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FROM THE OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF LITTLE TERRORIST


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I imagined the Kumaon of Jim Corbett and tried torecreate his spirit; those curled up nights reading his man-eater talesand the spell that his storytelling cast on me. The stalking of a man-eater alone, on foot and the deep respect for his

adversary came with the chilling awareness that on such a mission, the line between the hunter and the hunted wouldalways be in his disfavor. Only someone who hasstepped into the silky darkness of an Indian jungle on a moonless

night can place into context what those exploits meant.

This film is about our inadequacies when confronted by the forces of nature and our frightening ignoranceas to the effects ofits disruption.


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A quiet, peaceful forest, a secluded rest hofor Pritam and Radha, a couple from a bigand childless marriage. But things start gomoment they run into a forgotten adversaex-lover turns out to be the local cop; he inson Arjun to their vacation.

As husband and lover lock horns for the ware heightened by the wilderness that surrin their dark secrets and dangerous gamesigns of a much greater threat.

A man eating leopard is drawn by the smenight falls, the nocturnal predator comes inman is the weakest animal in his jungle an

In a night of terror, survival for the city slioutwitting a wild animal who is hunting ohas lost his natural fear of man.

If more than a hundred leopards are killed by poachers each year in India, how many escape with fatal wounds?For an animal that depends upon stealth and speed to hunt its natural prey, such woundscompel it to look forweaker and easier kills - the animal is forced out of the jungle and closer to man. Every now and then he will takea swipe at one of us and discover the taste for human flesh.Such animals become man-eaters.


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The kind of guy who got picked-on in college but has done well for

and ended up with the college heart-throb. Years later, hes paying

price for a well-intentioned decision gone wrong, one which his wif

forgive. A stark contract to her wild and macho ex-lover, insecurity

this soft-spoken businessman to take on the jungle. Hes too busy tr

to win back his wife to notice that this is something he is most ill-eq

to do. As his possessiveness becomes an obsession, he unwittingly o

door to forces that threaten to consume them.

PRITAM ANKUR VIKAL


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Life has left Abhishek bitter. He finds comfort in the solitude of the wildernesswhere heand his son live a life at one with nature. But when he encounters hisold flame and the man she left him for, things become complicated. Sparks fly,and he treads a dangerous path which puts all their lives at stake.

ABHISHEKJAAV


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Her husband dotes on her and provides for her, yet her yearning for a childoverwhelms their once happy marriage. The appearance of her ex-lover andhis charming son Arjun, who himself is motherless, seems to suggest thatfate has conspired to bring them together. Her feelings are churned and sheallows herself to act on impulse with serious repercussions.

RADHANANDANA SEN


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A perfect son who thinks he has a perfect father. Deyet silently longing for a mother, Arjuns innocencewill have to make a deadly choice - betray his father the truth, a choice that will leave a scar no matter ho

ARJUN SALEEM ALI ZAID


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BHOLA RAM TARU

He has seen what happens when the lawand he knows that the rules he enforcesboth man and beast. Like an oracle, he tto go into a jungle in which a man-eaterwarnings go unheeded. The actions of PAbhishek bring Bhola Ram into contactfails to outwit the beast, he knows that ithose powerful jaws..


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I had set some pretty unusual goals for the screenplay of The Forest - it had to be a thrillerwith a dramatic core that explores a psychological relationship, and the consequences ofman's destruction of the environment. These are pretty disparate themes to weave into asingle narrative, it pushes the envelope a bit.


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An international crew brings a certainriCountries such as Belgium, Switzerlandand the USA were represented on set - thand Thailand.


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Films made in Mexico, China, Iran regularly cross geo-political boundaries, givingthe world a cinema that is universal in its themes, yet local in its treatment. We inIndia have the potential to do that and more but weve remained closely defined byour traditional industry. Now things are changing, I think it is a great time to be anindependent film maker from India.Ive spent the last five years figuring out how the international movie business worksand how to leverage the advantages of being in India. I used the production ofLittle Terrorist and Road To Ladakh, my first two short films, to practically implementsome of these ideas.

