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PRITHVI KONANUR RAILWAY CHILDREN (RAILWAY CHILDREN) INDIA GOLD  KANNADA  INDIA, USA h 115’ G 2016 WORLD PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR Raju, a twelve-year-old runaway, steps into an unknown, never-seen- PRITHVI KONANUR SHIVKUMAR SWAMY before world on the railway platform. Timid, insecure and unsure, he falls into the hands of a gang involved in illegal activities. Jollu, a gang- PRODUCER(S) STORY/SCREENPLAY member of Raju’s age and a substance addict, teaches Raju the tricks PRITHVI KONANUR, PRITHVI KONANUR and trades of surviving on the platform. They realize that while platforms GANGADHAR BIRTHI, CAST are divided among gangs for selling spurious drinking water, the trains CHETHANA GOKUL, ANJALI MANOHARA K, themselves are free for anyone. Both Raju and Jollu join forces with NAYAK, VIJENDRA RAO PARIMALA, KARTHIK, another platform-boy and start selling water on their own, undercutting PRODUCTION COMPANY SYED PERVEZ, YASH their boss and inviting danger in their lives. TIN DRUM BEATS SHETTY, DIVYA M R CINEMATOGRAPHER ESWARAN THANGAVEL FILMOGRAPHY A former software engineer, Prithvi KonanurVHFXUHGD'LSORPDIURPWKH1HZ<RUN)LOP Alegalu (2012) $FDGHP\\ +LV ÀUVW IHDWXUH Alegalu  SURGXFHG E\\ &KLOGUHQ·V )LOP 6RFLHW\\ ,QGLD Conditional Truce (2008, Short) &)6,SUHPLHUHGDWWKH2VLDQ·V&LQHIDQLQ1HZ'HOKLDQGZDVVFUHHQHGDWPDQ\\RWKHU ÀOPIHVWLYDOVLQFOXGLQJ7,)).LGV=OLQDQG5RVKGLQ7HKUDQ 51

SAUMYANANDA SAHI REMEMBERING KURDI (REMEMBERING KURDI)  HINDI, ENGLISH, KONKANI, MARATHI  INDIA h 64’ G 2016 WORLD PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR The construction of the Salaulim Dam that submerged the Kurdi census SAUMYANANDA SAHI TANUSHREE DAS SAHI town in South Goa over three decades ago, forced 550 families to PRODUCER(S) STORY/SCREENPLAY relocate and forge new lives elsewhere. However, every year the waters FILMS DIVISION OF SAUMYANANDA SAHI recede and the ruins resurface for a few short weeks before the rains. INDIA SOUND DESIGN During this time, past inhabitants return to what is left of their homes, PRODUCTION CHRISTOPHER to perform rituals, have picnics and remember their dead. Gurucharan COMPANY BURCHELL Kurdikar, currently lives in a city far away has vivid memories of his FILMS DIVISION OF CAST childhood in Kurdi. Venisha Fernandes was born after the submergence, INDIA GURUCHARAN but has grown up listening to stories of a lost paradise. Both return to CINEMATOGRAPHER KURDIKAR, VENISHA search for where they belong – in places imagined and places real. SAUMYANANDA SAHI, FERNANDES, ABHIJIT SRIKANTH KABOTHU PATIL FILMOGRAPHY %RUQ LQ  LQ %HQJDOXUX .DUQDWDND Saumyananda Sahi was the youngest Small Things, Big Things SDUWLFLSDQW LQ WKH 7DOHQW &DPSXV ,QGLD DQG WKH %HUOLQDOH7DOHQW &DPSXV DW WKH (2014)  %HUOLQ ,QWHUQDWLRQDO )LOP )HVWLYDO 2YHU WKH ODVW WHQ \\HDUV 6DKL KDV ZRUNHG DV D FLQHPDWRJUDSKHU ZLWK HPLQHQW GLUHFWRUV LQFOXGLQJ $QQH $JKLRQ 7KRPDV ) /HQQRQ .DPDO 6ZDURRS *LWDQMDOL 5DR 9DVDQW 1DWK $UXQ .DUWKLFN $QDPLND +XNVDU DQG Sunanda Bhat. Sahi graduated from St. Stephens College, Delhi, with a distinction in 3KLORVRSK\\ DQG VWXGLHG )LOP &LQHPDWRJUDSK\\ DW WKH )LOP DQG 7HOHYLVLRQ ,QVWLWXWH RI ,QGLD3XQH+HIRXQGHG6NUHHQ)LOPVZLWKKLVZLIH7DQXVKUHH'DV6DKLDQGLVFXUUHQWO\\ EDVHGLQ*RD,QGLD

SHIRLEY ABRAHAM & AMIT MADHESHIYA THE CINEMA TRAVELLERS (THE CINEMA TRAVELLERS) INDIA GOLD  HINDI, MARATHI  INDIA h 96’ G 2016 INDIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR CINEMATOGRAPHER The harvest season in rural Maharashtra also heralds the arrival of a SHIRLEY ABRAHAM, AMIT MADHESHIYA travelling cinema that has helped the patrons of the villages experience AMIT MADHESHIYA EDITOR the magic of movies up close. At the helm of this is a benevolent PRODUCER(S) AMIT MADHESHIYA, showman who rides in on a lorry with reels and a projector in its belly. SHIRLEY ABRAHAM, SHIRLEY ABRAHAM The village that has laid out his welcome for four decades has now tuned AMIT MADHESHIYA STORY/SCREENPLAY into television. This casts a shadow over the old man’s travelling cinema. PRODUCTION SHIRLEY ABRAHAM, Meanwhile, several villages away, a shrewd man strives to be the best COMPANY AMIT MADHESHIYA in the travelling cinema business. Away from this bustle, a projector CAVE PICTURES mechanic toils to single handedly repair all the projectors in rural India, SALES COMPANY even as digital technology slowly takes over. CAVE PICTURES SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - L’OEIL D’OR: LE PRIX DU DOCUMENTAIRE WINNER, 2016 CANNES FILM FESTIVALS AND AWARDS FESTIVAL | SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL | TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL Shirley AbrahamLVDGRFXPHQWDU\\ÀOPPDNHUZKRVHZRUNKDVEHHQVXSSRUWHGE\\WKH 6XQGDQFH ,QVWLWXWH %HUWKD )RXQGDWLRQ )LOPPDNHU )XQG 30$ :RUOG9LHZ DQG $VLDQ 1HWZRUNRI'RFXPHQWDU\\6KHKDVSUHYLRXVO\\GLUHFWHGGRFXPHQWDULHVIRUThe Guardian and Al Jazeera English. Amit MadheshiyaLVDSKRWRJUDSKHUDQGÀOPPDNHU+LVZRUN has been shown in solo and group exhibitions worldwide. He is a fellow of Sundance ,QVWLWXWH *RHWKH,QVWLWXW ,QGLD )RXQGDWLRQ IRU WKH$UWV 1DWLRQDO )RXQGDWLRQ RI ,QGLD Arts Council of England and the University of Heidelberg. 53

JAICHENG JAI DOHUTIA THE HIDDEN CORNER (HAANDUK)  ASSAMESE, MORAN  INDIA h 90’ G 2016 WORLD PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR After many anxious years Hermoni, mother of Mukti who had left JAICHENG JAI DOHUTIA DIGANTA BORA, KRPH WR MRLQ DQ H[WUHPLVW RXWÀW LV KDQGHG D PXWLODWHG EXOOHW ULGGHQ PRODUCER(S) JAICHENG JAI DOHUTIA body purportedly that of her son. The formal last rites are performed. JAICHENG JAI DOHUTIA STORY/SCREENPLAY Heramoni however soon receives intimation that his death cannot be PRODUCTION BHASKAR JYOTI DAS, FRQÀUPHG 6KH WULHV WR FRSH ZLWK WKLV GHYDVWDWLQJ QHZV 0HDQZKLOH COMPANY JAICHENG JAI DOHUTIA %LSOREZKRKDVOHIWWKHH[WUHPLVWRXWÀWVWUXJJOHVWRUHWXUQWRDQRUPDO MAYAMARA CAST life. Despite these adversities, they continue with their existence in the PRODUCTION BANDOI CHETIA, KRSHWKDWWKHLUGUHDPVZLOOEHIXOÀOOHGVRPHGD\\ CINEMATOGRAPHER BISHAL ANURAG, CHIDAA BORA NIVEDITA BARUAH, JITU MORAN FILMOGRAPHY %RUQLQLQ7LQVXNLD$VVDPJaicheng Jai Dohutia completed a three-year-long Cuckoo (2009, Documentary) )LOP DQG 9LGHR (GLWLQJ GLSORPD IURP WKH -\\RWL &KLWUDEDQ )LOP DQG 7HOHYLVLRQ ,QVWLWXWH The Urban Root (2010, Short) *XZDKDWL+HPDGHKLVÀUVWVKRUWWLWOHG:LQJVRI:LQGRZLQThe Hidden Corner The Weaver (2009, Documentary) (HaandukLVKLVGHEXWIHDWXUHÀOP Wings of Window (2008, Short)

