs International Shortfest

16 Mins/Nepalese/ Nepal/2016

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1987, he studied screenwriting at the Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (ENERC) and literature at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. The feature film Hijos Nuestros (2015), which he wrote and co-directed, screened at film festivals in Mar del Plata, Málaga, Toulouse, Cartagena, Guadalajara and La Habana. He currently lectures in literary theory and is taking a PhD in Argentinian literature and cinema.

Bibhusan Basnet and Pooja Gurung are based in Kathmandu and have been working together for six years. Their first short film, The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite (2013), screened at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, the Tampere Film Festival, and the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, among others. It also won the Golden Comma for Fiction at the Alpavirama South Asian Short and Documentary Film Festival. Dadyaa is their second short film.

DIRECTOR: NICOLÁS SUÁREZ

DIRECTOR: BIBHUSAN BASNET

FISH STORY

HERITAGE

SYNOPSIS

Sometime in the 1980s, Caspar Salmon’s grandmother was invited to a gathering on the Welsh island of Anglesey, attended exclusively by people with fish surnames. Or so he says. Thirty years later, filmmaker Charlie Lyne attempts to sort myth from reality as he searches for the truth behind this fishy tale.

Noam, a young gay man, discovers that his father who just died had a secret affair with a married man. He follows and meets that man. He now holds his father’s secret.

CAST & CREW Director: Charlie Lyne Writer: Caspar Salmon Producer: Charlie Lyne, Catherine Bray and Anthony Ing Editor: Charlie Lyne Director of Photography:

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

CAST & CREW Director: Yuval Aharoni Writer: Yuval Aharoni Director Of Photography: Amit Chachamov Key Cast: Avi Mazliah, Dvir Bendak, Chelli Goldenberg

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

Cinefondation- Cannes Film Festival Haifa International Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival AFI Docs Festival

13Mins/English/ UK/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Rotterdam.

Charlie Lyne is a writer and filmmaker best known for the feature-length essay films Beyond Clueless and Fear Itself. He is also the director of a number of shorts and the ten-hour protest film Paint Drying. His work has screened at festivals including Sundance, SXSW and

DIRECTOR: CHARLIE LYNE

25 Mins/Hebrew/ Israel/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Yuval Aharoni, Born In 1981, Lives In Israel. Casting Director, Script Advisor And Actors’ Coach. He Has Been Working For Eight Years Alongside Ronit Elkabetz And Shlomi Elkabetz On Their Films Testimony (Venice Ff), Shiva And Gett - The Trial Of Vivian Amsalem (Cannes). Script Development For They All Want A Driving License (Tv Series), Noni (Supported By Iff, Jerusalem Film Fund), e’ed (Supported By Gesher Film Fund). Script Editing For In Between (Tiff, San Sebastian) Among Others. Recently Wrote And Directed The Short Film Heritage.

DIRECTOR: YUVAL AHARONI

OUT OF SEASON

NIGHT SHIFT SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS

Ollie Jeffries is an on-again, off-again actor. His long term gig as a bathroom attendant on this one night, forces Ollie to face a reality he’s not yet ready to embrace.

Vera and Bruno had a love affair in the past, but they never really got closer. They didn’t see each other again, until several summers later, when they randomly meet at a country house in Bella Vista for a weekend away from the city. Vera is currently single, but Bruno is dating Sofia, the sister of her friend Flor, the house owner. None of the friends in the group know about their relationship, and both of them tacitly decide to keep it that way. They are shaken by the impact of the encounter, and there’s a whole weekend ahead of them.

