Canada’s Studio Film Group (Sfg) International will co-produce Abhijeet Singh Parmar’s debut feature Overcoat, which will be made under the recently signed India-Canada co-production treaty.
Indian producers Jogavindra S. Khera and Rishebh Batnagar of Telling Tales Entertainment are also on board the project, based on Russian writer Nicolai Gogol’s short story The Overcoat.
“Overcoat is a uniquely satirical genre project exploring the human condition, and Abhijeet has an amazing vision for this adaptation that I think will resonate with genre fans throughout the world,” said Sfg International president Nadia Sandhu.
Set in Varanasi in the 1990s, the story follows a solitary office clerk who digs into his savings to buy a new coat. But when it is stolen, the traumatised man dies only to return as a ghost that seeks peace by solving the mystery of his stolen overcoat.
The project was selected for Nfdc’s National Script Lab in 2013 and this year’s...
Indian producers Jogavindra S. Khera and Rishebh Batnagar of Telling Tales Entertainment are also on board the project, based on Russian writer Nicolai Gogol’s short story The Overcoat.
“Overcoat is a uniquely satirical genre project exploring the human condition, and Abhijeet has an amazing vision for this adaptation that I think will resonate with genre fans throughout the world,” said Sfg International president Nadia Sandhu.
Set in Varanasi in the 1990s, the story follows a solitary office clerk who digs into his savings to buy a new coat. But when it is stolen, the traumatised man dies only to return as a ghost that seeks peace by solving the mystery of his stolen overcoat.
The project was selected for Nfdc’s National Script Lab in 2013 and this year’s...
- 11/24/2014
- by uditaj@gmail.com (Udita Jhunjhunwala)
- ScreenDaily
Jogavindra S. Khera
T he Watchmaker Must Die Again is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Jogavindra S. Khera:
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
The year is 2032 and time travel, though illegal, is very much a reality. Throughout his life Farhan has been consumed by the mystery surrounding his father’s death. Believing his father was a victim of the 2006 Mumbai train blasts, Farhan seeks the help of a back-alley time travel agent, who haphazardly transports him 26 years into the past. Farhan has 9 hours to find, befriend and warn his father (whom he has never met) about the impending blasts. However, when he discovers the shocking truth, Farhan realises that sometimes it is better to leave the past in the past.
The project will be in English and Hindi.
Which...
T he Watchmaker Must Die Again is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Jogavindra S. Khera:
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
The year is 2032 and time travel, though illegal, is very much a reality. Throughout his life Farhan has been consumed by the mystery surrounding his father’s death. Believing his father was a victim of the 2006 Mumbai train blasts, Farhan seeks the help of a back-alley time travel agent, who haphazardly transports him 26 years into the past. Farhan has 9 hours to find, befriend and warn his father (whom he has never met) about the impending blasts. However, when he discovers the shocking truth, Farhan realises that sometimes it is better to leave the past in the past.
The project will be in English and Hindi.
Which...
- 11/16/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Veteran Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal and Qissa director Anup Singh are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for the Co-production Market at this year’s Film Bazaar in Goa, India.Scroll down for full list of projects
Benegal has been making award-winning films since the 1970s – most recently satires Welcome To Sajjanpur and Well Done Abba. Singh’s Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost is currently having a successful run on the festival circuit.
International projects at Film Bazaar include Amok, from Chilean director Valeria Sarmiento and produced by the UK’s Anna Holburn; UK filmmaker Robert Mullan’s Son Of India; Malabar Court, directed by Niara Modi and produced by Canada’s Paul Scherzer; and Polish director Piotr Trzaskalski’s Incredible.
The line-up also include one project in partnership with the Netherlands’ Boost programme, Bikas Mishra’s Wild Fire, and one project with Ifp, Varenya directed by Shripriya Mahesh.
Organised by the...
Benegal has been making award-winning films since the 1970s – most recently satires Welcome To Sajjanpur and Well Done Abba. Singh’s Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost is currently having a successful run on the festival circuit.
International projects at Film Bazaar include Amok, from Chilean director Valeria Sarmiento and produced by the UK’s Anna Holburn; UK filmmaker Robert Mullan’s Son Of India; Malabar Court, directed by Niara Modi and produced by Canada’s Paul Scherzer; and Polish director Piotr Trzaskalski’s Incredible.
The line-up also include one project in partnership with the Netherlands’ Boost programme, Bikas Mishra’s Wild Fire, and one project with Ifp, Varenya directed by Shripriya Mahesh.
Organised by the...
- 10/22/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Nfdc Film Bazaar has announced 28 selected projects for co-production market 2013. The seventh edition of Film Bazaar will take place from 21 – 24 November, 2013 in Goa.
Every year, the Co-Production Market invites a select number of directors and producers to present their projects to international producers, distributors, sales agents, funding representatives and other financial partners from across the world.
Sr. no. Project Name Applicant Name 1 28-Sri Prasanna Jayakody 2 Dawaat Nama Sabiha Sumar 3 Homestay Blues Miriam Chandy Menacherry 4 Pac-Man Anirban Datta 5 Incredible Piotr Trzaskalski 6 Scorpion’s Song Anup Singh 7 When Mirza Comes Back Kamal K.M. Karamattathil 8 Warm Bread & the Nipple’s Circle Roya Sadat 9 Son of India Robert Mullan 10 Circle of Fire Arnab Chaudhuri 11 Amok Valeria Sarmiento 12 Malabar Court Niara Modi 13 Oont
(The Camel Ride) Gaganvihari Borate 14 Taramandal
(Constellation) Rohit Pandey 15 Roads to Freedom Shyam Benegal 16 Lipstick Under My Burkha Alankrita Shrivastava 17 Bhiwani Mahendra Jakhar 18 The Watchmaker Must Die Again Jogavindra S. Khera...
Every year, the Co-Production Market invites a select number of directors and producers to present their projects to international producers, distributors, sales agents, funding representatives and other financial partners from across the world.
Sr. no. Project Name Applicant Name 1 28-Sri Prasanna Jayakody 2 Dawaat Nama Sabiha Sumar 3 Homestay Blues Miriam Chandy Menacherry 4 Pac-Man Anirban Datta 5 Incredible Piotr Trzaskalski 6 Scorpion’s Song Anup Singh 7 When Mirza Comes Back Kamal K.M. Karamattathil 8 Warm Bread & the Nipple’s Circle Roya Sadat 9 Son of India Robert Mullan 10 Circle of Fire Arnab Chaudhuri 11 Amok Valeria Sarmiento 12 Malabar Court Niara Modi 13 Oont
(The Camel Ride) Gaganvihari Borate 14 Taramandal
(Constellation) Rohit Pandey 15 Roads to Freedom Shyam Benegal 16 Lipstick Under My Burkha Alankrita Shrivastava 17 Bhiwani Mahendra Jakhar 18 The Watchmaker Must Die Again Jogavindra S. Khera...
- 10/22/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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