Exclusive: IMITIAZ ALI and Onir movie makers are confirmed to attend this year UK Asian Film FestivalWhich lasts Thursday from 1 to Sunday, May 11, in places throughout London, Leicester and Covenri.
The opening ceremony of the festival will be held at BFI SouthBank, and it will include the European first offer to soak the selections Melbourne Baladi (2024). Anthils are described as a “bold and diversity celebration”, exploring identity, belonging and flexibility through four real stories about the voices of an actress an act in Australia – a strange man who reconnects with his father; A deaf dancer chasing her dream; Food blogger connects with a shelter poet; And the refugee girl finds hope through the cricket game. The project managers are Onir, Rima Das, IMTIAZ Ali and Kabir Khan.
The closing movie will be the first show in London Glass worker (2024), The Oscar -nominated Animation feature from director Othman Rez. He reads the summary of the film: While the war looms, a talented glass maker and his father see their world disrupts the colonel of an army and his daughter. When love blooms among young artists, they must find courage to stand in front of their parents. Night Gala’s closing ceremony will also work as the Asian Film Festival Awards in the United Kingdom. As part of the ceremony, the Biddy music producer and composer will receive the Golden Achievements Award for Omar Allah.
Elsewhere, the festival will host a concert at the Harro Art Center on Friday, the ninth of May, to celebrate the centenary of the legendary Raj Kapoor, known as the greatest man in Indian cinema. Artists who have been appointed to this event include Rekha and Chirag Rao.
Habla will include LGBTQ at this year’s event We are concepts and karon (2024), the first Kashmiri language feature focuses on the LGBTQ love story. The film follows the story of an opportunity between an officer in southern India and a local Kashmiri man who blooms in a secret love story in the border village of Gories.
Among the artists who were appointed to the questions and answers sessions at the festival are the director Sandia Suri, the novelist Shoubha de, and the film director Yavar Abbas.
Discussion of this year’s collection, the creative director of the Asian Film Festival in the United Kingdom, Samir Balraa, described the event as a “return to the cinematic homeland” of his visitors.
“Whether it is a poetic journey on the road in the Paricrama, or a gujujaian riot comed in Jay Mata G, or the sparkling Raj Kapoor legacy, these films embody the deep pain to find the place we belong to,” said Bahamara. “The most powerful, it is driven by the British -Asian creations that are now universal novels. This is the year in which they appear, feel, and feel every rhythm in our group story – on the big screen, where it really belongs.”