SATISH BABUSENAN AND SANTOSH BABUSENAN THE NARROW PATH (OTTAYAAL PAATHA) INDIA GOLD  MALAYALAM  INDIA h 97’ G 2016 WORLD PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR Young Akhil, an unemployed software engineer lives with his disabled SATISH BABUSENAN, VIJIL FX father Vikraman, a cleaner in the city corporation who is now retired. SANTOSH BABUSENAN STORY/SCREENPLAY Vikraman’s legs are partly paralysed because of diabetes and he’s PRODUCER(S) SATISH BABUSENAN, mostly restricted to his bed and a wheel chair. Akhil and his father share SANTOSH BABUSENAN SANTOSH BABUSENAN D GLՕFXOW UHODWLRQVKLS DQG DUH DOZD\\V DW ORJJHUKHDGV ZLWK HDFK RWKHU PRODUCTION CAST 2QH ÀQH GD\\ $NKLO GHFLGHV WR PRYH ZLWK KLV JLUOIULHQG 1LQD WR DQRWKHU COMPANY K. KALADHARAN, city. He keep his plan a secret from his father. But on his last day at FIFTH ELEMENT SARATH SABHA, home, things go out of hand and take an unexpected turn. CINEMATOGRAPHER KRISHNA PRIYA SATISH BABUSENAN, SANTOSH BABUSENAN FILMOGRAPHY Satish and Santosh Babusenan are brothers who started their career as Chaayam Poosiya Veedu (2015) FLQHPDWRJUDSKHUV7KH\\KDYHVKRWDQGSURGXFHGVHYHUDOPXVLFYLGHRVFRUSRUDWHYLGHRV Twilight Dream (1997, Short) DQG VKRUW ÀOPV LQ 0XPEDL ,Q  WKH\\ PDGH WKHLU ÀUVW IHDWXUH The Painted House (Chaayam Poosiya Veedu ,Q  WKH\\ PDGH WKHLU VHFRQG IHDWXUH ÀOP The Narrow Path2WWD\\DDO3DDWKD%RWKÀOPVKDYHEHHQMRLQWO\\ZULWWHQVKRWDQGGLUHFWHGE\\WKHP 55

MILIND DHAIMADE YOU ARE MY SUNDAY (TU HAI MERA SUNDAY)  ENGLISH, HINDI, KONKANI  INDIA h 119’ G 2016 INDIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR ,QDFLW\\MDPSDFNHGZLWKSHRSOHYHKLFOHVDQGFRQFUHWHÀYHIULHQGV$UMXQ MILIND DHAIMADE SHYAM SALGAONKAR 5DVKLG 'RPLQLF 0HKHUQRVK DQG -D\\HVK ÀQG UHVSLWH WKURXJK D JDPH RI PRODUCER(S) STORY/SCREENPLAY football every Sunday at the Juhu Beach. However, it’s not just the love of VARUN SHAH MILIND DHAIMADE the sport that brings them together. One day, a senile old man joins their PRODUCTION CAST game and kicks the ball in the face of a socialite-politician who is in the COMPANY BARUN SOBTI, middle of a press conference. As a consequence, all sports are banned at LOVE & FAITH FILMS LLP SHAHANA GOSWAMI, the beach. With their Sunday ritual coming to a close, each of the men are CINEMATOGRAPHER VISHAL MALHOTRA, SXVKHG LQWR GLՔ HUHQW ZRUOGV WHVWLQJ WKHLU IULHQGVKLS DQG IRUFLQJ WKHP WR HARENDRA SINGH RASIKA DUGGAL, move away from their adolescent selves to question their lives, ask what AVINASH TIWARY, happiness means to each one of them and how far would they go to get it. MAANVI GAGROO, JAY UPADHYAY, NAKUL 2016 LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (WORLD PREMIERE) BHALLA FESTIVALS AND AWARDS FILMOGRAPHY Milind Dhaimade ZRUNHG LQ DGYHUWLVLQJ IRU WZHOYH \\HDUV ZKHUH KH SDUWLFLSDWHG LQ Prakata Het Yaad (2011, Short) award-winning campaigns at the national and international level. In 2010, he founded /RYH DQG )DLWK D ÀOPV DQG GHVLJQ FRPSDQ\\ ZLWK KLV ZLIH +H KDV DOVR GLUHFWHG RYHU KXQGUHG WHOHYLVLRQ FRPPHUFLDOV ,Q  KLV VKRUW ÀOP Prakata Het Yaad, won the $XGLHQFH&KRLFHDZDUGDWWKH)ORUHQFH)LOP)HVWLYDODQGZDVDQRՕFLDOVHOHFWLRQDWWKH Indian Film Festival at Los Angeles (IFFLA).

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HEAD C O N S U L TA N T C O N S U L TA N T MEMBERS, SELECTION COMMITTEE ANU PAOLO DENNIS RASHID BARADWAJ RANGACHAR BERTOLIN LIM IRANI RANGAN Anu Rangachar has Paolo Bertolin is a Dennis Lim is He currently \"ARADWAJŸ2ANGANŸISŸAŸ been associated with the festival programmer, the director of CONTRIBUTESŸÚŸLMŸREVIEWSŸ ڟLMŸCRITICŸANDŸ!SSOCIATEŸ Mumbai Film Festival ڟLMŸCRITICŸANDŸ programming at the to The Hindustan Editor at The Hindu. He for the past seven years producer. He has Film Society of Lincoln won the National Award and has facilitated worked for prestigious Center, where he also Times. He was actively (Swarna Kamal) for Best many international institutions such as the serves on the selection INVOLVEDŸINŸTHEŸÚŸLMŸ Film Critic in 2005. His collaborations at the \"EIJINGŸ)NTERNATIONALŸ committee for the New society movement in writings on cinema, festival. Originally Film Festival, the Doha York Film Festival, as music, art, books, travel an engineer, she has Film Institute, the the co-director of New Bombay during the and humour have been STUDIEDŸÚŸLMŸATŸTHEŸ.EWŸ Udine Far East Film Directors/New Films. published in various York Film Academy Festival, the Nyon 4HEŸÚŸLMŸEDITORŸATŸ4HEŸ 1960s and the 1970s magazines, including and has been closely 6ISIONSŸDUŸ2ÂELŸTHEŸ Village Voice from 2000- ANDŸPROGRAMMEDŸÚŸLMSŸ Open, Tehelka, Biblio, INVOLVED ŸINŸÚŸLMSŸLIKEŸ International Film 2006 and a contributor for the Cine Club of Outlook and The Rituparno Ghosh’s Festival Rotterdam, the to The New York Times Caravan. He has co- Abhomaan (2009) and Cannes Critics’ Week. from 2006-2013, he the Alliance Francaise written the screenplay Ashim Ahluwalia’s Bertolin has producer has also written for for the Tamil romantic- Miss Lovely (2012). credits on the Berlinale Artforum, Cinema de Bombay and the COMEDYŸÚŸLMŸKadhal She continues to 2015 competition Scope, and The Los 2 Kalyanam. Rangan develop international entries Big Father, Angeles Times. He has Friends of the Archive teaches a course on co-productions and is Small Father and Other taught at Harvard, New cinema at the Asian the Indian advisor for Stories (2015) and York University, and the Film Study group. He College of Journalism, Cinelicious Pics, LA. Chitrashala (2015). New School. HASŸSERVEDŸONŸTHEŸJURYŸ Chennai. OFŸTHEŸÚŸLMŸFESTIVALSŸATŸ Pune and Bengaluru and at the International Children’s Film Festival in Lucknow. He has been a programmer at MAMI for eight years.

