Little Terrorist
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| Directed by | Ashvin Kumar |
| Produced by | Ashvin Kumar, Dilip Singh Rathore, Sarah Tierney |
| Written by | Ashvin Kumar |
| Starring | Julfuqar Ali (Salim), Sushil Sharma, Megnaa Mehtta |
| Release date(s) | 2004 |
| Running time | 15 min |
| Language | English |
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Little Terrorist is a short film directed, written and produced by Ashvin Kumar. It was nominated for the 2004 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.
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[edit] Production
The leading cast of the movie consisted of Julfuqar Ali (Salim), Sushil Sharma and Megnaa Mehtta. None of them had ever acted in a movie before this[1] and while Julfuqar is a street child, Sushil Sharma is a clerk in the government service in Delhi and Megnaa was a 12th standard student at the time of shooting the movie.[2]
The production of the film commenced in November 2003 and was completed in March 2004. The crew were selected by Alipur Films via an internet recruitment website and worked free of cost for the movie and even travelled to India at their own expense.[3]
The movie was shot in the deserts of Rajasthan on a very tight budget. The crew faced various difficulties due to the multilingual production team, remote locations and the shoestring budget. These were further complicated when a tent with the reel burnt down. The crew were however able to salvage the reel from the tent. At another time, a herd of cows stampeded through the shooting location.
Despite all mishaps, the movie was completed in less than four months.
[edit] Synopsis
The movie revolves around Jamal (played by Salim), a 10 year old Pakistani Muslim boy. While playing cricket near the Indo Pakistani border, the cricket ball is tossed over to the Indian side of the border separated by a fence.
Jamal crosses the fence to fetch the ball. He is however spotted by the Indian security forces and shot at. He hides in an Indian village where he is provided shelter by Bhola (Sushil Sharma), a devout Hindu Brahmin. Both Bhola and his niece, Rani (Megnaa Mehtta), are skeptical about allowing a Muslim boy in their home.
However, when the security forces come looking for Jamal in the village, he is protected by Bhola and Rani.
Jamal does manage to return to Pakistan in the end.
[edit] Awards
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Since its world premiere in September 2004, the film has been invited to 103 film festivals and has won awards in fourteen of them. Chief among them was the nomination for Academy Awards, USA in the Best Live action short films category. It was also nominated for the best short film award in the European Film Awards.[4]
It went on to win the audience award in the Almería International Short Film Festival, the UIP Ghent Award for European Short Films in the Flanders International Film Festival, the grand prize in the Manhattan Short Films festival and the first prize in the Short Films category in the Montréal World Film Festival.
The movie was officially mentioned and selected in various other competitions.[4] It also won an honourable mention by BAFTA LA. It is the first Indian short film to get a theatrical release in India.
NOMINATIONS
NOMINATED FOR ACADEMY AWARDS, OSCAR FOR BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
NOMINATED – EUROPEAN ACADEMY AWARDS
TOP PRIZES
1ST PRIZE – MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA
BEST FILM – MANHATTAN FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK, USA
BEST FILM – FLANDERS FILM FESTIVAL, GHENT, BELGIUM
GRAND PRIZE – TEHRAN INTL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, IRAN
BELL EXPRESSVU AWARD, REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA
SATYAJIT RAY AWARD, BEST SHORT FILM, SATYAJIT RAY FOUNDATION, UNITED KINGDOM
WINNER – LUCANIA FILM FESTIVAL, ITALY
WINNER – SALENTO FILM FESTIVAL, ITALY
HONORABLE MENTION BY BAFTA/LA, ASPEN SHORTFEST, USA
AUDIENCE AWARD, ALMERIA EN CORTO, SPAIN
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - TEMECULA VALLEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL,USA
SILVER CONCH - MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, INDIA
WINNER – SOUSSE INTERNATINAL FILM FESTIVAL, TUNISIE
WINNER – BUFF FILM FESTIVAL, SWEDEN AUDIENCE CHOICE
AUDIENCE FAVOURITE, SAO PAULO INTL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, BRAZIL.
