“Agra”Kanu Behl (Cannes selection). “Titli,”Clermont-Ferrand winner “Binnu Ka Sapna”), “Joram”By Devashish Mkhija (Rotterdam Selection). “Ajji,”Busan selection “Bhonsle”) and “Sultana’s Dream”Isabel Herguera (San Sebastian selection) “Kalebegiak”) are among the selections at India’s Film Bazaar Recommends (FBR) strand.
The strand is a part of Film Bazaar, the South Asia film project market operated by India’s National Film Development Corporation. The FBR selections, comprising 20 features, two mid-length films and eight shorts are chosen from 247 films in the market’s Viewing Room that presents films from India and South Asia, which are recently completed or still in post-production. All films are available for selection at film festivals, worldwide sales, distribution partners and funding. All selections are available for world premieres.
The market will offer the chance for 30 films to pitch to Bazaar representatives.
The Bazaar selected five projects to participate in its Work-In-Progress Lab. The Lab allows filmmakers to show rough cuts of their films to a panel international advisors. These advisors include a film festival director and a critic. Producers and editors also get comprehensive feedback to assist with the final cut.
International recognition has been given to films made in recent labs. They include Jaishankar Aryar’s Busan winner “Shivamma,” Natesh Hegde’s Pingyao and Nantes winner “Pedro,” Irfana Majumdar’s Locarno selection “Shankar’s Fairies,” Ajitpal Singh’s Sundance selection “Fire in the Mountains” and Nitin Lukose’s Toronto selection “Paka: River of Blood.”
The Cannes Film Market earlier this year offered the chance for lab selections in 2019 and 2021 to present their trailers.
“We have received a record number of submissions for the Viewing Room and Work-in-Progress Lab this year, which goes to show the immense faith that filmmakers across the region have on this platform to present their films – many of which are still in progress – in the best possible manner and enable business opportunities for their films,”Ravinder Bhakar, MD NFDC. “By going strong during the pandemic with two very successful online editions, Film Bazaar as proven itself as the only option in the South Asian region for international film professionals looking to choose films for their film festivals and distribution.”
Film Bazaar Recommends Films For 2022
Feature films
“Aattam”Anand Ekarshi (Indian, Malayalam-language).
“Agantuk” by Probir Kumar Sarkar (Bangladesh, Bengali)
“Agra” Kanu Behrl (Indiana, France and Hindi)
“All India Rank”Varun Grover (Indian, Hindi)
“Bahadur” by Diwa Shah (India, Nepali, Kumaoni, Hindi)
“Be Kucheye Khoshbakht”By Sreemoyee Sing (India, Farsi).
“Daayam”Prasanth Vijay, India, Malayalam
“Dear Latika”Kanchan Pan (India, Hindi),
“Dilli Dark”Dibakar das Roy (Indian, Hindi)
“Family” Don Palathara, India, Malayalam
“Guras”Saurav Rai (Indian-Nepal and Nepali)
“In the Belly of a Tiger” by Siddartha Jatla (India-China-U.S.-Taiwan-France, Hindi)
“Joram”By Devashish Makhija, India, Hindi
“Josephki Macha” by Paban Kumar Haobam (India, Tangkhul)
“Manal” by Chandrasekaram Visakesa (Sri Lanka, Tamil)
“Mithya”Sumanth Bhhat (India, Kannada),
“Pushtaini”Vinod Rakat (Indian Hindi, Kumaoni English)
“Sultana ka Sapna” (“Sultana’s Dream”) by Isabel Herguera (India-Spain-Germany, Hindi, Bengali, English, Spanish, Basque, Italian)
“The Scavenger of Dreams”By Suman Ghosh (Indian, Hindi)
“Whispers of Fire & Water” by Lubdhak Chatterjee, (India, Bengali, Hindi, English)
Mid-Length
“Kunde”By Ayappa K.M. (India, Kannada)
“Silan” by Ashmita Guha Neogi (India-France, Marathi)
Shorts
“Bimbam”Sai Prawin Thanigachalam, India, Silent
“Dil Dariya Khawab Samander”Tanvi Jadwani (Indian, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati)
“Khowab”Hemanta Sadeeq (Bangladesh Bengali)
“Perianayaki” Bala Mural Shringade, (New Zealand Tamil, English).
“Priyo Ami” by Suchana Saha, (India, Bengali, English)
“Kakathuruth”Mohammed Ali Faisal Valiyaveettil, India, Malayalam
“Ripples Under the Skin”Farha Khatun, India, Hindi
“Street Mozart” by Niladree Bhattacharya (India, Bengali)
Work-In-Progress Lab
“All India Rank”Varun Grover (Indian, Hindi)
“Bahadur” by Diwa Shah (India, Nepali, Kumaoni, Hindi)
“In the Belly of a Tiger” by Siddartha Jatla (India-China-U.S.-Taiwan-France, Hindi)
“Dilli Dark”Dibakar das Roy (Indian, Hindi)
“Mithya”Sumanth Bhhat (India, Kannada).