Professor of Philosophy, who turned into Adamir Adam J. Griffs, never imagined his first appearance in the director, will fall on Netflix and Garner Oscar. But the queen of dairy during the epidemic changed everything.
“We used to go home from the Queen of Dairy – it was the only open place – and I moved to my wife and said:” You know what, I will make a movie, “I told Griffs” Graves “. diverse. “I thought it would just say I forget because it is a kind of crazy hair. We have children and financial responsibilities. But instead it was like,” Let’s do it. “
The result is “Anuja“22 short minutes for two sisters working in a back clothes factory. The narration follows the young protagonist because she faces a decision that will affect her future and her family. The film attracted supporters of heavy weight including Mendi Caling and Branca Chopra Jonas. The project appeared from the Graves Academic Program Education movie His philosophical sessions, along with the history of his wife, Suchitra Mattai at work.
“During the epidemic, there was a lot of discussion about the problems of the supply chain,” explains Griffs. “But because of our interest in work, we were thinking about what is happening on the production side.” When they discovered that one out of 10 children worldwide participates in children’s work, this raised the idea: “Why are there no more stories about children than this background?”
The film was completely funded by family loans and credit cards. “Once Netflix puts its character on your movie, people assume it is this professional and big budget,” says Griffs. “The truth is that this is just a truly hidden project that my wife and I took on ourselves, and we do not really know what we were doing.”
Oscar -winning product Gunet Monga Kapoor (“The Elephant Whisperors”, which later resigned the project, struck the health of the immediate string. “Love was at first sight,” she says. “I am a great fan of the smart heroes.”
The film is shown by Sajda Pathan, which was discovered through the health of Mira Nair Salam Palac, which leads to the rehabilitation of street children through the drama. “That little girl – it looks like a prostitute in the hands of two men and their fate is determined, but it is a kind of rotation where she controls the power for what she will choose,” Kapoor notes. “Sajda is definitely a very talented young girl and the effect of peace Ballack is huge in her life. I hope more people can search for and support Salaam Balak Trust. It will be an absolute victory that happens.”
“There is a little magic in filmmaking for the first time,” reflects Kapoor. “You do not know the challenges. You have this deep -rooted passion.” Let’s just make it. “
For Graves, who filmed the film in just five days while teaching the chapters of philosophy simultaneously from India, originality was of utmost importance. “My goal was to welcome the largest possible cooperation in the group, and to have a very open environment as actresses are allowed to play and improvise, and allow their distinguished characters to leak into the story of the story.”
With the start of an Oscar, Kapoor brings valuable experience in the campaign to win the previous Academy Award. “From not knowing enough to find out what to do – this was my journey about the academy’s campaigns,” she says. “To reserve the offers in advance, and know the newsletters that must be participated in, building relationships. What you do from the brief list to the desired nomination, then begins to double all these relationships after the nomination.”
For Kapoor, who constantly defended independent voices, “Anuja” represents everything you believe in: “somewhere in all noise, in all big weapons and big things, there is an independent film industry that you will always find their way, because it is honest. The more honest you are in Your craft is separated. People see the eyes of the protagonist, see dreams, see magic.
Looking at the future, Graves is developing two features-an international humanitarian film and the story of the father’s daughter in Paris. But he is still modest about his sudden success: “I am so new to this industry so much that I am now hoping that the friends I make along this Oscar journey will guide me.”
