unIndian director Anupam Sharm with Brett Lee and Tannishtha Chatterjee.
unIndian director Anupam Sharma has launched his next project, One Step at a Time, just months after the lacklustre box office performance of last year's heavily marketed comedy starring cricketer Brett Lee.
The feature documentary, a co-production between Australia and India to be directed and produced by Sharma, will follow former Australian politican and ultramarathon runner, Pat Farmer, as he runs the length of India..
Producer, Penny Robins, is the consultant executive producer on the project.
With a working title of One Step at a Time, the film will document Farmer.s run and will showcase the colourful, enchanting, challenging and organised chaos of India..
Also joining Sharma on the film is India.s award-winning documentary filmmaker Yasmin Kidwai as creative consultant and co-producer..
Kidwai will be tasked with ensuring broadcast sales in India.
Kidwai said she was very excited...
unIndian director Anupam Sharma has launched his next project, One Step at a Time, just months after the lacklustre box office performance of last year's heavily marketed comedy starring cricketer Brett Lee.
The feature documentary, a co-production between Australia and India to be directed and produced by Sharma, will follow former Australian politican and ultramarathon runner, Pat Farmer, as he runs the length of India..
Producer, Penny Robins, is the consultant executive producer on the project.
With a working title of One Step at a Time, the film will document Farmer.s run and will showcase the colourful, enchanting, challenging and organised chaos of India..
Also joining Sharma on the film is India.s award-winning documentary filmmaker Yasmin Kidwai as creative consultant and co-producer..
Kidwai will be tasked with ensuring broadcast sales in India.
Kidwai said she was very excited...
- 2/5/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
The 6th edition of Persistence Resistance, a documentary film festival, will take place from 16-20 February, 2014.
It will take place over the three venues of Goethe Institut – Max Mueller Bhavan, India International Centre – Main Auditorium and Khoj International Artists’ Association.The inaugural film of the festival is Deepa Dhanraj’s 1986 documentary on communal violence in Hyderabad, Kya Hua Iss Shehar Ko. Dhanraj’s 1991 film on family planning, Something Like a War that won the Best Long Documentary at Films De Femmes, Creteil, France, will also be screened.
Sanjay Kak and Rupleena Bose will be the panelists on a discussion on Bidesia and Beyond: Subaltern Realities. Surabhi Sharma’s Can we see the baby bump please, from last year will also get a screening.
A still from No Problem
Manak Matiyani will be seen discussing, Shared Practice, with Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar. Winner of River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival,...
It will take place over the three venues of Goethe Institut – Max Mueller Bhavan, India International Centre – Main Auditorium and Khoj International Artists’ Association.The inaugural film of the festival is Deepa Dhanraj’s 1986 documentary on communal violence in Hyderabad, Kya Hua Iss Shehar Ko. Dhanraj’s 1991 film on family planning, Something Like a War that won the Best Long Documentary at Films De Femmes, Creteil, France, will also be screened.
Sanjay Kak and Rupleena Bose will be the panelists on a discussion on Bidesia and Beyond: Subaltern Realities. Surabhi Sharma’s Can we see the baby bump please, from last year will also get a screening.
A still from No Problem
Manak Matiyani will be seen discussing, Shared Practice, with Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar. Winner of River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival,...
- 2/11/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
2013 proved to be yet another exciting year for Indian documentaries: they screened at numerous international film festivals and took home awards. In a small but significant step, a few of them even found their way into theatres in India. Though the domestic funding and distribution scenario still remains gloomy, there’s much to rejoice in the international acclaim that these documentaries have found in the last year.
We have compiled a list of the 10 most successful documentaries of 2013, taking into account factors such as film festivals, awards, popularity, reviews and distribution.
Special Mention for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man that has recently been selected for its fiftieth festival, Saurav Sarangi’s Char..The No Man’s Island and Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang for still being hot on the festival circuit and Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s When Hari Got Married for its theatrical release in August. All...
