The screen debut “Cat Sticks” by the Indian filmmaker Ronny Sen challenges our prejudice about Indian cinema right from the start – it is a lean art house drama about junkies told as a mosaic composed of several stories connected thematically, while not necessarily narratively, happening over the course of one rainy night in Kolkata. The film premiered as the only Indian feature at Slamdance in its official narrative feature competition and the potential for further festival exposure is high.
Cat Sticks is screening at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival:
Right from the start, the viewer is aware that “Cat Sticks” is something else, opening with simple credits sequence of white letters on black background set against some grungy drone played on electric guitar. The stories follow several drug addicts, or groups of them, looking for the high of halogen, a special synthetic brand of heroin that created havoc in India...
Cat Sticks is screening at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival:
Right from the start, the viewer is aware that “Cat Sticks” is something else, opening with simple credits sequence of white letters on black background set against some grungy drone played on electric guitar. The stories follow several drug addicts, or groups of them, looking for the high of halogen, a special synthetic brand of heroin that created havoc in India...
- 11/25/2019
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
Ronny Sen was born in Silchar in Assam in a big joint family in 1986. By the time he was 2 or 3 years old, his father got transferred and they moved to Salt Lake City in Calcutta where he still lives and works. He was shooting photographs and some videos until his film debut, “Cat Sticks“. According to his words, “I was mostly perusing art you can say, which is still something I am more committed to.”
Cat Sticks is your feature debut. How it felt making it?
It felt like a great adventure. Also, because it is in a way biological and you feel it in the stomach. There was some apprehension in the beginning but slowly things kept falling into place. Filmmaking is solving problems on a daily basis while you are constantly on the move, travelling from one scene to the other or from one process to the next...
Cat Sticks is your feature debut. How it felt making it?
It felt like a great adventure. Also, because it is in a way biological and you feel it in the stomach. There was some apprehension in the beginning but slowly things kept falling into place. Filmmaking is solving problems on a daily basis while you are constantly on the move, travelling from one scene to the other or from one process to the next...
- 5/6/2019
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
Awards were handed out Thursday at the 25th annual Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with nine films earning honors in the jury, audience and sponsored categories.
The narrative jury prize was awarded to the feminist puppet animation film “Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture,” directed by Nicole Brending. Honorable mention was given to “Cat Sticks,” directed by Ronny Sen.
“Dollhouse wasn’t like any other film at the festival or any festival. It was outrageous, bold, hilarious,” read the jury statement from Frédéric Forestier, Shih-Ching Tsou and Jeremiah Zagar. “We’re also giving it the grand prize because we think it really embodies the spirit of the Slamdance. ‘Cat Sticks’ is unbelievably gorgeous and has some of the most incredible poetic moments of any movies we’ve ever seen. We hope it finds a vein in American culture!”
The documentary jury prize was awarded to David Hambridge’s “Kifaru,...
The narrative jury prize was awarded to the feminist puppet animation film “Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture,” directed by Nicole Brending. Honorable mention was given to “Cat Sticks,” directed by Ronny Sen.
“Dollhouse wasn’t like any other film at the festival or any festival. It was outrageous, bold, hilarious,” read the jury statement from Frédéric Forestier, Shih-Ching Tsou and Jeremiah Zagar. “We’re also giving it the grand prize because we think it really embodies the spirit of the Slamdance. ‘Cat Sticks’ is unbelievably gorgeous and has some of the most incredible poetic moments of any movies we’ve ever seen. We hope it finds a vein in American culture!”
The documentary jury prize was awarded to David Hambridge’s “Kifaru,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
We have the prize winners from the 25th anniversary Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture took the Jury Award for Narrative Features, and its director Nicole Brending also scored the George Starks Spirit of Slamdance Award. Kifaro won both the Jury Award and Audience Award for Documentary Features.
A no-holds-barred look at misogyny as told by puppets, Dollhouse charts the life and times of Junie Spoons, a once-popular child star and tween idol who peaks at 18 and is D-listed to society’s where-are-they-now junk drawer. Spanning four years, Kifaru follows two ranger recruits mentored by a seasoned ranger with an unorthodox approach to caring for the world’s last northern white rhino.
The fest’s two other Audience Awards went to Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night (Narrative Feature) and Patrick Creadon’s Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story...
A no-holds-barred look at misogyny as told by puppets, Dollhouse charts the life and times of Junie Spoons, a once-popular child star and tween idol who peaks at 18 and is D-listed to society’s where-are-they-now junk drawer. Spanning four years, Kifaru follows two ranger recruits mentored by a seasoned ranger with an unorthodox approach to caring for the world’s last northern white rhino.
The fest’s two other Audience Awards went to Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night (Narrative Feature) and Patrick Creadon’s Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story...
- 2/1/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The screen debut “Cat Sticks” by the Indian filmmaker Ronny Sen challenges our prejudice about Indian cinema right from the start – it is a lean art house drama about junkies told as a mosaic composed of several stories connected thematically, while not necessarily narratively, happening over the course of one rainy night in Kolkata. The film premiered as the only Indian feature at Slamdance in its official narrative feature competition and the potential for further festival exposure is high.
Right from the start, the viewer is aware that “Cat Sticks” is something else, opening with simple credits sequence of white letters on black background set against some grungy drone played on electric guitar. The stories follow several drug addicts, or groups of them, looking for the high of halogen, a special synthetic brand of heroin that created havoc in India in the 90s and the early 2Ks. This particular collection...
Right from the start, the viewer is aware that “Cat Sticks” is something else, opening with simple credits sequence of white letters on black background set against some grungy drone played on electric guitar. The stories follow several drug addicts, or groups of them, looking for the high of halogen, a special synthetic brand of heroin that created havoc in India in the 90s and the early 2Ks. This particular collection...
- 1/31/2019
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
Kolkata, the eastern Indian megalopolis once known as Calcutta and commonly referred to as the City of Joy, has long been thought of as the center of intellectualism in India. Many of the country's most internationally lauded artists hail from the West Bengal capital. Not only are filmmakers like Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak associated with Kolkata, but also some of the nation's most famous authors like Rabindranath Tagore also hail from the region. So when images of Kolkata come to mind, it is these lofty names that tend to shape the world's vision of the art of the region. Fine Art photographer Ronny Sen's debut feature film, Cat Sticks, points a well trained eye at the underbelly of the city, tracing a loosely interwoven network...
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- 1/28/2019
- Screen Anarchy
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