IN COMPETITION
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL SAN FRANCISCO FILM FESTIVAL CANADIAN WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ALMERIA EN CORTO FILM FESTIVAL PALM SPRINGS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL CHICAGO CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL ASIANA FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN INTL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL LA CITTADELLA DEL CORTO BOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND TOBOR FILM FESTIVAL ASIAN AMERICAN INT. FILM FESTIVAL EXPRESSION EN CORTO MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS of PREMIUM FESTIVALS
TELLURIDE INTL FILM FESTIVAL LONDON INTL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM INTL FILM FESTIVAL BANGKOK INTL FILM FESTIVAL
ODENSE FILM FESTIVAL SAN FRANCISCO INTL FILM FESTIVAL TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Full List of festivals for Little Terrorist
1. Montreal World Film Festival, Canada, September 2004, World Premiere Winner First Prize 2. São Paulo Int. Short Film Festival, S. America, September 2004 Audience Favourite 3. Palm Springs Int. Short Film Festival, USA, US Premiere, September 2004 4. Telluride Film Festival, USA, September 2004 5. Manhattan Short Film Festival, USA, September 2004, Winner Best film 6. Flanders Film Festival, Belgium, October 2004, Winner Best film 7. Cork Film Festival, Ireland, October 2004 8. Chicago Int. Children’s Film Festival, USA, October 2004 9. London International Film Festival, UK, October 2004 10. Hawaii International Film Festival, USA, October 2004 11. Asiana Int. Short Film Festival, Korea, October 2004 12. International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, November 2004 13. India International Film Festival, India, November 2004 14. Tehran Film Festival, Iran, November 2004, Winner Grand Prize 15. River to River Film Festival, Italy, December 2004 16. India International Film Festival, Chicago 17. Bangkok Film Festival, Bangkok, January 2005 18. Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands, January 2005 19. Academy Awards, nominated in Live Action Short category, USA, February 2005 20. European Academy Awards, nominated (presented by Wim Wenders) 21. Satyajit Ray Foundation, Winner Satyajit Ray Award 22. Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran, February 2005 23. Miami International Film Festival, February 2005 24. Kinofilm Film Festival, Manchester, February 2005 25. Cinequest Film Festival, USA, March 2005 26. Tampere Film Festival, Finland, March 2005 27. Vail Film Festival, Colorado, US, March 2005 28. New York Int. Childrens Film Festival, USA, March 2005 29. Aspen Short Film Festival, USA, April 2005, Honorable Mention 30. Human Rights Night Film Festival, April 2005 31. Reelworld Film Festival, Canada, April 2005, Winner Bell Expressvu Award 32. Washington DC International Film Festival, USA, April 2005 33. Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, USA, April 2005 34. Newport Beach Film Festival, USA, April 2005 35. Tribeca Film Festival, USA, May 2005 36. San Francisco Int. Film Festival, USA, April 2005 37. International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany, May 2005 38. Almeria en Corto, Spain, May 2005 WINNER 39. International Indian Film Academy Festival, Amsterdam, Holland, June 2005 40. Bayside Film Festival, Australia, June 2005 41. Canadian Film Centers Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada, June 2005 42. Sydney Film Festival, Australia, June 2005 43. La Cittadella del Corto, Italy, July 2005 44. Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, July 2005 45. Bollywood and Beyond, Germany, July 2005 46. Tabor Film Festival, July 2005 47. Asian American International Film Festival, USA, July 2005 48. Expresion en Corto 2005, Mexico, July 2005 49. Motovun Film Festival, Croatia, July 2005 50. Indigo Film Festival, Singapore, July 2005 51. 6th FILMI South Asian Film Festival, Toronto, August 2005 52. Lucania Film Festival, Italy, August 2005 WINNER 53. Indepenent South Asian film festival, Seattle, August 2005 54. Anonimul Film Festival, Romania, August 2005 55. Sarajevo Film Festival, August 2005 56. Salento International Film Festival, Italy, September 2005 WINNER 57. Temecula Valley Int. Film Festival (India Showcase), US, September 2005 58. Best of Shorts Film Festival, France, September 2005 59. Bite the Mango Film Festival, UK, September 2005 60. Festival de Cinema Politic, Barcelona, September 2005 61. Shots but Great Film Festival, Italy, October 2005 62. Mill Valley Film Festival, US, October 2005 63. Cinema Tout Ecran, Switzerland, October 2005 64. Interfilm Berlin, Germany, November 2005 65. Sevilla Festival De Cine, Spain, November 2005 66. Med Film Festival, Rome, November, 2005 67. Cardiff Screen Festival, Wales, November 2005 68. Brief Encounters in Bristol Int. Short Film Festival, UK, November 2005 69. Kerala Film Festival, Inida, December 2006 70. Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Repulic, December 2005 71. Paris Internation Short Film Festival, France January 2006 72. Int. Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands, January 2006 73. Seattle International Film Festival, January 2006 74. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), February 2006 75. Mumbai Int. Film Festival, India, February 2006 WINNER 76. Sousse International Film Festival, Tunisie, March 2006 WINNER 77. International Film Festival on Human Rights, March 2006, Switzerland 78. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 2006 79. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma, March 2006 80. Tiburon Film Festival, March 2006 81. Munich International Film Festival, March, 2006, Germany 82. BUFF Film Festival, Sweden, March 2006 WINNER 83. Tampere Film Festival, Finland, March 2006 84. Wisconsin International Film Festival, March 2006 85. Denver Film Society, April 2006 86. Belgrade Doc. and Short Film Festival, Serbia and Montenegro, April 2006 87. Filmfest Dresden, Germany, April 2006
Upcoming festivals
88. Mediawave Int. Film Festival, Sweden, April 2006 89. Festival Del Cinema Europeo, Lecce, Italien, April 2006 90. North West Film Center, Portland, Oregon, May 2006 91. Cinema/Chicago, May 2006 92. Capalbio Film Festival, Italy, June 2006 93. Transilvania Int. Film Festival, Cluj, Romania, June 2006 94. Arcipelago- Int. Fest. of Short Films and New Images, Rome, Italy, June 2006 95. Jerusalem Int.Film Festival, Jerusalem, Israel, July 2006 96. Umea Int. Film Festival, Umea, Sweden, September 2006 97. Helsinki Int. Film Festival, Helsinki,Finland, September 2006 98. Int. Short Film Festival of Drama, Drama, Greece, September 2006 99. Nordisk Panorama Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, September 2006 100. Panorama of European Cinema, Athens, Greece, September 2006 101. Panorama of European Cinema, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 2006 102. Int. Filmfest Braunschweig, Germany, November 2006 103. Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany, November 2006
[edit] References
- ^ Upperstall.com. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.
- ^ Cast from the official website. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.
- ^ The making of the movie. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Official website of the movie. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.
