Highlights
Narrating the tale of friendship between two young school-going girls, Bittu is based against the backdrop a tragic incident.
Bittu has had a stellar festival run with 18+ festivals and multiple wins.
New Delhi: Soon after the unique and propitious cinema collective- Indian Women Rising announced its inaugural project with Karishma Dev Dube directorial Bittu on Tuesday, the trailer of the short film has been released on the official YouTube page of Indian Women Rising today.
Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana and Ruchikaa Kapoor s Indian Women Rising has chosen the
Student Academy Awardee Bittu as their first project to promote and shine spotlight on the film as it runs the race for Oscars in the Short Film Category.
Ekta Kapoor, Tahira Kashyap s Indian Women Rising project Bitu in Oscars race ANI | Updated: Jan 27, 2021 23:27 IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Soon after launching the cinema collective- Indian Women Rising , Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana, and Ruchikaa Kapoor announced their inaugural project with Karishma Dev Dube directorial Bittu , the trailer of which has been released on its official YouTube page on Wednesday.
Kapoor, Monga, Khurrana has chosen the Student Academy Awardee Bittu as their first project to promote and shine the spotlight on the film as it runs the race for Oscars in the Short Film Category.
Bittu, a heartwarming story has had a stellar festival run with more than 18 festivals and multiple wins. Having screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Telluride, Palm Springs Shortfest, HollyShorts (where Karishma won the best director award) Bittu also came to India with Dharamshala Internationa
Highlights
Bittu is competing for the Best Live Action Short Film award at the 2021 Oscars.
New Delhi: The talented trio of Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga and Tahira Kashyap Khurrana recently announced their endeavour- a cinema collective named Indian Women Rising in an effort to promote and accentuate Indian female content creators across the globe. As their first project, the initiative has chosen to support the internationally acclaimed short film Bittu where the collective will put its muscle to aid the film s campaign at the Oscars run.
Directed by Karishma Dev Dube, a past Dean’s fellow from NYU, the unreleased Bittu has bagged the honour of the 47th Student Academy Award and is now set to run the race for the Oscar for Short Film Category.