India’s Film Bazaar has selected 20 fiction projects and 12 documentary projects for this year’s Co-production Market, taking place November 20-24 in Goa.
The 20 fiction projects involve production partners from 11 countries, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, US, UK, Singapore, Germany, France, Poland, Luxembourg and Israel. The 12 documentary projects involve seven countries: India, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Russia, Sri Lanka and South Korea.
This year’s Film Bazaar also selected eight projects for Screenwriters’ Lab (see full list of projects below).
CO-PRODUCTION MARKET FICTION 2023:
Aath (The Eight) (India)
Dir: Nachiket Waikar
Prods: Shwetaabh Singh (NaMa Productions), Tarun Sharma (OneShot Films)
Language: Marathi
A Love Supreme (India)
Dir: Dev Benegal
Prods: Neeraj Jain, Maya Patel (Mind Studio)
Language: Hindi
Baghuni (Dance Like A Tiger) (India, UK)
Dir: Jitendra Mishra
Prod: Partha Sarathi Panda (Glocal Films UK)
Language: Odia
Bhai Band (One Two Three Mic Check) (India)
Dir & Prod: Manish Saini (Amdavad Films)
Language: Gujarati
Bhopal Boys (India)
Dir: Ajitesh Sharma
Prod: Monisha Thyagarajan (Awedacious Originals)
Language: Hindi
The Distant Near (Germany, India, France, Poland, UK)
Dir: Rafael Kapelinski
Prod: Katharina Suckale (Bombay Berlin Film Production)
Language: English, German, Hindi
Fashigate (India)
Dir: Phulawa Khamkar
Prod: Amar Khamkar (Golden Lily Entertainment)
Language: Marathi
Heirloom (India)
Dir: Upamanyu Bhattacharyya
Prod: Shubham Karna, Arya A. Menon (Odd & Even Pictures)
Language: Gujarati, Hindi
I’ll Smile In September (India, Singapore)
Dir: Aakash Chhabra
Prods: Sanjay Gulati (Crawling Angel Films), Fran Borgia (Akanga Film Asia)
Language: Hindi
In Law (India)
Dir: Dar Gai
Prod: Dheer Momaya, Pranit Sahni (Jugaad Motion Pictures)
Language: Hindi
Kaalakoota (Toxic Nector) (India)
Dir: Abhaya Simha
Prod: Vachan Shetty
Language: Kannada
Khekshiyal (The Jackal) (Bangladesh)
Dir: Golam Muntakim Fahim
Prod: Rezwan Shahriar Sumit (mypixelstory)
Language: Bengali
Kohinoor (Germay, Luxembourg, France)
Dir: Udita Bhargava
Prod: Martin Lehwald (Schiwago Film)
Language: Hindi
Lost And Found (India)
Dir: Gitanjali Rao
Prod: Ranjan Singh (Good Bad Films)
Language: Hindi
Mog Asundi (Let There Be Love) (India)
Dir: Bhaskar Hazarika
Prod: Ashwini Sidwani (SMR Entertainment)
Language: Hindi
Mouna Tharangam (A Silent Wave) (US, India)
Dir: Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda
Prod: Praveena Paruchuri (Paruchuri Vijaya Praveena Arts), Janani Vijayanathan (Kinostreet)
Language: Telugu, English
The Priest And The Prostitute (India)
Dir & Prod: Arunaraje Patil (Gaahimedia)
Language: English, Malayalam, Hindi
Rabbit Hole (Sri Lanka)
Dir: Ilango Ramanathan
Prod: Hiranya Perera (Silent Frames Productions)
Language: Sinhala, Tamil
Raju (Israel)
Dir: Dror Sabo
Prod: Lee Yardeni (MY TV productions)
Language: Hebrew
Raya’s Wedding (Bangladesh)
Dir: Maksud Hossain (Fusion Pictures)
Prods: Maksud Hossain, Barkat Hossain, Trilora Hossain (Fusion Pictures)
Language: Bengali
CO-PRODUCTION MARKET DOCUMENTARY 2023:
Becoming (India, South Korea)
Dir & Prod: Vineeth Menon
Prods: Rohan K. Mehta, Rory O’Donovan (White Horse Films)
Language: English, Korean, Malayalam
The Braid Chopper And Other Modern Myths (India)
Dir: Apoorva Jaiswal
Prod: Prateek Bagi (Raging Films)
Language: Bhojpuri, Hindi, Haryanvi, Punjabi
Downhill Kargil (India)
Dir & Prod: Nupur Agrawal (Autumnwolves Media)
Language: Hindi, Ladakhi, Urdu
Fair-Home Fairy-Tales (India)
Dir: Sourav Sarangi
Prod: Miriam Chandy Menacherry (Filament Pictures)
Language: Bengali, English
Finding Lanka (India, Sri Lanka)
Dirs: Nila Madhab Panda & Vimukthi Jayasundara
Prod: Nila Madhab Panda
Language: English, Odia, Sinhala, Tamil
Habaspuri Weaving (The Second And Last Death) (India)
Dir: Mayur Mahapatra
Prod: Biswanath Rath (BNR Films)
Language: English, Odia
Raga Rock – The Jazz Odyssey Of Braz Gonsalves (India, Germany, Portugal)
Dir & Prod: Nalini Elvino De Sousa (Lotus Film & TV Production)
Language: English
The Unlikely Hero (India)
Dir: Ishani Roy
Prod: Nisheeth Kumar (Indie Film Collective)
Language: Gujarati, Sindhi
The Village Girl Who Ran (India, Japan, Russia)
Dir: Deyali Mukherjee
Prod: Sriram Raja (SRDM Productions)
Language: Bengali
A Weaver Bird’s Nest (Tokora Sorai’r Baah) (India)
Dirs: Alvina Joshi & Rahul Rabha
Prods: Alvina Joshi & Banazer Akhter (Moped Films)
Language: Assamese
Who Am I (India)
Dir: Sasi Kumar
Prod: Suresh Nair (9 Frames)
Language: Malayalam, English
Women Of Fire (India)
Dir: Anushka Meenakshi
Prod: Tarun Saldanha (Bandobast Films)
Language: English, Hindi, Marathi
SCREENWRITERS LAB 2023:
Avinash Arun – Boomerang
Sanju Kadu – Kosla (The Cocoon)
Rohan K. Mehta – Absent
Neha Negi – Chhawni
Vatsala Patel – Daant (Bite)
Biswa Ranjan Pradhan – Pramana Patra
Diwa Shah – Chab (Refuge)
Savita Singh – Ballad Of The Circus