Suman Ghosh’s latest documentary, Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen, will be screened at BFI London Indian Film Festival later this month, the filmmaker announced recently.
The documentary had its world premiere at the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2024, following which it was screened at Houston, New York, Vienna and Stuttgart.
“Our film ‘Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen’ continues its worldwide journey. After its world premier at Rotterdam, it has travelled to Houston, New York, Vienna, and Stuttgart(accepted). I am pleased that now it has been selected to be screened at the prestigious BFI London Indian Film Festival. The largest Asian Film Festival in Europe, it is tied up with the Manchester and Birmingham Indian film festivals,” the National Award-winning filmmaker wrote on Facebook.
“I will be there at all the three screenings for an interaction with the audience. Friends in UK please share this info to interested parties. Thank You! ,” the Podokkhep director added.
Parama will be screened at Manchester on June 28, Birmingham on June 30 (2pm) and London on June 30 (7.45pm).
Ghosh had directed Sen in his 2019 film Basu Paribar, which also featured the late actor Soumitra Chatterjee.
“In my 15 years of cinematic journey, I have never been able to crack Rotterdam. I have been to many other top film festivals - but always thought Rotterdam is a tough nut to crack. The main satisfaction of entering such a top film festival is that I might have been able to make something which might be universal. That is how I see my subject,” Ghosh had said ahead of Parama’s world premiere at Rotterdam.
Aparna Sen, an acclaimed filmmaker honoured with nine National Awards, directed her third Hindi film, The Rapist, in 2021. This intense social drama, showcasing powerful performances by Konkona Sensharma and Arjun Rampal, earned the esteemed Kim Jiseok Award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.
Suman Ghosh’s last directorial feature Kabuliwala, an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s short story, headlined by Mithun Chakraborty, hit cinemas in December 2023.
