About 2009 edition
Partnerships & Attendance
Last year, over 300 delegates from 22 different countries attended Film Bazaar India.
Organised by NFDC, Film Bazaar India 2009 was supported by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Entertainment Society of Goa. Its partners include: Primehouse, Europa Cinemas, AFI Projects, CineMart, Locarno International Film Festival, the Hubert Bals Fund and the Binger Filmlab of the Netherlands
Screenwriters’ Lab 2009
The Screenwriter’s Lab has been specially designed by the Binger Filmlab to offer a unique opportunity for Indian writers with a script in development to receive feedback and script editorial support from well- renowned script editors, producers, writers and directors, in one to one script development sessions, beginning August in Switzerland at the Locarno International Film Festival (a new partner in the Film Bazaar Screenwriter’s Lab), continuing with feedback during a 3 month writing period and finally with scripts and pitching coaching immediately preceding the Goa Film Bazaar. This lab gives the unique opportunity to pitch projects to local and international producers, distributors, sales agent and financiers within the Film Bazaar itself.
The Screenwriters’ Lab 2009 was presented in association with Binger Filmlab and the Locarno International Film Festival. Six screenplays participated in the 2009 edition.
• Duets in Violence by Vinod Veera
• F 20 by Aparna Pednekar
• Gangoobai by Priya Krishnaswamy
• Synchronicity by Sidharth Singh & Lalit Ajgaonkar
• The Deaths of Ray by Pratim Dasgupta
• The Prompter’s Son by Somen Mishra
Work in Progress Lab 2009
The Work in Progress Lab for Indian feature and non-feature films at the rough- cut stage is where filmmakers have their work reviewed by a panel of eminent professionals from the international filmmaking community and seek their advice on improving their work.
Four feature-length films participated in the Work in Progress Lab 2009.
• As the River Flows by Bidyut Kotoky
• I am Kalam by Nila Madhab Panda
• Soul of Sand(Pairon Talle) by Sidharth Srinivasan
• The Legend of the Holy Net Potato by Vipin Vijay
Co-production Market 2009
The Co-production Projects at Film Bazaar present to the world feature-length (75 mins or more) projects that are Indian stories. These selected projects receive the opportunity to be pitched by their representatives to potential collaborators for finance, distribution, and artistic support through one-to-one meetings.
The following ten fiction feature length film projects were presented at the market.
Fiction:
• I Am by Onir
• Inside-Out by Ketan Mehta
• Keep Off The Grass by Ben Rekhi
• LSD by Dibakar Banerjee
• Manjunath by Sandeep A. Varma
• Obsession by Suman Ghosh
• The Virgin Goddess by K. N. T. Sastry
• Twosome by Siddharth Sinha
• Ceylon by Santosh Sivan
Non-Fiction:
• The Return Of The Tiger by Mike H Pandey
Rotterdam Lab 2009
The Rotterdam Lab is organised by CineMart in close co-operation with various partner organizations involved with the training of young producers as well as funding bodies. In order to take part in the Rotterdam Lab, it is necessary to be affiliated with one of these partnering organisations. Instead of having an open selection, participants are nominated through these partners.
Four projects were selected by CineMart in Film Bazaar, 2009 for the Rotterdam Lab, 2010.
• I Am by Onir
• Manjunath by Sandeep A. Varma
• Twosome by Siddharth Sinha
• Keep Off The Grass by Ben Rekhi
Awards
• The Hubert Bals Award for best feature project was presented to TWOSOME by Siddharth Sinha
