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Two Indian films to premiere at Busan film festival
Two Indian films have been selected for the Vision-Asia section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival, starting October 6. Birds in the Dark, directed by Shashank Walia and backed by Hansal…
Two Indian films have been selected for the Vision-Asia section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival, starting October 6. Birds in the Dark, directed by Shashank Walia and backed by Hansal Mehta, is set in Punjab and follows a police agent and an accused man finding connection amid a farm revolution. Selvi, the debut Tamil feature by Sailesh Rathnakumar, explores the lives of home-care workers and stars National Award-winning actor Anjali Patil, who also produces.
Selvi is co-produced by the Red Sea Fund and supported by Hong Kong Asia Film Financing. Cinema Express reports the script was based on observations of migrant nurses in Tamil Nadu. Anjali Patil told the Assam Tribune the film is a way of reclaiming creative independence for stories that need patience, and that the team is proud to bring it home after its Busan premiere.
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Both sources report the Busan selection as a straight achievement, with no political framing. Cinema Express focuses on the creative backstory of Selvi and the farm setting of Birds in the Dark, while the Assam Tribune leads with Anjali Patil's producer role and her Anahat Films banner. Neither outlet critiques or champions the government, leaving the coverage uniformly neutral. The festival runs from October 6 to 15, and Selvi's journey from a Red Sea Fund grant to a Busan premiere shows the growing international pipeline for regional Indian cinema.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): cinemaexpress.com (neutral report), assamtribune.com (neutral report)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
