Canada is sending Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy to this year’s International Oscar race. The film is directed by Deepa Mehta, whose 2005 pic Water was Canada’s submission that year and was Oscar nominated.
Funny Boy, which is in Tamil, English, and Sinhalese, depicts a young boy’s sexual awakening in Sri Lanka during the turbulent Tamil-Sinhalese conflict. Ava DuVernay’s Array is releasing the film in North America, with Netflix hosting the international roll out in December.
Also in the International Oscar race, Naomi Kawase will represent Japan for the first time with her drama True Mothers, which has been put forward by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. The film was a Cannes Label selection and screened at Toronto and San Sebastian.
Elsewhere, The Estonian Film Institute has sent Veiko Ounpuu’s The Last Ones into the race this year. The film debuted at the Helsinki...
Funny Boy, which is in Tamil, English, and Sinhalese, depicts a young boy’s sexual awakening in Sri Lanka during the turbulent Tamil-Sinhalese conflict. Ava DuVernay’s Array is releasing the film in North America, with Netflix hosting the international roll out in December.
Also in the International Oscar race, Naomi Kawase will represent Japan for the first time with her drama True Mothers, which has been put forward by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. The film was a Cannes Label selection and screened at Toronto and San Sebastian.
Elsewhere, The Estonian Film Institute has sent Veiko Ounpuu’s The Last Ones into the race this year. The film debuted at the Helsinki...
- 10/30/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Other winners include the UK’s ‘Looted’ and the Philippines’ ‘Kalel, 15’.
Japanese drama Kontora has won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white feature, produced by Kowatanda Films, received its world premiere at the festival and marks the second live-action feature of India-born animator Anshul Chauhan. The story centres on a teenager who searches for a mysterious trove, guided by her grandfather’s WWII-era diary.
Chauhan, who was in Tallinn to accept the honour at an awards ceremony tonight, will receive...
Japanese drama Kontora has won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white feature, produced by Kowatanda Films, received its world premiere at the festival and marks the second live-action feature of India-born animator Anshul Chauhan. The story centres on a teenager who searches for a mysterious trove, guided by her grandfather’s WWII-era diary.
Chauhan, who was in Tallinn to accept the honour at an awards ceremony tonight, will receive...
- 12/1/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Other winners include the UK’s ‘Looted’ and the Philippines’ ‘Kalel, 15’.
Japanese drama Kontora has won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white feature, produced by Kowatanda Films, received its world premiere at the festival and marks the second live-action feature of India-born animator Anshul Chauhan. The story centres on a teenager who searches for a mysterious trove, guided by her grandfather’s WWII-era diary.
Chauhan, who was in Tallinn to accept the honour at an awards ceremony tonight, will receive...
Japanese drama Kontora has won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white feature, produced by Kowatanda Films, received its world premiere at the festival and marks the second live-action feature of India-born animator Anshul Chauhan. The story centres on a teenager who searches for a mysterious trove, guided by her grandfather’s WWII-era diary.
Chauhan, who was in Tallinn to accept the honour at an awards ceremony tonight, will receive...
- 12/1/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
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