CAST & CREW Director: Marshall Tyler Writer: Marshall Tyler Director Of Photography: Eric Branco Producers: Moira Griffin, Efuru Flowers Key Cast: Oliver “Ollie” Jeffries, Tracey Jeffries

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

Director: Sabrina Campos Writer: Sabrina Campos Producer: Juan Martín Treffinger & Nicolás Giorgis Director of Photography: Santiago Guzmán Cast: Margarita Molfino, Pablo Lugones, Guillermina Pico, Martín Tchira, Vanina Montes, María Laura Santos, Pablo Gasloli

Sundance Film Festival

16 Mins/English/ USA/2017

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CAST & CREW

FESTIVALS Berlinale Shorts 2017

23 Mins/Spanish/ Argentina/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

MARSHALL TYLER is a Los Angeles based filmmaker whose documentary work on global/social issues has taken him around the world.She works as director, scriptwriter and producer. Nowadays she is working in the pre production of her second feature film “ Julia and the fox”. Before striking out on his own, Marshall worked as an assistant and videographer to his mentor, legendary filmmaker, Michael Mann (Ali, Collateral, Miami Vice, Public Enemies).

Sabrina Campos was worn in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She’s an audiovisual designer, graduate of UBA. Her first short film “Salón Royale” won over 20 awards and was selected in more than 50 festivals. She has worked as an Art Director and Set Decorator for many productions such as “Paulina” by Santiago Mitre and “Refugiado” by Diego Lerman, among others.

DIRECTOR: MARSHALL TYLER

DIRECTOR: SABRINA CAMPOS

SWEDISH COUSIN

THE CRYING CONCH

SYNOPSIS

There are only a few days left till Cata’s 15th birthday party. It’s now her time to celebrate this great, traditional event. She divides her time between dancing, hanging out wither friends after school and one upsettingly tight dress. Only a few days before her party, out of the blue, arrives a different and liberal thinking cousin to stay at her house. In a world with no adults, with only a few days until her special day, Cata starts feeling like everything she believed in is losing meaning.

A man is drawn into the footsteps of François Mackandal, the historic Haitian Slavic leader. Following a man trapped in a curse which began centuries ago, this modern fable folds accounts of the past with the resilience of the present.

CAST & CREW Director: Inés Barrionuevo, Agustina San Martín Writer: Inés Barrionuevo, Agustina San Martín Director of Photography: Ezequiel Salinas Key Cast: María Paula Mattio, Cecilia Valenzuela Gioia, Ámbar Taborda Ceballos, Mía Nazarena García

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

Generation- Berlinale Bafici Competition- Buenos Aires BFI LONDON Film Festival Mostra International Film Festival

20Mins/Spanish/ Argentina/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY Inés María Barrionuevo was born in the city of Córdoba, Argentina 36 years ago. Where he grew up and formed her current profession. She has a Degree in Social Communication at the University of Córdoba.

CAST & CREW Director: Vincent Toi Writer: Vincent Toi Producer: Guillaume Collin, Charles Jonas, Vincent Toi Director Of Photography: Marcel Cabrera Editor: Vincent Toi, Alexander Kasstan Key Cast: Zidor Montal, Ebby Angel Louis, Lovena Dieudonné, Jean Claude Exantus, Andre-Deave Decime, Anante Dumola, Florence Jean Paul

FESTIVALS/AWARDS Berlinale Shorts – Berlinale 2017 Toronto International Film Festival

20 Mins/German/ Germany/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

She works as director, scriptwriter and producer. Nowadays she is working in the pre production of her second feature film “ Julia and the fox”.

Vincent Toi is a Mauritian filmmaker and art director based in Montreal. He has a degree in design from York University and in film production from Concordia university. He currently works as a art director for the Phi Centre and the DHC Art museum, two art institutions in Canada. His first feature film, I’ve Seen the Unicorn (2014)was selected in various festivals including Hot Docs and RIDM.

DIRECTOR: INÉS BARRIONUEVO

DIRECTOR: VINCENT TOI

VOLCANO ISLAND

WAVE

SYNOPSIS

Somewhere, on an oceanic island, the forces of nature are still at work as in primeval times. A young, naive female tiger lives there in harmony with herself and nature. When her awakening femininity is noticed by an older male tiger, the young tigress is getting more and more scared by his heated approach. But it is impossible to escape on the secluded island. The feelings of the young animal are reflected by the volcano island, and with the help of nature, she can finally act upon her own will.

