Last night at the closing night of the The Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival the final tally of awards throughout the festival came to four gongs. Recipients included acclaimed Indian actress Sharmila Tagore (Apur Sansar -1959), Days and Nights in The Forest – 1970), director Shekhar Kapur (Mr India – 1987), Bandit Queen – 1994) & the Oscar winning Elizabeth films, and also winners of this year’s Satyajit Ray short film award and Liff Audience Award for best film.
• Icon Awards© for outstanding contribution to world cinema from Sun Mark Ltd went to Shekhar Kapur, and Sharmila Tagore.
• Satyajit Ray Short Film Award in association with the Bagri Foundation went to Mochi (The Cobbler), by Saqib Pandor
• Liff Audience Award went to Song of Lahore, by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken
The awards included the festival’s rarely presented Icon Award© for outstanding contribution to Indian and world cinema, which was won by Bengali actress Sharmila Tagore,...
• Icon Awards© for outstanding contribution to world cinema from Sun Mark Ltd went to Shekhar Kapur, and Sharmila Tagore.
• Satyajit Ray Short Film Award in association with the Bagri Foundation went to Mochi (The Cobbler), by Saqib Pandor
• Liff Audience Award went to Song of Lahore, by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken
The awards included the festival’s rarely presented Icon Award© for outstanding contribution to Indian and world cinema, which was won by Bengali actress Sharmila Tagore,...
- 7/22/2016
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Two-time Academy Award® winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken bring their acclaimed documentary Song of Lahore to U.S. audiences this Friday, May 20 with a release that includes theaters in New York and Los Angeles plus national availability on DVD, VOD and Digital HD at the same time.
The co-directors sat down for this exclusive interview to discuss their new film which features the music of The Sachal Ensemble of Pakistan and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and examines the lives and the cultural heritage of Pakistan’s classical musicians as they prepare for a concert in New York City.
Interview with Song Of Lahore co-directors Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken:
Q: Was music ever banned in Pakistan?
A: Music was never banned outright, but when General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq took power in 1977 he put in place restrictions on broadcasting non-religious music and dancing. Nightclubs and alcohol were banned,...
The co-directors sat down for this exclusive interview to discuss their new film which features the music of The Sachal Ensemble of Pakistan and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and examines the lives and the cultural heritage of Pakistan’s classical musicians as they prepare for a concert in New York City.
Interview with Song Of Lahore co-directors Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken:
Q: Was music ever banned in Pakistan?
A: Music was never banned outright, but when General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq took power in 1977 he put in place restrictions on broadcasting non-religious music and dancing. Nightclubs and alcohol were banned,...
- 5/19/2016
- by BollySpice Editors
- Bollyspice
Directed by two-time Academy Award® winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Best Documentary, Short Subject: Saving Face, 2012; A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, 2015) and Andy Schocken, the acclaimed documentary Song Of Lahore opens in select theaters and is available on DVD, VOD and Digital HD May 20. Featuring the music of The Sachal Ensemble of Pakistan and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Song Of Lahore examines the lives and the cultural heritage of Pakistan’s classical musicians as they prepare for a concert in New York City.
The theatrical release of Song Of Lahore begins on Friday, May 20, exclusively at Village East Cinema in New York City and Laemmle’s Music Hall in Beverly Hills.
Song Of Lahore was an official selection at numerous film festivals in 2015, including the Tribeca Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival, Hamptons Film Festival, Idfa Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival and the Heartland Film Festival.
The theatrical release of Song Of Lahore begins on Friday, May 20, exclusively at Village East Cinema in New York City and Laemmle’s Music Hall in Beverly Hills.
Song Of Lahore was an official selection at numerous film festivals in 2015, including the Tribeca Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival, Hamptons Film Festival, Idfa Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival and the Heartland Film Festival.
- 5/13/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Read More: 'Song of Lahore' Directors Are Telling A Story About Pakistan You've Never Seen Before "Song of Lahore" co-directors Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken joined the International Documentary Association (Ida) to discuss their new documentary as part of the Ida's documentary screening series. Highlights from the conversation are below, as well as a special musical number performed by the band from the film. The documentary centers on a group of Pakistani musicians that form the Sachal Studios, following the unlikely events that saw these musicians first become a YouTube sensation and then receive an invitation to play a fusion of jazz and traditional Pakistani music with Wynton Marsalis at Jazz at Lincoln Center. On the lack of archives in Pakistan. On potentially unraveling. The sweet sounds of Lahore. Read More: Watch: Jazz Crosses Continents in Trailer For Music Documentary 'Song of Lahore'...
