All India articles – Page 28
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NewsFICCI Frames partners with Australia
India’s FICCI Frames conference, which is celebrating its 15th edition (March 12-14), has confirmed that Australia will be the partner country this year.
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NewsIndia, Canada sign co-pro treaty
India and Canada have signed a co-production agreement, wrapping up talks that have been on-going since 2010.
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NewsFox Star reunites with Jolly LLB team
Mumbai-based Fox Star Studios is reteaming with director Subhash Kapoor and actor Arshad Warsi on comedy drama Guddu Rangeela.
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FeaturesIndian box office: Local films race ahead
Hollywood hasn’t yet maximised the potential of the Indian market, where 2013 saw some record-breaking Bollywood hits despite a slowdown in box-office growth. Liz Shackleton reports.
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NewsProduction begins on Marigold 2
Shooting is underway in India on The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2, Fox Searchlight’s first ever sequel and follow-up to the 2012 $135m global hit.
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NewsUTV films gross $161m in 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s local-language releases grossed $210.5m overall in 2013, comprising $160.7m from UTV and a further $49.8m from territory-specific titles.
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NewsMother, I Love You sells to India
Latvia’s candidate for the Oscars picked up for all rights distribution.
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NewsThe Spark, Titli win at Film Bazaar
Rajesh Jala’s The Spark was awarded the $16,000 (Rs1m) Incredible India award at the close of Film Bazaar (Nov 20-24), while Kanu Behl’s Titli took the Prasad Digital Intermediate prize.
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NewsASAP to produce Jala's The Spark
EXCLUSIVE: France’s ASAP Films has boarded Rajesh Jala’s The Spark (Chingari) at NFDC Film Bazaar 2013. Selected for NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab and Co-production Market, the project also won the Incredible India award announced on the closing night of Film Bazaar.
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NewsSebastian finds funding, co-producer
Vasant Nath’s drama Sebastian Wants To Remember has found an Indian co-producer and secured a grant of $68,000 (€50,000) from EU Media Development.
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NewsKauwboy wins at India’s ICFFI
Dutch filmmaker Boudewijn Koole’s Kauwboy won the Golden Elephant for best film in the International Live-action Competition at this year’s International Children’s Film Festival of India (ICFFI) which wrapped in Hyderabad on Nov 20.
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NewsProducers urged to tailor materials for int’l market
Sales agents urged Indian producers to pay more attention to the materials they require to handle a film’s international distribution at a Film Bazaar seminar on The Role Of A Sales Agent.
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NewsFremaux compares Indian cinema to ‘70s Hollywood
Visiting Film Bazaar for the first time, Thierry Fremaux drew comparisons between Indian cinema and the ground-breaking films made in the US in the 1970s.
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NewsNalin wraps Angry Indian Goddesses
Paris-based Indian filmmaker Pan Nalin has wrapped principal photography on his debut in mainstream Hindi cinema, coming-of-age drama Angry Indian Goddesses.
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NewsDeol finds Special Treats for Bounty Hunter
Bollywood actor-producer Abhay Deol’s i.e. Films is joining forces with Colin Burrows UK-based Special Treats Productions to co-produce Bounty Hunter.
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FeaturesGyan Correa, The Good Road
Director Gyan Correa talks to Liz Shackleton about his debut feature The Good Road, selected by India as its official entry for the best foreign-language Oscar category.
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FeaturesSouth Asia’s road to Oscar glory
From tales of lesbian romance, errant villagers and unwanted pregnancy to a road movie and dreams of escape, Screen profiles the five South Asian films submitted to the Oscars’ foreign-language film category.
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NewsChannel 4 takes Film Bazaar titles
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired four films that have screened at Film Bazaar including India’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.
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FeaturesFilm Bazaar: Appetite growing for Indian cinema
Films nurtured by Film Bazaar are beginning to secure distribution both at home and overseas, but challenges remain for independent Indian cinema. Liz Shackleton reports.
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NewsBarron to produce Q’s English debut
Kolkata-based filmmaker Q (aka Kaushik Mukherjee) is gearing up to make his English-language debut, Brahman Naman, to be produced by Steve Barron’s UK-based Riley Productions.