Building up a foreign crew, doing international quality post-production out of Indiawriting and producing in such a way that the film appeals to a global audience - wevedone some pretty innovative things in the production of this film. I see us becoming

an international craft-shop of technicians, talent and facilities, built up over films andartistic projects. A place where screen-writers, post production, scenography, specialeffects participate to produce excellence in cinema out of India.I hope The Forest will show that it is possible to make a film of a certain quality, withina certain budget which, if pitched right, can becommercially successful in the marketsof its choosing.


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We had to film our leopard sequences in Thailand. Animal rights groups andprotection laws in India have recently prohibited the filming of captive animals.This is ironic even for a film that attempts to bring awareness of the problemsof wildlife conservation to a cinema going audience.

Thierry le Portier (Gladiator, Two Brothers) Leopards are one of the hardestof the big cats to train. Kali and Joy, the leopards seen in The Forest wereflown from Paris to Bangkok, while the rest of the film crew, fresh off theIndian set, joined them there. Our Thai team found forests that resembledthose filmed in India. We rebuilt the roof of the rest-house to match the roofsequences shot in India. A digital visual effects element that had not beenplanned originally came into The Forest, we used split screens and bluescreens to merge the actors with the leopard sequences.

Ankur Vikals confrontation with the leopard on the tree was actual.Man and beast faced-off each other for only time in The Forest.


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Guillaume Castagne (Special effects and makeup) created humanlimbs and bodies which had suffered attacks by the leopard thatwere part of the special effects used to give frighteningly realisticspecial effects. Some of the actors were cast in silicon so he couldsculpt entire mutilated bodies.

Tarun Kumars prosthetic and make up took six hours each dayas layers of complicated makeup was applied and taken off. Hespent nights in sub-zero temperatures drenched in fake blood.

Although only a fleeting glimpse in the final film, Gulliames handcrafted dummy Leopard was created hair-by-hair should the filmever require it.


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The original music of the film was written by composer Matt Robertson and performedby the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. The Indian instrumentswere recorded in New Delhi. Matt sent his compositions over the internet and we woulddisscuss the score by video-conference each night.This cost effective way of workingbetween two continents allowed us to make the recording at Abbey Road a reality.

recording at Abbey Road was a trip. Pink Floyd and The Beatle s all over the walls - this is where the Rings was scored, U2 had a booking after us and here we were, sitting on the same sofa as all


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From my experience of going to the jungles sinceI was a kid I know that it is hard enough to see a tiger,let alone be in the right position to film it, that too forthe big screen. But this is something that I was notwilling to compromise on. I wanted the audience toshare the thrill that I had experienced seeing thesemagnificent creatures for the first time in the wild.

black widow spider eating a moth

Naresh and Rajesh Bedi (Green Oscar winning filmlives making defining documentaries of wild Inditask of filming tigers in one short week within thewas a tall order. Adding to that was the complexbulky super 35mm cameras which they had to haget deep into the jungles where the tigers were. Thwhether they would get to shoot the tigers and wh

handed. When the call came finally that they had greatly relieved. But nothing could have preparedof four tigers - one tigress and her three cubs.

Their footage came in at the nick of time. It was ouwatched what they had done, re-designed all my script. We shot the actors sitting on an elephant inreacting to tigers filmed in Bandavgarh National Pmany miles apart.

The magic of cinema on full display.


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The youngest of the six Oscar nominated directors from India,to be nominated at the European Film Academy and to receiveBritish Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA).

Ashvin started out as an actor on stage and after university betelevision programmes which culminated in his setting up onedigital post-production studios in New Delhi. He ran this busHe took up filmmaking full time when he started Alipur Filmwith the mission of making global cinema out of India.Ashvin is presently working on Routeless a film culled fromand archives of a personal, romantic journey with his girlfrienago, a journey from Trivandrum to Delhi that took them threeCultural, social and artistic improvisations recorded by his youof the millennium that continue to influence his own improvisaThe resulting documentary is a personal observation of changcontemporary India.

