THE TORCH
Directed by : Jim Farrell
Produced by : Cinestaan Film Company & IFC Films
Feature documentary by Emmy-award winning filmmaker Jim Farrell about Buddy Guy handing the blues ‘torch’ down to a young protégé Quinn Sullivan.
Cold War
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar
Cold War is a love-story set in the background of the Cold War in the 1950s, mapping Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris and tracing a pair of humans meant to be together but destined to be apart all at once. The brilliant black and white Polish romantic film received 3 Academy Awards nominations this year including Best Picture in a Foreign Language.
BOMBAY ROSE
Writer/Director: Gitanjali Rao
Producers: Cinestaan Film Company
In co-production with Les Films D'ici
Animation Studio: Paperboat
Genre: Animation | Language: Hindi
Bombay Rose is the story of a flower seller who has to make the choice between protecting her family or allowing herself to fall in love. Painted frame by frame, for which Gitanjali is famed, Bombay Rose is a chronicle of the people who migrate from small towns, seeking minimal life in the maximum city.
Kaalakaandi
Writer/Director: Akshat Verma
Produced by: Cinestaan Film Company & Flying Unicorn
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Vijay Raaz, Sobhita Dhulipala, Kunaal Roy Kapur
The Hungry
Director: Bornila Chatterjee
Writer: Bornila Chatterjee, Tanaji Dasgupta, Kurban Kassam
Produced by: Cinestaan Film Company and Film London
Cast: Tisca Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah
Mirzya
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Writer: Gulzar
Produced by: Cinestaan Film Company & ROMP Pictures
Cast: Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Anuj Choudhry, Art Malik, K. K. Raina, Om Puri, Anjali Patil