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SUMMARY:The Resonance (Anunaad)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685671971266{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}”] \nOTTAWA PREMIERE\n\nDirector: Reema Borah\nIndia | 2021 | 98 min | drama | Assamese\, with English subtitles\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”synopsis”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5450″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685638757948{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nThe Resonance (Anunaad) focuses on the soul-tearing topic of bridal slavery occurring in some parts of India. The film opens in a sleepy rural area surrounded by tea gardens where girls dream of migrating to other parts of the country to escape the poverty and hopelessness in which their families are plunged. Lured by a nexus of brokers and human traffickers\, they begin a journey from the lush green fields of Assam to the dry\, foggy winter of Haryana\, in Northern India\, where they risk being trafficked as purchased brides and face a life of constant humiliation and violence at the hands of their husbands and their families.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”bio”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#2ba0de”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5482″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685638867066{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nThe recipient of a Master’s degree in Theatre and a Postgraduate degree in Film Direction from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune\, REEMA BORAH is a well-read actress\, writer\, director\, and producer. The shorts she directed as part of her academic career were showcased in many festivals around the world\, including the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and Camerimage. Her films have won several awards\, including a National Film Award in 2009 and a Special Mention from the Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA) in 2011. Bokul\, her debut feature\, premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival in 2015 and went on to win five Assam State Film Awards. Her second feature\, Noi\, was another festival darling. The Resonance (Anunaad) is her third feature.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#00c3f3″][vc_column_text]scr.: Reema Borah | cin.: Siddharth Mitragotri\, Sandeep Patil | ed.: Rantu Chetia | snd: Boby John | cast: Urmila Mahanta\, Vansh Bharadwaj\, Udayan Duarah\, Dorothy Bharadwaj\, Monuj Borkotoky | prod.: Reema Borah[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”short”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#d7b624″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Ankahi Baatein” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:40|text_align:left|color:%23d7b624|line_height:1.15″ google_fonts=”font_family:Nunito%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1685891563148{margin-top: -20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685891724439{margin-top: -10px !important;}”] \n\nDirector: Sujatha Rajashekar\nIndia | 2022 | 17 min | drama | Hindi\, with English subtitles\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5474″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685890269038{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nAnkahi Baatein tells the story of a lonely housewife who finds solace in the company of a doll that ends up on her doorstep after a failed delivery attempt at her neighbour’s apartment. With time\, she develops a deep\, life-affirming bond with the doll. Initially ashamed of it and what people might think\, she eventually comes around after hearing the story of Meerabai and the icon of Lord Krishna\, realizing that\, sometimes\, a relationship only makes sense for the two people in it.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”bio-short”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#2ba0de”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5371″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685890362864{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nSUJATHA RAJASHEKAR is a passionate storyteller who stepped into the film world at the age of 55\, enticed by the art of weaving stories from original concepts and transforming them into immersive experiences through the eye of the lens. Her short film Pratima (co-directed by sound designer Swapnil Sharma) was named Children’s Film of the Month by the Tagore International Film Festival in early 2023. Ankahi Baatein also won an award at Tagore\, and was screened at the Pune Short Film Festival\, the Bengal International Short Film Festival and the Lift-Off Sessions 2023 @Pinewod Studios.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#00c3f3″][vc_column_text]scr.: Sujatha Rajashekar | cin.: Vinod Patil | ed.: Manas Sharma | cost.: Sujatha Rajashekar | art dir.: Sujatha Rajashekar | snd: Swapnil Sharma | mus.: Sidhant Mathur | cast: Smita Dwivedi\, Abhikalp Gagdekar\, Amrandra Srivastava\, Ananta Rooprai | prod.: Sujatha Rajashekar[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”tickets”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#a37bd8″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-car-alt” color=”custom” size=”lg” align=”center” custom_color=”#a37bd8″ css=”.vc_custom_1684968925507{margin-top: -30px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685671624092{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”] \nFree parking during the screening.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685671674956{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]$15 per ticket\, plus H.S.T. 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URL:https://www.oiffa.com/event/the-resonance/
LOCATION:The Landmark Cinemas\, 801 Kanata Ave.\, Kanata\, Ontario\, K2T 1E7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film screening
