International Competition section
will be judge by Peter Webber, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Ritesh Batra and Ron Mann.
Peter Webber is a well known veteran British film and television director. He
is best known for his debut feature, Girl
With A Pearl Earring and Hannibal
Rising. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun is a well known film writer and director from
Chad who has lived in France since 1982. Born in Chad, he moved to France where
he studied film and worked as a journalist. He is well for A Screaming Man, Dry Season and
Our Father. Ritesh Batra is an Indian film director and screenwriter most
known for his bittersweet romantic comedy, The
Lunchbox (2013). Loved by all and everywhere on the planet, The Lunchbox is
remarkably the young director’s first feature film. Born in Mumbai in 1979, he
moved to New York where he studied cinema. Toronto-based filmmaker Ron Mann is
one of Canada’s foremost documentary filmmakers. Mann established his
international reputation while in his twenties with a series of award-winning
theatrical documentaries, including Imagine the Sound, Poetry in Motion, Comic Book Confidential, Twist and Grass. Ron’s other films include Go Further, Tales of the Rat Fink, Know
Your Mushrooms, and In the Wake of
the Flood.
Dimensions Mumbai section will be
judge by Huma Qureshi, Rajeev Masand, Satish Kaushik, Gauri Shinde and Homi
Adajania. Huma Qureshi caught the attention of mainstream and indie film world
alike with her delightful performance in Anurag Kashyap’s crime saga Gangs of
Wasseypur. Paired opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui, she sketched the role of
Mohsina with a palatable blend of innocence and strength. She was nominated for
Best Supporting Actress at Asia Pacific Film Festival for her role in Gangs of
Wasseypur. Back home, she received nominations at almost all major film awards
including Filmfare, Star Screen and Zee Cine Awards. Rajeev Masand, the
Entertainment Editor of CNN IBN, is one of the foremost Indian television film
critics and hosts. His show Now Showing is widely popular and known for
spotting trends early on. He covers Bollywood, Hollywood, World Cinema and new
Hindi cinema with equal ease and élan. Rajeev was thrice adjudged ‘Best
Entertainment Critic’ by the National Television (NT) Awards, in 2008, 2010 and
2011. Satish Kaushik, a graduate of the National School of Drama (NSD) and the
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), is a widely acclaimed Indian
actor, writer and director known for his roles in Shekhar Kapur’s Mr. India,
Sarah Gavron’s Bricklane and David Dhawan’s Deewana Mastana. He started his
film career by assisting Shekhar Kapoor on his 1983 film Masoom. He directed
his first feature film Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja in 1993. His other directing
credits include Prem and Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain. He has also written the
dialogues for Kundan Shah’s cult comedy, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. Gauri Shinde made
her directorial debut with English Vinglish (2012), a film that travelled to film
festivals besides wooing audiences back home. It world premiered at Toronto
International Film Festival and won her the Filmfare award for best debut
director. The widespread acclaim that the film received got her featured in the
Financial Times 2012 list of ‘25 Indians to Watch’. She is a well known
advertising filmmaker with more than 100 films to her credit. Even her
commercials are known for breaking gender stereotypes and making bold social
statements. Homi Adajania, a certified CMAS diving instructor, entered the film
industry by directing and co-writing the English-language psychological drama
Being Cyrus (2006) starring Saif Ali Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia,
and Boman Irani. His second directorial venture was the Hindi-language romantic
comedy Cocktail (2012), a runaway hit. His latest offering, the satirical
comedy Finding Fanny was received warmly by Indian audiences and travelled to
Busan International Film Festival.
India Gold section will be judge
by Goran Paskaljevic, Prasanna Vithanage, Bai Ling and Serge Bromberg. Born in
Belgrade, Goran Paskaljevic studied film directing at the Film and TV School of
the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). He is known for films like
Cabaret Balkan (1998), Midwinter Night’s Dream (2004) and How Harry Became a
Tree (2001). He has directed many documentaries and TV dramas for TV Belgrade.
He directed his first feature film, Beach Guard in Winter in 1976, which was
screened at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. He made over 30 documentaries
and 13 feature films shown and acclaimed at the most prestigious international
film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian.
Prasanna Vithanage is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. His films have won many awards,
both local and international, and have also been commercially successful. In
his early theatre work, he translated and produced plays by international
writers, and has adapted works of world literature to film. In 1992, he
directed his first film, Sisila Gini Gani (Ice of Fire). Four years later, he
released his second feature Anantha Rathriya (Dark Night of the Soul, 1996),
based on Leo Tolstoy’s last novel Resurrection. It was shown at several
international film festivals and won a Jury’s Special Mention in the First Pusan
International Film Festival. Born in the southern city Cheng Du of China, Bai
Ling began her career at the age of 14. She first gained the attention of
audiences and critics alike when she won the lead role opposite Richard Gere in
Jon Avnet’s Red Corner. She received numerous accolades including the
prestigious Breakthrough Performance Award from the National Board of Review.
She also garnered the Discovery Star awarded by the Hollywood Women’s Press
Club for their Golden Apple Awards. Her film Southland Tales, directed by
Richard Kelly, was in competition at Cannes Film Festival. Serge Bromberg is a
veteran French documentary film producer and occasional director. His
production credits include Inferno (2009), The Extraordinary Voyage (2011) and
Jean Vigo: Le son retrouvé (2001). He founded sound restoration laboratory for
old films, The Diapason, in 2003 and the production company, Films Steamboat,
in 2006. He has directed three short films and a medium-length film.
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