2016 Post-Production Fund
LIST Hotel SalvationCategory | Asian Project |
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Project | Hotel Salvation |
Director | Shubhashish Bhutiani |
Country | India |
Director's Profile | Shubhashish Bhutiani grew up in a small Himalayan town in India where he attended Woodstock School. After being heavily involved in theatre he transitioned from acting to writing/directing and went to learn filmmaking with an undergraduate degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York. His thesis film, Kush (2013), had its world premiere at the 70th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film. Kush was shortlisted for a 2014 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and has won over 25 international awards all over the globe. Shubhashish’s first feature film Hotel Salvation was selected, and developed with the Biennale College Cinema Program and was premiered at Venice Film Festival 2016. |