Abhinandan Banerjee
Born (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director, Scriptwriter
Notable workManikbabur Megh, Marichjhapi

Abhinandan Banerjee (born 11 June 1992) is an Indian film director and scriptwriter. His debut feature The Cloud and the Man premiered at the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival[1] and won the NETPAC award for Best Asian Film, at the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival.[2]

Early life

Born in Kolkata, Abhinandan studied at Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School. Abhinandan shifted to Mumbai and studied Architecture at University of Mumbai.

Career

Banerjee co-wrote, assisted and post-produced Teenkahon (2014) with Bauddhayan Mukherji that won the Best Screenplay award at the Bridge Film Fest, Kosovo. The film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay of a Foreign Language Film at Madrid International Film Festival.

In March 2019, he directed his first feature film The Cloud and the Man produced by Bauddhayan Mukherji and co-produced by Monalisa Mukherji [3] that received the special mention at the NFDC Film Bazaar, 2021. The film premiered at the First Feature Film competition at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 2021.[4]

Filmography

Reception

The Cloud and the Man was a part of top 10 Indian Films of 2021 by Fipresci India.[5] The film was selected at 75th Edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival[3] and competed for the Firebird Award in Young Cinema Competition (World) at the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival.[6] Marichjhapi, his next venture with Bauddhayan Mukherji represented India at the Asian Project Market at Busan 2019 [7] and Cinéfondation L'Atelier[8] at the Cannes Film Festival 2020.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "The Cloud & the Man". poff.ee. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Winners of 2021 - Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. 1 2 "Kolkata-based director's debut film to be screened at Edinburgh Film Festival". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  4. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (2021-10-14). "Tallinn Black Nights Competition Films 'The Cloud & the Man,' 'The Red Tree' Get Sales Representation – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  5. ↑ "FIPRESCI-India announces Grand-Prix-2021". Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  6. ↑ "Bengali film to compete in Hong Kong festival". The Times of India. 2022-07-30. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  7. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (2019-10-07). "Busan: India's Adil Hussain Boards APM Project 'Marichjhapi' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  8. ↑ "Bauddhayan Mukherji and his 'Marichjhapi' to travel to Cannes". The Times of India. 2020-03-12. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  9. ↑ "Exclusive! Abhinandan Banerjee's Manikbabur Megh to be screened at Cannes Marchè Du Film". OTTPlay. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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