Name: New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)- Shorts B
Start: 2019-05-09T21:15:00-04:00
End: 2019-05-10T00:15:00-04:00
Location: Auditorium 3

New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)- Shorts B

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Thursday May 9, 2019 @ 9:15 pm, Auditorium 3 Village East Cinemas, 2nd Ave @ 12th Street, NYC.
AWAKE 2019 2018 | India | 23 mins | English Directed by – Atul Mongia Cast: Ishika Mohan, Nicholos Brown, Reshmy Kurian, Suhaas Ahuja, Yudhishtar Urs Synopsis: Sameera (35), upper middle class, successful photographer, is happily married to her husband Vikram (37), who is comatose! She seems very accustomed and normal in her circumstance. They live their lives happily like any other married couple. But all is not rosy as she slowly feels pressure from friends as well as her own desires that sometimes pull at her. 'Awake' is an intimate bittersweet drama that through the mundanity of an everyday relationship, explores the fine line between love and control. Director: Atul Mongia is an Indian Casting Director, Acting Workshop Director, Writer and Filmmaker who lives and works in Mumbai, India. He started his career with Barry John (theatre director), training under him and later teaching at his acting school for two years in New Delhi. He moved to Mumbai in 2002 and briefly worked with Writer/Director Sudhir Mishra. He conducted independent acting workshops and made indie short films before being called to cast for Dibakar Banerjee’s 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha' in 2010. Atul has done casting for about 10 feature films and conducted acting workshops for about 50 feature films and digital series. In addition to being an assistant director on films like 'LSD' (2010), Atul was the associate director on 'Ragini MMS' (2011), 'Lootera' (2014) and 'Titli' (2016) SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES <A HREF="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4155080/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4155080/</A> and Thursday May 9, 2019 @ 9:15 pm, Auditorium 3 Village East Cinemas, 2nd Ave @ 12th Street, NYC. BINNU: LIFE AND TIMES 2018 | India | 31 mins | Hindi (with English subtitles) Directed by – Kanu Behl Cast: Chetan Sharma, Anamica Kadamb, Suman Jain Synopsis: Binnu has grown up hearing about his mother's first slap, 25 years ago; hit by his father merely for emerging from the same room as her own brother-in-law. Many years later, he leaves home. At a party, he sleeps with his Boss’ daughter, thinking he's fallen in love. Only to be rejected by her the next day. He falls into deep depression. In a new city, he roams the streets alone. Then engages himself in another romance. But something is not quite right. Slowly, a strange paranoia begins to engulf him. ‘Binnu Ka Sapna’ delves deep into a malignant mindset, trying to bare the ticking time bombs around us and illuminate the wicks that light them. Director: After dabbling in radio, copywriting, acting and theatre, Kanu Behl studied at the Satyajit Ray Film and TV Institute, Kolkata, majoring in Film Direction. His first documentary, 'An Actor Prepares' landed in competition at Cinema du Reel. Next, he directed and produced three more docs for NHK Japan, ZDF and ARTE. In 2010, he co-wrote 'LSD' with Dibakar Banerjee. In 2014, his debut feature 'Titli' premiered at Un Certain Regard,Cannes. OFFICIAL WEBSITE <A HREF="http://www.binnukasapna.com%20" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.binnukasapna.com</A> Reviews: <A HREF="https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/binnu-ka-sapna-review-kanu-behls-wickedly-intelligent-short-film-is-rooted-in-endless-empathy-for-the-ordinary-5948021.html%20" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/binnu-ka-sapna-review-kanu-behls-wickedly-intelligent-short-film-is-rooted-in-endless-empathy-for-the-ordinary-5948021.html </A> <A HREF="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/titli-directors-short-film-to-compete-at-clermont-ferrand-international-short-film-festival/articleshow/67626552.cms" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/titli-directors-short-film-to-compete-at-clermont-ferrand-international-short-film-festival/articleshow/67626552.cms</A> <A HREF="https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/from-gully-boy-to-delhi-crime-story-a-bunch-of-gritty-films-are-all-set-for-the-winter-festival-circuit/article26088867.ece/amp/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/from-gully-boy-to-delhi-crime-story-a-bunch-of-gritty-films-are-all-set-for-the-winter-festival-circuit/article26088867.ece/amp/</A> and Thursday May 9, 2019 @ 9:15 pm, Auditorium 3 Village East Cinemas, 2nd Ave @ 12th Street, NYC. EVENING 2018 | India | 26 mins | Marathi (with English subtitles) Directed by – Anupam Barve Cast: Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Sayalee Phatak Synopsis: Blurring the lines between knowing someone all too well and not knowing them at all, open wounds and closely tied knots, 'Evening' is a simmering encounter between two former lovers. The question is - Is there ever such a thing as closure? Director: Anupam Barvé is a filmmaker and film educator based in Pune. He holds a BA in Performing Arts from the University of Pune and a MA in Directing: Film and TV from the University of Westminster, London. He is the recipient of ‘Scholarship to outstanding Performing Artistes’ by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India for research and practice in the field of Theatre. He has recently finished producing and directing a web series in eight parts based on stories around sexuality and self-efficacy for a Pune based NGO. His previous work has showcased and received critical acclaim at film festivals and competitions worldwide like London Asian Film Festival, New York Indian Film Festival and LUMS Film Festival, Lahore. His film “Fresh suicide” was, nominated for the Golden Palm Tree Award at IFFI, Goa and has won various awards at Pune Short Film Festival. He has also won Best Director at Smita Patil Film Festival, Pune for his film “So What! Transitioning Positively”. His feature film screenplay “The Shadow Lines” was also selected at NFDC’s Screenwriters’ Lab and Film Bazaar held at Venice Film Festival and International Film Festival of India in 2012. and Thursday May 9, 2019 @ 9:15 pm, Auditorium 3 Village East Cinemas, 2nd Ave @ 12th Street, NYC. FOOL FOR LOVE 2018 | India | 14 mins | Hindi (with English subtitles) Directed by - Satarupa Sanyal Cast – Anurag Kashyap, Ritabhari Chakraborthy, Agastya Verma Trailer: <A HREF="https://youtu.be/glwND65EAx4" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/glwND65EAx4</A> Synopsis: 'Fool For Love' is a tribute to Pulitzer Award winner playwright Sam Shepard who passed away in July’2017. The film title is same as his play ‘Fool for Love' but our story is completely different, though the structure is inspired from the screenplay of the same. It narrates the story of an Anglo Indian couple Allan and Beatrice (Bittu). Beatrice who lives in one of the Christian dominant areas of Mumbai, India is visited by her husband one night after almost two years of disappearance. Bittu has carried baggage of emotions and spent days with emptiness and void without him. She feels she should finally let go of all that. Allan on the other hand just wants to be with his wife. What follows is a night of passion, anger, romance, emotions and brawls of this couple, whose fate cannot be decided by themselves. Their love story is bleak, poetic and surreal yet real just like Shepard’s plays. Director: Satarupa Sanyal is a multi-talented personality, she is known as an Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Singer, Lyricist, Poet. She took interest in film acting since 1985 when she was a student . She took part in the lead role of a Doordarshan play title 'Sukh' directed by Santoo Basu in the year 1985 where she has the opportunity to work with Smt Saraju Devi and Ajit Bandopadhyay . In 1985 acted in a Hindi Film based on Tagore short story titled "Aparichita", under the direction of Utpalendu Chakrabarty for Doordarshan National Network. Anupam Kher, Abhishek Chatterjee, Abhijit Sen and Pallabi Mehata were her co artistes in this film. In 1986 , she acted in "Uttaradhikar" a film on communal harmony produced by Films Division,directed by Amar Bhattacharjee.In 1987 ,she acted in the lead role of a highly acclaimed telefilm for Doordarshan Kolkata titled "Bikalpa" based on the story of Narendranath Mitra ,directed by Utpalendu Chakrabarty. After that she has acted in "Sukher Jonne", "Prasab" and "Bhanga Aiyna" and after that she left acting and she got involved in film production works. She worked as an Assistant Director & associated script writer to Utpalendu Chakrabarty for seven years She takes part regularly in various social activities, debates, elocution, seminars. She also worked as external examiner for Jadavpur University (West Bengal) and Assam University (Silchar, Assam) in Mass Communication. For the President award for All Indian Radio, she worked as a Jury in the year 2001. Now she is one of the Honourable member of Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board). Since 1981 a Bengali Quarterly little Magazine name "Aa" had been published under her Editorship. She also contributes short stories, poem, essayers regularly for the leading periodicals and magazines. ANU was her own short story published in "Sananda", the leading Women’s magazine from Kolkata (India) Social Media Handles: <A HREF="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358916/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358916/</A> Reviews: <A HREF="https://www.thedigitalhash.com/large-short-films-fool-for-love-shows-anurag-kashyap-at-his-emotional-best/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.thedigitalhash.com/large-short-films-fool-for-love-shows-anurag-kashyap-at-his-emotional-best/</A> <A HREF="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/fool-for-love-an-ever-relevant-story-of-illusions-of-love/articleshow/67944297.cms" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/fool-for-love-an-ever-relevant-story-of-illusions-of-love/articleshow/67944297.cms</A> <A HREF="https://www.femina.in/bengali/celebrity/tolly/anurag-kashyap-acts-in-film-produced-by-ritabhari-1473.html?fbclid=IwAR0htk2F3cc1DAD4wzmFIS19ietLA3jkBBuIZhSGI7es6JcmoqeyVOUFJsY" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.femina.in/bengali/celebrity/tolly/anurag-kashyap-acts-in-film-produced-by-ritabhari-1473.html?fbclid=IwAR0htk2F3cc1DAD4wzmFIS19ietLA3jkBBuIZhSGI7es6JcmoqeyVOUFJsY</A> and Thursday May 9, 2019 @ 9:15 pm, Auditorium 3 Village East Cinemas, 2nd Ave @ 12th Street, NYC. FORBIDDEN TIKKA MASALA 2018 | Canada | 15 mins | English Directed by - Rahul Chaturvedi Cast – Balinder Johal, Precious Chong Synopsis: 'Forbidden Tikka Masala' is a coming-of-old-age story that follows a devoutly religious vegetarian who finds a new lease on life after mistakenly eating chicken at her retirement party. Director: Rahul Chaturvedi is an Indo-Canadian filmmaker. He won the Reel Asian Pitch Competition in 2016 with his short film story, 'Forbidden Tikka Masala'. He was also selected as one of ReelWorld Film Festival's Emerging 20 Filmmakers in 2017. Prior to making his own film, Rahul was assisting Bollywood director Sardar Talukdar on multicultural shows set in Toronto. Rahul was inspired to write 'Forbidden Tikka Masala' after witnessing the struggles of aging women in the South Asian diaspora trying to adjust to the fast paced and often fragmented life in a new culture and the loneliness this brings. