MUMBAI: A film made by the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune has made it to the Venice International Film Festival. The last film that was showed at the festival was Sant Tukaram in 1937.
Aadmi Ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniyan (The man‘s woman and other stories) directed by Amit Dutta, an FTII graduate of the 2004 batch will premiere at the 66th edition of the festival to be held from 2 -12 September.
Dutta has earlier won a number of awards for his short films including FIPRESCI Award at the Oberhausen Film Festival in Germany, the Gold Mikaldi at Bilbao in Spain and two National Awards from the Government of India, among others. Some of his earlier films include the diploma film Kramasha that earned him the Golden Conch at the Mumbai International Film Festival and the film Kshya Tra Ghya that won him the special jury award and the best audiography award at the National Awards in 2005-06.
Aadmi Ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniyan the fourth in the series of films made after the revival of the acting course in 2005-06 has been selected in the competition section of Horizon.
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