Indian Film Selected for Pusan Promotion Plan news

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Indian filmmaker Partho Sen-Gupta's film "Arunodaya" (Sunrise) has been selected for Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) project market. Organized on the sidelines of Pusan International Film Festival in the South Korean port city of Busan, PPP provides a platform to selected filmmakers to find co producers and financiers for their films.

This is the 11th year of the PPP, which received more than 200 entries from all over the world out of which 30 got selected. Partho's Arunodaya is the only Indian film in the list.

Arunodaya's is set in contemporary Mumbai and narrates stories of a police inspector Joshi, a six year old boy Manu, a child prostitute Komal. Here is the synopsis:

"In Mumbai, Inspector Joshi is sent to investigate the kidnapping of a street child. As he searches for clues, he meets a six year old boy named Manu. Joshi is strangely drawn to the boy. He starts visiting him, trying to befriend him but is accused of indecency and suspended by his superiors. Then Manu goes missing too.

A six year old boy is brought to a brothel. He is entrusted to Komal, a teenage prostitute. Slowly, Komal and the young boy become friends, living a childlike existence amidst the horror that surrounds them.

Out on a limb, Joshi stakes out a shady hotel. A man arrives, dragging a young boy behind him. Joshi watches from his hiding place before deciding to follow them inside."

The film is being produced by well known director Sudhir Mishra, through his company Cine Raaz Production. According to Partho, who is in UK now, the production is expected to begin by end of the year.

PPP will take place from October 3 to 6, 2008 while the 13th edition of the Pusan International Film Festival will open on October 2 and go on till October 10.

Here is a complete list of selected entries for PPP, 2008:-

"Arrested Memories" (Korea, Japan) dir. SABU
"Black and White Photos" (China, France) dir. Shu Haolun
"A Brand New Life" (working title) (Korea, France) dir. Ounie Lecomte
"The Bride" (Iran) dir. Mona Zandi
"The Bright Way" (Kazakhstan) dir. Marat Sarulu
"Crawling at Night" (U.S.A) dir. Kimi Takesue
"Devil's Rock" (Georgia) dir. Rusudan Chkonia
"Eugenia" (Korea) dir. Jung Bum-shik
"Executioner Garden" (China) dir. Zhang Yuan
"A Father" (Korea) dir. Zhang Lu
"Forget-me-not" (Japan, Malaysia) dir. Yasmin Ahmad
"How are you, Dad?" (Taiwan) dir. Chang Tso Chi
"I am Dan Ba" (Vietnam) dir. Viet Linh Nguyen
"Jeon Woo Chi" (working title) (Korea) dir. Choi Dong-hoon
"Leaving the Peninsula behind" (Japan) dir. Lee Sang-il
"A Long Afternoon Nap" (China) dir. Chen Tao
"The Lullabies" (Iran) dir. Manijeh Hekmat
"My Back Page" (Japan) dir. Yamashita Nobuhiro)
"Our Grand Despair" (Turkey) dir. Seyfi Teoman
"Pinoy Sunday" (Philippines, Taiwan) dir. Ho Wi Ding
"Quari" (Korea), dir. Cho Eunhee
"Running across Beijing" (China) dir. Cai Shangjun
"Sacred Warriors" (Taiwan) dir. Chou Zero
"Sandcastle" (Singapore) dir. Boo Jun Feng
"Snow" (Thailand) dir. Kongdej Jaturanrasmee
"Stranger" (U.K.) dir. Simon Rumley
"The Sunrise" (India) dir. Partho Sen-Gupta
"Two Dragglers" (China) dir. Zhu Wen
"YIPSAK-A Chicken Wild" (Korea) dir. Oh Sung-yoon
"LEE Chang-dong Project" (Korea) dir. Lee Chang-dong