An Indian short film, An Old Dog’s Diary has won prestigious
Best Short Film Award at the 2015 London Film Festival (LFF). The award was
bestowed by the British Film Institute (BIF) at 59th edition of LFF. The
11-minute film has been directed by Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel. It story of
film reveals the cultural conditions of Indian avant-garde painter Francis
Newton Souza’s work and its institutionalisation by assembling the puzzle-piece
evocations of his portrait. Earlier the film was showcased in the Wavelengths
category at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
About London Film
Festival LFF was founded in 1957 and is an annual film festival held at London
to show the best of the year’s world cinema to a British audience. The Festival
showcases the best work of world cinema that champions originality, creativity,
vision and imagination. It is organised by British Film Institute and is United
Kingdom’s largest public film event. It screens more than 300 features,
documentaries and shorts films from almost 50 countries.
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