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JURY CHRIS MCDONALD Chris McDonald is President of Hot Docs, North !MERICASŸLARGESTŸDOCUMENTARYŸÚLMŸFESTIVALŸANDŸMARKETŸ Hot Docs’ mandate is to advance and celebrate the art of documentary, and to provide support to doc- ÚLMMAKERSŸ 4HEŸ FESTIVALŸ HASŸ RAISEDŸ OVERŸ Ÿ MILLIONŸ INŸ PRODUCTIONŸ ÚNANCINGŸ FORŸ ÚLMMAKERSŸ ANDŸ ATTRACTEDŸ an audience of over 211,000 in 2016, along with 2500+ international delegates. In addition to having raised over ŸMILLIONŸINŸPRODUCTIONŸFUNDSŸFORŸÚLMMAKERSŸ(OTŸ$OCSŸ OPENEDŸONEŸOFŸTHEŸWORLDSŸÚRSTŸYEAR ROUNDŸDOC FOCUSSEDŸ cinemas in 2012. ANURAG KASHYAP Anurag Kashyap started his career as a writer with 2AMŸ 'OPALŸ 6ERMASŸ SatyaŸ  Ÿ (EŸ MADEŸ HISŸ directorial debut with the yet unreleased Paanch (2000) and later directed Black Friday (2007), which WASŸ BASEDŸ ONŸ -UMBAIŸ BOMBŸ BLASTSŸ OFŸ Ÿ 4HEŸ ÚLMŸ was nominated for the Golden Leopard (Best Film) at ,OCARNOŸ)NTERNATIONALŸ&ILMŸ&ESTIVALŸŸ(ISŸLATERŸÚLMSŸ include Dev. D (2009), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010) and Gangs of Wasseypur (I and II) (2012), which was screened in Director’s Fortnight section at Cannes 2012. CHRISTINE VACHON She is an Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award winner. Over the past decade and a half, she has co- PRODUCEDŸ WITHŸ 0AMELAŸ +OFÛERŸ SOMEŸ OFŸ THEŸ MOSTŸ celebrated American indie features, including Carol (2015), Still Alice (2014), Boys Don’t Cry (1999), One Hour Photo (2002), Kids (1995), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2004), HappinessŸ ŸVelvet GoldmineŸ Ÿ Safe (1995), I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Camp (2003), Swoon (1992) and I’m Not There (2007). 65

ANA CRISTINA BARRAGÁN ALBA (ALBA)  SPANISH  ECUADOR h 96’ G 2016 ASIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR STORY/SCREENPLAY Alba, an eleven-year-old girl, has to move to her estranged father’s house ANA CRISTINA ANA CRISTINA due to her mother’s illness. Igor, her father, is a very lonely man, almost BARRAGÁN BARRAGÁN DKHUPLWZKRZRUNVDVDÀQJHUSULQWUHDGHULQWKH5HJLVWUDU·VRՕFH7KLV PRODUCER(S) SOUND DESIGN new, shared habitation with her father is almost unbearable for Alba, ISABELLA PARRA ALEX ICAZA because he reminds her of everything she feels insecure about. Both CINEMATOGRAPHER CAST DUHVK\\DQGIHHOORQHO\\EXWWKH\\FDQ·WÀQGDZD\\WRDSSURDFKHDFKRWKHU SIMON BRAUER MACARENA ARIAS, 6KDPH KHU ÀUVW NLVV YLVLWLQJ KHU PRWKHU LQ WKH KRVSLWDO ,JRUCV WHQGHU EDITOR PABLO AGUIRRE, AMAIA HՔRUWVWRJHWFORVHWRKHUDQGEXOO\\LQJDWVFKRRODUHVRPHRIWKHVLWXDWLRQV YIBRÁN ASUAD, JUAN MERINO that pave Albàs journey to adolescence and to self-acceptance. DANIEL MOLERO, JOSÉ MARÍA AVILÉS FESTIVALS AND AWARDS LIONS FILMS AWARD, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM | FIPRESCI AWARD, TOULOUSE CINELATINO FILM FESTIVAL | RAIL D’OC PRIX, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE FILMOGRAPHY Ana Barragán was born in 1987 in Ecuador. She has written and directed three short Domingo Violeta (2010, Short) ÀOPVLQFOXGLQJDomingo VioletaZKLFKZDVLQFOXGHGLQWKH2ՕFLDO&RPSHWLWLRQ DWWKH/RFDUQR)LOP)HVWLYDODQGKDVEHHQSUHVHQWHGLQ7RXORXVH/D+DEDQDDQGDWWKH 0DOED 0XVHXP LQ %XHQRV $LUHV ,Q  KHU IHDWXUH ÀOP GHEXW Alba, played at the ,QWHUQDWLRQDO)LOP)HVWLYDO5RWWHUGDP7KHÀOPZRQWKH/LRQ)LOPV$ZDUGLQ5RWWHUGDP WKH ),35(6&, DZDUG LQ 7RXORXVH %HVW 'HEXW )LOP LQ &RORJQH DQG WKH $XGLHQFH $ZDUG LQ7ELQJHQ

DAVY CHOU DIAMOND ISLAND (DIAMOND ISLAND)  INTERNATIONAL KHMER  FRANCE h 101’ G 2016 INDIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR Diamond Island is a symbol of Cambodia’s future - a sprawling, ultra- DAVY CHOU LAURENT LEVENEUR modern paradise for the rich on the riverbank in Phnom Penh. Like many PRODUCER(S) STORY/SCREENPLAY other country boys, Bora, 18, is lured from his village to work on the CHARLOTTE VINCENT DAVY CHOU, CLAIRE construction of this property developer’s dream. In Diamond Island, he PRODUCTION MAUGENDRE forges new friendships and is even reunited with his charismatic older COMPANY CAST EURWKHU6ROHLZKRGLVDSSHDUHGÀYH\\HDUVDJR6ROHLLQWURGXFHV%RUDWR AURORA FILMS NUON SOBON, NOV the exciting world of Cambodia’s privileged urban youth, with its girls, its SALES COMPANY CHEANICK, CHHEM nightlife and its illusions. LES FILMS DU LOSANGE MADEZA KORN MEAN, CINEMATOGRAPHER NUT SAMNANG, MENG SACD AWARD, 2016 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL THOMAS FAVEL SOPHYNA MIN JANY, KHIM SAMNANG, DOM SREYROTH FESTIVALS AND AWARDS FILMOGRAPHY Davy ChouLVD)UHQFK&DPERGLDQÀOPPDNHUDQGSURGXFHUERUQLQDQGEDVHGLQ Cambodia 2099 (2014, Short), 3DULVDQG3KQRP3HQK,QKHIRXQGHGWKH)UHQFKSURGXFWLRQFRPSDQ\\9\\FN\\)LOPV Golden Slumbers (2011, ZLWK -DFN\\ *ROGEHUJ DQG 6\\OYDLQ 'HFRXYHODHUH +H KDV DOVR HVWDEOLVKHG D ÀOPPDNLQJ Feature Documentary), ZRUNVKRSLQ&DPERGLDZKHUHKHIRXQGHGDFROOHFWLYHIRU\\RXQJORFDOÀOPPDNHUVGolden Expired (2008, Short Slumbers (2011), a feature length documentary about the birth of Cambodian cinema in Documentary) WKH¶VDQGLWVGHVWUXFWLRQE\\WKH.KPHU5RXJHZDVVHOHFWHGE\\WKH%HUOLQDOH)RUXP the Busan International Film Festival, as well as by more than forty other international IHVWLYDOV +LV VKRUW ÀOP Cambodia 2099  ZDV VHOHFWHG IRU &DQQHV·V 'LUHFWRUV· )RUWQLJKWDQGZRQDPRQJRWKHUVWKH*UHDW3UL]HRI&XUWDV9LODGR&RQGH 67

