Veteran Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal and Qissa director Anup Singh are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for the Co-production Market at this year’s Film Bazaar in Goa, India.

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Benegal has been making award-winning films since the 1970s – most recently satires Welcome To Sajjanpur and Well Done Abba. Singh’s Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost is currently having a successful run on the festival circuit.

International projects at Film Bazaar include Amok, from Chilean director Valeria Sarmiento and produced by the UK’s Anna Holburn; UK filmmaker Robert Mullan’s Son Of India; Malabar Court, directed by Niara Modi and produced by Canada’s Paul Scherzer; and Polish director Piotr Trzaskalski’s Incredible.

The line-up also include one project in partnership with the Netherlands’ Boost programme, Bikas Mishra’s Wild Fire, and one project with IFP, Varenya directed by Shripriya Mahesh.

Organised by the National Film Development Corp (NFDC), Film Bazaar will also host Screenwriters Lab, Work-in-Progress Lab, Primexchange and the inaugural edition of Producers Lab, aimed at aspiring Indian producers.

NFDC Film Bazaar Co-production Market

28-Sri (Sri Lanka)
dir: Prasanna Jayakody, prod: Rasitha Jinasena

Dawaat Nama (Pakistan)
dir: Sabiha Sumar, prod: Sachithanandam Sathananthan

Homestay Blues (India)
dir: Miriam Chandy Menacherry, prod: Arjun Menon

Pac-Man (India)
dir/prod: Anirban Datta

Incredible (Poland)
dir: Piotr Trzaskalski, prod: Roman Jedrkowiak

Scorpion’s Song (Switzerland)
Anup Singh, prod: Saskia Vischer

When Mirza Comes Back (Lithuania)
dir: Kamal K.M. Karamattathil, prod: Leva Norvilienė

Warm Bread & The Nipple’s Circle (Afghanistan)
dir/prod: Roya Sadat

Son Of India (UK)
dir: Robert Mullan, prod: Joshua Clement

Circle Of Fire (India)
dir/prod: Arnab Chaudhuri

Amok (UK)
dir: Valeria Sarmiento, prod: Anna Holburn

Malabar Court (Canada)
dir: Niara Modi, prod: Paul Scherzer

Oont (The Camel Ride) (India)
dir: Gaganvihari Borate, prod: Vivek Kajaria

Taramandal (Constellation) (India)
dir: Rohit Pandey, prod: Ruchi Bhimani

Roads To Freedom (India)
dir: Shyam Benegal, prod: Nitin Desai

Lipstick Under My Burkha (India)
dir/prod: Alankrita Shrivastava

Bhiwani (India)
dir: Mahendra Jakhar, prod: Sunil Doshi

The Watchmaker Must Die Again (Canada)
dir: Jogavindra S. Khera, prod: Mehernaz Lentin

Highway (India)
dir: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni, prod: Sumanth Kumar Reddy

A Holy Fire (India)
dir/prod: Govind Nihalani

Wild Fire (India)
dir: Bikas Ranjan Mishra, prod: Nandita Dutta BOOST PROJECT

Varenya (US)
dir: Shripriya Mahesh IFP PROJECT

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