Film Independent today announced the names of the 30 filmmakers, from 11 nations, selected to participate in its 2022 Global Media Makers LA Residency, taking place in person this month.
The filmmakers and projects chosen are Sumon Delwar (My Cousin), Ali El Arabi and Ahmed El Zoghby (The Legend of Zeinab and Noah), Prantik Basu (Dengue), Archana Borhade and Mangesh Joshi (Purjey (Parts)), Sriram Raja and Deyali Mukherjee (New Sweetness), Kushal Batunge (They Call Her Mafia), Gaby Zarazir and Michael Zarazir, Lamia Chraibi and Hicham Lasri (Meskoun), Anup Poudel and Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Rajan Kathet and Sunir Pandey (No Winter Holidays), Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi (There Was a Boy), Suzannah Mirghani (Cotton Queen), Amjad Abu Alala and Mohamed Kordofani (Goodbye Julia), Lotfi Achour and Anissa Daoud (Red Path), Rashid Abdelhamid and Ismahane Lahmar (A Respectable Family), Sezen Kayhan and Beste Yamalıoğlu (Women with...
The filmmakers and projects chosen are Sumon Delwar (My Cousin), Ali El Arabi and Ahmed El Zoghby (The Legend of Zeinab and Noah), Prantik Basu (Dengue), Archana Borhade and Mangesh Joshi (Purjey (Parts)), Sriram Raja and Deyali Mukherjee (New Sweetness), Kushal Batunge (They Call Her Mafia), Gaby Zarazir and Michael Zarazir, Lamia Chraibi and Hicham Lasri (Meskoun), Anup Poudel and Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Rajan Kathet and Sunir Pandey (No Winter Holidays), Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi (There Was a Boy), Suzannah Mirghani (Cotton Queen), Amjad Abu Alala and Mohamed Kordofani (Goodbye Julia), Lotfi Achour and Anissa Daoud (Red Path), Rashid Abdelhamid and Ismahane Lahmar (A Respectable Family), Sezen Kayhan and Beste Yamalıoğlu (Women with...
- 4/13/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Hamza Bangash is a Pakistani – Canadian writer, director, and producer based in Karachi. His short Dia (2018) had it’s World Premiere at Locarno, following a critically-acclaimed tour over a dozen festivals. He is an alum of Locarno Open Doors (2018) and of the inaugural Talents from Afghanistan-Pakistan Fellowship by Prince Claus Fund and Goethe Institute (2017-2018).
On the occasion of his latest film, “1978” screening at Locarno Film Festival, we speak with him about the Karachi of the 70s, the political situation in Pakistan, the music and the visuals of the film, Norman D’Souza, and many other topics.
Why did you decide to shoot a film that takes place in 1978, and why to base the protagonist on Norman D’Souza? Has he watched the film? What did he think?
The idea to do a period film came after I met with Rashid Maqsood Hamidi, 1978’s Executive producer. He grew up in the 70’s in Pakistan,...
On the occasion of his latest film, “1978” screening at Locarno Film Festival, we speak with him about the Karachi of the 70s, the political situation in Pakistan, the music and the visuals of the film, Norman D’Souza, and many other topics.
Why did you decide to shoot a film that takes place in 1978, and why to base the protagonist on Norman D’Souza? Has he watched the film? What did he think?
The idea to do a period film came after I met with Rashid Maqsood Hamidi, 1978’s Executive producer. He grew up in the 70’s in Pakistan,...
- 8/12/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Jigarthanda at Saiff 2014
X, by eleven directors, will kickstart HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) on Tuesday. The festival will be held from November 18-23 in Manhattan.
Shrihari Sathe’s Ek Hazarachi Note, Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda, Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa and Afia Serena Nathaniel’s Dukhtar are the feature films to be screened at the festival.
The short films at the festival include Gaurav Bakshi’s Enough, Rajesh Jala’s 23 Winters, Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story (animation), Atanu Mukherjee’s The Gatekeeper and Sreemoyee Bhattacharya’s Veil.
Raj and Dk’s Happy Ending, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Govinda, will be screened as the Centerpiece Film of the festival.
The festival will close with the screening of Nabeel Qureshi’s Na Maloom Afraad.
X, by eleven directors, will kickstart HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) on Tuesday. The festival will be held from November 18-23 in Manhattan.
Shrihari Sathe’s Ek Hazarachi Note, Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda, Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa and Afia Serena Nathaniel’s Dukhtar are the feature films to be screened at the festival.
The short films at the festival include Gaurav Bakshi’s Enough, Rajesh Jala’s 23 Winters, Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story (animation), Atanu Mukherjee’s The Gatekeeper and Sreemoyee Bhattacharya’s Veil.
Raj and Dk’s Happy Ending, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Govinda, will be screened as the Centerpiece Film of the festival.
The festival will close with the screening of Nabeel Qureshi’s Na Maloom Afraad.
- 11/18/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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