- Ashim Ahluwalia
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likeresume = May 2008
review = May 2008
wikify = May 2008Ashim Ahluwalia (Born 1972 in
Bombay ,India ) is an independent film director, screenwriter and producer. His first feature-length project, JOHN & JANE (US TITLE: JOHN & JANE TOLL-FREE), premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2005. The film was subsequently acquired by HBO Films for US release. [ [http://blogs.indiewire.com/anthony/archives/007634.html Anthony Kaufman's blog: "John & Jane" Now "Toll-Free" and Primed for HBO ] ] JOHN & JANE showed at the Berlin International Film Festival and New Directors/ New Films in New York in 2006. The film won the International award at the European Media Art Festival, [www.fdk-berlin.de/en/forum/news/news-display/archive/2006/11/article/588/62.html?cHash=0854895c16] A Maysles Brothers Award [ [http://www.belfastfilmfestival.org/2007/news/story/24 Belfast Film Festival 2007 ] ] as well as the Director’s Guild of America Special Jury Award/ VC Filmfest [ [http://www.vconline.org/festival/about.cfm?page_id=awards Visual Communications Film Festival 2008 - About Us ] ] . JOHN & JANE has also won an Indian National Film Award. [ [http://www.dff.nic.in/53RD%20NFA%20JURY%20RECOMMENDATIONS%20-%20PRESS%20RELEASE.htm THE FEATURE FILM JURY OF THE 53rd NATIONAL FILM AWARDS-2003 RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING AWARDS: ] ]Ahluwalia works outside the traditional confines of the "Bollywood" system [ [http://thelondonfilter.blogspot.com/search?q=john+and+jane The Filter ] ] and his short films have showed at venues such as the Tate Modern in London [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/film/9239.htm Tate Modern|Film|Shai Heredia ] ] and Centre Pompidou in Paris. He was commissioned to work on a group film/ architecture installation for the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale. [ [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1050602 DNA - Salon - 'Mumbai uses space cunningly' - Daily News & Analysis ] ]
His films display a preference for experimental structures (JOHN & JANE is a catalogue of six seemingly unrelated characters), often blurring the lines between documentary and fiction.
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External Links:http://www.john-and-jane.com
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