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SUMMARY:The Bird of Passage (Karmanye)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685757678464{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}”] \nWORLD PREMIERE & FEATURE FILM DEBUT\n\nDirector: Harsh Chauhan\nIndia | 2023 | 97 min | drama | Hindi\, with English subtitles\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”synopsis”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5449″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685905155390{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nThe Bird of Passage (Karmanye) tells of a man’s redemptive journey through the complex matrix of life\, music and mania. Set in the holy city of Varanasi\, where one is perpetually surrounded by deities and rituals\, and remaining virtuous is as pertinent to survival as devoutness\, the film delicately explores the untoward maniacal disposition of a musician named Prabhu. For Prabhu\, the fragile delineation between virtue and vice blurs in one night\, when he is provoked into an impulsive liaison of lesser consequence. And yet\, it results in an impossible psychosis that throws his life off guard and his musical career into a descending spiral. The Bird of Passage is a sensitive tale of self-discovery\, narrated in a style that is at once pragmatic and sentimental.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”bio”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#2ba0de”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5478″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685758097238{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nHARSH CHAUHAN is a self-taught filmmaker and cofounder of Kaveman Kreates. He has worked with directors of national renown such as J.P. Dutta\, Aruna Raje\, Zafar Hai\, and some international masters like Tarsem Singh\, Michael O. Sajbel\, Gurinder Chadha\, Lance Acord\, Tom ooper\, Marco Martins\, Pierre Isoard\, André Cerqueira and Harald Sicheritz. Experimenting with multiple mediums and genres (feature films\, commercials\, corporate films\, and documentaries) gave him the opportunity to expand his horizons and see beyond the obvious\, to perceive the world with enhanced clarity and a deeper understanding. His current aim is to craft new age cinema in contemporary settings\, to strive and make realistic films through measured and moderate cinematography. The Bird of Passage is his first offering to the world of cinema. “Through this film\, I wish to deliver an inspiring message of hope in the face of extreme and apparently irreparable adversity\,” he says. “The cinematic canvas brings forth the indomitable power of possibility even in moments of abysmal crisis. The film’s unicity is its uncluttered simplicity and intensely felt humanness\, its authentic intimacy with the people of Varanasi [and] realism through modest and sensible cinematography.”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#00c3f3″][vc_column_text]scr.: Chittaranjan Giri | cin.: Harsh Chauhan | ed.: Gaurav Arora | cost.: Poonam Singh | snd: Manas Chowdhury | mus.: Abdhesh Goswami\, Naveen Kumar\, Vidit Tanwar | cast: Chittaranjan Giri\, Ashwini Giri\, Akash Sagar Chopra\, Shivaanii Rai\, Amitabh Bhattacharya | prod.: Awadhesh Kumar Singh\, Poonam Singh\, Harsh Chauhan[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”short”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#d7b624″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Incognito” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:40|text_align:left|color:%23d7b624|line_height:1.15″ google_fonts=”font_family:Nunito%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1685901743667{margin-top: -20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685901754430{margin-top: -10px !important;}”] \n\nDirector: Ravi Muppa\nIndia | 2022 | 25 min | drama | Hindi\, with English subtitles\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5678″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685901985932{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nIncognito is a Hitchcockian thriller about a lonely motel receptionist who makes an extra buck by selling the hidden-camera videos of his unsuspecting guests on the Internet. But when one such guest turns out to be a young girl who is being trafficked\, he faces a crisis of conscience.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”bio-short”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#2ba0de”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5477″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685902102771{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nTrained as a cinematographer at the New York Film Academy\, RAVI MUPPA is a screenwriter and director based in Mumbai. He is responsible for developing and writing various successful films and series such as Stree (2018)\, Bala (2019)\, The Family Man (2019) and The Substitutes (2020). Incognito is his first short film as a writer-director\, and it has already been selected for competition at the Tirana\, Mumbai and Northern Wave Film Festivals. Muppa explains: “Incognito is an exercise in telling a story that is entirely driven by sound and image. The story is told strictly from the protagonist’s point of view\, thereby limiting the information given to the audience. In a way\, the people in the audience become voyeurs\, just like the protagonist of the film.”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#00c3f3″][vc_column_text]scr.: Ravi Muppa | cin.: Azim Moollan | ed.: Konark Saxena | cost.: Rabindra Kumar Sonar | art dir.: Ghanshyam Sharma | snd: Dinesh Kumar | mus.: Mathew Job | cast: Vikram Singh\, Ayushi Nema\, Dev Chauhan | prod.: Ravi Muppa\, Abhijeet Chabbra[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”tickets”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#a37bd8″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-car-alt” color=”custom” size=”lg” align=”center” custom_color=”#a37bd8″ css=”.vc_custom_1684968925507{margin-top: -30px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685672121420{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”] \nFree parking during the screening.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685672147837{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]$15 per ticket\, plus H.S.T. 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URL:https://www.oiffa.com/event/bird-of-passage/