JORDAN SCHIELE DOG DAYS (SAN FU TIAN)  CHINESE  CHINA h 95’ G 2016 INDIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR CINEMATOGRAPHER Endless dog days of summer weigh heavily on the impoverished suburb JORDAN SCHIELE NATHANAEL CARTON of Changsha where a young mother, Lulu, works as a dancer in a cheap PRODUCER(S) EDITOR nightclub. Coming home late one night, she discovers that her boyfriend PANG HO-CHEUNG, KONG JIN LEI Bai Long has disappeared with their baby. Her desperate search takes SUBI LIANG STORY/SCREENPLAY her to a transvestite bar where a gay man Sunny is performing and may PRODUCTION JORDAN SCHIELE know the whereabouts of the child’s father. A deal is struck between the COMPANY CAST two whose lives are now fatefully intertwined: Lulu wants her child back MAKING FILM CULTURE HUANG LU, TIAN MU and, in return, agrees to not stand in the way of Bai Long and Sunny’s & MEDIA (BEIJING) LTD. CHEN. LUO LAN SHAN homosexual relationship. In a hotel in Shanghai, events come to a head SALES COMPANY as emotional and erotic trials and tribulations pile up. BRAVOS PICTURES LIMITED BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | BEIJING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVALS AND AWARDS FILMOGRAPHY Jordan Schiele ZDV ERUQ LQ %URRNO\\Q DQG EHJDQ ZRUNLQJ RQ ÀOPV LQ 6KDQJKDL$IWHU Wu Gui (2014, Short) UHFHLYLQJDQ0)$IURP1<87LVFK$VLDKHZRUNHGDVDGLUHFWRUDQGFLQHPDWRJUDSKHU 5cm (2013, Short) +LVÀOPVKDYHSUHPLHUHGDW&DQQHV%HUOLQ7ULEHFD1HZ<RUN%XVDQDQG/RFDUQRÀOP Prank for Journeys Awards IHVWLYDOV +H UHFHLYHG -XU\\ $ZDUGV IRU /RXLV 9XLWWRQ·V -RXUQH\\V DZDUGV FRPSHWLWLRQ with Luca Guadagnino his short Wu Gui TXDOLÀHG IRU WKH 2VFDU·V VKRUWOLVW DQG Dog Days, KLV ÀUVW IHDWXUH (2012, Short) premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.

DREN ZHERKA ECHO (EHO)  INTERNATIONAL GERMAN  GERMANY h 93’ G 2016 ASIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR Hanna, a 65-year-old woman, is involved in an accident in Germany that DREN ZHERKA ALEX TÖCHTERLE results in the death of a young man Luan. Overcome by guilt, she tries PRODUCER(S) STORY/SCREENPLAY WRÀQGKLVIDPLO\\7KHVHDUFKOHDGVKHUWR,VPHWD\\HDUROGDLOLQJPDQ DREN ZHERKA, ALBAN DREN ZHERKA and the father of Luan, who lives in a dilapidated house in Kosovo. As ZOGJANI CAST days pass by, Ismet is sinking deeper into loneliness as he clings on to PRODUCTION SELMAN JUSUFI, KLARA the last memories of the bond he shared with his son. Hanna, who has COMPANY HÖFELS lost her estranged husband and has not heard from her son in a long MAGUS FILMS - DREN time, aims to redeem herself by sharing Ismet’s grief. ZHERKA CINEMATOGRAPHER ALEX BLOOM FESTIVALS AND AWARDS SILVER ZENITH IN FIRST FILMS COMPETITION, MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL FILMOGRAPHY Dren Zherka ZDV ERUQ  LQ .RVRYR ,Q  KH PRYHG WR 1HZ <RUN ZKHUH ZLWK Étude (2012, Short) VRPH RWKHU IULHQGV DQG FROOHDJXHV KH FUHDWHG LQGHSHQGHQW YLGHRV VKRUW ÀOPV DQG Life in a Box (2011, Short) GRFXPHQWDULHV ,Q  KH PRYHG WR %HUOLQ *HUPDQ\\ DQG KDV EHHQ VWXG\\LQJ LQ Muri (2009, Short) )LOPDUFKH D ÀOPPDNLQJ QHWZRUN DQG VHOIRUJDQLVHG VFKRRO Echo (Eho) LV =KHUND·V debut feature which he has also co-produced. 69

NATALIA ALMADA EVERYTHING ELSE (TODO LOS DEMÁS)  SPANISH  MEXICO h 98’ G 2016 INDIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR CINEMATOGRAPHER Doña Flor is a bureaucrat. This fact manifests in everything about her: NATALIA ALMADA LORENZO HAGERMAN the nondescript beige blouse, practical heels and knee-length skirts. For PRODUCER(S) EDITOR over three decades, she has attended to indignant citizens to whom she ALEJANDRO DE ICAZA, NATALIA ALMADA, is nothing but a lifeless bureaucrat. Her solace is her cat, who she tends DAVE CERF DAVE CERF to in the evening, while making a list of all the people she tried to help PRODUCTION STORY/SCREENPLAY during the day. Inspired by Hannah Arendt’s idea that bureaucracy is COMPANY NATALIA ALMADA one of the worst forms of violence, Everything Else explores the interior ARTE SONICO, CAST life of Doña Flor as she attempts to reinvent her life. Featuring an CASA PRODUCTORA LO ADRIANA BARRAZA REVHUYDWLRQDOQDUUDWLYHWKHÀOPLVDFRQWHPSODWLRQRQVROLWXGH DEMÁS FESTIVALS AND AWARDS ROME FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, RIO FILM FESTIVAL 5HFLSLHQWRIWKH0DF$UWKXU´*HQLXVµ$ZDUGDQGRIWKH6XQGDQFH'RFXPHQWDU\\ FILMOGRAPHY 'LUHFWLQJ$ZDUGIRUKHUÀOPThe General, Everything Else7RGRORGHPiVLVAlmada’s The Night Watchman (2011, GHEXW ÀFWLRQ IHDWXUH VWDUULQJ $FDGHP\\DZDUG QRPLQDWHG $GULDQD %DUUD]D $OPDGD·V Documentary) ÀOP(O9HODGRUSUHPLHUHGDW1HZ'LUHFWRUV1HZ)LOPVDQGWKH&DQQHV·'LUHFWRUV· The General (2009, Fortnight. Her previous credits include All Water Has A Perfect Memory (2001), an Documentary) H[SHULPHQWDO VKRUW ÀOP WKDW UHFHLYHG LQWHUQDWLRQDO UHFRJQLWLRQ $OPDGD·V ÀOPV KDYH To the Other Side (2005, VFUHHQHG DW 'RFXPHQWD WKH 0XVHXP RI 0RGHUQ $UW 0R0$ 7KH *XJJHQKHLP Documentary) 0XVHXPDQG7KH:KLWQH\\%LHQQLDO$OOWKUHHRIIHDWXUHGRFXPHQWDULHVKDYHEHHQ All Water has a Perfect EURDGFDVWRQWKHDZDUGZLQQLQJVHULHV329$OPDGDKDVUHFHLYHGWKH*XJJHQKHLP86$ Memory (2001, Short) $UWLVWV$OSHUWDQG0DF'RZHOOIHOORZVKLSV6KHJUDGXDWHGZLWKD0DVWHUVLQ)LQH$UWVLQ SKRWRJUDSK\\IURPWKH5KRGH,VODQG6FKRRORI'HVLJQDQGFXUUHQWO\\OLYHVLQ0H[LFR&LW\\

JÉRÔME REYBAUD 4 DAYS IN FRANCE (JOURS DE FRANCE)  INTERNATIONAL FRENCH  FRANCE h 141’ G 2016 ASIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR Disillusioned with his life in Paris, Pierre Tomas drops everything to JÉRÔME REYBAUD MARTIAL SALOMON travel through France. Through phone numbers written in bathroom PRODUCER(S) STORY/SCREENPLAY stalls, coincidental rendezvous and Grindr, a smartphone app, he never ELISABETH PEREZ JÉRÔME REYBAUD FHDVHV WR ÀQG D SDUNLQJ VSRW IRU WKH FDU KH VR GHDUO\\ PDQRHXYUHV $V PRODUCTION CAST he wanders the country for four days and four nights, his lover, Paul, will COMPANY PASCAL CERVO, WU\\WRÀQGKLPXVLQJWKHVDPHDSSWKDWFRPSDVVHV3LHUUH,QDJDPHRI CHAZ PRODUCTIONS ARTHUR IGUAL, DEVXUGLVWFDWDQGPRXVHWKHVHWZRORYHUVWU\\LQWKHLURZQZD\\VWRÀQG SALES COMPANY FABIENNE BABE, their way back to one another. M-APPEAL NATHALIE RICHARD, CINEMATOGRAPHER LAETITIA DOSCH, VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS’ WEEK 2016 SABINE LANCELIN LILIANE MONTEVECCHI FESTIVALS AND AWARDS FILMOGRAPHY Jérôme Reybaud was born in 1970 in Cannes. At a very early age, he started shooting Qui êtes-vous Paul Vecchiali? ZLWKD6XSHUFDPHUDLQKLVRZQURRP$IWHUZULWLQJDWKHVLVRQWKHSRHW-DFFRWWHWKH (2012, Documentary) returned to cinema and directed two shorts: Aires 06 (2006) and Trois dames pour Trois dames pour Jean- Jean-Claude Guiguet  +H DOVR GLUHFWHG D GRFXPHQWDU\\ RQ WKH GLUHFWRU 3DXO Claude Guiguet 9HFFKLDOL HQWLWOHG Qui êtes-vous Paul Vecchiali?  IRU WKH )UHQFK 79 FKDQQHO (2008, Short) Ciné+. Jours de FranceLVKLVÀUVWIHDWXUHÀOP Aires 06 (2006, Short) 71

