Filmmakers get to make their films on the dependency of many factors such as producers, budget, days of shooting and many tedious complications. India’s film culture is taken up with a huge space of mainstream, star studded films. So that section takes up theatres. With the advancing rise in OTT platforms, they offer a varied selection. Some voices have YouTube as their platform if they can’t afford so and so resources. Some lucky voices get to take their art in Film Festivals. So the avenues are many.
The incredible outreach of what Mubi has been doing since its launch on November 15th, 2019 is worth appreciating. The service provides something for all audiences like artistic, independent, cult, festival films, restored collection and so on. The thing to notice is their section ‘New Voices’. These are films by filmmakers who may or may not have gotten to showcase their talents on any of the platforms we discussed earlier. ‘New Voices’ focuses on the unique and upcoming voices that are transforming the landscape of contemporary Indian Cinema.
The section is showing some of these films currently –
1) OTTAAL, Malayalam (2015) by Jayaraaj – winner at International film festival of Kerala
2) Attihannu MattuKanaja, Kannada (2014) by MS Prakash Babu
3) An Insignificant Man (2016) by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla – winner at TIFF, BFI London Film Fest, Istanbul Film Fest, MIFF, Brooklyn Film Fest and more.
4) Kush, Hindi (2013) by Shubhashish Bhuttiani – winner of best short film at Venice film festival
5) Mukti Bhawan, Hindi (2016) by Shubhashish Bhuttiani – winner at San Francisco film fest, Munich Film Fest, Sydney Film Fest and more.
6) Gamak Ghar, Maithili (2019) by Achal Mishra – winner at Jio Mami Mumbai film festival
7) Revelations, Tamil (2016) by Vijay Jayapal – winner at Goteborg film festival
8) Sivapuranam, Tamil (2016) by Ajay Karthick – winner at International film festival of Rotterdam
9) Bunny (2015) by Megha Ramaswamy – winner at TIFF, Nordic International Film Fest and Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival
10) Cat sticks, Bengali (2019) by Ronny Sen – winner at Slamdance, Tallinn Black Nights and Oldenburg Film Festival
11) Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait (2017) by Avani Rai – winner at Amsterdam, Munich International Documentary Film Festival
12) Fireflies in the Abyss, Nepali (2015) by Chandrasekhar Reddy
13) Buddha.Mov, Hindi (2017) by Kabir Mehta – winner at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival and Mumbai Film Festival.
14) Sadhu in Bombay, Hindi (2016) by Kabir Mehta – winner at Sarasota Film Festival and more.
15) The Time Machine, Hindi (2016) by Aarti Kadav
16) Amdavad Ma Famous, Gujarati (2015) by Hardik Mehta
17) Raqs- E- Inquilab (2019) by Mukti Krishan, Niyantha Shekar
You can now subscribe to Mubi for Rs 499/- a month and discover the world of cinema gems.