After a successful theatrical run in India, ‘Last Film Show’ (‘Chhello Show’), India’s official entry to the Oscars, has now been selected in the main competition at the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.
The film will compete with the best of Arab, Asian and African cinema at the second edition of the festival, which will be held from December 1 to 10 in the Red Sea port of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The jury for this year’s Red Sea Competition is chaired by legendary Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone. Other titles in the competition include “A Summer in Boujad” by Omar Mouldouira (Morocco), “Raven Song” by Mohamed Al Salman (Saudi Arabia), “A Childless Village” by Reza Jami (Iran), “Next Sohee ” by Jules Jung (South Korea) and more.
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In total, the Red Sea International Film Festival 2022 will screen 131 feature and short films from 61 countries. Shekhar Kapur’s ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’? will be the Opening Night movie on December 1st.
The closing film of the festival is the world premiere of “Valley Road” by Saudi writer-director Khaled Fahd.
Directed by Pan Nalin, “Last Film Show” (“Chhello Show”) is a Gujarati language coming-of-age drama about a nine-year-old boy, Samay (Bhavin Rabari), who gets caught up in the magic of cinema and sets out to fulfill his dreams on 35mm celluloid.
The film has been selected as India’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards in 2023.
Producer Siddharth Roy Kapur, producer Dheer Momaya and director Pan Nalin in a joint statement said: “We are delighted that our film ‘Last Film Show’ is in competition at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2022 in Saudi Arabia.
After its maiden edition last year, the festival has come to represent the best of Arab, Asian and international cinema. We are excited and honored to be part of an eclectic line-up of films that reflects the cultural diversity of the global south.”
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