We have compiled a list of the 10 most successful documentaries of 2013, taking into account factors such as film festivals, awards, popularity, reviews and distribution.
Special Mention for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man that has recently been selected for its fiftieth festival, Saurav Sarangi’s Char..The No Man’s Island and Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang for still being hot on the festival circuit and Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s When Hari Got Married for its theatrical release in August. All...
- 1/3/2014
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
The Coffin Maker by Veena Bakshi won the River to River Bitebay Audience Award at the 13th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival that was held from November 22-28.
Set in a small village in Goa, the film tells the story of Anton Gomes (Naseeruddin Shah) who comes from a family of accomplished carpenters and takes up coffin-making when difficult circumstances render him jobless and penniless. The film is part of International Competition at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (Iffi) Goa.
Tamaash by Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh won the Audience award in Short film section. The film recently won the Golden Elephant trophy for Best Short, Children’s Jury at the 18th International Children’s Film Festival of India.
No Problem! Six Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai took the Audience award in the documentary section. The film revolves around women from six countries who...
Set in a small village in Goa, the film tells the story of Anton Gomes (Naseeruddin Shah) who comes from a family of accomplished carpenters and takes up coffin-making when difficult circumstances render him jobless and penniless. The film is part of International Competition at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (Iffi) Goa.
Tamaash by Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh won the Audience award in Short film section. The film recently won the Golden Elephant trophy for Best Short, Children’s Jury at the 18th International Children’s Film Festival of India.
No Problem! Six Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai took the Audience award in the documentary section. The film revolves around women from six countries who...
- 11/29/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 10th edition of Jeevika: Asian Livelihood Documentary Festival to be held in New Delhi from August 29-September 1 has unveiled its lineup. The festival will take place at the India Habitat Centre.
The festival will open with No Problem! (Six months with the barefoot Grandmamas) by Yasmin Kidwai. The film revolves around numerous illiterate rural women from all over the world, particularly Africa, who are being trained as solar engineers in the village of Tilonia, Rajasthan through the Rural Solar Electrification Project run by the Barefoot College. It won the Best Documentary award at Zanzibar International Film Festival.
The other documentaries to be screened at the festival are:
Aarohan by Manish Pruthi, Pallavi Kumar, Pawan Lodhi
Green School: Footprints in the future by Giovanni Mo
A Common Story by Ananda Siddhartha,Epti Pattnaik,Piyus Garud,Pratik Bhakta
Their Last Weapon by Nirupama Singh
The Road Back Home by Shobhit Jain...
The festival will open with No Problem! (Six months with the barefoot Grandmamas) by Yasmin Kidwai. The film revolves around numerous illiterate rural women from all over the world, particularly Africa, who are being trained as solar engineers in the village of Tilonia, Rajasthan through the Rural Solar Electrification Project run by the Barefoot College. It won the Best Documentary award at Zanzibar International Film Festival.
The other documentaries to be screened at the festival are:
Aarohan by Manish Pruthi, Pallavi Kumar, Pawan Lodhi
Green School: Footprints in the future by Giovanni Mo
A Common Story by Ananda Siddhartha,Epti Pattnaik,Piyus Garud,Pratik Bhakta
Their Last Weapon by Nirupama Singh
The Road Back Home by Shobhit Jain...
- 8/24/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
No Problem! Six Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas (India-Uganda) directed by Delhi-based filmmaker Yasmin Kidwai was declared the Best Documentary at the recently concluded Zanzibar International Film Festival.
Besides the Best Documentary prize, the film also won the Ousmane Sembene Award comprising a cash prize of 5000 Usd. The award is given to a film which best focuses on a development issue and presents it in an entertaining manner.
The Jury said in its statement: “It’s a rare depiction of successful South-to-South cooperation. This exceptional documentary shows us that wherever there is hope, understanding, commitment and humanity; solutions can be designed, implemented and made to benefit the vulnerable. No Problem! Six Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas is a skillful documentary by a visibly confident and compassionate female director on women who go from being considered ‘illiterate’ to being called ‘engineers’ and repositioning themselves in their communities.”
