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Retrospective: Francisco J. Lombardi
2015
Director: Francisco J. Lombardi
Red Ink
Tinta roja
2000-110’-Spanish-Color-Spain, Peru
Producer: José Enrique Crousillat
Cast: Gianfranco Brero, Giovanni Ciccia, Fele Martínez,
Lucía Jiménez, Carlos Gassols, Yvonne Frayssinet
Screenplay: Giovanna Pollarolo
Cinematographer: Teo Delgado
Editor: Danielle Fillios
Sound Designer: Marcos De Aguirre
Music Composer: Bingen Mendizábal
Costume Designer: Jenny Velapatino
Production Designer: Belén Bernuy
Production Company: América Producciones, Inca Films
S.A., Televisión Española (TVE)
Based on the novel by Chilean author Alberto Fuguet, the film tells the story of a journalist,
Alfonso Fernandez who dreams of becoming a writer, while doing his internship in the
crime section of the tabloid 'El Clamor'. There he meets a veteran journalist and editor
Saul Faúndez, who moves comfortably between corpses and blood. Alfonso at the
beginning refuses to accept the doubtful morals of his boss, who accepts without question
the facts of everyday life. But gradually Alfonso starts to discover the city with new eyes, its
people and the harsh reality of work and life that permits him to begin to understand
better the cynical Faúndez view of life, who has nicknamed Alfonso as 'Varguitas'
(referring to Vargas Llosa). Red Ink is also a great look at the current Lima and its
contradictions.
Festival/Awards:
Cartagena Film Festival: Best Actor, OCIC Award (2001)
Havana Film Festival: Best Actor, Best Director, Vigía
Award (2000)
Lima Latin American Film Festival: Elcine Second Prize
(2001)
San Sebastián International Film Festival: Best Actor
(2000)
Director’s Filmography:
Ella (2010)
Un cuerpo desnudo (2009)
Black Butterfly (2006)
What the Eye Doesn't See (2003)
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (2000)
Don't Tell Anyone (1998)
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Retrospective: Francisco J. Lombardi
2015
Director: Francisco J. Lombardi
The City and the Dogs
La ciudad y los perros
Cast: Alberto Isola, Gustavo Bueno, Luis Álvarez, Juan
Manuel Ochoa, Eduardo Adrianzén, Liliana Navarro
1985-144’-Spanish-Color-Peru
Screenplay: Mario Vargas Llosa, José Watanabe
Cinematographer: Pili Flores-Guerra
Editor: Gianfranco Annichini, Augusto Tamayo, San
Román
Sound Designer: Guillermo Palacios
Music Composer: Enrique Iturriaga
Production Company: Inca Films S.A.
Festival/Awards:
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival:
Honorable Mention (1985)
San Sebastián International Film Festival: Best Director
(1985)
Based on the novel by the Peruvian Nobel awarded writer Mario Vargas Llosa, the story
takes place in a military college and aims to be the portrait of a social microcosm that
reproduces on a small scale all the diversity and complexity of the Peruvian society, in the
context of discipline and military values.
The film with a deep critical view focuses on the death of the "Slave", a weak cadet abused
by his peers. The confusing incident which caused the tragedy unfolds a cast of characters
that represent different members of society.
Among them, "The Jaguar", the "Poet" and Lieutenant Gamboa among others with their
lights and shadows build a universe where the complexity of human behaviour is exposed
without prejudice.
Director’s Filmography:
Ella (2010)
Un cuerpo desnudo (2009)
Black Butterfly (2006)
What the Eye Doesn't See (2003)
Red Ink (2000)
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (2000)
Don't Tell Anyone (1998)
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Indian
Cinema
Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Rajat Kapoor
Ankho Dekhi
Ankho Dekhi
2013-107’-Hindi-Color-India
Producer: Manish Mundra
Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Rajat Kapoor, Seema Pahwa, Taranjit
Kaur, Manu Rishi Chadha, Anil Chaudhary
Screenplay: Rajat Kapoor
Cinematographer: Rafey Mehmood
Editor: Suresh Pai
Sound Designer: Resul Pookutty
Music Composer: Sagar Desai
Costume Designer: Isha Ahluwalia, Darshan Jalan
Production Designer: Meenal Agarwal
Production Company: Mithya Talkies
The film follows the life of Bauji who lives a normal life until one incident changes the way
he sees the world and its ways. Bauji's daughter is seeing a boy and he is told that the guy
has a terrible reputation. Worried family members reach his doorstep, they abuse him and
even hit him but all he does is stands and cries till Bauji interferes. He finds out that the boy
is exactly opposite of what he had heard. This is the incident that changes his life and from
there he follows the basic principle, 'Seeing is Believing'.
