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Thrilled and humbled to share that our short fiction film "𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦" has been officially selected and honoured with an 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 at the "𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐜𝐚", a festival by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport, Jamaica.⁣
This recognition means a lot to our entire team. A heartfelt thank you to the festival organisers, jury, and everyone involved for embracing our film and giving it a place among such inspiring works from around the world.⁣
More updates soon. ⁣
“𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞” continues its journey.⁣

🌟 ̲𝙴̲̲𝚡̲̲𝚌̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲̲𝚍̲ ̲𝚝̲̲𝚘̲ ̲𝚂̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚎̲! 🌟

Our feature fiction project “𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐟 – 𝐔𝐦𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧” has been officially selected for the 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 (KFM 2025)!

We are truly honoured to have our story recognized on such a wonderful platform. Grateful to the KFM for this opportunity, and looking forward to connecting with filmmakers, producers, and storytellers from across the world.

𝖮𝗇𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖪𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝖺̵!̵ 🎬✨

🌍✨ Exciting News! ✨🌍

We are delighted to share that Balaka Ghosh has been appointed as a Jury Member at the 9th Yalta International Film Festival – Eurasian Bridge.
She will be part of the Competition Program Jury, evaluating outstanding films from across Europe and Asia.
Next Story Communication wishes her the very best and thanks her for her meaningful contribution in recognizing and honoring the best of world cinema.

🎬 Exciting News! 🎬
We are thrilled to announce that our short film, "Colour Code", has been nominated for "Best Short Film" at the prestigious "YORA 2025 International Film Awards" in Kenya! 🇰🇪✨
A huge thank you to our amazing team for bringing this story to life.

We are proud to share that *Balaka Ghosh* is serving as a Jury Member at the prestigious **International Festival World of Knowledge, Moscow** – March 2025! Wishing her an inspiring journey as she celebrates global storytelling and cinematic excellence.



Maxine Williamson Defrim Isai Kumud Kundan Next Story Communication

🌟 We’re thrilled to announce that Death in the City will be screened in Paris at the Golden Tree International Film Festival! 🌟

This moment feels like a full circle, as our journey began here in 2018, winning our first award when the film was just a project. A heartfelt cheers to everyone who has been part of this incredible journey with us!

Excitingly, the screening will take place at the iconic Grand Rex in Paris.

Maxine Williamson
Defrim Isai
Suman Kumar
Kumud Kundan

Proud ✌️ to share that 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 has been awarded the 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎 at the 𝒀𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 2024 “𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆.”
We’re also sharing the winning speech of Director 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐡 and citation from the renowned filmmaker and 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐫. 𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐕, which highlights why 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 resonated with the festival. A rough translation is given below.

𝐽𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 - 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎, 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑚. 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.

🙏 Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey.

In these troubled times, we are pleased to share some good news. Our documentary “🅳EATH IN THE 🅲ITY” has been selected for screening at the 𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐘𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 "𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞", Crimea. This competitive festival will feature our documentary in its 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 this October.

Travel to Kochi for a Documentary.

🏆 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔! 🏆
*𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭!*
"𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲" wins the prestigious 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐝'𝐎𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝!
Thrilled to announce that our documentary film "𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲" has been awarded the prestigious Campanile d'Oro (Golden Bell Tower) for 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 at the 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙢 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 "𝙎𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙚- 𝘼𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙤 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙢 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡" in 𝘼𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙤, 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙮!
The festival, dedicated to the theme of popular devotions, showcased incredible films from around the world.
"𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲" takes viewers on a powerful journey along the sacred Ganges, providing a profound exploration of the interplay of life and death in Indian culture.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝐽𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑠 "𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒…𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑦."
A special moment on stage as the Vice-President of BCC Milano presented the Campanile d'Oro to the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐫, on behalf of the Team.
A huge thank you to the festival jury, the organizers, and everyone who supported this project. Your encouragement means the world to me. Stay tuned for more updates on our next adventures! 🌟🎥
Congratulations #𝙏𝒆𝙖𝒎𝙉𝒆𝙭𝒕𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮, 𝑰𝙣𝒅𝙞𝒂 & #𝑻𝙚𝒂𝙢𝙎𝒐𝙧𝒓𝙮𝙎𝒕𝙖𝒕𝙚𝙤𝒇𝑴𝙞𝒏𝙙, 𝑨𝙪𝒔𝙩𝒓𝙖𝒍𝙞𝒂

CG received the best Jury award for “Death in the city” on behalf of at the International Film Festival Sacrae Scenae
together with Marco Zanni, MEP, Rebecca Frassini, MP and Mr Yvan Caccia, Mayor of Comune di Ardesio

Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

India in Italy (Embassy of India, Rome)

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 Our documentary "Death in the City" has been selected for the prestigious Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Australia 2023. We are thrilled to announce that this screening will mark the VICTORIAN PREMIERE of our film!

A heartfelt "Congratulations" to all our well-wishers, and a big "Thank You" to all our supporters for making this possible! 🙏🎥 News
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Maxine Williamson
Defrim Isai
Balaka Ghosh
Kumud Kundan
Suman Kumar