Chhutii Aar Picnic wins Best Actor at International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema

March 3, 2015 - PRLog -- A Holiday and a Picnic (Chhutii Aar Picnic) also won nominations for Best Best Lead Female Actor & Best Director Foreign Language Feature.

The International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in London was held from 22nd to 27th February, 2015 at West Ham United FC Football ground.

Adapted from Rabindranath Tagore’s famous romantic novella, Shesher Kobita, "A Holiday and a Picnic" tells the timeless story of three people from different worlds who meet at a resort. It is the journey of two of these people who find each other, discover romance and come together to experience love beyond love.

A Holiday and a Picnic will be on theatrical release in India from January 30, 2015 following the film's 2014 awards in Cinematography at the Columbia Gorge Festival and the Madrid International Film Festival in Spain.

A Holiday and a Picnic is Shomshukla's second feature following the award winning "Sandcastle."Experienced in theatre, music and poetry, she also directs her own theatre company, Kali Theatre, and has produced six books of poetry and nine music albums. She made her debut in cinema in 2013 as one of India's few women feature film directors.

Cut To Cut is an independent film production company creating literary, creative and meaningful aesthetic cinema with universal appeal; drawing from theatre, novels, art and poetry to fuse a unique story-telling in moving image. Shomshukla and the cast are available for interview through email, telephone or in person at the festival.

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