- 11/19/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Read More: Watch: Jazz Crosses Continents in Trailer For Music Documentary 'Song of Lahore' In the 1960s, the U.S. State Department intiated the Jazz Ambassadors program, sending jazz giants like Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington on tours to cities around the world, including Lahore, Pakistan. In Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken's documentary "Song of Lahore," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, a group of Pakistani musicians that form the Sachal Studios return the favor. The film follows the unlikely events that saw these musicians first become a YouTube sensation and then receive an invitation to play a fusion of jazz and traditional Pakistani music with Wynton Marsalis at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Once a musical haven, Lahore has been torn apart by ethnic division, constant war and Islamization for decades. With "Song of Lahore," Obaid-Chinoy and Schocken hoped to preserve the voices of the musicians of Lahore,...
- 11/4/2015
- by Tarek Shoukri
- Indiewire
Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Filmmakers #25: Pakistan Keeps Classical Music Alive in 'Song of Lahore' "Song of Lahore" follows the Sachal Jazz Ensemble, a Pakistani music group, as they make their way from Lahore, Pakistan to New York City. Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken, the documentary examines how Pakistan's music scene and the legendary cultural center of Lahore suffered in the wake of the Taliban's totalitarian reign. Specfically, the film is centered around the Sachal Jazz Ensemble, who, after creating a unique sound, found themselves with unexpected acclaim and an invitation to perform at New York City's Lincoln Center. "Song of Lahore" debuts in theaters on November 13. Watch the trailer above. Read More: Updated: 25 Documentary Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter...
- 10/23/2015
- by Karen Brill
- Indiewire
Broad Green Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Song of Lahore,” a documentary from Andy Schocken and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy about a group of Pakistani musicians traveling to the United States to play with Wynton Marsalis’ band at Lincoln Center. The company plans to begin a one-week Oscar-qualifying run in Los Angeles and New York on Nov. 13, followed by a likely rollout in January 2016. “Song of Lahore” premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where TheWrap wrote, “he film about Pakistani music tells a fascinating story and mixes glorious artistry with a background that has real resonance in a.
- 9/10/2015
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The documentary "Song of Lahore" is described as a documentary that fills you with joy and makes you grin from ear to ear. Set against the backdrop of a Pakistan where rich cultural tradition found itself in decline as religious fundamentalism grew, an extraordinarily passionate and entertaining group of classical musicians find a new pathway to reinvigorate their art–unwittingly becoming a You Tube sensation with an invitation to play Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis.
The film was the runner-up for the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it premiered. This feature-length documentary by Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken is a dramatic journey into the past and future, essential for all music lovers.
Synopsis
With its ancient palaces and stately gardens, the Lahore of Pakistan's 1947 independence was a haven and a muse for musicians, artists, and poets. Today, this vision of Lahore exists only in myth. Islamization, ethnic divisions, war and corruption have torn apart the cultural fabric of Pakistan, and the sounds of the tabla no longer drift through the old city's bazaar. Against this backdrop, a group of highly talented musicians from Lahore’s Sachal Studios record a breakthrough album of innovative jazz classics that unexpectedly takes them from Lahore to New York City and a performance with iconic Wynton Marsalis.
"Song of Lahore" will have its L.A. premiere on Tuesday July 21st at 7:30pm at ArcLight Hollywood. Andy Schocken will be joining us for Q&A after the film, and a reception at the ArcLight bar.
You can purchase tickets to catch this film Here.
The film was the runner-up for the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it premiered. This feature-length documentary by Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken is a dramatic journey into the past and future, essential for all music lovers.
Synopsis
With its ancient palaces and stately gardens, the Lahore of Pakistan's 1947 independence was a haven and a muse for musicians, artists, and poets. Today, this vision of Lahore exists only in myth. Islamization, ethnic divisions, war and corruption have torn apart the cultural fabric of Pakistan, and the sounds of the tabla no longer drift through the old city's bazaar. Against this backdrop, a group of highly talented musicians from Lahore’s Sachal Studios record a breakthrough album of innovative jazz classics that unexpectedly takes them from Lahore to New York City and a performance with iconic Wynton Marsalis.
