austraLasia #2435

Australian premiere for 'YARWNG' (Roots)

TRIPURA (NE India): 8th June 2009 -- Salesian and already world-renowned film director Fr Joseph Pulinthanath, can now add the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF), to be held in that city from 30th July to 9th August 2009, to an impressive list of international premieres for a film that has been variously described as 'a rare specimen of the power of the cinema' (Film critic, Kolkata), 'a rare glimpse into tribal India' (New York Times).
    Fr Joseph writes, modestly: "The film has been doing well. It has already been to 20 international film festivals within India, including the IFF in Goa, where it was the inaugural film for the India Panorama section....At the Asian Festival in Mumbai it picked up a Special Jury mention with an Israeli film".
    But the real breakthrough has been its acceptance outside of India. The North Amercian premiere will be in a week's time in New York, at the Museum of Modern Art. A month later the film will premiere in Stuttgart at the 'Bollywood and Beyond' festival. This will be its European premiere.
    Yarwng, released in September 2008, is produced by Sampari Pictures Tripura, a film production concern of the Salesians registered with the Eastern India Motion Picture Association. It is the second full length film from Sampari Pictures, the first being Mathia (The Bangle) in 2004.  Yarwng is a 95 minute film made in the tribal language of Tripura called Kokborok, and has English subtitles.  It is only the third film to be made in Kokborok, a tribal language whose script has not even yet been finalised.
    The film tells the story of development-induced displacement of tribal peoples and is based on historical facts.  It is not, for all this, a documentary.
    The film is financed by SIGNIS, Missio and the Salesian Society.
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YARWNG (Roots), Kokborok, 2008, 95 mins with English subtitles. Lead cast: Meena Debbarma, Nirmal Jamatia, Sushil Debbarma.
Producer: Joseph Kizhakechennadu SDB, Director: Joseph Pulinthanath SDB
Productiion House: Sampari Pictures, Tripura.

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Title: australasia 2435
Subject and key words: S ASIA: Yarwng (Roots), international film festivals
Date (year): 2009
ID: 2000-2099|2435