A man wakes from a coma speaking a fully formed but unrecognizable language Baffling linguistic experts from around the globe.

CAST & CREW Director: Anna Katalin Lovrity Writer: Anna Katalin Lovrity Producer: József Fülöp Editor: Judit Czakó

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Director: Benjamin Cleary & TJ O’Grady Peyton Writer: Benjamin Cleary Producer: Rebecca Bourke Director Of Photography: Burschi Wojnar Key Cast: TJ O’Grady Peyton, Emmet Kirwan, Tiny James, Danny Kehoe, Daniel Reardon

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

Tribeca Film Festival, 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, 2017

FESTIVALS Generation – Berlinale 2017 Sarajevo Film Festival Kyiv International Film Festival

CAST & CREW

9Mins/Silent/ Hungary/2017

14Mins/English/ Ireland/2017

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Anna Katalin Lovrity (HU), born at Budapest in, 1990, is an independent animation filmmaker, director and illustrator. From 20010-2016 she attended MOME (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest), animation department. In 2012 Lovrity spent an Erasmus semester in Ghent, Belgium. After graduation she was a participant in Animation Sans Frontiéres (ASF), the European animation production workshop. The premiere screening of her graduation film was at Berlinale in 2017.

Benjamin Cleary is an Irish filmmaker. In 2015 he wrote, directed and edited his first short film, Stutterer, which won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short at the 88th Academy Awards in February 2016. Stutterer has played at more than 80 festivals worldwide and has won over 20 awards including a Cannes Young Director Award, an Irish Film & Television Award (IFTA) and a London Critic’s Circle Award. In addition to this Benjamin was selected for the esteemed Les Nuit En Or scheme in France as one of 30 award-winning directors from around the world to tour Europe presenting their work.

DIRECTOR: ANNA KATALIN LOVRITY

DIRECTOR: BENJAMIN CLEARY

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BARRY JOHN

Achievers | 176

Message from Barry John on the association with Jagran Film Festival: “We at Barry John Acting Studio are pleased to be associated with the long-running international Jagran Film Festival. While JFF connects a wide audience with great content, BJAS prepares its students to contribute to great content with professional acting to an international standard. We’re excited to be meeting with creators and the audience in different regions of India, and we look forward to being part of the discussion of cinema – its creation and its impact on society.”

Become An Actor at Barry John Acting Studio Over the last 20 years, BARRY JOHN ACTING STUDIO has become India’s most sought-after destination for professional acting training. Barry John Acting Studio is the go-to school for aspiring actors, and today its graduates continue to succeed in Bollywood and international films and television. This is because BJAS delivers on its promise of comprehensive and challenging courses in which students can “Become an Actor”. Devoid of academic theory and jargon, Barry John’s system incorporates the most up-to-date and comprehensive techniques and methodologies that have proved to be inspiring and empowering. Devoid of academic theory and jargon, the system is a progressive series of exercises and projects that are practical and experiential. It is carefully designed to equip students with a mature level of physical, mental and emotional skills to meet the demands of professional engagements with film, television and theatre. The courses are rigorous and intensive, demanding a high degree of commitment, energy and perseverance. When these qualities are in evidence, the objective of encouraging actors to be self-aware, self-reliant and selfconfident is achievable. The BJAS Diploma in Film Acting Course is the most intense and comprehensive training for beginning actors in the country, facilitated by its most respected teacher. It covers all aspects of the actor’s craft through practical exercises and performance projects, culminating in lm acting modules and student lm-making assignments. The full-time Diploma in Film Acting Course runs for six months in Mumbai and four months in New Delhi. “It’s not just a matter of giving tips or polishing. It’s about turning actors inside-out so that even they are shocked by what they can perform. The worst thing actors can be is boring and predictable,” says Barry John. The Certificate in Acting course is a three-month, part-time weekend program covering basic training in key aspects of the actor’s craft. It is useful for beginning actors and for those who are working. The Certificate course is carefully designed to equip students with a mature level of physical, vocal, mental and emotional skills which lay a firm foundation for work in film, television and theatre, using a wide range of physical and vocal exercises that enhance flexibility and control. In the BJAS Young Actors Club, for children age eight to 16, we use Drama for the healthy development of the child. Through energetic Drama activities and theatre games, opportunities are created for children to be themselves, to perform and to play. Children expand their mental ability by analysing problems, then seek their own individual solutions through improvisation and Drama. The carefully planned sequence of drama games, role-plays and activities focuses on key areas including Breathing & Voicing, Imagination & Language Development and Script-writing. Ice- Breaking and Trust exercises improve the students’ ability to cooperate on creative projects. The in-school Theatre in Education (TIE) program places a drama instructor in the school with a program tailored for each school’s needs. The overriding mission of THE BARRY JOHN ACTING STUDIO is to further enhance its reputation of being the foremost training centre in India and to assist in raising the levels of professionalism in the media to compare with the highest in the world. Mumbai Studio 301 Nanak Chambers, Opp. Fun Republic New Link Rd, Andheri West, Mumbai 400053 +91 9967977966/67, 022-26742192 New Delhi Studio 32 Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV New Delhi 110024 +91 9716114466, 9999704455, 011-40578451 enquiries@bjas.in

