Busan International Film Festival 2020: Seven Indian Films Including ‘Bittersweet’ Nominated

The Ananth Narayan Mahadevan directorial, Bittersweet, has been nominated for the Jiseok Award at the Busan International Film Festival this year. Bittersweet, an official selection will also have its world premiere at the festival, and is among seven Indian films at a toned-down festival this year, to be held from October 21 to 30.

Chaitanya Tamhane’s Venice award-winner “The Disciple“, Shyam Madiraju’s “Harami” starring Emraan Hashmi, Suman Mukhopadhyay’s Bengali film “Captive” featuring Tanmay Dhanania, Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s “A’hr” starring Manju Warrier and Gaurav Ravi, Ivan Ayr’s “Meel Patthar“, and Prithvi Konanur’s Kannada-language “Pinki Elli?” are the other Indian films at the prestigious Korean film festival in 2020.

Mahadevan is naturally happy. “It is indeed a great honour to be recognised at a top A-lister festival like the Busan International Film Festival, the biggest and most prestigious in the Asian continent. The concerted efforts to make a film that meets the standards of global cinema has borne fruit for my producers Suchhanda and Shubha Shetty and is a great shot-in-the-arm for us aiming to break the clutter,” he said.