Click to play videoGoa: Thirty-eight-year-old filmmaker Saara Cantell from Finland has come to IFFI with her debut film Unna and Nuuk, screened in the cinema of the world section.
Unna and Nuuk is a fantasy film involving two kids who go to stone age to figure out a cure for their grandfather's illness.
Making this film is a huge accomplishment for Saara as the market in Finland is addicted to Hollywood.
“Yes, it is difficult there because ours is a small country and we don’t have enough money for films. Only 10-15 films are made in a year. So, you don’t get what you want and you have to make lot of comprises,” says Saara.
Like Saara, filmmaker Suman Haripriya also has a similar story. Suman has come with her Assamese film Kadam Tale Krishna Nache which was screened in the Indian mainstream section at the festival.
This is Suman's third film but it's becoming harder every year to make ethnic films in Assam.
“It’s not difficult as a woman filmmaker but financially it’s difficult to make movies as in the last two years 56 theatres have closed down because of many problems,” says Suman.
Due to of constant threats by ULFA, theatre owners in Assam can't show Hindi films and with only five to six Assamiya releases in a year it has become impossible to run theatres.
Saara looking for more audience and Suman looking out for theatres, and both still determined to continue making movies in their own native language.
(With inputs from Simrat Ghuman)
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