DATE

CONTENT

19th September 2017 Tuesday Workshop on ACTING 2.00 P.M. 19th September 2017 Tuesday MEET THE DIRECTOR 5.00 P.M

INDE CINEMA ‘Jostling for survival’ Discussion on space for Inde Cinema Participants: Shyam Maheshwari, Director, Charandas Chor Avinash Das, Director, Anarkali of Arrah, Soumitra Ranade, Director, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa kyon Aata Hai (2017)

19th September 2017 Tuesday IN CONVERSATION 6.30 P.M.

Pawan Malhotra, Veteran Actor

20th September 2017 Wednes- Workshop on ACTING day By Barry John Studio 2.00 P.M. 20th September 2017 Wednes- COFFEE TABLE day ‘CUTTING IT RIGHT’ 3.30 P.M. With Ballu Saluja, Film Editor, Lagaan, Jodha Akbar, Dangal 20th September 2017 Wednes- IN CONVERSATION day ANANTH MAHADEVAN, Actor-Director-Writer 6.30 P.M. 21st September 2017 Thursday 4.00 P.M.

SANFORD MEISNER ACTING SEMINAR By Morten Rudå Norwegian Actor from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York and is an acting professor at Professor at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.)

DATE

CONTENT

21st September 2017 Thursday

COFFEE TABLE

6.30 P.M.

Satish Kaushik, Padma Narsimhamurty, Director, A Billion Color Dreams and Former, National Creative Head, Rediffusion

22nd September 2017 Friday

Weapon Helium 8K Camera

4.00 P.M.

A Demo and Presentation on the new Camera by RED

22nd September 2017 Friday

COFFEE TABLE

6.30 P.M.

Film Director Couple Ashwini Iyer Tiwari, Director Bareily Ki Barfi & Nitesh Tiwari, Director, Dangal

23rd September 2017 Saturday 2.00 P.M. 23rd September 2017 Saturday 3.30 P.M.

REVIEWING CINEMA: A Panel discussion by Mayank Shekhar

IN CONVERSATION ‘ART HOUSE CINEMA TODAY’ Participants: BUDHADEB DASGUPTA, Veteran Film Director T S NAGABHARNA, Veteran Film Director, Actor & Theatrist K N T SASTRY, Veteran Film Director, Writer, Film Critic

23rd September 2017 Saturday 7.00 P.M.

COFFEE TABLE “A Journey through six decades” Guest: PRAVIN BHATT, Cinematographer-Director Awardee, Special Contribution to Indian Cinema at Jagran Film Festival 2017

24th September 2017 Sunday

COFFEE TABLE

2.00 P.M.

IN CONVERSATION WITH MAYANK SHEKHAR

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