Indian animated feature Heirloom won two awards at the closing of this year’s Hkiff Industry Project Market (March 11-13) in Hong Kong, where 21 cash and in-kind awards worth $223,000 were handed out.
Heirloom, which will be the feature debut of Upamanyu Bhattacharyya and is produced by Arya A Menon and Shubham Karna, won the Wip award for a non-Hong Kong project as well as being one of five films selected for the Haf goes to Cannes programme.
It centres on a married couple who come into conflict when the husband inherits a handloom trade and wants to maintain traditions while...
Heirloom, which will be the feature debut of Upamanyu Bhattacharyya and is produced by Arya A Menon and Shubham Karna, won the Wip award for a non-Hong Kong project as well as being one of five films selected for the Haf goes to Cannes programme.
It centres on a married couple who come into conflict when the husband inherits a handloom trade and wants to maintain traditions while...
- 3/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
Upamanyu Bhattacharya’s animated feature “Heirloom” has the emerged from the crucible of Annecy, one of the world’s top animation festivals.
The Indian work-in progress film has been selected for the 22nd Hong Kong — Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), the project market that operates concurrently with FilMart.
In the film, Sonal, a teacher, grapples with a hereditary disease, mirroring her mother’s untimely demise. Kirti, her husband and inheritor of a handloom trade, invests generously in a traditional fabric museum collection. Sonal instead advocates that the mill be modernized, sparking conflicts between the two. Kirti’s financial mismanagement leads to a fight and his own mysterious disappearance. Meanwhile, their daughter, Mrinalini, bonds with terrace-dwelling grandmother Baa, unraveling a family tapestry. Sonal falls ill again and in despair, she unravels Kirti’s mystery and is compelled to reflect on her connection to the past and the future.
The project was...
The Indian work-in progress film has been selected for the 22nd Hong Kong — Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), the project market that operates concurrently with FilMart.
In the film, Sonal, a teacher, grapples with a hereditary disease, mirroring her mother’s untimely demise. Kirti, her husband and inheritor of a handloom trade, invests generously in a traditional fabric museum collection. Sonal instead advocates that the mill be modernized, sparking conflicts between the two. Kirti’s financial mismanagement leads to a fight and his own mysterious disappearance. Meanwhile, their daughter, Mrinalini, bonds with terrace-dwelling grandmother Baa, unraveling a family tapestry. Sonal falls ill again and in despair, she unravels Kirti’s mystery and is compelled to reflect on her connection to the past and the future.
The project was...
- 3/11/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) has added 15 work-in-progress projects to the 22nd Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), rounding up a bumper line-up of the new Hkiff Project Market.
This year, Haf joins the inaugural Hkiff Industry-caa China Genre Initiative (Hcg) to create the new Hkiff Industry Project Market, which will showcase 47 projects, including 26 previously announced in-development Haf projects and six Hcg projects.
The Wip section will introduce the latest works by notable filmmakers such as Chang Tso-Chi, Lav Diaz, Mark Gill, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, and Yang Chao as well as by prominent and emerging actors,...
This year, Haf joins the inaugural Hkiff Industry-caa China Genre Initiative (Hcg) to create the new Hkiff Industry Project Market, which will showcase 47 projects, including 26 previously announced in-development Haf projects and six Hcg projects.
The Wip section will introduce the latest works by notable filmmakers such as Chang Tso-Chi, Lav Diaz, Mark Gill, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, and Yang Chao as well as by prominent and emerging actors,...
- 2/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
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