RALITZA PETROVA GODLESS (BEZBOG)  BULGARIAN  BULGARIA h 99’ G 2016 INDIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR ,Q D UHPRWH %XOJDULDQ WRZQ *DQD ORRNV DIWHU WKH HOGHUO\\ ZKR VXՔHU RALITZA PETROVA DONKA IVANOVA, IURPGHPHQWLDZKLOHDOVRWUDՕFNLQJWKHLU,'FDUGVRQWKHEODFNPDUNHW PRODUCER(S) RALITZA PETROVA At home, she provides for her jobless mother, with whom she hardly ROSSITSA VALKANOVA STORY/SCREENPLAY speaks. Her relationship with her mechanic boyfriend is no source of love PRODUCTION RALITZA PETROVA either. The only source of comfort for her is her addiction to morphine. COMPANY CAST 1RWKLQJVHHPVWRKDYHDQHՔHFWRQWKHQXUVH·VFRQVFLHQFHQRWHYHQWKH KLAS FILM IRENA IVANOVA, incidental murder of a patient. Things however begin to change when SALES COMPANY IVAN NALBANTOV, Gana begins to feel empathy for Yoan, a new patient. She soon learns HERETIC OUTREACH VENTZISLAV though that this transformation will not be without a price. CINEMATOGRAPHER KONSTANTINOV, KRUM RODRIGUEZ, ALEXANDR TRIFFONOV, LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | SARAJEVO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | CHAYSE IRVIN DIMITAR PETKOV TORONTO DISCOVERY FESTIVALS AND AWARDS FILMOGRAPHY Born in Bulgaria, Ralitza PetrovaOLYHVDQGZRUNVEHWZHHQ(QJODQG%XOJDULDDQG)UDQFH By The Grace of God (2009, Short) 6KHVWXGLHG)LQH$UWDQGODWHU)LFWLRQ'LUHFWLQJDWWKH8.·V1DWLRQDO)LOPDQG7HOHYLVLRQ Above Us Only Sky (2008, Short) 6FKRRO+HUÀOPVKDYHZRQDFFODLPDWÀOPIHVWLYDOVVXFKDV&DQQHV%HUOLQDQG7RURQWR Rotten Apple (2007, Short) and have also been featured on numerous prestigious platforms, including, among others, WKH &HQWUH 3RPSLGRX 3DULV 6KH ZDV SUHYLRXVO\\ DZDUGHG WKH 3UL[ 8,3 %HVW (XURSHDQ Short Film at Berlinale, and nominated for an European Film Award A. Her debut, Godless, KDVEHHQDZDUGHGSURGXFWLRQSUL]HVDW7RULQR)LOP/DE·V)UDPH:RUN6DUDMHYR)LOP )HVWLYDO·V&LQH/LQNDQGWKH:RPHQLQ)LOP)LQLVKLQJ)XQG/RV$QJHOHV

BEN YOUNG HOUNDS OF LOVE (HOUNDS OF LOVE)  INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH  AUSTRALIA h 108’ G 2016 INDIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR CINEMATOGRAPHER In the mid 1980’s seventeen year old Vicki Maloney is abducted from BEN YOUNG MICHAEL MCDERMOTT a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic PRODUCER(S) EDITOR between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge MELISSA KELLY MERLIN EDEN between them if she intends to survive. PRODUCTION STORY/SCREENPLAY COMPANY BEN YOUNG FEDORA PRIZE FOR BEST ACTRESS, 2016 VENICE DAYS | 2016 BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FACTOR30FILMS CAST FESTIVAL SALES COMPANY EMMA BOOTH, UDI - URBAN STEPHEN CURRY, DISTRIBUTION INTN’L ASHLEIGH CUMMINGS FESTIVALS AND AWARDS FILMOGRAPHY Ben Young is an award winning writer and director who began his career as a screen Bush Basher (2011, Short) DFWRU DW WKH DJH RI WZHOYH %HQ KDV VLQFH JRQH WR IRUJH D FDUHHU DV D ZULWHU GLUHFWRU Something Fishy (2010, Short) ZRUNLQJLQFRPPHUFLDOVPXVLFYLGHRIDVKLRQVHULHVWHOHYLVLRQVKRUWÀOPVDQGIHDWXUH The Planet Lonely (2008, ÀOPV+LVVKRUWÀOPVKDYHVFUHHQHGZRUOGZLGHLQRYHUIRUW\\IHVWLYDOVDQGZRQQXPHURXV Short) DZDUGV +H KDV GLUHFWHG WZHQW\\ÀYH PXVLF YLGHRV LQFOXGLQJ WKH$ULD QRPLQDWHG-RKQ %XWOHU 7ULR YLGHR ¶Only One· DQG $'* QRPLQDWHG -RKQ %XWOHU 7ULR YLGHR ¶How You Sleep at Night’ %HQ·V SDVVLRQ IRU  ÀOPPDNLQJ VWHPV IURP KLV LQWHUHVW LQ WKH KXPDQ condition. He is drawn to performance heavy material, that is often challenging and KDUGKLWWLQJ%HQKDVD%$LQ)LOPDQG7HOHYLVLRQIURP&XUWLQ8QLYHUVLW\\IROORZHGE\\DQ 0$LQ3URIHVVLRQDO&RPPXQLFDWLRQVIURPWKH:$6FUHHQ$FDGHP\\ 73

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KARL LEMIEUX SHAMBLES (MAUDITE POUTINE)  FRENCH  CANADA h 91’ G 2016 ASIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR EDITOR Caught stealing drugs, 27-year-old Vincent is in trouble and on the run KARL LEMIEUX MARC BOUCROT from the local mob. Fleeing to the backwoods, Vincent unexpectedly PRODUCER(S) STORY/SCREENPLAY reconnects with his brother Michel with whom he had cut ties many SYLVAIN CORBEIL, KARL LEMIEUX, MARIE- years ago. As he tries to maintain the semblance of a normal life by NANCY GRANT DOUCE ST-JACQUES hanging out with friends and playing in a band, Vincent is a close witness PRODUCTION CAST to Michel’s own turbulent downward spiral. COMPANY JEAN-SIMON LEDUC, METAFILMS INC. MARTIN DUBREUIL, VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | REYKJAVIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SALES COMPANY FRANCIS LA HAYE, STRAY DOGS MARIE BRASSARD, Karl Lemieux’sÀUVWQDUUDWLYHVKRUWÀOPPassage ZRQWKH%HVW0XVLF$ZDUGDW CINEMATOGRAPHER ROBIN AUBERT WKH WK +DPEXUJ ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 6KRUW )LOP )HVWLYDO DV ZHOO DV WKH -XU\\ *UDQG 3UL]H DW MATHIEU LAVERDIÈRE 0RQWUHDO·V3UHQGdD&RXUWIHVWLYDO+LVÀOPVLQVWDOODWLRQVDQGSHUIRUPDQFHVKDYHEHHQ VKRZQLQWHUQDWLRQDOO\\LQPXVHXPVJDOOHULHVPXVLFYHQXHVDQGÀOPIHVWLYDOVLQFOXGLQJ FESTIVALS AND AWARDS DWWKH0RQWUHDO&RQWHPSRUDU\\$UW0XVHXPWKH020$0XVHXPRI0RGHUQ$UWLQ6DQ )UDQFLVFRWKH$XVWULDQ)LOP0XVHXPDQG9LHZVIURPWKH$YDQW*DUGHDSURJUDPRIWKH FILMOGRAPHY 1HZ<RUN)LOP)HVWLYDO+HLVEHFRPLQJPRUHFRPPRQO\\NQRZQDVWKHQLQWKPHPEHU Quiet Zone (2015, RI*RGVSHHG<RX%ODFN(PSHURUDPXVLFDOFROOHFWLYHIRUZKRPKHGRHVOLYHPPÀOP Documentary Short) SURMHFWLRQV+LVODVWÀOPQuiet Zone (2015) was produced by the National Film Board of Mamori (2010, Short) &DQDGDDQGSUHVHQWHGLQFRPSHWLWLRQDWWKH7RURQWR,QWHUQDWLRQDO)LOP)HVWLYDODQGWKH Passage (2007, Short) 5RWWHUGDP,QWHUQDWLRQDO)LOP)HVWLYDO Western Sunburn (2007, Short) Mouvement De Lumière (2004, Short)

