Co-production Market to feature new projects from Kanu Behl, Aditya Vikram Sengupta and Nandita Das, along with Ritesh Batra’s first project as a producer.

Film Bazaar, hosted by India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), has unveiled the 19 South Asian projects selected for this year’s Co-production Market.

The line-up includes new projects from Kanu Behl, whose Titli premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard 2014; Aditya Vikram Sengupta, director of Venice 2014 title Labor Of Love; acclaimed Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage; and Fahad Mustafa, whose credits include award-winning documentary Katiyabaaz.

In addition, Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) is stepping into producing with Raj Rish More’s Pirates, which Batra will produce through his new outfit Poetic License Motion Pictures.

Drishyam Films’ Manish Mundra is bringing a new project from Amit V Masurkar (Sulemani Keeda), while acclaimed filmmaker Nandita Das will present her new project Manto at Film Bazaar.

The market is introducing a new feature this year – Open Pitch – in which selected filmmakers will be pitching their projects to a curated audience of local and international producers, financiers and sales agents.

This year’s Film Bazaar will be held November 20-24 at the Goa Marriott Resort in Goa, India.

FILM BAZAAR CO-PRODUCTION MARKET 2015:

Bombay Rose (Hindi)

Dir: Gitanjali Rao, Prod: Clara Mahieu, Les Films D’ici

Pirates(Hindi)

Dir: Raj Rishi More, Prod: Ritesh Batra, Poetic License Motion Pictures

Newton(Hindi)

Dir: Amit V Masurkar, Prod: Manish Mundra, Drishyam Films

Manto(Urdu/Hindi)

Dir: Nandita Das, Prod: Chhoti Production Company

Agra(Hindi)

Dir: Kanu Behl, Prod: UFO Films

A Goat’s Life (Malayalam, Hindi, Arabic)

Dir: Fahad Mustafa, Prod: Globalistan Films

Unread Pages (Assamese, English)

Dir/prod: Jahnu Barua

Aasai Mugam (Tamil)

Dir: Arun Karthick, Prod: Prabhu Ramasamy, Dream Warrior Pictures

Bhavarth (Konkani, Portuguese)

Dir: Laxmikant Shetgaonkar, Prod : Entertainment Network of Goa (ENG)

Children of the Sun (Sinhala)

Dir/prod: Prasanna Vithanage

Dhaar(Hindi, English)

Dir/prod: Salil Jason Fernandez

Meeting the Sumdees (English, Urdu)

Dir: Michael McNamara, Prod: Markham Street Films

Memories and My Mother (Bengali)

Dir: Aditya Vikram Sengupta, Prod: Vikram Mohinta, Jonaki Bhattacharya, For Films

Nigudha Manushyaru (Kannada)

Dir: M S Prakash Babu, Prod: Bayalu Chitra Productions

Sandhya(Marathi, Hindi)

Dir: Mukti Krishnan, Prod: 7Seas Films, Ravi Kambhoj

The Poacher (Hindi, Bengali, English)

Dir: Suman Ghosh, Prod: Colin Burrows, Beautiful Bay Entertainment

The Sweet Requeim (Tibetan)

Dir: Ritu Sarin, Prod: White Crane Films

Unromantic Woman (English, Hindi)

Dir: Joan Carr-Wiggin, Prod: David Gordian, Paragraph Pictures Inc

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