Director’s Biography:
Rajat Kapoor, born on February 11, 1961 in Delhi, India, is an Indian
actor, writer and director. In 1983 he joined the theatre group
Chingari in Delhi, later moving to Pune to attend the Film and
Television Institute of India (FTII). Kapoor started out in Parallel
Cinema making his debut in the 1989 film “Khayal Gatha”. When he
had trouble finding acting jobs in the 1990s, Kapoor began writing
and directing shorts. He made his full length directorial debut with
“Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One” (1997). Since then, he has
written, directed and appeared in many critically acclaimed films.
Director’s Filmography:
Fatso! (2009)
Mithya (2008)
Mixed Doubles (2006)
Raghu Romeo (2003)
Hypnothesis (1998)
Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (1997)
Tarana (1995)
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Indian Cinema
Director: Mahendra Teredesai
2015
Dombivli Return
Dombivli Return
2014-129’-Hindi-Color-India
Producer: Sandeep Kulkarni
Cast: Sandeep Kulkarni, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Amol
Parashar, Hrishikesh Joshi, Trishnika Shinde
Screenplay: Mahendra Teredesai
Cinematographer: Udaysingh Mohite
Editor: Yogesh Gogate
Music Composer: Shailendra Barve
Production Company: Kathakaar Entertainment
Festival/Awards:
Mumbai Film Festival (2014)
The protagonist of the film, Anant Velankar, buys a lottery ticket in the hope of earning
extra money one day, but his brother, Shridhar, counters him by saying “Naseeb se mauka
milta hai, paisa nahi (luck gives you an opportunity, not money). You should be in search of
such an opportunity that you can convert into making money.” Anant with his wife,
daughter and brother live a straight forward life, till Anant accidentally witnesses a crime
that unintentionally fetches him a big time money making opportunity. Anant was a proud
follower of set rules of morals and ethics, but he takes the path of greed and lust that is
uncharacteristic of him.
Director’s Biography:
Born on 8th September, 1961, he is a Commerce Graduate from Mumbai.
Media has been his companion and source of inspiration for over 19 years
now. Mahendra was associated with veteran filmmaker Dr. Jabbar Patel in
scripting and acting on various projects. He has written plays and for TV
for some years. Mahendra has directed the plays ‘Chaukon’ and ‘Rajju’
(won Natyadarpan award) and some television series and TV
commercials.
Director’s Filmography:
Old Portrait on a New Wall (Short)
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Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Abhijit Guha, Sudeshna Roy
Jodi Love Dile Na Prane
Jodi Love Dile Na Prane
2014-115’-Bengali-Color-India
Producer: Shyamsundar Dey
Cast: Ananya Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Arjun
Chakraborty, Tridha Choudhury, Kaushik Ganguly, Sujan
Mukherjee
Screenplay: Anindya Bose
Cinematographer: Subhadip
Editor: Sujay Datta Ray
Sound Designer: Saugata Banerjee
Music Composer: Raja Narayan Deb
Production Company: GreenTouch Entertainment
Festival/Awards:
IFFI (2014)
Jodi Love Dile Na Prane, based on Sukanta Gangopadhyay’s novel ‘Abujh Meye’ is a love
story of a couple, spanning 20 years, beginning from their teens.
Director’s Biography:
Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy have worked together in 10 movies.
Their most popular movies are “Jodi Love Dile Na Prane”, “Abhisapto
Nighty”, “Bapi Bari Jaa”, “Prem By Chance”, “Cross Connection” and
“Teen Yaari Katha”.
Director’s Filmography:
Shudhu Tumi
Teen Yaari Kawtha
Cross Connection
Prem By Chance
Bapi Bari Jaa
Biye Not Out
Hercules
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Indian Cinema
Director: Bramma G.
2015
The Punishment
Kuttram Kadithal
2014-120’-Tamil-Color-India
Producer: J. Sathish Kumar, Christy Siluvappan
Cast: Sai Rajkumar, Radhika Prasidhha, Kulothungan
Udayakumar, Pavel Navageethan, Durga, Master Ajay
Screenplay: Bramma.G
Cinematographer: S. Manikandan
Editor: C.S. Prem
Sound Designer: Anthony B. Jayaruban
Music Composer: Shankar Rengarajan
Costume Designer: Malini Priya
Production Designer: JPK. Prem
Production Company: Chris Pictures, JSK Film
World Sales Phone: (044) 4351 1883, 2815 5037
World Sales Email: jskfilmcorp@yahoo.com
The movie explores an interesting spectrum of lifestyles and how one unexpected incident
influences people from diverse lifestyles.
