Anand Gandhi and Sohum Shah’s Recyclewala Films is branching out with a slate of new projects and the launch of several tech-oriented initiatives, including a transmedia arm.
The Mumbai-based company has also announced that it will upload its debut film, award-wining drama Ship Of Theseus, along with more than six hours raw footage – inviting filmmakers to create their own interpretation. The winning versions will be showcased at a film festival in Mumbai.
The Recyclewala Transmedia Lab will create stories across multiple platforms including web portals, books and games. Mentored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Recyclewala Tech Labs will provide technology support for projects created by the transmedia arm.
“Most people are now consuming content online, so we need to experiment with narrative forms that are appropriate for this new medium,” Gandhi told Screen.
The company’s new slate includes documentaries Election Day, directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukl, and Megha Ramaswamy’s The Newborns, as well as Gandhi’s next film as director – an as-yet-untitled drama about a theatre director and the three women in his life.
Election Day chronicles the upcoming Delhi Elections in 2013, while The Newborns combines documentary, performance and narrative cinema to portray the experiences of women dealing with the aftermath of acid attacks.
Recyclewala is also producing Rahi Anil Barve’s Tumbad, currently in production, and Rohit Pandey’s Constellation, selected for this year’s Co-production Market at Film Bazaar.
No comments yet