“If you wait for money or wait for something to happen, it
will never happen”, said American director Maximon Moniha. He was talking in ‘meet
the director’ program held at the Sree Theater as part of the third day
schedule of 18th IFFK. His film ‘Voice of the Voiceless’ is part of
the ‘World Cinema’ package.
Israeli director Adi Adwans’ ‘Arbani’ is the first feature
film ever on the ‘Dhrus’ community. “In a country as Israel it was a challenge
to make a Film on a socially sensitive subject”, Adwan said. On answering to
the hardship he faced during making of the film, he said that, it was very
painstaking for him because of both economical tensions and the pressure of
such sensitive subject. “My father wanted me to be lawyer but going against his
will, I went on to became a film maker”, Adwan opened his mind.
Sri Lankan director Nilendra Deshapriya’s ‘Between Yesterday
and Tomorrow’ is the recipient of Global Film Initiative Award at 66th
Cannes Film Festival. The film is on the political riot and the dawn of hope
the country thirsts for. Deshapriya literary wept while speaking about what all
he sacrificed for the making of this film. “I have kept my house of lease to
raise fund for the film but still am not sure about the film’s release in my
nation because of the political scenario”, he revealed. Yet I expect it to be
released by the month of June, the director spoke about his hope.
London Settled Nigerian director Biyi Bandela on speaking
about his motivation behind making ’Half of the yellow sun’, he said that he
wanted to do something as a Nigerian. And after reading the book of the same
name, he fell in love with the story which begat the film. The story deals with
the civil war of the 1960 – 1970.
Indian director Nalan Kumarasamy said that he always wanted
to do a film which has high in artistic value and also a commercial success
which is loved by all. His film ‘Evil Engulfs’ (Soodhu Kavvum) is part of the
Indian Cinema Now category of the festival.
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