SIDE A & SIDE B
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OFFICIAL
Director: Rahat Kazmi
Year: 2018
Duration: 115′
Language: Original Version – Catalan Subtitles
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis
A comedy about Kashmir? Probably not. Well, not at all. The latest film by director and co-writer Rahat Kazmi is a delightful, charming and poignant drama about growing up in a conflict zone. Between the bombs and the bullets, a group of college friends are trying to get the most out of their lives but they need their downtime… like anyone in that situation. Focusing on an intrepid group of four friends (following the style of “Inbetweeners”), are bond by the love of cinema, they get together to buy VHS Bollywood movies but when the prohibition of TV and movies appears (as happened in 1994), the four friends are not to be defeated. What happens then is fun, totally believable and very entertaining. It ends perhaps on a more tense posture. But as Kazmi said at Mantostaan’s presentation at last year’s festival, “it’s a beautiful place with intelligent, cultured and educated people. They deserve the best. And this movie is a love letter for the people of Kashmir, and one that will touch a lot of people”.
Director’s Biography
Rahat Kazmi is an internationally acclaimed director known for his hard hiting films like Mantostaan and Identity Card. Rahat has won many international awards for his film including Best Director at London Asian Film Festival 2017 for Mantostaan, Best Director and Best film at San Francisco Global Movie Festival 2014 and also Rahat’s feature Identity Card’s scenes were shown at Europian Parliament as a reference for debate on Kashmir conflict.
Festivals and Awards
2018: Official selection -UK Asian Film Festival
2018: Globing Night Film – UK Asian Film Festival Edinburgh
2017: Worldwide Premiere – Marché du Film Festival de Cannes
2017: Best Director – Kolkata International Film Festival
SCREENING
Thrusday 8th Nov
20:00h
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