Eight projects have been selected for the 11th Edition
of NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab which will be pitched to producers and investors in
a specially designed session during Film Bazaar 2017 during IFFI time.The
selected participants will work with mentors in an intensive 5-month programme
to explore their stories in one-on-one as well as group sessions
Yann Apperry – novelist, screenwriter and script
consultant and Urmi Juvekar –
screenwriter and script consultant will be the mentors for the current session.
The 2017 selection is an interesting mix of stories in
different genres and languages
Captain Gopinath
(Hindi) –
Abhijit Agrawal
Abhijit is an independent filmmaker who has assisted
on various feature films, television commercials, corporate videos and television
series. He has made two short films “Sirf Khuli Khidki” and “Topiwala Room” and
has won a Mofilm Cannes Lions Award for an online ad film competition for Getty
Images.
The Displaced
(Tamil) –
Vijay Jayapal
An independent filmmaker from Chennai, Vijay’s debut
feature “Revelations” (Film Bazaar Recommends 2016) premiered at Busan
International Film Festival and was also screened at Göteborg, MAMI Mumbai,
SAIFF New York film festivals, among others. He has made three other short
films – “The Surreal” (2014), “Meelpaarvai (Retrospect)” and “Matrimony” – which
have also travelled to various festivals.
The Funeral
(Malayalam)
– Christo Tomy
Christo Tomy is an independent filmmaker from Kerala
and an alumnus of Film Direction and Screenplay Writing from Satyajit Ray Film
and Television Institute, Kolkata. Christo has won National Awards for Best
Direction and Best Debut Film
in the Non-Feature sections of the 63rd and the 61st
National Film Awards respectively. His short films and documentaries have travelled
to various international film festivals.
Grey
(Hindi) –
Prashant Vanjani
After working in the advertising industry as a senior
planner, Prashant made a shift to filmmaking at Prague Film School, after which
he worked as an assistant director and video editor. He also wrote, produced,
directed, and edited a short film based on a story by Jorge Luis Borges which
screened at a various national and international film festivals
Kiss Me Cassata
(Hindi) –
Ashutosh Pathak
With an MA degree in Animation, Ashutosh has worked as
a freelance illustrator, animator and film-maker for the past 10 years. He has
made several short films which reflect the issue of restricted human existence
in the confines of a society
Mishi
(Marathi)
– Batul Mukhtiar
An alumnus of Film Direction at Film & Television
Institute of India, Batul has worked on international documentary projects,
mostly for the BBC and Channel 4, UK for 15 years as
an associate producer and fixer. Her docu-feature ‘150 Seconds ‘Ago’, travelled
to many international festivals including Yamagata and Cine Du Reel. Her
children’s feature ‘Lilkee’ (2007)
continues to be shown in classrooms and children’s
festivals across the country. Her film ‘Kaphal-Wild Berries’ (2013) won the
National Award for Best Children’s Film 2014 and the Golden Elephant for Best
Director at the International Children’s Film Festival of India 2013.
Nandu
(Hindi) –
Shilpi Singh
Shilpi started out as a Production Assistant on a
documentary film and moved on to earn a merit scholarship for an MA degree in
film from American University, Washington DC. Selected as one of the talents of
Berlinale Talent Campus – India
edition, Shilpi has assisted independent documentary
filmmakers,written and directed independent shorts and worked in Creative and
Development departments.
Temple in the Village
(Maithili)
- Parth Saurabh
Parth Saurabh was born and brought up in Darbhanga,
Bihar. After finishing his B. Tech. from IIT Kanpur, he earned a diploma in
Direction from Whistling Woods International. He has shot a short documentary
in Xinjiang, China about the
Architecture of the Toyuk Valley, a 1000 years old
village housing The Thousand Buddha Caves.
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