Kashmir, a new feature film, is a tale of adventure inspired by western. A love story that explores the many faces of terrorismof the Kashmir valley.Ashvin is simultaneously working on his urban trilogy, three furban centres in India. The first of which is a gritty crime and young people in New Delhi. He will be acting in one of the lea

Read more about him on his blog : www.alipur.com/blog
http://www.alipur.com/bloghttp://www.alipur.com/blog


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1. Montreal World Film Festival, Canada, September 2004, World Premiere Winner First Prize2. Sao Paulo Int. Short Film Festival, S. America, September 2004 Audience Favourite3. Palm Springs Int. Short Film Festival, USA, US Premiere, September 20044. Telluride Film Festival, USA, September 20045. Manhattan Short Film Festival, USA, September 2004, Winner Best film6. Flanders Film Festival, Belgium, October 2004, Winner Best film7. Cork Film Festival, Ireland, October 20048. Chicago Int. Childrens Film Festival, USA, October 20049. London International Film Festival, UK, October 200410. Hawaii International Film Festival, USA, October 200411. Asiana Int. Short Film Festival, Korea, October 200412. International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, November 200413. India International Film Festival, India, November 200414. Tehran Film Festival, Iran, November 2004, Winner Grand Prize15. River to River Film Festival, Italy, December 200416. India International Film Festival, Chicago17. Bangkok Film Festival, Bangkok, January 2005

18. Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands, January 200519. 77th Academy Awards, nominated in Live Action Short category, USA, February 200520. European Academy Awards, nominated (presented by Wim Wenders)21. Satyajit Ray Foundation, Winner Satyajit Ray Award22. Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran, February 200523. Miami International Film Festival, February 200524. Kinofilm Film Festival, Manchester, February 200525. Cinequest Film Festival, USA, March 200526. Tampere Film Festival, Finland, March 200527. Vail Film Festival, Colorado, US, March 200528. New York Int. Childrens Film Festival, USA, March 200529. Aspen Short Film Festival, USA, April 2005, Honorable Mention30. Human Rights Night Film Festival, April 200531. Reelworld Film Festival, Canada, April 2005, Winner Bell Expressvu Award32. Washington DC International Film Festival, USA, April 200533. Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, USA, April 200534. Newport Beach Film Festival, USA, April 200535. Tribeca Film Festival, USA, May 200536. San Francisco Int. Film Festival, USA, April 200537. International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany, May 200538. Almeria en Corto, Spain, May 2005 WINNER39. International Indian Film Academy Festival, Amsterdam, Holland, June 200540. Bayside Film Festival, Australia, June 2005

41. Canadian Film Centers Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada, June 200542. Sydney Film Festival, Australia, June 200543. La Cittadella del Corto, Italy, July 200544. Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, July 200545. Bollywood and Beyond, Germany, July 200546. Tabor Film Festival, July 200547. Asian American International Film Festival, USA, July 200548. Expresion en Corto 2005, Mexico, July 200549. Motovun Film Festival, Croatia, July 200550. Indigo Film Festival, Singapore, July 200551. 6th FILMI South Asian Film Festival, Toronto, August 200552. Lucania Film Festival, Italy, August 2005 WINNER53. Indepenent South Asian film festival, Seattle, August 200554. Anonimul Film Festival, Romania, August 200555. Sarajevo Film Festival, August 200556. Salento International Film Festival, Italy, September 2005 WINNER57. Temecula Valley Int. Film Festival (India Showcase), US, September 200558. Best of Shorts Film Festival, France, September 200559. Bite the Mango Film Festival, UK, September 200560. Festival de Cinema Politic, Barcelona, September 200561. Shots but Great Film Festival, Italy, October 200562. Mill Valley Film Festival, US, October 2005

63. Cinema Tout Ecran, Switzerland, October 200564. Interfilm Berlin, Germany, November 200565. Sevilla Festival De Cine, Spain, November 200566. Med Film Festival, Rome, November, 200567. Cardiff Screen Festival, Wales, November 200568. Brief Encounters in Bristol Int. Short Film Festival, UK, November 200569. Kerala Film Festival, Inida, December 200670. Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Repulic, December 200571. Paris Internation Short Film Festival, France January 2006

Since its world premiere in September 2004, Little Terrorist has been

invited to 121 film festivals and won awards in 17 of them, an honorable

mention by BAFTA LA, nominations to both the Oscars and the European

Academy Awards.

