DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Description
Buddha Dev is a famous young cricketer from India who has agreed to star in a documentary. The character decides on how to appear on camera and even shows the most private and eccentric aspects of a daily life that also unfolds on social media. The approach taken to both the real and virtual worlds reveals an egomaniac with multiple personality. (LGV)
Awards and festivals
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival- First Features Competition (2017)
- Ann Arbor Film Festival - Features Competition (2018)
Biography of the director
Kabir Mehta
Always a devoted cinephile, Kabir was encouraged to pursue filmmaking professionally after unexpectedly winning a filmmaking competition organised by Delhi University while he was studying Economics. An encounter with the director Ashim Ahluwalia led Kabir to Mumbai, where he worked with the filmmaker on feature films as well as groundbreaking avant-garde cinema.
Kabir Mehta has since gone on to produce and direct his own work under his company Meta Motion Pictures. His docu-fiction film entitled Sadhu in Bombay premiered at the 29th European Media Art Festival where it won the ‘EMAF Award’ for best film. The film made its North American premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival and subsequently won the award for Best Narrative Film at the 55th Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Kabir’s first feature length project BUDDHA.mov, made its world premiere at the 2017 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Image gallery
Finished
Sessions
May
Monday 7
- 18:00 h
- Cineteca. Sala Azcona
- Q&A with Kabir Mehta
Tuesday 8
- 16:00 h
- Cineteca. Sala Azcona
Data sheet
Director
Kabir Mehta
Language
English, Hindi - Subtitled in English and Spanish
Screenplay
Kabir Mehta
Cinematography
Kabir Mehta
Editing
Kabir Mehta
Sound
Udit Duseja
Producción
Aakash Bhatia, Kabir Mehta
Contact
Kabir Mehta - New Delhi. - 110022, New Delhi - Delhi - (India) - +91 991 000 8082 - mail@kabirmehtafilms.com
