Small film, big impact
Here's something for India's film buffs to be proud of. Filmmaker Reema Sengupta's Counterfeit Kunkoo has made it to the prestigious 2018 Sundance Film Festival that will take place next month in Utah, USA. An official selection in the International Narrative Shorts category, the 15-minute short piece of fiction that speaks about housing discrimination, marital rape and reclaiming one's sexuality, is the only film representing India at the fest this year.

A still from the film

"It is also the first Indian fiction short to be an official selection at the festival in 15 years. It feels surreal that the world is taking notice of a small indie film we made hustling in some claustrophobic lanes of Mumbai," shared Sengupta, whose debut short The Tigers, They're all Dead won 14 awards, including the IDPA Award for Excellence 2013.