MAVERICK MINDS
London’s Raindance Film Festival has unveiled its 13-title longlist for the BIFA (British Impartial Movie Awards) Raindance Maverick Award, recognizing unbiased movies made with budgets beneath £1 million ($1.3 million).
The lineup consists of “Grand Theft Hamlet,” shot solely inside “Grand Theft Auto,” following two unemployed actors staging Shakespeare within the sport’s digital world, and “Strike: An Uncivil Conflict,” which received Sheffield DocFest’s greatest documentary viewers award for its examination of the 1984/85 miners’ strike.
Raindance founder Elliot Grove mentioned: “The Raindance Maverick Award longlist captures the essence of unbiased cinema at its purest, rebellious and unapologetic greatest.”
Full longlist:
“The Ceremony” (Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer)
“The Flight of Bryan” (James Erskine, Victoria Gregory, Philipp Manderla)
“Grand Theft Hamlet” (Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff)
“King Child” (Arran Shearing, Package Redstone)
“Reawakening” (Virginia Gilbert, Barry Castagnola)
“Stressed” (Jed Hart, Benedict Turnbull)
“Satu – 12 months of the Rabbit” (Joshua Trigg)
“Silent Males” (Duncan Cowles)
“The Stimming Pool” (Robin Elliot Knowles, Sam Chown Ahern, Benjamin Brown, Steven Eastwood, Georgia Bradburn, Lucy Walker, Chloe White)
“Strike: An Uncivil Conflict” (Daniel Gordon, Nick Taussig, Fjolla Iberhysaj)
“Tops” (Ames Pennington, Archie Sinclair)
“Treading Water” (Gino Evans, Ben Toye)
“Witches” (Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson)
The nominations shall be introduced Nov. 5, with winners revealed on the BIFA ceremony on Dec. 8. Final 12 months’s award went to “If the Streets Have been on Hearth” by Alice Russell and Gannesh Rajah.
CONTINENTAL CINEMA
The European Union Movie Competition readies its three-city India tour, with New Delhi first to unspool Nov. 7-16, adopted by stops in Kolkata and Hyderabad. The fest’s twenty ninth version showcases 26 pics from EU member states in 31 languages at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre, Instituto Cervantes and Goethe-Institut venues.
The slate consists of India premieres of “What A Feeling,” “As a result of I Love Dangerous Climate,” “Stairway To Heaven,” “Loss of life is a Downside for the Residing,” “Jim’s Story,” “With out Air,” “Black Velvet,” “The Final Ashes,” “Blood on the Crown,” “Baan,” “Horia” and “The Man With out Guilt.”
“La Chimera” lead Yile Yara Vianello, “5 & A Half Love Tales” helmer Tomas Vengris, and “Blood on the Crown” producer Pedja Miletic will attend the Delhi leg. The fest is mounted by the EU Delegation to India with assist from EU member embassies and native companions.
STREAMING STALWART
Archana Anand is stepping down from her put up as chief enterprise officer at ZEE5 International to pursue private ventures. Throughout her decade-long tenure, Anand spearheaded ZEE5’s launch in India and its enlargement into worldwide markets, establishing it as a number one streaming platform for South Asian content material.
“It’s been such a enjoyable trip and alongside a number of the brightest and smartest folks throughout the globe,” mentioned Anand in her departure announcement. She plans to “relocate and recalibrate” whereas pursuing “lengthy pending adventures.”
PRABHAS POWER
Indian star Prabhas dropped the movement poster for “The Raja Saab” on his birthday, marking his first foray into horror-comedy. The 2-minute teaser exhibits the actor enthroned in a classic palace, sporting black apparel and a cigar, set to a piano rendition of “Pleased Birthday.”
Pic is helmed by Maruthi and produced by Folks Media Manufacturing facility’s Viswa Prasad, with Thaman S scoring. Malvika Mohanan, Nidhhi Agerwal and Riddhi Kumar co-star.
“Raja Saab” hits theaters April 10, 2025, with a pan-Indian launch within the Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages.