It is the first Indian short film to get a theatrical release in India.

72. Int. Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands, January 200673. Seattle International Film Festival, January 200674. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), February 200675. Mumbai Int. Film Festival, India, February 2006 WINNER76. Sousse International Film Festival, Tunisie, March 2006 WINNER77. International Film Festival on Human Rights, March 2006, Switzerland78. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 200679. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma, March 200680. Tiburon Film Festival, March 200681. Munich International Film Festival, March, 2006, Germany82. BUFF Film Festival, Sweden, March 2006 WINNER83. Tampere Film Festival, Finland, March 200684. Wisconsin International Film Festival, March 200685. Denver Film Society, April 200686. Belgrade Doc. and Short Film Festival, Serbia and Montenegro, April 200687. Filmfest Dresden, Germany, April 200688. Mediawave Int. Film Festival, Sweden, April 200689. Festival Del Cinema Europeo, Lecce, Italien, April 200690. North West Film Center, Portland, Oregon, May 200691. Cinema/Chicago, May 200692. Transilvania Int. Film Festival, Cluj, Romania, June 200693. Arcipelago- Int. Fest. of Short Films and New Images, Rome, Italy, June 200694. Jerusalem Int.Film Festival, Jerusalem, Israel, July 200695. Filmfest Muenchen, Germany, July 200696. National Film Museun, Indian Art Exhibition, Italy, July 200697. Dokufest Film Festival, Kosova, August 2006, WINNER98. Festival on Human Rights - VIVISECTfest, Serbia, Sept 0699. Umea Int. Film Festival, Umea, Sweden, September 2006100. Helsinki Int. Film Festival, Helsinki,Finland, September 2006101. Int. Short Film Festival of Drama, Drama, Greece, September 2006102. Nordisk Panorama Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, September 2006103. Panorama of European Cinema, Athens, Greece, September 2006104. Panorama of European Cinema, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 2006105. Night of British Shorts, Kyiv IFF Molodist, UK, October 2006106. British Film Week in Brussels, October 2006107. Kalpanirjhar Int. Film Festival, Kolkata, India, October 2006108. Istanbul International Children Film Festival, Turkey, Nov 06109. Int. Filmfest Braunschweig, Germany, November 2006110. Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany, November 2006

111. Alternative Film Festival, Romania, November 2006, WINNER112. Siena Film Festival, Italy, November 2006113. National Museum of Singapore, December 2006114. Internacional de Cine Las Garzas Festival, 2006, WINNER115. Himalaya Film Festival, Denmark, February 2007116. Salaam DK - Multicultural Film Festival, Denmark, February 2007117. DeReel Independent Film Festival, Australia, May 2007118. New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Festival, USA, June 2007119. Giffoni Film Festival, July 2007120. Courts-Boullon Festival, France, October 2007121. Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal, Dec 2007


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alipur films dreyfuss/james productions dr. vijay mallyain association with mohammad juma

Present

THE FORESTJAAVED JAFFERI NANDANA SEN

ANKUR VIKAL SALEEM ALI ZAIDITARUN KUMAR

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY ISHIKA MOHAN MAKING OF DOCUMENTARY YONI BENTOVIM, EMILY HARRIS WILDLIFE PHOTOGCOSTUME DESIGNER RITU KUMAR MUSIC MATT ROBERTSON SOUND DESIGNER ROLAND

SPECIAL EFFECTS & MAKEUP DESIGNERS GUILLAUME CASTAGNE, FREDRICK LAINE LEOPARD TRAINERFILM EDITOR ASHVIN KUMAR PRODUCTION DESIGNER SYLVAIN NAHMIAS

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MARKUS HEURSCH PRODUCED BY ASHVIN KUMAR, JUDITHWRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ASHVIN KUMAR

FILMS/ALIPUR

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The Forest is an entertaining thriller about human frailty

articulated through mans conflict with nature.

It is my idea of popular cinema with a conscience.

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