Director’s Biography:
Bramma G. is a theatre personality who has written and directed many
plays in English and Tamil for more than 12 years, across Tamil Nadu. He
has directed PSAs, short films and documentaries and hails from a social
work and communication background.
Director’s Filmography:
Old Portrait on a New Wall (Short)
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Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Sandeep A. Varma
Manjunath
Manjunath
2014-129’-Hindi-Color-India
Cast: Sasho Satiiysh Saarathy, Yashpal Sharma, Seema
Biswas, Kishor Kadam, Anjorie Alagh, Faisal Rashid, Divya
Dutta
Screenplay: Sandeep A. Varma
Cinematographer: Prakash Kutty
Editor: Sandeep Francis
Sound Designer: Subhash Sahoo
Music Composer: Sonam*Nitin*Subir (Parikrama)
Costume Designer: Rohit Chaturvedi
Production Designer: Sumit Mishra, Tina Dharamsey
Production Company: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures,
National Film Development Corporation of India, ICOMO
Films
Set in India’s hinterland, UP, the film follows young Manjunath Shanmugam’s journey as
he passes out of the elite IIM Lucknow and joins a petroleum company. One day
Manjunath goes missing. When found, he appears very frantic. Both he and his friends had
realised that there is large scale adulteration of fuel taking place. It is so big that no one
says anything. But Manjunath has realised that the fuel is getting adulterated with
kerosene, which is sold cheaper to the ‘poorest of the poor’. This unnerves him. He has
had an elite education and if he does not do something, then who will? In a dramatic
sequence of events, he gets several threats to his life, yet decides to do the right thing.
Surely enough, he is shot dead on duty. There seems no hope, but then suddenly
unrelated people combine to take up the fight against the mafia, and get him justice.
Director’s Biography:
Sandeep A. Varma was born in Delhi on 29 July, 1969. He has studied
engineering from BITS Pilani and done his MBA from FMS Delhi. He is
a Bollywood writer and film director. His film “Manjunath” (2014) is a
biopic based on the true story of Manjunath Shanmugam, the IIML
graduate and Indian Oil sales officer, who was killed by the mafia for
exposing corruption in the oil sector. The film was released on 9 May,
2014.
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Festival/Awards:
Indian International Film Festival of Queensland (2014)
Jagran Film Festival (2014)
Director’s Filmography:
Kahin Door (2010)
Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Venu
Munnariyippu
Munnariyippu
2014-115’-Malayalam-Color-India
Producer: Ranjith
Cast: Mammootty, Aparna Gopinath, Nedumudi Venu,
Prithviraj Sukumaran, Joy Mathew, Prathap Pothan, Renji
Panicker, Sreeraman, Sudheesh, Saiju Kurup
Screenplay: Unni R
Cinematographer: Venu
Editor: Beena Paul
Sound Designer:
Music Composer: Bijubal
Costume Designer: Siji Thomas
Production Company: Gold Coin Motion Picture
Company
Anjali Arakkal, a freelance journalist makes her living as a ghost writer. She meets jailed
criminal C.K. Raghavan, during one of her assignments to write the autobiography of a jail
superintendent. Raghavan was jailed for a double homicide, which he claims he never
committed. Still, he prefers to be in jail rather than live a social life. Anjali grows curious
about Raghavan, and writes a feature based on him in a magazine. The news article
receives national attention, and Anjali receives an offer from a leading publishing agency
to write a book on the untold story of Raghavan.
Director’s Biography:
Venu is an Indian cinematographer and film director. He graduated in
cinematography from the FTII, Pune. He has won the National Film
Award for Best Cinematography thrice, in 1987 for “Amma Ariyan and
Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal”, in 1993 for “Miss Beatty's
Children”, and in 1994 for “Ponthan Mada”. He is one of the founding
members of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC). His debut
directorial venture "Daya" won the Kerala State Film Award for the
Best Debut Director in 1998.