"Song of Lahore" will have its L.A. premiere on Tuesday July 21st at 7:30pm at ArcLight Hollywood. Andy Schocken will be joining us for Q&A after the film, and a reception at the ArcLight bar.
You can purchase tickets to catch this film Here.
- 7/20/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Vienna based Autlook Filmsales has snapped up international sales rights to Songs Of Lahore, the new feature doc from Sharmeen Obey - the first Pakistani ever to win an Oscar - and Andy Schocken.
Songs Of Lahore, which recently premiered in Tribeca, follows a group of musicians in Pakistan brought together to keep their musical traditions alive in the face of rising fundamentalist threats. When they release an album that receives worldwide acclaim, they are invited by Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis to perform with his orchestra at Lincoln Center.
“The unlikely combination of Pakistani traditional musicians and American Jazz legends is simply beautiful and magical,” said Autlook CEO Salma Abdalla.
“The drama and struggles of these gifted musicians is excellently crafted with a good dose of humor, the story develops into an unintended statement that arts can be incredibly important to pacify society. The story is more newsworthy than ever.”
Other titles...
Songs Of Lahore, which recently premiered in Tribeca, follows a group of musicians in Pakistan brought together to keep their musical traditions alive in the face of rising fundamentalist threats. When they release an album that receives worldwide acclaim, they are invited by Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis to perform with his orchestra at Lincoln Center.
“The unlikely combination of Pakistani traditional musicians and American Jazz legends is simply beautiful and magical,” said Autlook CEO Salma Abdalla.
“The drama and struggles of these gifted musicians is excellently crafted with a good dose of humor, the story develops into an unintended statement that arts can be incredibly important to pacify society. The story is more newsworthy than ever.”
Other titles...
- 5/14/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Over the weekend, the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival gave out their annual awards, putting a bow on the latest installment of the fest. It was a pretty solid festival, as far as I could tell, though in all fairness I saw less movies this year than I usually do at Tribeca. Still, the films that I did wind up privy to wound up impressing me, by and large. Most of my favorite titles weren’t cited by these awards, but one sort of was, and that was Leslye Headland’s wonderful Sleeping with Other People. That was a runner up (as you’ll see below), but it deserved plenty more. I personally would have given some awards to not just Sleeping with Other People, but also titles like Grandma, Misery Loves Comedy, and Slow West as well. I might do my own awards/best of piece later on in the week,...
- 4/27/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Tribeca top brass announced the winners of the two awards sponsored by At&T on Saturday as the festival neared its conclusion.
King Jack (pictured) directed by Felix Thompson won the Narrative award and TransFatty Lives by Patrick O’Brien took documentary honours.
Each award comes with a cash prize of $25,000. As part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards programme King Jack receives Rockets Over the Delta courtesy of Stephen Hannock and TransFatty Lives receives Taliban Relief Painting courtesy of Piers Secunda.
“The awards go to two powerful and charming stories of young men facing their deepest fears and overcoming their own challenges,” said Tribeca Film festival director Genna Terranova. “These fiction and non-fiction stories of triumph and resilience clearly resonated with audiences this year.”
Leslye Headland’s Sleeping With Other People directed was runner-up in the narrative strand and Song Of Lahore Andy Schocken and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was runner-up in the documentary section.
The festival...
King Jack (pictured) directed by Felix Thompson won the Narrative award and TransFatty Lives by Patrick O’Brien took documentary honours.
Each award comes with a cash prize of $25,000. As part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards programme King Jack receives Rockets Over the Delta courtesy of Stephen Hannock and TransFatty Lives receives Taliban Relief Painting courtesy of Piers Secunda.
“The awards go to two powerful and charming stories of young men facing their deepest fears and overcoming their own challenges,” said Tribeca Film festival director Genna Terranova. “These fiction and non-fiction stories of triumph and resilience clearly resonated with audiences this year.”
Leslye Headland’s Sleeping With Other People directed was runner-up in the narrative strand and Song Of Lahore Andy Schocken and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was runner-up in the documentary section.
The festival...
- 4/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmakers "Song of Lahore," from filmmakers Andy Schocken and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, is a documentary about a group of Pakistani classical musicians. Before the late 70s, the Pakistani city of Lahore was famous for its music; following the Islamization of Pakistan, many artists struggled to maintain their creative professions in the turbulent society. But the musicians profiled in "Song of Lahore" refused to give up, kept playing, and eventually attracted listeners from around the world. What's your film about in 140 characters or less? "Song of Lahore" follows several Pakistani classical musicians, and asks if there is still room for them in a society roiled by conflict. Now what's it Really about? For two years, we followed the lives of a group of Pakistani musicians who were brought together to keep their classical music alive. Most of them came from "Lollywood," the...
