Leila Al Bayati’s BERLIN TELEGRAM screened at DIFF 2012

Take a plane, stop fly away,
stop you’re going to become someone,
stop I believe in you, stop I’m doing this for us,
stop Leila is a musician.

She is heartbroken, a sudden breakup comes like a hectic telegram. It’s a moment of choice. To start protecting herself or to change, start over? To cut herself off from everything: life, surprises, love… but not smoking? Leila changes her life. She is putting herself at risk again because that’s what is called living It’s a road movie, a journey both physical and mental, a story of crossing paths. The encounters Leila makes will teach her to re-open her eyes to the world around.

This is what surmises the internationally acclaimed Iraqi-French singer-song writer and now a successful film maker’s latest film which was screen amidst huge applause at the Dubai International Film Festival 2012.

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Hotel Transylvania (3D)

This Hollywood 3D Animated blockbuster is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky who created such animated classics as Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and The Powerpuff Girls, the film garnered the biggest September opening ever when it released in the US.

Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them.

For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem – but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.

This film features the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade and Cee Lo Green.

Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) has created a five star resort – Hotel Transylvania, where the monsters from all around the world can stay and relax, while being safe from human civilization.

To celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter Mavis, Dracula has invited some of the most famous monsters, including Frankenstein and his wife Eunice, Murray the Mummy, a Werewolf family and the Invisible Man.

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IFFI 2012 - The Reluctant Fundamentalist wins the Indian Cinema Centenary Award

Mira Nair's, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a unanimous choice of the Jury members, was awarded with the first Centenary Award and presented with a Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh at this year's International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Mira Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', was also the closing film that brought down the curtains at the 43rd International Film Festival of India, Goa.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a touching and engaging story of a young man chasing corporate success on Wall Street. Post September 2011 tragedy in America, he finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.

It is based on the bestselling novel by Mohsin Hamid. The film was shot in Lahore, Istanbul, New York, Atlanta, Delhi and stars Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schrieber, Riz Ahmed, Shabana Azmi and Om Puri.

Commenting on the achievement, director Mira Nair said, “As a child of the hundred years of Indian cinema, and as its perpetual student, to be given this first Centenary Award is a huge honour. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a global film, but its heartbeat is fierce desi. Shukhriya!”

Together with our exhibition partners, we have built a unique, incremental distribution platform over the last 12 years at PVR Pictures." said Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, Joint MD, PVR Limited. "It's an honour to be distributing ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ in India and we are thankful to Mira for trusting us with her film. We are very excited about the films prospects in India and are keenly looking forward to its theatrical release"

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is slated for an April 2013 release in India.

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