Name: New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)- The Flight
Start: 2019-05-10T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-05-10T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Auditorium 2

New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)- The Flight

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The Flight 2018 | India | 83 mins | Bengali (with English subtitles) Directed by - Buddhadeb Dasgupta Cast - Chandan Roy Sanyal, Parno Mittra, Sudipto Chatterjee Trailer: <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-SKBb2slik%20" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-SKBb2slik </A>
Post Screening Q&A with lead actor Chandan Roy Sanyal Synopsis: A village mechanic dreams of flying. After discovering the crash site of a World War II Japanese plane, Bachchu Mondal decides to rebuild it. His project doesn’t go unnoticed by the ghosts that haunt the place, all victims of broken dreams. Authorities begin their investigation of Mondal as a life-threatening series of bizarre events that conspire. <IMG SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/67925777/theflightdirs.jpg"> Director: An ex- economics professor, an illustrious Bengali poet and writer, Buddhadeb Dasgupta is an internationally celebrated master filmmaker, considered to be India’s foremost today. His signature style rests as much on the visual poetry of his films as on the socially relevant themes he highlights. He delves into several different layers of “reality” and creates a world un-presumed. Dasgupta have won numerous national and international awards, accolades and honour from the most prestigious organisations worldwide in the last forty years of his filmmaking career. Winner of Best Director’s award from Venice International Film Festival for his Masterpiece 'Uttara' ('The Wrestlers'), he has been programmed for Masters’ of World Cinema section of Toronto International Film Festival for seven times and has won the prestigious Golden Athena, Life Time Achievement award from Athens International Film Festival. Dasgupta has been the chairman of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, Government of India for two terms and is a part of the present Academy Award Jury Board. His filmography boasts on internationally acclaimed masterpieces like 'Duratwa' ('The Distance'), 'Grihajuddha' ('The Crossroads'), ' Bagh Bahadur' ('Tigerman'), 'Phera' ('The Return'), 'Charachar' ('In Shelter of the wings'), 'Uttara' ('The Wrestlers'), 'Mondo Meyer Upakhyan' ('Tale of a Naughty Girl'),' Kaalpurush' ('Memories in the Mist') and many more with the last work being 'Tope' ('The Bait') which world premiered in Masters of World Cinema, TIFF, 2016 and got a huge global credit. ' Social Media Handles: <A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Off_(2017_film)" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Off_(2017_film)</A> <A HREF="https://mubi.com/films/the-flight-2018" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://mubi.com/films/the-flight-2018</A> Reviews: <A HREF="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/flight-review-1156210" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/flight-review-1156210</A>

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