World Courant
India’s Movie Bazaar, South Asia’s largest movie market, has chosen a variety of initiatives from all over the world for its annual co-production market.
The 20 chosen initiatives are from 11 nations, most are already structured as co-productions, and they’re all South Asian-themed. From Israel, the Hebrew-language “Raju” by Dror Sabo (“Lifeless Finish”), can be produced by Lee Yardeni for MY TV Productions (“Nevelot”). Rafael Kapelinski, director of Berlinale winner “Butterfly Kisses,” is on the market with English, German and Hindi-language Germany-India-France-Poland-UK co-production “The Distant Close to,” produced by Katharina Suckale for Bombay Berlin Movie Manufacturing (“Loev”).
Hindi-language Germany-Luxembourg-France co-production “Kohinoor,” by Udita Bhargava (Berlinale choice “Mud”), can be produced by Martin Lehwald for Schiwago Movie (Berlinale winner “Styx”). Recent off Busan’s Asian Venture Market, Aakash Chhabra’s Hindi-language debut characteristic “I am going to Smile in September” can be produced by Sanjay Gulati for India’s Crawling Angel Movies and Fran Borgia for Singapore’s Akanga Movie Asia.
One other characteristic debutant, Bangladesh’s Golam Muntakim Fahim, has Bengali-language “Khekshiyal” (“The Jackal”), being produced by Rezwan Shahriar Sumit (“The Salt in Our Waters”) for mypixelstory, out there. Additionally from Bangladesh is Maksud Hossain’s Bengali-language “Raya’s Wedding ceremony,” to be produced by Maksud, Barkat and Trilora Hossain for Fusion Photos.
Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda (“Testimony of Ana”) directs Telugu- and English-language “Mouna” Tharangam” (“A Silent Wave”), produced by Praveena Paruchuri (“C/o Kanchrapalem”) for Paruchuri Vijaya Praveena Arts and Janani Vijayanathan for Kinostreet (“Testimony of Ana”). Producer Jitendra Mishra (“The Final Coloration”) will debut as a director with Odia-language India-UK venture “Baghuni” (“Dance Like a Tiger”) and can be produced by Partha Sarathi Panda for Glocal Movies UK Restricted.
From Sri Lanka, director Ilango Ramanathan and producer Hiranya Perera of Silent Frames Productions, who beforehand teamed on 2023 Tallinn Black Nights Movie Competition choice “Tentigo,” are collaborating once more on Sinhala- and Tamil-language “Rabbit Gap.”
As all the time, there are many initiatives from India. These embody “Bombay Rose” filmmaker Gitanjali Rao’s Hindi-language “Misplaced and Discovered” from Ranjan Singh of Good Unhealthy Movies; “WOMB – Girls of My Billion” director Ajitesh Sharma’s Hindi-language “Bhopal Boys” from Monisha Thyagarajan at Awedacious Originals (Tokyo choice “Madina”); and “Tendlya” filmmaker Nachiket Waikar’s Marathi-language “Aaath” (“The Eight”) from Shwetaabh Singh (“Eeb Allay Oo!)” for NaMa Productions and Tarun Sharma for OneShot Movies.
Indian initiatives additionally embody Gujarati-language “Bhai Band” (“One Two Three Mic Test”), directed and produced by Manish Saini (“Dhh”) for Amdavad Movies; Phulawa Khamkar’s Marathi-language “Fashigate,” produced by Amar Khamkar for Golden Lily Leisure; and Upamanyu Bhattacharyya’s Hindi- and Gujarati-language “Heirloom,” produced by Shubham Karna and Arya. A. Menon for Odd & Even Photos.
Hindi-language “In Legislation” by Indo-Ukrainian filmmaker Dar Gai (Busan choice ““Namdev Bhau in Search of Silence”) is produced by Dheer Momaya and Pranit Sahni for Jugaad Movement Photos (“Final Movie Present”); Kannada-language “Kaalakoota” (“Poisonous Nectar”) by Abhaya Simha (“Paddayi”) is produced by Vachan Shetty; Hindi-language “Mog Asundi” (“Let There be Love”) by Bhaskar Hazarika (Tribeca choice “Aamis”) is produced by Ashwini Sidwani (“The Silence”) for SMR Leisure; English-, Malayalam- and Hindi-language “The Priest and the Prostitute” is produced and directed by Arunaraje Patil (“Rihaee”) for Gaahimedia; and Hindi-language “A Love Supreme” by Dev Benegal (Berlinale choice “Street, Film”) is produced by Neeraj Jain and Maya Patel for min(d) studio.
The Movie Bazaar (Nov. 20-24) is operated by India’s Nationwide Movie Improvement Company (NFDC).
