Two Indian Films Selected for Funding from Pusan Festival news

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Two Indian films have been selected to receive funding from prestigious Pusan International Film Festival. Pusan International Film Festival which is held every year in South Korea is considered to be one of the biggest in the continent. Pusan is especially known for supporting Independent Asian filmmakers.

Delhi based filmmaker Jahar Kanungo's second feature film "Half Truth" has been chosen for Independent Feature Script and Project Development Fund. Jahar's first film "Nisshabd" (Rising Silence) was adjudged best feature film at the 8th Osian Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema, new Delhi.

Jahar's project was selected on the merit of synopsis that he will develop into a feature film script.

Pune based filmmaker Rajesh Shera's "Ocean of the old man" has been selected for Independent Feature Post-production Fund. Shera is in Seoul now, from where he will be heading for Pusan to attend the festival that is set to open on October 2.

Shera's film "Ocean of the Old man" narrates the story of a school teacher in Andaman Islands. The school is situated on a small island where students from nearby islands come to study. However, everything changes after Tsunami strikes the island. After the disaster, school is rebuilt and all the students come back to the island except five. The film narrates the journey of the teacher who goes to nearby islands in search of his missing students.

The teacher's life goes for a complete change once government orders evacuation of the island and relocates the islanders to safer place, however, the teacher decides to stay on.

The recipients of Asian Cinema Fund are considered to be most creative films in the continent. Festival supports films at different stages--script development, production and post production. Twenty seven films from all over Asia have been selected for grants from festival's Asian Cinema Fund.

2008 Independent Feature Script and Project Development Fund recipients:
"Seaside" (Korea) Kim Jongkwan
"Daybreak" (Korea) Cho Kyu Jang
"The Reason" (Korea) Min Yong Keun
"Woman On Fire Looks For Water" (Malaysia) Woo Ming Jin
"Half Truth" (India) Jahar Kan Ungo
"I Carried You Home" (Thailand) Tongpong Chantarangkul
"Balloon" (China) Wanma Caidan

2008 Independent Feature Post-production Fund recipients:
"Breathless" (Korea) Yang Ik June
"The Pit and The Pendulum" (Korea) Sohn Young sung
"Land of Scarecrows" (Korea) Gyeong Tae Roh
"Ocean of An Old Man" (India) Rajesh Shera
"River People" (China) He Jianjun
"At The End Of Daybreak" (Malaysia) Ho Yuhang