Now, Marathi International Film Festival in Sweden
Marathi films have gone worldwide. We have seen Marathi entertainment awards held in different parts of the world. So, don’t be surprised if Marathi film festivals are held in Sweden. Yes, Sweden Film Association and Winson World are organizing Marathi International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden between 20th and 24th April 2017, when 20 films will be screened.
The festival will open with the Premiere of Anant Mahadevean’s film ‘Dr.Rakhmabai‘, followed by films like ‘Harischandrachi Factory‘, ‘Astu‘, ‘Ek Hazarachi Note‘, ‘Fandry‘, ‘Ek Albela‘, ‘Vazandar‘, ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal‘, ‘Natee Khel‘, ‘Natasamrat‘, ‘Half Ticket‘, ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali‘, ‘Kasav‘, ‘Dr. Prakash Baba Amte‘, ‘Mala Aai Vhaychay‘, ‘Sanhita‘, ‘Rama Madhav‘, ‘The Silence‘ and ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’.
Rima Amrapurkar’s ‘Janani’ is best shortfilm
Rima Amrapurkar, who shot into fame as a director with Marathi comedy film ‘Ara Ara Aaba Aata Tari Thamba‘, recently made a sensible short film ‘Janani’. The film was shown at the Goa International film festival and was adjudged as the best short film in the video format category. The film also won honours for the best story (Rima Amrapurkar) , besides Best editing( Sanjay Sankla) and Best actress( Darshana Kharat) . It is a great achievement by this young film maker, who thought of making this short film during the distribution of her debut film, when she witnessed the hardships of rural women.
Rima attributes the success of her film to all the artistes of this film. The film has also entered the competition at the Iran short Film festival.