‘Goldfish’, an English feature film directed by Pushan Kripalani, starring Deepti Naval and Kalki Koechlin, has received a heartening response at its world premiere at the 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which held from 5th to 14th October in South Korea.
Director Pushan Kripalani, Kalki Koechlin and producer Amit Saxena were present at the premiere screening. Apart from Deepti Naval and Kalki Koechlin who played the lead roles of mother and daughter, the film also stars Rajit Kapur, Gordon Warnecke and Bharti Patel in pivotal roles.
‘Goldfish’ deals with memory and identity. Anamika, the child of a mixed marriage, returns home to her estranged mother Sadhana because she is suffering from the onset of dementia. Ana returns to a neighborhood she barely remembers, to a woman who sometimes doesn’t remember her.
‘Goldfish’ will have its European premiere at BAFTA and Oscars qualifying Raindance Film Festival (RFF) to be held from 26th October to 5th November.The film, which is selected in the Homegrown category is nominated for the Best UK Film in the festival.
Set in London, ‘Goldfish’ is a UK production and is produced by Amit Saxena’s Splendid Films (USA) and executive produced by Pooja Chauhan. The film had its market screening at Marche Du Film (2022) and was part of the First Cut Plus lab in association with Karlovy Vary Film Festival (KVFF).
Excited about the premiere, director Pushan Kripalani shared, “The audience were wonderful. They watched the film with attention and the questions that came to us were thoughtful and engaging. The question and answer session could have gone on for twice as long. I have a lot of respect and love for such careful and insightful viewers of cinema.“
Kalki Koechlin shared, “It feels great to see the audience engaged in a movie that’s been labour of love. And the question answer round went well as we got some really insightful and meaningful questions leading to a wonderful exchange of thoughts. It’s a joy to see such evolved global audience and get an opportunity to engage with them.”
Amit Saxena, director of Splendid Films said, “It was almost a full house with an amazing audience. The questions asked by the audience showed their deep understanding of cinema. We could not have asked for a better platform for our world premiere.”
Pooja Chauhan, executive producer, who discovered the story and was instrumental in bringing all the pieces together to make the film happen said, “ ‘Goldfish’ is a film, which slowly grows on you and It is really fulfilling to know that the film was well received by its audiences in Busan. This has really encouraged us and now we are looking forward to it’s Europe and US premiere in November.”
