DIRECTOR: Sandhya Suri
STARRING: Shahana Goswami, Sanjay Bishnoi, Sunita Rajwar
RUNNING TIME: 2 hrs 8 minutes
LANGUAGE: Hindi
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband's job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
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Santosh marks Sandhya Suri’s narrative feature debut after her breakout documentary, I For India in 2005, and her short drama The Field, which won best international short in Toronto in 2018 and picked up a 2019 BAFTA nomination. Santosh had its worldwide debut at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section this year, where it was quickly snatched up for North America by Metrograph Pictures. It has since played in Toronto, London and Chicago International Film Festivals.
The film was selected by BAFTA, the organisation appointed by the American Academy to choose the UK’s submission.
The film is produced by Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay, and Alan McAlex. Its executive producers include Ama Ampadu, Eva Yates, Diarmid Scrimshaw, Lucia Haslauer, and Martin Gerhard. It is under the banner of Good Chaos and co-producers Razor Film and Haut et Court and is financed by BFI and BBC Film.
Santosh is a drama and it was filmed in Uttar Pradesh, India.
To check out all previous submissions for United Kingdom, click HERE.
STARRING: Shahana Goswami, Sanjay Bishnoi, Sunita Rajwar
RUNNING TIME: 2 hrs 8 minutes
LANGUAGE: Hindi
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband's job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
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Santosh marks Sandhya Suri’s narrative feature debut after her breakout documentary, I For India in 2005, and her short drama The Field, which won best international short in Toronto in 2018 and picked up a 2019 BAFTA nomination. Santosh had its worldwide debut at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section this year, where it was quickly snatched up for North America by Metrograph Pictures. It has since played in Toronto, London and Chicago International Film Festivals.
The film was selected by BAFTA, the organisation appointed by the American Academy to choose the UK’s submission.
The film is produced by Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay, and Alan McAlex. Its executive producers include Ama Ampadu, Eva Yates, Diarmid Scrimshaw, Lucia Haslauer, and Martin Gerhard. It is under the banner of Good Chaos and co-producers Razor Film and Haut et Court and is financed by BFI and BBC Film.
Santosh is a drama and it was filmed in Uttar Pradesh, India.
To check out all previous submissions for United Kingdom, click HERE.
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