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MATTHEW ORZEL & HEIDI BRANDENBURG SIERRALTA WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE (WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE)  SPANISH  UK, PERU h 103’ G 2016 INDIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR CINEMATOGRAPHER 7KH À OP VLWXDWHV LWVHOI GLUHFWO\\ LQ WKH OLQH RI À UH EHWZHHQ WZR SRZHUIXO MATTHEW ORZEL, HEIDI BRANDENBURG 3HUXYLDQ OHDGHUV ZKR DUH ÀJKWLQJ RYHU WKH IXWXUH RI WKH FRXQWU\\ HEIDI BRANDENBURG SIERRALTA, MATTHEW When president Alan Garcia attempts to extract oil and minerals from SIERRALTA ORZEL untouched Amazonian land with the hopes of elevating his country’s PRODUCER(S) EDITOR HFRQRPLF SURVSHULW\\ KH LV PHW ZLWK D ÀHUFH YLROHQW RSSRVLWLRQ OHG E\\ TAIRA AKBAR CARLA GUTTIERREZ LQGLJHQRXV OHDGHU $OEHUWR 3L]DQJR 7KLV OHDGV WR D FRQÁ LFW WKDW TXLFNO\\ PRODUCTION STORY/SCREENPLAY escalates from a heated war of words to one of deadly violence. COMPANY MATTHEW ORZEL, YACHAYWASI FILMS HEIDI BRANDENBURG HOT DOCS | SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST | SPECIALJURY PRIZE FOR BEST DEBUT FEATURE, SHANGHAI SALES COMPANY SIERRALTA, TAIRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION, SUNDANCE FILM THE FILM SALES COMPANY AKBAR FESTIVAL FESTIVALS AND AWARDS Heidi BrandenburgFRIRXQGHG<DFKD\\ZDVL)LOPVWRH[SORUHVRFLDODQGHQYLURQPHQWDO issues. She graduated with Honours from the University of Wales. When Two Worlds Collide is her debut feature. Mathew Orzel LV D GRFXPHQWDU\\ GLUHFWRU DQG YLVXDO DUWLVW ZKRVH ZRUN IRFXVHV RQ WKH FRPSOH[LWLHV RI KXPDQ UHODWLRQVKLSV +H ZRUNHG DV D VRXQG GHVLJQHU HGLWRU DQG GLUHFWRULQVKRUWÀOPEHIRUHFRIRXQGLQJ<DFKD\\ZDVL)LOPV2U]HOJUDGXDWHGZLWKKRQRUV in visual communication from the University of Wales. When Two Worlds Collide is his debut feature.

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KANU BEHL +ANUŸ \"EHLŸ STUDIEDŸ ATŸ THEŸ 3ATYAJITŸ 2AYŸ &ILMŸ ANDŸ 46Ÿ )NSTITUTEŸ +OLKATAŸ WHEREŸ HEŸ MAJOREDŸ INŸ &ILMŸ DIRECTIONŸ (ISŸ ÚRSTŸ DOCUMENTARYŸ !NŸ !CTORŸ 0REPARESŸ WASŸ INŸ competition at Cinema du Reel 2007 and later, directed and produced three more documentaries for NHK Japan, ZDF and ARTE. Subsequently, he worked as an assistant director on the movie Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!  ŸANDŸCO WROTEŸLSD (Love, Sex Aur Dhokha) (2010) WITHŸ $IBAKARŸ \"ANERJEEŸ TitliŸ HISŸ DEBUTŸ FEATUREŸ ÚLMŸ WASŸ premiered in Un Certain Regard section at Cannes and has won several awards, including the NETPAC and the Best First Foreign Film 2015 award from the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. HEAD OF JURY ZOYA AKHTAR :OYAŸ!KHTARŸSTUDIEDŸÚLMMAKINGŸATŸ.EWŸ9ORKŸ5NIVERSITYŸ and later assisted directors like Mira Nair and Dev Benegal. She worked as a casting director on Split Wide Open (1999) and Dil Chahta Hai (2001). She made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed ÚLMŸ Luck by Chance (2009). She followed it up with Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Dil Dhadakne Do (2015). In 2013, Zoya contributed ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’, to Bombay TalkiesŸANŸANTHOLOGYŸOFŸSHORTŸÚLMSŸPRODUCEDŸ to mark the centenary of Indian cinema.

JURY DIMENSIONS NAGRAJ MANJULE He hails from Jeur, a small village in Maharashtra. (ISŸ DEBUTŸ SHORTŸ ÚLMŸ 0ISTULYAŸ WONŸ ANŸ AWARDŸ FORŸ THEŸ Best Non-Feature Film and a Special Mention for ACTORŸ 3URAJŸ 0AWARŸ ATŸ THEŸ THŸ .ATIONALŸ &ILMŸ !WARDSŸ (ISŸDEBUTŸFEATUREŸÚLMŸ&ANDRYŸWONŸTHEŸ)NDIRAŸ'ANDHIŸ Award for Best First Film of a Director while its lead, Somnath Awaghade, won Best Child Actor Award at the 61st National Film Awards. His sophomoric EFFORTŸ3AIRATŸWASŸOFÚCIALLYŸSELECTEDŸATŸTHEŸTHŸ\"ERLINŸ International Film Festival 2016. RICHA CHADHA Richa Chadha made her debut with Dibakar \"ANERJEESŸOye Lucky! Lucky Oye!Ÿ ŸANDŸSHOTŸINTOŸ prominence with her role in Anurag Kashyap’s two part crime saga, Gangs of Wasseypur I and II (2012). She was also noted for her performances in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela (2013), Fukrey (2013), Main Aur Charles (2015) and Masaan (2015). SHAKUN BATRA (EŸ ENTEREDŸ THEŸ ÚLMŸ INDUSTRYŸ WORKINGŸ ASŸ ANŸ ASSISTANTŸ DIRECTORŸ ONŸ %XCELŸ %NTERTAINMENTŸ ÚLMSŸ LIKEŸ Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane NaŸ  Ÿ Rock On!!Ÿ  Ÿ (EŸ MADEŸ HISŸ directorial and screenwriting debut with the romantic comedy Ek Main Aur Ekk TuŸ  Ÿ \"ATRASŸ NEXTŸ ÚLMŸ was the family drama Kapoor & SonsŸ  Ÿ 4HEŸ ÚLMŸ BECAMEŸ AŸ MAJORŸ COMMERCIALŸ SUCCESSŸ UPONŸ ITSŸ RELEASEŸ and received almost unanimously positive reviews from critics for its writing, direction, and acting performances. 87

