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The archetypal internationally co-produced Assamese movie has been selected for screening astatine the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF).
Murders Too Close – Love Too Far, an India-Israel task co-directed by Assamese filmmaker Manju Borah and her Israeli counterpart Dan Wolman, volition beryllium screened connected January 17 and 19, 2026, successful the Global Cinema section.
The movie marks a important milestone for the Assamese movie manufacture arsenic it involves a overseas accumulation location for the archetypal time. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting supported the movie done the National Film Development Corporation.
“The full movie was changeable successful Assam utilizing a section movie crew, reinforcing the State’s increasing method and originative capableness successful planetary cinematic collaborations,” Ms. Borah, who wrote the screenplay with Mr. Wolman, said. She co-produced the 108-minute transgression play with Mr. Wolman and Amir Gedalia.
Set against the backdrop of a agrarian constabulary station, the communicative follows elder CBI serviceman Ram Chaudhary, who is assigned to analyse the execution of 2 policemen. During the investigation, helium encounters Gita, a talented creator whose enactment explores mob science and corporate behaviour.
As their narration deepens, further murders complicate the case, intertwining idiosyncratic emotions with procedural investigation, yet starring to a gripping revelation.
Ms. Borah noted that the task reflects the increasing scope of Assamese cinema connected planetary platforms and demonstrates however section stories tin link with planetary audiences done beardown narratives and method excellence.
“Being selected astatine PIFF is simply a arrogant infinitesimal not conscionable for our film, but for Assamese cinema. This task shows that stories from Assam tin find abstraction connected planetary platforms erstwhile backed by beardown collaboration and section talent,” she said.
Mr. Wolman, who has directed internationally acclaimed films specified arsenic Hide and Seek, Precious Life, and Judas, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award astatine the 49th International Film Festival of India successful 2018 for his publication to satellite cinema.
Ms. Borah, connected the different hand, is known for her culturally rooted cinema that addresses social, indigenous, and women-centric themes. Their concern blends planetary storytelling sensibilities with beardown determination authenticity.
The movie stars Siddharth Nipon Goswami, Shaminn Mannan, Seema Biswas, Bhagirathi Bai Kadam, and Adil Hussain. The cinematography is by Partha Borgohain, editing by Eyal Amir, dependable plan by Debajit Gayan, and euphony by Sanket Joshi.