In Kidwai’s documentary,...
Besides the Best Documentary prize, the film also won the Ousmane Sembene Award comprising a cash prize of 5000 Usd. The award is given to a film which best focuses on a development issue and presents it in an entertaining manner.
The Jury said in its statement: “It’s a rare depiction of successful South-to-South cooperation. This exceptional documentary shows us that wherever there is hope, understanding, commitment and humanity; solutions can be designed, implemented and made to benefit the vulnerable. No Problem! Six Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas is a skillful documentary by a visibly confident and compassionate female director on women who go from being considered ‘illiterate’ to being called ‘engineers’ and repositioning themselves in their communities.”
In Kidwai’s documentary,...
- 7/18/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Oass
Three Indian films have been selected in the Competition section of the 16th Zanzibar International Film Festival in East Africa: Oass-The Dew Drop by Abhinav Tiwari, In God’s Land by Pankaj Rishi Kumar and The Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai.
A total of 80 films will be screened in 4 categories at the festival.
The festival will run from June 29-July 7, 2013.
Oass-The Dew Drop, a fiction film by Abhinav Tiwari revolves around Kiku who is sold by her aunt to prostitution when barely in her teens. Kiku struggles to come to terms with her reality. She tries to escape, three times, risking torture from her “owners” each time.
In God’s land, a documentary by Pankaj Rishi Kumar traces a village’s unique journey to fight oppression of the Vanamamalai Temple after the mythical birth of their village God Sudalai Swami. Now that the clergy owns the land,...
Three Indian films have been selected in the Competition section of the 16th Zanzibar International Film Festival in East Africa: Oass-The Dew Drop by Abhinav Tiwari, In God’s Land by Pankaj Rishi Kumar and The Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai.
A total of 80 films will be screened in 4 categories at the festival.
The festival will run from June 29-July 7, 2013.
Oass-The Dew Drop, a fiction film by Abhinav Tiwari revolves around Kiku who is sold by her aunt to prostitution when barely in her teens. Kiku struggles to come to terms with her reality. She tries to escape, three times, risking torture from her “owners” each time.
In God’s land, a documentary by Pankaj Rishi Kumar traces a village’s unique journey to fight oppression of the Vanamamalai Temple after the mythical birth of their village God Sudalai Swami. Now that the clergy owns the land,...
- 6/20/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
10th Indian film festival Stuttgart has announced its selection. The festival will take place from July 17 to 21 in the German city of Stuttgart.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened at the festival:-
Ashok Rane’s doucmentay Being with Apu
Blood Brothers by Steve Hoover
Dancing Colours by Stuttgart Media University students
Liv & Ingmar by Dheeraj Akolkar
Much Ado about Knotting by Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur
No Problem! 6 Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai
Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar
Resonance of Mother’s Melody by Dip Bhuyan
Salma by Kim Longinotto
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
The World Before her by Nisha Pahuja
Bombay Talkies by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar
Shahid by Hansal Mehta
Chokher Bali by Rituparno Ghosh
Bawdi – The Well by Viver Soni
Paroksh by Kuldip Patel
Thaambadhyam by Yugandhara Muthukrishnan
Umbartha by...
Here is the complete list of films to be screened at the festival:-
Ashok Rane’s doucmentay Being with Apu
Blood Brothers by Steve Hoover
Dancing Colours by Stuttgart Media University students
Liv & Ingmar by Dheeraj Akolkar
Much Ado about Knotting by Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur
No Problem! 6 Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai
Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar
Resonance of Mother’s Melody by Dip Bhuyan
Salma by Kim Longinotto
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
The World Before her by Nisha Pahuja
Bombay Talkies by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar
Shahid by Hansal Mehta
Chokher Bali by Rituparno Ghosh
Bawdi – The Well by Viver Soni
Paroksh by Kuldip Patel
Thaambadhyam by Yugandhara Muthukrishnan
Umbartha by...
- 6/19/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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