Director’s Filmography:
Daya (1998)
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Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Ranjith
Njaan
Njaan
2014-160’-Malayalam-Color-India
Producer: Ranjith
Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Suresh Krishna, Saiju Kurup,
Renji Panicker, Anumol, Harish Perady
Screenplay: Ranjith
Cinematographer: Manoj Pillai
Editor: Sandeep Nandakumar
Sound Designer: Hari kumar
Music Composer: Bijibal
Production Designer: Santosh Raman
Production Company: Gold Coin Motion Pictures
Njaan narrates the story of a man torn to shreds, as he tries to come to terms with the
internal strife buried deep within himself. Devastated, he makes a silent exit from the
world, leaving behind a trail of perplexity that has a young blogger, Ravi Chandrashekhar
all enthused
Director’s Biography:
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Ranjith Balakrishnan (Born 4 September, 1964) is an Indian film director,
screen writer, producer and actor known for his work in Malayalam
cinema. He is known for his films “Raavanaprabhu” (2001), “Thirakkatha”
(2008), “Paleri Manikyam” (2009), “Pranchiyettan and the Saint” (2010),
“Indian Rupee” (2011) and “Spirit” (2012). In his career spanning over two
decades, he has scripted several commercially successful films including
“Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal” (1989), “Nagarangalil Chennu
Raparkam” (1990), “Georgootty C/O Georgootty” (1991), “Devaasuram”
(1993), “Aaraam Thampuran” (1997), “Summer in Bethlehem” (1998),
“Ustaad” (1999), “Narasimham” (2000) and “Raavanaprabhu” (2001). In
the year 2001, Ranjith made his directorial debut with “Ravanaprabhu”, a
sequel to “Devaasuram”. His directorial ventures “Thirakkatha” and
“Indian Rupee” won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film in
Malayalam in 2008 and 2011 respectively.
Director’s Filmography:
Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty (2013)
Spirit (2012)
Indian Rupee (2011)
Pranchiyettan and The Saint (2010)
Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha
(2009)
Kerala Café (2009)
Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
Six Feet High
Oraalppokkam
2014-112’-Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil-Color-India
Producer: Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi
Cast: Prakash Bare, Bikramjit Gupta, Krishnan
Balakrishnan, Meena Kandasamy, Blessy Silvaster, Swami
Samvidand
Screenplay: Sanalkumar Sasidharan
Cinematographer: Indrajith S
Editor: Appu Bhattathiri
Sound Designer: T. Krishnanunni
Music Composer: Basil Joseph
Production Designer: Murugan
Production Company: Kazhcha Film Forum
Mahendran and Maya who have been in a live-in relationship, split up on the very day on
which they have completed 5 years. Though initially Mahendran feels it as a refreshing
change, in a few days he realizes that Maya is an integral part of his ego. Memories of Maya
invade his dreams and consciousness. He then gets a call from Maya from Kedar, a
Himalayan valley. He talks to her till his phone battery dies out. Next morning, Mahendran
wakes up to television reports of a Himalayan tsunami in which the entire Kedar valley has
been destroyed. He tries to contact Maya, but he can’t get through. Disturbed,
Mahendran starts an aimless journey which eventually turns out to be a search for Maya.
Director’s Biography:
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan is a writer and director who was born in
Thiruvananthapuram, India. Sasidharans “Oraalppokkam” is the first
Malayalam movie to have been produced through an online
Crowdfunding program.
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Indian Cinema
2015
Director: Ketan Mehta
Colours of Passion
Rang Rasiya
2014-119’-Hindi-Color-India
Producer: Deepa Sahi, Anand Mahendroo
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen, Paresh Rawal,
Sachin Khedekar, Ferenya Wazier, Rashaana Shah,
Ashish Vidyarthi
Screenplay: Ketan Mehta
Cinematographer: Rali Raltschev, Christo Bakalov
Editor: Pratik Chitalia
Costume Designer: Niharika Khan, Poornamrata Singh
Production Company: Maya Movies Pvt.Ltd & Infinity
Filmed entertainment
Presented by: Jayantilal Gada (Pen)
World Sales Address: Maya Movies Pvt.Ltd. 2nd Floor,
Mukta House, Communication Centre, Sector II, Film
City, Goregaon (E), Mumbai, India-400465
India - end of the 19th century. An artist is arrested and charged with obscenity,
immorality and hurting religious sentiments. His offence- painting nudes of Indian
mythological characters. A court case begins. Woven with the case is the classic love story
of the artist and his muse.
World Sales Phone: Ph:91-22-3923 6255
World Sales Email: info@mayamovies.com
Director’s Biography:
The internationally acclaimed film director Ketan Mehta, is an
Economics graduate from St. Stephens College, Delhi University and
has studied Film Direction from FTII, Pune, the premier Film and TV
Institute of India. He has so far directed 9 feature films, many of them
have won national and international awards and have received
international acclaim. He was honoured by the French Govt. with the
“Officer des Arts et des Letters” for his contribution to world cinema.
Director’s Filmography:
Manjhi the Mountain Man (2014)
The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005)
Aar Ya Paar (1997)
Oh Darling Yeh Hai India! - (1995).
Maya Memsaab - (1992).
Sardar (1991)
Mirch Masala - (1986)
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