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES <A HREF="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7594458/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7594458/</A> <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/forbiddentikkamasala/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/forbiddentikkamasala/</A> <A HREF="https://www.instagram.com/raincatchermedia" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/raincatchermedia</A> Reviews: <A HREF="https://thecinemawala.com/2018/12/09/the-cinemawala-shorts-review-forbidden-tikka-masala/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://thecinemawala.com/2018/12/09/the-cinemawala-shorts-review-forbidden-tikka-masala/</A> and Thursday May 9, 2019 @ 9:15 pm, Auditorium 3 Village East Cinemas, 2nd Ave @ 12th Street, NYC. MAYA 2018 | India | 19 mins | Hindi (with English subtitles) Directed by – Vikas Chandra Cast: Kirti Kulhari , Alka Amin, Naveen Kasturia Synopsis: Maya returns from office and finds that her mother has gone missing. In panic, she calls her ex-boyfriend for help, the one she had just broken up with. During the search for her mother that ensues, Maya is forced to question herself - why do we end up hurting the ones we love the most. Director: Vikas is a screenwriter & director based in Mumbai, India. Having grown up in a small town in Eastern India, he strayed from his family ethos and joined the unconventional “movie business”, driven by a desire to tell the stories of his milieu, his world. His latest works are available on Amazon India & Voot India. He is a Sundance Screenwriters’ Lab (India) Fellow (2012) with a political thriller set in 1976 Delhi. Was also a Finalist at Film London’s feature film scheme, Microwave International: Shakespeare India, with an adaptation of 'The Merchant of Venice.' (2015). Was Associate Creative Producer & Script Supervisor on acclaimed Indian director Dibakar Banerjee’s 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy,' a neo-noir set in 1940s Calcutta. Was also Executive Producer on Dibakar’s segment in 'Bombay Talkies' (2013), an anthology film celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema. Wrote, produced & directed the unique collaborative short film 'Project 11.' The film was shot in 11 cities with 11 co-directors. Premiered at Puchon Fantastic Film Festival 2012 in South Korea. Was named as one of the Top 50 young filmmakers in India at the 1st Indian edition of Berlinale Talent Campus in 2001. Directed a slew of TVCs & shorts. Written for UTV Bindass, Bloomberg, SABTV, Cartoon Network & Star India.
SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/mayatheshort/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/mayatheshort/</A> Reviews: <A HREF="http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/mar/02/maya-is-about-politics-in-relationships-says-vikas-1945588.html?fbclid=IwAR2Fvj7IaBHNU91nRecUMqg3QziSofX6dxzprUse65TfOXow2qr81Y66DKk" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/mar/02/maya-is-about-politics-in-relationships-says-vikas-1945588.html?fbclid=IwAR2Fvj7IaBHNU91nRecUMqg3QziSofX6dxzprUse65TfOXow2qr81Y66DKk</A> and Thursday May 9, 2019 @ 9:15 pm, Auditorium 3 Village East Cinemas, 2nd Ave @ 12th Street, NYC. ONLY YOURS 2019 | India | 5 mins | Hindi (with English subtitles) Directed by - Yashasvi Juyal Cast – Voice of Shyam Sundar Dabral Synopsis: Anand, moved out of his hometown in 1955 in search for a better future. He couldn’t convince himself from not writing a third letter to his wife when he didn’t receive any answer of his two previous letters. A visual poetry made out of the final letter written by Anand to his wife and found by his Grandson two months after his death in 2019. Director: Yashasvi Juyal, Born in Uttarakhand, India, is an Indian Independent Filmmaker and a dancer. He started his film journey in 2015 by winning the special jury award for his documentary, Kekda in Mumbai film festival. He has, ever since, directed and edited various experimental short films and documentaries which have participated and won awards in various film festivals under the banner of Silvercord films, A film and a community building company based in Uttarakhand of which he is the founder and the artistic director. Director's filmography : 'Confident in being confused,' (short Documentary) (2016), The bond behind the 'Jam,' (short documentary) (2017), 'I stammer when I talk,' (short documentary) (2018),  'ARevolT,' (short documentary.) Social Media Handles: <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013892343950" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013892343950</A>

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