Media Release
Kuwait, Feb 9: The festival presented by Goan Cultural Centre in association with T-Bush International Films and the Konkani commuinity of Holy Family Cathedral will be held on the two public holidays namely February 25 and 26 at the spacious American International School auditorium, Maidan Hawally.
The films to be showcased are:
February 25:
Big Ben at 10.30 am
Nirmon at 3.00 pm
Home Sweet Home II at 6.00 pm
February 26:
Enemy? at 10.30 am
Noxibacho Khell at 3.00 pm
Nachom - IA Kumpasar at 6.00 pm
‘Enemy?’, directed by Dinesh Bhosle and produced by Durga Prasad, bagged the best Konkani Film at the 2015 National Film Awards. The film also won the best film award at the Haryana International Film Festival, 2016, where Salil Naik won best actor award and Meenakshi Martins won best supporting actress award. It later won the Golden Camera Trophy Award and was officially selected to be screened at Kolkata International Film Festival, Goa Marathi Film Festival 2016 and London Indian Film Festival 2016. The film also won best foreign language feature film award at the International Filmmaker Festival, Milan, Italy.
At Milan, the film was officially nominated in 5 different categories namely best foreign language film, best director, best cinematographer, best actor (Salil Naik) and best supporting actor (Antonio Crasto).
About the film:
The movie is on a Goan Catholic family that discovers they have lost their property to the government and their family honor is at stake.
Talking about the film, director Dinesh said the biggest hurdle was catering to the expectations of the Goan audience.
The main phase was shooting large scale protest scenes, which required crowds. It was difficult to find Goans to be part of it, but to their good luck, since the movie was shot in Agaçaim, the villagers helped by participating in the scenes. Other shots of the movie were filmed in New Delhi.
Salil Naik and Samiksha Dessai are both from Panaji and are the lead actors in the movie.
Kuwait Film Festival
In recent years, Konkani cinema has seen a number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed films. Konkani films have seen a kind of rebirth, both in terms of the number of films produced as well as the diversity of subjects.
Comedy, music and poignancy are synonymous with Konkani cinema and the Kuwait festival is sure to share this legacy with film lovers.