Rima Das with Bhanita Das at Busan Worldwide Movie Pageant; a nonetheless from ‘Village Rockstars 2’
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Filmmaker Rima Das’ Village Rockstars 2, a sequel to her 2017 movie, has gained the Kim Jiseok Award on the 2024 Busan Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Village Rockstars 2 was the one Indian characteristic amongst eight movies chosen within the Jiseok Competitors part on the twenty ninth version of the pageant.
The movie is the follow-up to the internationally acclaimed and Nationwide Award-winning characteristic Village Rockstars, which premiered at Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant in 2017 and was India’s official entry to the Academy Awards 2019.
The Kim Jiseok Award, established in 2017, commemorates the late Kim Jiseok, who devoted his life to discovering and supporting the expansion of Asian cinema. It’s awarded to 2 movies that finest mirror the modern state of Asian cinema.
The Jiseok jury, which included Christian Jeune, Prasanna Vithanage, and Shin Suwon, described Das’ movie as “an sincere poetic expression of on a regular basis life, exhibiting the concord between nature and humankind by way of the struggles and gaze of a younger lady.”
Village Rockstars 2 follows a teenage lady’s relentless pursuit of her musical dream. The movie, produced by Flying River Movies and Akanga Movie Asia, stars Bhanita Das, Basanti Das, Junumoni Boro, Boloram Das, and Manabendra Das.
Village Rockstars 2 could have its India premiere on the MAMI Mumbai Movie Pageant 2024 within the South Asia Competitors. The pageant will probably be held from 19 to 24 October.
Printed – October 13, 2024 01:09 pm IST