TABU KAARIYA BHANU BABBAL AJEEB DASTAAN BATCH NUMBER 70 HAI YEH... (BILLA NUMBER 70)  INDIA |  HINDI | h 5’ | G 2016  INDIA |  MARATHI | h 4’ | G 2016 4HE
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suffers from because of a wrongdoing he has committed? in his family, over decades, all the way back to our independence. He reveals stories and incidents of his life that make you think about the things people have to go through to survive in the city of dreams. DIRECTOR SOUND DESIGN STORY/ DIRECTOR STORY / SOUND DESIGN TABU KAARIYA SHREYASH SHINDE SCREENPLAY BHANU BABBAL SCREENPLAY BHANU BABBAL PRODUCER EDITOR AASHISH KAARIYA, PRODUCER AJAY SHUKLA, EDITOR TABU KAARIYA SHREYASH SHINDE TABU KAARIYA ARVIND BABBAL BHANU BABBAL, BHANU BABBAL CINEMATOGRAPHER CAST CINEMATOGRAPHER ABHIJITH NAMBIAR SHREYASH SHINDE VASU SONI, TABU BHANU BABBAL, CAST KAARIYA SIDDHARTH AATMARAM CHAWADA MADHUKAR GHUGE Tabu KaariyaŸ HASŸ PRODUCEDŸ EXTENSIVEŸ CONTENTŸ Bhanu Babbal is an aspiring director and a CINEMATOGRAPHERŸ (AVINGŸ COMPLETEDŸ HISŸ \"--Ÿ for digital media and has been associated \"ACHELORŸ OFŸ -ASSŸ -EDIA Ÿ FROMŸ THEŸ 4HAKURŸ WITHŸ VARIOUSŸ SHORTSŸ ANDŸ DOCUMENTARIESŸ Sasta #OLLEGEŸ OFŸ 3CIENCEŸ ANDŸ #OMMERCEŸ HEŸ HASŸ ALSOŸ DONEŸAŸDIPLOMAŸINŸ&ILMŸAPPRECIATIONŸANDŸ#REATIVEŸ Bachchan, a documentary she produced, was an WRITINGŸ FROMŸ THEŸ (ARKISHANŸ -EHTAŸ )NSTITUTEŸ OFŸ OFÚCIALŸSELECTIONŸATŸ-!-)Ÿ *OURNALISMŸ ANDŸ -ASSŸ #OMMUNICATIONŸ AŸ SHORTŸ course in cinematography from the Film and 4ELEVISIONŸ)NSTITUTEŸ0UNE FILMOGRAPHY: G.H.A.R (2015) | Done & Dead (2015) | Reset (2015)

YASHWARDHAN GOSWAMI KUSHAGRA SHARMA BOMBAI HUGGS (BOMBAI) (HUGGS)  INDIA |  HINDI | h 3’ | G 2016  INDIA |  HINDI | h 4’ | G 2016 DIMENSIONS We often hear people being vocal about how the local Huggs is a story about Munna who besides his roommates, train has served them, but do we ever know what a local 0ANDIT
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ÞRST especially the local. It also talks about her views of the people around her, the city, her aspirations and attempts to draw parallels with the life of a Mumbaikar. DIRECTOR SOUND DESIGN STORY/SCREENPLAY DIRECTOR SOUND DESIGN SRISHTI SHARMA / YASHWARDHAN KANISHK SETH KANISHK SETH, KUSHAGRA SHARMA KUSHAGRA SHARMA SAROSH KAFEEL GOSWAMI EDITOR YASHWARDHAN PRODUCER EDITOR CAST PRODUCER KANISHK SETH, GOSWAMI KUSHAGRA SHARMA KUSHAGRA SHARMA ABHINAV KANISHK SETH YASHWARDHAN CAST CINEMATOGRAPHER STORY / CHATURVEDI, CINEMATOGRAPHER GOSWAMI MUMBAI LOCAL KARAN ASNANI SCREENPLAY BALKRISHAN SHUBHAM SHETYE KUSHAGRA SHARMA, SHARMA, ANKIT DABUR Yashwardhan GoswamiŸISŸANŸASPIRINGŸÚLMMAKERŸ !FTERŸ ATTAININGŸ AŸ \"ACHELORŸ INŸ !RTSŸ FROMŸ -AYAŸ FROMŸ *AIPURŸ (EŸ HASŸ PARTICIPATEDŸ INŸ VARIOUSŸ Academy, Kushagra SharmaŸHASŸDIRECTEDŸSEVERALŸ COLLEGEŸ FESTIVALSŸ INŸ -UMBAIŸ WHEREŸ HEŸ HASŸ ALSOŸ SHORTŸ ÚLMSŸ CORPORATEŸ ADVERTISEMENTSŸ ANDŸ MUSICŸ VIDEOSŸTILLŸDATE won awards in categories such as Best Film, Best 3HORTŸ&ILMŸETC FILMOGRAPHY: Bumbhaiiya (2014) 89

AMOL AGLAVE AMOL NARVEKAR LANDLORD MAATI (LANDLORD) (MAATI)  INDIA |  MARATHI | h 4’ | G 2016  INDIA |  HINDI | h 4’ | G 2016 Pachkalashi (Kshatriya Pathare) is one of the native After asking his father a question, a boy sets out on a communities of Mumbai. Since the city’s inception, they JOURNEY
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PRASHANT SATYAM SANTOSH KAMBLE METER DOWN MUMBAI'S MAHUVA.. MAHUVA'S MUMBAI (METER DOWN)  INDIA |  HINDI | h 4’ | G 2016  INDIA |  HINDI | h 5’ | G 2016 DIMENSIONS 4HE
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she prays for people and takes blessings in return for work, the city that is always changing and how he tries to her future. She tries to alter the society’s perception of adapt himself to these developments. It also explores his the eunuch community and hopes to be accepted by the dilemma of whether he will cope with the city’s evolution, mainstream society. or stay true to his orthodox roots? DIRECTOR SOUND DESIGN SHRUSHTI MASKE DIRECTOR CINEMATOGRAPHER CAST PRASHANT SATYAM PRAVEEN PAUL CAST SANTOSH KAMBLE NIKHIL CHAVAN MAHUVA PRODUCER EDITOR AVINASH MANTRI, PRODUCER SOUND DESIGN PRASHANT SATYAM MOHIT SINGH PRATHAMESH PATIL, ANUSAYA ARTS DIVEK BHOSLE CINEMATOGRAPHER STORY / SANTOSH INGULKAR, PVT. LTD., DR. AMOL EDITOR PRATHAMESH PATIL / SCREENPLAY PRAVEEN SATYAM, DEOLEKAR ROHIT GHOKSHE PRASHANT SATYAM PRASHANT SATYAM / POOJA SATYAM \"ORNŸ ANDŸ BROUGHTŸ UPŸ INŸ -UMBAIŸ Prashant Santosh Ganpat KambleŸ ISŸ AŸ TWENTY ڟVE YEAR SatyamŸ AGEDŸ Ÿ GRADUATEDŸ INŸ -ASSŸ -EDIAŸ OLDŸ ڟLMMAKERŸ (EŸ HASŸ DIRECTEDŸ AŸ SHORTŸ ڟLMŸ FROMŸ 3)%3Ÿ #OLLEGEŸ .ERULŸ (EŸ HASŸ WORKEDŸ 3AMUDRAŸ WHICHŸ WASŸ SELECTEDŸ FORŸ THEŸ 'OAŸ 3HORTŸ ASŸ ANŸ ASSISTANTŸ DIRECTORŸ TOŸ 6ISHRAMŸ 3AWANTŸ FORŸ &ILMŸ #ARNIVALŸ (EŸ HASŸ ALSOŸ PARTICIPATEDŸ INŸ THEŸ HISŸ UPCOMINGŸ MOVIEŸ ShooterŸ 3ATYAMŸ HASŸ ALSOŸ MAKINGŸOFŸDOCU DRAMASŸANDŸAŸ-ARATHIŸTALKŸSHOWŸ WORKEDŸ FORŸ #HANNELŸ 6Ÿ ASŸ AŸ -ANAGERŸ FORŸ THEŸ titled Aaple Sanvidhan Aapla Aatmsanman. )NDIAFESTŸ SHOWŸ ANDŸ ATŸ -AD-IDAASŸ &ILMSŸ ASŸ ANŸ ASSISTANTŸ DIRECTORŸ FORŸ THEŸ UPCOMINGŸ ڟLMŸ $ELHIŸ FILMOGRAPHY: Samudra (2014) +HABBARŸ FILMOGRAPHY: Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2014) 91

AASTHA DHYANI YOHAN FERNANDES PEDALLING THROUGH TICKET TO BOMBAY THE WAVES (TICKET TO BOMBAY)  INDIA |  HINDI | h 4’ | G 2016  INDIA |  HINDI | h 4’ | G 2016 $RIFTERS
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YUGANT DEVANAND PATIL YOURS LOVINGLY (YOURS LOVINGLY)  INDIA |  HINDI | h 4’ | G 2016 In a city like Mumbai, globalisation has drained the emotions out of people. Yet, there are a lot of people who value relations and are attached to their roots. This ÞLM
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ROYAL STAG Royal Stag Barrel Select has joined hands with ‘Jio MAMI BARREL Mumbai Film Festival with Star’ to celebrate original short SELECT films. At this year’s festival, there will be a new section LARGE SHORT called Large Short Films Category that has invited FILM Contest filmmakers across the country to submit original short films. It’s one of the biggest short film competition that will see the winning entry get showcased at the prestigious festival, alongside the premiere of Neeraj Pandey’s new Short called ‘Ouch’, starring Manoj Bajpai. The winning director will also get a chance to intern with Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions. Over 350 Shorts have been submitted and the jury includes Anupama Chopra, Tisca Chopra and Smriti Kiran who would select three of the most powerful entries. Ek - By Saurabh Bharat Nominees Aakhri Sawari - By Divyajot Singh Acche Din - By Aron Mitr Kusum - Shumona Banerjee Framed - By Ashish Shukla With you for you always - By Azad Alam Abnormal - By Swati Semwal Qalandar - By Rohit Sharma Dhagaa - By Raj R. Gupta The guest - By Ayappa K. M

