1. Documentary Review: Until I Fly (2024) by Kanishka Sonthalia and Siddesh Shetty
At the same time though, and if one looks at the story in a wider prism, the issues with emigration and the racism that results from it are highlighted quite eloquently, along with a comment that problems like that become even more significant in small societies, where one can definitely not ‘hide in the crowd'. As such, the movie is induced with a more universal essence, which definitely helps raise the quality of its context.
2. Interview: Kanishka Sonthalia and Siddesh Shetty 3. Queer Japan (2019) by Graham Kolbeins
Choosing the protagonist wisely, “Queer Japan” gives space to a good sample of voices to be listened to. Butoh dancers, drag queens, club founders and owners, author of gay manga featuring bear gays, erotic drawing artist, politician. Gay, lesbian, bi, trans men, trans women, non-binary people, pansexuals, all kinds of various fetishes lovers and many many others.
At the same time though, and if one looks at the story in a wider prism, the issues with emigration and the racism that results from it are highlighted quite eloquently, along with a comment that problems like that become even more significant in small societies, where one can definitely not ‘hide in the crowd'. As such, the movie is induced with a more universal essence, which definitely helps raise the quality of its context.
2. Interview: Kanishka Sonthalia and Siddesh Shetty 3. Queer Japan (2019) by Graham Kolbeins
Choosing the protagonist wisely, “Queer Japan” gives space to a good sample of voices to be listened to. Butoh dancers, drag queens, club founders and owners, author of gay manga featuring bear gays, erotic drawing artist, politician. Gay, lesbian, bi, trans men, trans women, non-binary people, pansexuals, all kinds of various fetishes lovers and many many others.
- 3/18/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
On the occasion of their documentary Until I Fly premiering in Thessaloniki, Kanishka Sonthalia and Siddesh Shetty talk to Panos Kotzathanasis about preventing themselves of getting involved even in the harshest situations depicted on the film, “discovering” 5-year-old Veeru and following his life for five years, his mother and his sister, the consequences of growing up as an outcast in a village of 30 people, sports and the way they can provide a solace, and many other topics.
- 3/12/2024
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
India and Nepal have an open border where Indians and Nepalese can travel and work across the border without visas. However, due to the uncertain economic and political situation, Nepalese living in India face racial discrimination. Kanishka Sonthalia and Siddesh Shetty, in their documentary feature debut, highlight this phenomenon by focusing on five transformative years in the live of Veeru, a young boy who endures relentless bullying and discrimination in the village he lives with his visual impaired mother and his older brother Vijay.
Until I Fly is screening at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
The documentary begins in rather dramatic fashion, showing how both mother and son, but particularly Veeru are being bullied in the village, with the way other kids his age perceive the boy as Nepalese, and therefore a thief in their mind, echoing rather impactfully about the issues the two of them have to face. That the verbal...
Until I Fly is screening at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
The documentary begins in rather dramatic fashion, showing how both mother and son, but particularly Veeru are being bullied in the village, with the way other kids his age perceive the boy as Nepalese, and therefore a thief in their mind, echoing rather impactfully about the issues the two of them have to face. That the verbal...
- 3/11/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
London-based world sales company Taskovski Films Sales has acquired the sales rights to “Until I Fly,” a coming-of-age story by directors Kanishka Sonthalia and Siddesh Shetty, ahead of its world premiere March 10 at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
Produced by Sonthalia at Kopuku Films, in co-production with Christilla Huillard Kann of Elda Productions, the film tells the story of Veeru, a resilient young boy of Indian Nepalese heritage, who has to face the daily challenges of cultural rejection in an Indian Himalayan village, where most of the inhabitants look down on his mixed identity.
The directors follow Veeru over five transformative years as he grapples with the profound effects of ethnic discrimination. Born in a village where he is taunted for his Nepalese heritage, he faces relentless bullying and derogatory slurs, insults that cut even deeper when he witnesses the relentless torment inflicted upon his visually impaired, bipolar-afflicted Indian mother. Rather than fight back,...
Produced by Sonthalia at Kopuku Films, in co-production with Christilla Huillard Kann of Elda Productions, the film tells the story of Veeru, a resilient young boy of Indian Nepalese heritage, who has to face the daily challenges of cultural rejection in an Indian Himalayan village, where most of the inhabitants look down on his mixed identity.
The directors follow Veeru over five transformative years as he grapples with the profound effects of ethnic discrimination. Born in a village where he is taunted for his Nepalese heritage, he faces relentless bullying and derogatory slurs, insults that cut even deeper when he witnesses the relentless torment inflicted upon his visually impaired, bipolar-afflicted Indian mother. Rather than fight back,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Following two pandemic-caused online editions, Sunny Side of the Doc, the international marketplace for documentary and narrative experiences, has unveiled the pitch selection for its 33rd edition, which will be in-person.
48 projects from 22 countries will be presented across eight pitch sessions across three genre categories – global issues, wildlife and conservation, and science, history, arts and culture. The submissions this year were in response to the event’s callout for new voices.
The event has achieved a perfect 50/50 gender balance among the directors of the selected projects. These sessions will take place during the marketplace in front of more than 400 international decision-makers, including broadcasters, streamers, foundations, sales agents and other investors Eight winners will each receive a cash prize of €3,000 from the respective pitch session sponsors.
For the first time, a “Coup de Coeur” award will be presented by international student delegations to a director who has submitted a first or second documentary project.
48 projects from 22 countries will be presented across eight pitch sessions across three genre categories – global issues, wildlife and conservation, and science, history, arts and culture. The submissions this year were in response to the event’s callout for new voices.
The event has achieved a perfect 50/50 gender balance among the directors of the selected projects. These sessions will take place during the marketplace in front of more than 400 international decision-makers, including broadcasters, streamers, foundations, sales agents and other investors Eight winners will each receive a cash prize of €3,000 from the respective pitch session sponsors.
For the first time, a “Coup de Coeur” award will be presented by international student delegations to a director who has submitted a first or second documentary project.
- 5/10/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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