“JONAKI” (Bengali, 90mins) – Official Trailer – a film by Aditya Vikram SENGUPTA
(India / Singapore / France)
While Jonaki, an 80-year-old woman, searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind.
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Produced by Magic Hour Films
World Premiere –International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2018
Winner – Silver Gateway Award – Mumbai Film Festival MAMI 2020
Winner – Jury Award – Thrissur International Film Festival 2019
Special Mention – Oxfam Award – Best Film on Gender Equality – MAMI 2020
Nominated – Netpac Award – IFFR 2018
Nominated – Golden Gateway Award – Mumbai Film Festival MAMI 2018
Official Selections:
International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2018, New Horizon Film Festival 2018, Shanghai International Film Festival 2019, Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI) 2018, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2018 Sydney Indian Film Festival 2018, Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI) 2018,
Reviews (click on publication to read review):
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6346982/reference
Production Companies: Magic Hour Films, For Films, Catherine Dussart Productions
Director: Aditya Vikram SENGUPTA
Cast: Lolita Chatterjee, Jim SARBH, Ratnabali BHATTACHARJEE, Sumamto CHATTOPADHYAY
Producer: Samir SARKAR
Co Producer: Catherine DUSSART
Executive Producer: Vikram MOHINTA
Line Producer: Maxwel NAGPAL, Darshan MEHTA
Original Story & Screenplay: Aditya Vikram SENGUPTA
Director of Photography: Aditya Vikram SENGUPTA / Mahendra SHETTY
Editor: Aditya Vikram SENGUPTA
Sound Design: Hindole CHAKRABORTY
Location Sound: Sandeep SINGH
Music: Alexander ZEKKE
Production Design / Costume / Make Up: Jonaki BHATTACHARYA
Post Production: Edit FX, Kolkata
Colorist: Siddharth MEER
Shot on Location in: Kurseong, Best Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal
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