2016 Foreign Film Submissions

Bajirao Mastani is an Indian film in the popular Bollywood genre of historical epic with a strong love story component. The lavishly staged picture was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali who is also credited with composing the score for the film.

Mirzya is a pretty typical Bollywood production (director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, screenplay by Gulzar) based on popular Punjab folktale “Mirza Sahiba,” which is the story of two young lovers who are not allowed to be together by their families. If you did notice an obvious resemblance between “Mirza Sahiba” and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet you are absolutely right.

“This film is real life. A rollercoaster of reality.

“This film is real life. A rollercoaster of reality.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association allows production credits from numerous more than one country, while producers and actors from different backgrounds often cooperate. The King’s Choice is a case in point.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association allows production credits from numerous more than one country, while producers and actors from different backgrounds often cooperate. The King’s Choice is a case in point.

The Indian film Parched by the director Leena Yadav was shot by Titanic cinematographer Russell Carpenter and had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015. The picture has won many awards at international film festivals, amongst them Stockholm IFF and Toulouse IFF.

Interrogation, a film directed by South Indian film maker Vetri Maaran is a film that deals with police brutality and political corruption. Four friends from Tamil speaking Tamil Nadu cross their states border and enter Andra Pradesh a telegue speaking state.

Louis is a terminally ill writer who has come home after 12 years away to tell his family he is dying. What he doesn’t realize is that they don’t want to hear it, or maybe they already know.

It’s the mid-eighties and the war between Iran and Iraq rages on with bombs and now missiles targeting Tehran. Residents of an apartment complex in the Iranian capital try to conduct ordinary lives, even though intermittent anti aircraft sirens and the ensuing scramble for the shelter of the basement belie the normalcy.