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Director’s Statement Small town picture perfect lives with the family system at the core is the stuff Indian dreams are made of. Except they are fast turning into nightmares in a country changing socially and economically.
As Guru obsesses over proving Mala’s existence, he really fights for the space on the terrace. A safe haven where he can explore love and sexuality, and understand the politics of relationships.
Who are we? What is love? What is the family bond? Are we all just mirror images transferred down over generations? Titli, my debut feature, was an exercise in understanding family and circularity.
What starts out as a tale of a boy wanting to prove his love is real, ends up as a story about a man realizing that the world loves itself a bit too much. And that thought, I feel, defines turn of the century middle class India – a deep fracture of dystopic lives designed for the survival of the fittest.
Agra, is a step forward. It explores the idea of space – physical and mental – and how it affects our very being, particularly in the jam that is India.
Present at Film Bazaar William Jehannin +33 664227940 william@ufodistribution.com Kanu Behl +91 9833703975 behl.kanu@gmail.com
Company Profile Since its creation in 2009, UFO, a French distribution and production company, has been working on new innovative films from all over the world. UFO Distribution has been releasing five to seven films a year which include Hanezu by Naomi Kawase, Rubber by Quentin Dupieux, Four Lions by Chris Morris, Bellflower by Evan Glodell, 2 Automns, 3 Winters by Sébastien Betbeder, and Titli by Kanu Behl.
UFO has also been developing their production activities. They recently coproduced the new film by Sébastien Betbeder A Trip to Kullorsuaq, an adventure in Greenland. They have several projects in development including an animated film about the Eiffel Tower and Agra, the new film by Kanu Behl.
William Jehannin Producer
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