LOCATION:The Landmark Cinemas\, 801 Kanata Ave.\, Kanata\, Ontario\, K2T 1E7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film screening
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SUMMARY:Chicken Curry (Koli Esru)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row el_id=”film”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dotted” border_width=”4″ accent_color=”#d7b624″ css=”.vc_custom_1687030200580{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/12″][vc_single_image image=”6173″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1687033749742{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/12″][vc_single_image image=”6172″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1687033824065{margin-top: -5px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dotted” border_width=”4″ accent_color=”#d7b624″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1687030028747{margin-top: -10px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}”] \nCANADIAN PREMIERE\n\nDirector: Champa P. Shetty\nIndia | 2022 | 84 min | drama | Kannada\, with English subtitles\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”synopsis”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5452″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685905592420{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nBased on a short story by K.T. Chikkanna\, Chicken Curry (Koli Esru) is the story of a poor woman who undergoes tremendous sacrifices and difficulties just to provide her beloved ten-year-old daughter with the taste of chicken curry. Deprived of motherly love as a teenager\, Huchheeri was married off to a drunkard by her stepmother\, separated from her loving father and her idyllic village\, forced to move into another village and do menial labour while caring for her ailing mother-in-law and growing daughter. When she learns of a chicken curry being prepared at the local Chieftain’s house\, she cooks some rice in the hope of getting some of that chicken back to her daughter and finally fulfill her craving\, providing her with the motherly love that she sorely missed as a child. Unfolding over the course of 24 hours\, Huchheeri’s story reflects on the larger story of women’s struggles\, past and present\, to fight injustices and live a life of dignity despite patriarchal and societal pressures.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”bio”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#2ba0de”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5480″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685759553620{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nCHAMPA P. SHETTY’s journey as an artist began in 1991 as a practitioner of Kannada theatre. Since then\, she has evolved as an actor and director under the guidance of accomplished theatre personalities. She also has a spectacular academic track record\, having won the Gold Medal as a Master’s recipient in Performing Arts at Bangalore University. Her expressive voice has even made her a renowned dubbing artist\, winner of the Best Dubbing Artist award at the Karnataka State Awards in 2008. Her debut film feature\, Ammachi Yemba Nanpu (2018)\, received rave reviews from critics and public alike\, winning the Best Cinematography Award at the 2018 Karnataka State Awards. Chicken Curry\, her second feature\, was part of the official selection at the 2022 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) and the 2023 Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival (AIFF)\, where it garnered the Best Actress Award and a Special Jury Mention for Best Child Star. For Shetty\, these awards reflect on her own personal experience because she was also recognized for playing Huchheeri 30 years ago. “The character stayed with me as it represented women’s unspoken struggles”\, she told Shree D.N. of the Deccan Herald\, further insisting on the importance of democratizing art films. “If we stop doing such films”\, she adds\, “only fight-dance formulas will prevail. I want to give good films to people.” Which is exactly what she does here.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#00c3f3″][vc_column_text]scr.: Champa P. Shetty | cin.: Francis Rajkumar | ed.: Harish Komme | cost.: Geetha Surathkal\, Bharathi D. Pai\, Rekha Sreevatsa | art dir.: Harsha Cava | snd: Shreyank Nanjappa | mus.: Sangeeth Thomas\, Jaipal Raj | cast: Akshatha Pandavpura\, Apeksha Nagaraj Chornahalli\, Natana Manju\, Prakash Shetty\, Dakshayani N. | prod.: Vanaja Vaman Rao\, Sujatha Gopinath[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”tickets”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#a37bd8″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-car-alt” color=”custom” size=”lg” align=”center” custom_color=”#a37bd8″ css=”.vc_custom_1684968925507{margin-top: -30px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685672121420{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”] \nFree parking during the screening.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685672147837{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]$15 per ticket\, plus H.S.T. 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URL:https://www.oiffa.com/event/chicken-curry/
LOCATION:The Landmark Cinemas\, 801 Kanata Ave.\, Kanata\, Ontario\, K2T 1E7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film screening
