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Amar Colony wins the Special Jury prize at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Siddharth Chauhan’s Amar Colony was the only Indian film to be part of the ‘First Feature Competition’ produced by Indie Film Collective in association with Goopy Bagha Productions
Writer-director Siddharth Chauhan’s debut feature film set in his hometown Shimla, Amar Colony wins the Special Jury prize at the prestigious 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The festival was held from 11- 27 November in Estonia. Amar Colony was the only Indian film to be part of the ‘First Feature Competition’ at the festival this year.
The film will also have its India Premiere at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), which will be held from 9-16 December 2022 in Thiruvananthapuram. Amar Colony is part of ‘Indian Cinema Now’. The film revolves around three women going through their mundane lives, representing the human condition, in a chawl, starring Nimisha Nair, Sangeeta Agrawal and Usha Chauhan. Amar Colony was the first project from Himachal Pradesh to make it to NFDC Film Bazaar’s Co-Production Market in 2018.
The film is produced by ‘Indie Film Collective’, a film initiative launched by Nisheeth Kumar and his friends in India in 2018. The film is produced in association with ‘Goopy Bagha Productions’. Indie Film Collective is a film initiative dedicated to the production and promotion of independent cinema in India and South Asia to begin with, but eventually globally.
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Excited about the film winning an award, the debutant director Siddharth Chauhan said, “I am so overwhelmed with the love which the European audience and POFF (Festival) have shown towards our film. I really didn’t expect such a response to my film! I want to thank the jury for considering us worth it.”
Sharing his joy, the producer Nisheeth Kumar said, “Amar Colony winning the Special Jury Award is a dream come true. Siddharth Chauhan is a filmmaker to watch in the years to come.”
Therese Malvar, the co-juror for the First Feature Competition in her statement on the film said, “This film delighted us with a bold and innovative presentation of a small town community whose frank Sensuality and unabashed pursuit of urges, both human and divine, are set against the resonant backdrop of a culturally rich and deeply personal setting. The director daringly takes us by the hand and leads us on a journey to his world, introducing us to his characters and their lives with affection and often with humor. We presented the Special Jury Prize for originality of vision to Amar Colony”