JURY ANUPAMA TISCA SMRITI CHOPRA CHOPRA KIRAN Anupama Chopra is a film critic, In 2007, Tisca Chopra appeared in a Journalist, creative director, producer television anchor and book author. She pivotal role in Taare Zameen Par, and author, Smriti Kiran has been part of has been writing about Bollywood since which was India’s official entry to the the entertainment industry for the last 1993. Her work has appeared in Academy Awards. She also featured two decades. Her extensive experience in publications such as The New York in Anup Singh’s Qissa (2013), which television programming took shape at Times, Hindustan Times, The Los premiered at the TIFF 2013, and won multiple networks like NDTV, Star News, Angeles Times and Vogue (India). the prestigious NETPAC Award for Star World, Star Plus, Star Movies and Zee Best Asian Film. She was nominated TV. An avid believer in the power of at the New York Indian Film Festival narratives, she wrote the screenplay in the Best Actress category for her book of the record-breaking film 3 Idiots work in 10ml Love (2010). She has and produced the screenplay books of also appeared in the Indian auteur extraordinaire Guru Dutt. Smriti is adaptation of the American series at present the Creative Head of a 24, which was much lauded. Her television production house, Cherry Tree book Acting Smart (HarperCollins Productions, and as Creative Director of Publishers India), is a bestseller. She the Mumbai film Festival she is just finished Chutney, her first short committed to help build the festival into film as a producer. a cutting-edge entity. TWENTY-THREE

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NASREEN MUNNI KABIR ON BIMAL ROY \"IMALŸ2OYŸWASŸAMONGŸTHOSEŸÚLMMAKERSŸWHOŸDEÚNEDŸ set up his own production company, which allowed THEIRŸ ERAŸ BYŸ MAKINGŸ SOCIALLYŸ RELEVANTŸ ÚLMSŸ THATŸ WEREŸ HIMŸ TOTALŸ FREEDOMŸ INŸ CHOOSINGŸ HISŸ ÚLMŸ SUBJECTSŸ ACHINGLYŸ SADŸ ANDŸ BEAUTIFULŸ 7HENŸ STORIESŸ INŸ ÚLMŸ No longer answerable to studio owners or private comment on caste and class inequalities, or extol ÚNANCIERSŸTHEŸMAJORITYŸOFŸÚLMSŸTHATŸHEŸMADEŸBETWEENŸ the power that some women exude, or tell of other 1953 (starting with Do Bigha Zamin) and 1966 had WOMENŸWHOŸHAVEŸNOŸVOICEŸATŸALLŸŸITŸISŸ2OYSŸÚLMSŸTHATŸ AŸ STRONGŸ SOCIALŸ THEMEŸ (ISŸ ÚLMSŸ STOODŸ APARTŸ INŸ ANŸ are the point of reference. industry where movies aimed to merely entertain. \"IMALŸ2OYŸWASŸHOWEVERŸNOTŸAŸPOLITICALŸMANŸŸANDŸASŸ .OŸ ÚLMŸ HASŸ YETŸ BEENŸ MADEŸ THATŸ ISŸ ASŸ EMOTIVEŸ AŸ HISŸWIFEŸ-ANOBINAŸ2OYŸSTATEDŸINŸAŸŸINTERVIEWŸSHEŸ tale as the tragic story of farmers tale about the believed her husband was \"more of a humanist than plight of farmers as Do Bigha Zamin (sadly still so a Marxist or Socialist.\" Bimal Roy created sublime relevant in our times), or spoken of eternal love so moments of cinema and was also gifted in eliciting delicately (Madhumati), or captured the feelings of a subtle performances from his actors. Shades of his young woman driven to commit a crime of passion own quiet personality can be found in the silences (Bandini). With excellent screenplay and dialogue of his memorable protagonists. Bimal Roy's central writers working alongside him, Bimal Roy chose the CHARACTERSŸ Ÿ $EVDASŸ 0AROŸ #HANDRAMUKHIŸ 3UJATAŸ best composers, lyricists and singers to serve his !NANDŸ \"IKASHŸ 'HOSHŸ $EVENDRAŸ ORŸ +ALYANIŸ Ÿ SEEMŸ narratives. At the heart of all his work is his restrained LIKEŸREALŸPEOPLEŸWHOŸJUSTŸHAPPENŸTOŸINHABITŸTHEŸWORLDŸ intelligence and natural belief in human decency and of the screen. tolerance. )NŸŸINŸANŸADDRESSŸDELIVEREDŸBYŸ\"ALRAJŸ3AHNIŸATŸTHEŸ Like many other original thinkers who have determined Jawaharlal Nehru University (and thanks to Professor their own destiny, Bimal Roy chose a very different Chaman Lal who made the text available on the JNU path from his landowning family in East Bengal (now website), Sahni gave us an important insight into Bangladesh) while still in his early twenties. He was Bimal Roy's personality, which shows that despite a good-looking man with ambitions of becoming a his many achievements and countless awards, he did stage actor, but was soon drawn to photography and NOTŸBELIEVEŸINŸÛAUNTINGŸHISŸSUCCESSŸORŸHAVINGŸHISŸEGOŸ ÚLMMAKINGŸ 4HEŸ MOVEŸ FROMŸ THEATREŸ TOŸ CINEMAŸ WASŸ fanned. Sahni remembers: \"About twenty years ago, UNSURPRISINGŸASŸÚLMMAKINGŸOFFEREDŸNEWŸWAYSŸOFŸSEEINGŸ the Calcutta Film Journalists' Association decided and telling stories. By 1932, Bimal Roy was working as to honour the late Bimal Roy, the maker of Do Bigha a camera assistant at New Theatres, Kolkata's leading Zamin, and us, his colleagues. It was a simple but studio. His natural eye for composition and lighting tasteful ceremony. Many good speeches were made, made him the ideal choice to photograph their best but the listeners were waiting anxiously to hear Bimal productions, including PC Barua's Devdas in 1935. 2OYŸ 7EŸ WEREŸ ALLŸ SITTINGŸ ONŸ THEŸ ÛOORŸ ANDŸ )Ÿ WASŸ NEXTŸ to Bimalda. I could see that as his turn approached Roy’s desire to further his understanding of cinema he became increasingly nervous and restless. And increased with time, and nine years later, in 1944, still when his turn came, he got up, folded his hands and at New Theatres, he photographed and directed his SAIDŸf7HATEVERŸ)ŸHAVEŸTOŸSAYŸ)ŸSAYŸITŸINŸMYŸÚLMSŸ)ŸHAVEŸ ÚRSTŸ ÚLMŸ 5DAYERŸ 0ATHEYŸ 4OWARDSŸ THEŸ ,IGHT Ÿ AŸ STORYŸ nothing more to say,' and then he sat down.\" of intellectual dishonesty and the power of love to OVERCOMEŸ SOCIALŸ DIFFERENCESŸ 4HEŸ ÚLMŸ WASŸ RELEASEDŸ /NŸ Ÿ *ANUARYŸ Ÿ \"IMALŸ 2OYŸ PASSEDŸ AWAYŸ ATŸ THEŸ to huge acclaim, and overnight, Roy became a well- AGEŸ OFŸ Ÿ ANDŸ ÚFTYŸ YEARSŸ LATERŸ HISŸ ÚLMSŸ CONTINUEŸ TOŸ KNOWNŸÚGUREŸINŸ\"ENGAL SPEAKŸ VOLUMESŸ TOŸ ÚLMŸ LOVERSŸ ACROSSŸ GENERATIONSŸ It is wonderful that we will have the opportunity of In 1951, he moved with his wife, family and close revisiting Udayer Pathey, Do Bigha Zamin and Bandini colleagues to settle and work in Mumbai. In 1953, he on the big screen at MAMI this year. \"ORN
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