- 4/13/2015
- by Anya Jaremko-Greenwold
- Indiewire
Andrew Renzi‘s directorial debut about a third wheel starring Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning and Theo James, Reed Morano‘s relationship testing drama featuring Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson, Onur Tukel‘s secret unleashed on the airwaves and Gregory Kohn‘s hallucinatory tale with Eléonore Hendricks topling are part of the American independent offerings at the 14th Tribeca Film Festival. Renzi’s Franny and Morano’s Meadowland will be competing in the dozen selected in the World Narrative Competition while Tukel’s Applesauce and Kohn’s Come Down Molly are among the in the Viewpoints sidebar. Here are the selected titles below sans synopsis.
World Narrative Feature Competition (12)
The Adderall Diaries, directed and written by Pamela Romanowsky. (USA) – World Premiere.
Bridgend, directed by Jeppe Rønde, co-written by Jeppe Rønde, Torben Bech, and Peter Asmussen. (Denmark) – North American Premiere.
Dixieland, directed and written by Hank Bedford. (USA) – World Premiere
Franny, directed and written by Andrew Renzi.
World Narrative Feature Competition (12)
The Adderall Diaries, directed and written by Pamela Romanowsky. (USA) – World Premiere.
Bridgend, directed by Jeppe Rønde, co-written by Jeppe Rønde, Torben Bech, and Peter Asmussen. (Denmark) – North American Premiere.
Dixieland, directed and written by Hank Bedford. (USA) – World Premiere
Franny, directed and written by Andrew Renzi.
- 3/3/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Top brass at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff) presented by At&T have announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition and Viewpoints selections.
Organisers also said that At&T’s Film For All Friday will return with free screenings on April 24. The festival is set to run in New York City from April 15-26 and the festival hub is Spring Studios.
Tuesday’s announcement covers 51 films out of a total 97 features at the upcoming 14th edition. As previously announced, Tribeca will open with the documentary Live From New York!
The line-up includes world premieres of Andrew Renzi’s Franny starring Richard Gere, Pamela Romanowsky’s The Adderall Diaries with James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris and Cynthia Nixon and documentaries In My Father’s House by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg and In Transit from Albert Maysles and four co-directors.
Thirty of the festival’s feature film directors are women –the highest percentage in Tribeca history. Nine of...
Organisers also said that At&T’s Film For All Friday will return with free screenings on April 24. The festival is set to run in New York City from April 15-26 and the festival hub is Spring Studios.
Tuesday’s announcement covers 51 films out of a total 97 features at the upcoming 14th edition. As previously announced, Tribeca will open with the documentary Live From New York!
The line-up includes world premieres of Andrew Renzi’s Franny starring Richard Gere, Pamela Romanowsky’s The Adderall Diaries with James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris and Cynthia Nixon and documentaries In My Father’s House by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg and In Transit from Albert Maysles and four co-directors.
Thirty of the festival’s feature film directors are women –the highest percentage in Tribeca history. Nine of...
- 3/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner", debuts October 27, on HBO2 :
"...In 1994, a year after serving two terms as one of the most popular governors in modern Washington State history, Booth Gardner was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. In 2008, as his health continued to deteriorate, he returned to the political spotlight, this time as the driving force behind a ballot initiative that would legalize one’s choice to die..."
Oscar-nominated in the category 'Best Documentary (Short Subject)', "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner", chronicles the man's controversial crusade, looking at both sides of this debated issue.
"The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner", was produced by Henry Ansbacher/Davis Coombe and co-produced by Andy Schocken.
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"...In 1994, a year after serving two terms as one of the most popular governors in modern Washington State history, Booth Gardner was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. In 2008, as his health continued to deteriorate, he returned to the political spotlight, this time as the driving force behind a ballot initiative that would legalize one’s choice to die..."
Oscar-nominated in the category 'Best Documentary (Short Subject)', "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner", chronicles the man's controversial crusade, looking at both sides of this debated issue.
"The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner", was produced by Henry Ansbacher/Davis Coombe and co-produced by Andy Schocken.
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- 10/25/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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