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SUMMARY:The Faded Footprints (Lokkhir Paa)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685465919563{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}”] \nNORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE & FEATURE FILM DEBUT\n\nDirector: Abhik Das\nIndia | 2022 | 75 min | drama | Bengali\, with English subtitles\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/HKJA5NJuyTU” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1685467632360{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”synopsis”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5466″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685467159045{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nBased on a story by famous Bengali writer Narayan Gangopadhyay\, The Faded Footprints (Lokkhir Paa) is set just before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film follows a coal mine labourer on his way back home with his newly wedded wife\, immersing the audience in the couple’s ever-tighter relationship and growing fondness for each other through conversation and the picturesque spectacle of their journey. The added layering to Gangopadhyay’s original story — the author died just before the events pictured onscreen — also provides a sociological insight into the historical reality of the refugee crisis and food shortage that were raging at the time\, expanding the protagonists’ personal story into that of Bengal itself. “‘Lokkhi’ is related to food”\, said director Das in an interview with The Times of India. “During 1971\, Bengal was reeling under a food crisis. Farmers were not able to get complete control over their grains. Consciously\, I inserted the character of a farmer who has lost his land and is now a coal labourer\, but his earnings have not improved.”\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”bio”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#2ba0de”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5377″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685466189037{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nABHIK DAS is a self-taught independent filmmaker from Kolkata\, who cumulates the functions of director\, screenwriter\, editor\, producer\, colourist\, and visual effects artist. In the last few years\, he has directed\, written and produced some award-winning shorts\, including The Gift (2017) and Ticket (2019). Created during the COVID pandemic\, The Faded Footprints is his first feature\, landing in Ottawa after successful stints at the Kolkata International Film Festival\, the Fajr International Film Festival\, the International Film Festival of Thrissur and the Independent Producers Indie Film Festival in Bucharest.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#00c3f3″][vc_column_text]scr.: Abhik Das | cin.: Tonmay Sarkar | ed.: Abhik Das | cost.: R. Wrik | art dir.: Ayan Mukherjee | snd: Manna | mus.: Manna | cast: Kajol Shambhu\, Shabnam Mustafi | prod.: Abhik Das\, Bidisha Bhaumik[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”short”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dotted” border_width=”4″ accent_color=”#d7b624″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6176″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1687034201844{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dotted” border_width=”4″ accent_color=”#d7b624″ css=”.vc_custom_1687034194506{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The Journey Back Home (Birha)” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:40|text_align:left|color:%23d7b624|line_height:1.15″ google_fonts=”font_family:Nunito%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1685904017635{margin-top: -20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685904026139{margin-top: -10px !important;}”] \n\nDirector: Puneet Prakash\nIndia | 2022 | 25 min | drama | Punjabi\, with English subtitles\nTICKETS >>>\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5453″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685904328383{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nSet in a small Punjabi village\, The Journey Back Home (Birha) tells the story of a simple\, loving family that is torn apart by the immature actions of an ambitious child\, fascinated by the lure of the West. His actions lead to devastating consequences and the road to redemption is long\, lonely\, and full of guilt. How often do we pray for the past to be rewritten? Alas\, damage done is seldom undone. Can old wounds heal?\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”bio-short”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#2ba0de”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”5481″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685904410609{margin-top: -30px !important;}”] \nTrained in Los Angeles\, PUNEET PRAKASH is a prolific\, award-winning ad director\, who has directed over 150 ads in the span of five years for famous brands such as Pepsi\, P&G\, Samsung and Lionsgate\, often using a touching narrative style. His Gillette film on gender equality won the Cannes Silver Lion for India. Prakash also directs short films; his latest\, The Journey Back Home\, has already secured the Best Narrative Short Award at NYIFF\, the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Gangtok International Film Festival and the Best Short Award in Amsterdam.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#00c3f3″][vc_column_text] \nscr.: Hemant Singh | cin.: Pratik Deora | ed.: Mukesh Thakur | cost.: Vineet Chauhan | art dir.: Mukesh Kumar | mus.: Anand Bajpai | cast: Rajit Kapoor\, Manav Vij\, Sahil Mehta\, Seema Kaushal | prod.: Ghalib Datta\, Navneet Singh Gujral \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”tickets”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”dashed” border_width=”2″ accent_color=”#a37bd8″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-car-alt” color=”custom” size=”lg” align=”center” custom_color=”#a37bd8″ css=”.vc_custom_1684968925507{margin-top: -30px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685672467718{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”] \nFree parking during the screening.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1685672495643{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]$15 per ticket\, plus H.S.T. 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URL:https://www.oiffa.com/event/faded-footprints/
LOCATION:The Landmark Cinemas\, 801 Kanata Ave.\, Kanata\, Ontario\, K2T 1E7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film screening
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