Indie Film Collective

18/03/2024

We are very excited to announce that our documentary "The Unlikely Hero," directed by Ishani Roy and produced by Nisheeth Kumar of INDIE FILM COLLECTIVE PVT LTD, has been selected for the VdR–Development Lab.

23/11/2023

THE UNLIKELY HERO
NFDC Film Bazaar, Documentary Co-Production Market

Director - Ishani Roy
Producer - Nisheeth Kumar | Sandeep Kumar Verma

20/11/2023

He has a reputation as Hollywood’s ultimate control freak, a director obsessed with attaining perfection no matter how many takes it needs or whose feelings he hurts. - The Ringer

David Fincher

10/11/2023

Often called the most influential director of the 20th century, Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini was a master of the surreal, using striking images, autobiographical detail and disjointed narratives to create poetic films that impressed audiences across the world. As an emerging figure of the Italian Neorealism movement, Fellini started as a screenwriter before making his feature debut...

09/11/2023

Béla Tarr (born July 21, 1955) is an acclaimed Hungarian film director. Much of his work is marked by philosophical elements and a pessimistic view of humanity. His films utilize unconventional storytelling methods, such as long takes and/or non-professional actors to achieve realism.

08/11/2023

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.





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03/11/2023

François Roland Truffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five films. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, Truffaut was one of the most influential figures of the French New Wave, inspiring directors such as Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson.

03/11/2023

Ingmar Bergman’s Movie Quotes

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

03/11/2023

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish filmmaker and theatre director. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential screenwriters and film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul". Some of his most acclaimed works include The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966), and F***y and Alexander (1982); these four films were included in the 2012 edition of Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time. Bergman was also ranked No. 8 on the magazine's 2002 "Greatest Directors of All Time" list.

via-wiki

02/11/2023

Xavier Dolan was born on March 20, 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for I Killed My Mother (2009), Tom at the Farm (2013) and Heartbeats (2010).

During his childhood he was a fan of Titanic (1997), had posters of the movie in his bedroom and even wrote a letter to Leonardo DiCaprio when he was 8 years old. He also stated that "Titanic" had an incredible impact on his life and career path and that Kate Winslet inspired him to become an actor, a director, and a costume designer after seeing her in the film. He also had a cat named Jack Dawson like DiCaprio's character in the film.

Used to write fan letters as a child to actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Jennifer Aniston, singer Céline Dion, the cast from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), the cast from Roswell (1999), and the casts from Charmed (1998) and Smallville (2001).

Dolan has been awarded as a director, screenwriter, actor, editor, producer and costume designer in his films. He has received honours at the Cannes Film Festival, Canadian Screen Awards, Prix Iris and César Awards, as well as in other forums.

02/11/2023

Marianne Borg: I know that this is wrong.
Dr. Evald Borg: There's neither right nor wrong. We act according to our needs.

WILD STRAWBERRIES (Ingmar Bergman 1957)

02/11/2023

Neecha Nagar (1946) - Directed by Chetan Anand, the film won the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (the highest honour at that time, which later became the Palme d'Or). It was the first Indian film to win this award.

30/09/2023

03/08/2023

AMAR COLONY has its official selection in CSAFF 2023.

13/06/2023

04/06/2023

30/05/2023

https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/indogerman-filmweek/5881-indogerman-filmweek-amar-colony

19/05/2023

Amar Colony Screening at India Habitat Center, New Delhi

06/05/2023

https://www.habitatworld.com/hff/details.php?editId=23

06/05/2023

AMAR COLONY is all set to screen on May 9 at 8.30 pm in the annual Habitat Film Festival 2023 in Delhi.

https://www.habitatworld.com/hff/details.php?editId=23

· "A haunting debut...makes a profound comment on the human condition." - Namrata Joshi (Screen International )

· "A strikingly original Indian debut. Opens the crevices in which we all hide the vices. A dirty gem! - Livan Garcia-Duquesne (D Movies)

· "Heralds the advent of a filmmaker endowed with the ability to see beyond the surface of things... A meticulously crafted, hypnotic film that is firm in a deliberate rhythm... - Saibal Chatterjee (NDTV)

· "A satire on mankind. A delicate, rich and unique portrait of an exotic community that in fact represents all of us. - Malaika Bova, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

· "Almost everyone is trapped, not merely by the bricks and walls of Amar Colony, but also metaphorically. " - Kaveree Bamzai from the The Open Magazine

· "Debunks the show of desire through a gendered or moral lens. There is not a single dull moment" - Tanushree Ghosh (Money Control)

· "Daring, picturesque and inhabited by characters bursting with life energy. Taboo-breaking in many ways." - Marina D Richter (Asian Movie Pulse)

· "Chauhan should be applauded for his boldness and courage in tackling a topic that is often quietly pushed aside in India." - Asian Culture Vulture

· "The film breaks a new ground in Indian cinema for its sheer uncategorizably. A powerfully understated narrative delving into universal themes of human longing, sadness, desire and death... " - UK Asian Film Festival

28/04/2023

Congratulations !!! on the official selection of our film ‘AMAR COLONY’ at the Melbourne Film Festival, Australia.

https://t.co/bmYmuRVw0S

28/04/2023

Amar Colony has been shortlisted for screening at the annual Habitat Film Festival, scheduled on 9th May 2023 at 8:30 PM

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Festivals: Tallin Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), UK Asian Film Festival (Selected), Independent Days International Film Festival (Selected)

25/03/2023

https://planetbollywood.com/wp/news/siddharth-chauhans-debut-feature-amar-colony-wins-ffsi-k-r-mohanan-award-for-best-debut-director-from-india/

Award-winning filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan’s debut feature film set in his home town Shimla, Amar Colony wins ‘FFSI K.R. Mohanan Award’ for ‘Best Debut Director from India’ at the distinguished 27th…