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Film festival announces Indian and Asia-Africa lineup
Dubai International Film Festival on December 11-18 has announced its lineup for Indian and Asia-Africa segments.
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:40 November 18, 2008
Dubai: Dubai International Film Festival on December 11-18 has announced its lineup for Indian and Asia-Africa segments.
The Indian Cinema segment will include Kanchivaram set in the 1940s, telling the tale of silk weaver Vengadam (Prakash Raj), and Tera Kya Hoga, Johnny! set in Mumbai's back-streets.
Uma da Cunha, Programmer, Celebration of Indian Cinema Segment, said: "films in this segment are thematically diverse this year. Adoor Gopalakrishnan is back this year with his new omnibus film, and a number of up and coming directors from which we can expect to hear more in the future. Each year this segment presents quality Indian art-house cinema, where value statements about universal truths take place in technically astute cinema."
In the Asia-Africa segment, the documentary Peace Mission, which explores popular film locations in Lagos, will be shown. Tokyo Sonata is a film about Ryuhei Sasaki, who cannot admit to his family that he has been sacked from his job.
Nashen Moodley, Director, Asia-Africa segment, said: "In this companion section to the Asia-Africa competition, we wanted to demonstrate that there are burgeoning film industries and great filmmaking talent in Africa and Asia, and that interesting cinema is coming from unlikely places such as Afghanistan and Bangladesh."
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