The Indian Films-Mira Nair presented Little Zizou has bagged another feather in its cap.

Director Sooni Taraporevala was awarded the Best Director in the Experience section of the 7th edition of the Levante International Film Festival, recently concluded in Bari, Italy.

Little Zizou stars Boman Irani, Sohrab Ardeshir, Cyrus Broacha, Kunal Vijaykar, Kurush Deboo, Mahabanoo-Mody Kotwal, Dilshad Patel, Shernaz Patel, Kamaal Sidhu, among others, and introduces Iyanah and Jahan Bativala.

Its international sales is being handled by the Los Angeles-based American World Pictures.

The award-winning streak for The Indian Film Company-Mira Nair presentation, Little Zizou, continues. Writer turned director Sooni Taraporevala’s English feature won the audience award for Best Feature at the recently concluded Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA). The film was screened at the Arclight Theatre on Sunset Boulevard where it found an overwhelming response.
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THE INDIAN FILM COMPANY & BEND IT FILMS IN STRATEGIC TIE-UP TO PRODUCE GURINDER CHADHA’s NEXT

The Indian Film Company (TIFC) and Bend It Films announced their strategic tie-up for the co-production of acclaimed director Gurinder Chadha’s next venture, ‘It’s A Wonderful Afterlife’. The co-producers will enjoy global revenues in perpetuity.
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THE INDIAN FILM COMPANY ASSIGNS WORLD SALES OF ‘LITTLE ZIZOU’

The Indian Film Company (TIFC) has signed with LA-based world sales company, American World Pictures (AWP), to handle the international sales of ace award-winning screen-writer, Sooni Taraporevala’s debut directorial venture, ‘Little Zizou’.
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Any action for Mira Nair’s Amitabh Bachchan/Johnny Depp starrer Shantaram has come to a grinding halt, along with several other Hollywood films, due to the writers’ strike. The film (under Warner Brothers) shooting which was to commence in February has been called off, this after $2 million was shelled out for the rights to the Gregory David Roberts bestselling novel on which it is based.

Bachchan is taking on the role of mafia boss Kader Bhai in the film. It can be recalled here that Bachchan refused to go bald for the part. Depp, plays the lead role of an Australian heroin addict who escapes a maximum-security prison, reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of India and eventually uses gun-running and counterfeiting skills to fight against the invading Russian troops in Afghanistan.

The onset of monsoon season along with time constraints for Depp have also added to the postponement of the film’s commencement. Mostly filmed in India, a portion of Shantaram will also be shot in New Mexico.