Europe's fastest growing platform for Indian cinema returns to the Capital celebrating the burgeoning movement of different Indian cinema. The third annual London Indian Film Festival will run from June 20 -July 3, bringing to UK audiences a spread of leading edge films from a few of India's and the UK's hottest independent talents. Going way beyond Bollywood, these are films that challenge, shock, generate debate and present a more realistic view of India today in all its colour and diversity.
The Festival, that is supported by Film London, will stretch city wide, opening within the West End on the Cineworld Haymarket and continuing at BFI Southbank, Watermans, Cineworld Trocadero, Feltham, Wood Green, Wandsworth, the O2 and ICA. For the primary time the festival could also be teaming up with Tate Modern to provide an extraordinary showcase in Indian experimental film curated from Bangalore.
The Festival also has films and events for a variety of audiences and includes industry events at BAFTA, exploring Indian/UK co-production and specially commissioned music and function pieces.
The London Indian Film Festival features a diverse range of worldwide and UK Premieres and can open with Anurag Kashyap's action-packed Gangs Of Wasseypur. In response to true incidents, Gangs Of Wasseypur is a revenge story set within the dynamic socio-political milieu of erstwhile Bihar. Wasseypur is a town within the district of Dhanbad within the northern a part of India. The film can have its World Premiere at Cannes Director's Fortnight. London Indian Film Festival's full programme might be released on May 21.
Cary Rajinder Sawhney, Festival Director, comments saying, "WE ARE NOT just showing Indian films for Indian audiences, but opening the door to the wealthy diversity of cinema in India today, to all audiences. A few of these films are kicking out the old stereo- sorts of Indian cinema, while the most productive filmmakers are turning out to be recognised at the world stage, where they belong. It's great to be premiering these cutting-edge new films in London, during a year when town is celebrating its cultural richness."
