LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA now eligible for Golden Globes!
A NEW HIGH FOR THIS DESI FILM, WHICH HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH ITS FAIR SHARE OF CONTROVERSIES IN INDIA. IT WILL BE SHOWN FOR THE OPENING NIGHT SCREENING AT IFF, LA
Lipstick Under My Burkha will be the opening film of the International Film Festival of Los Angeles this week — was announced as an official Hollywood Foreign Press Association Screening of the film.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has chosen the film for screening at opening night of International Film Festival of Los Angeles, which signifies that the film is officially qualifed for screening at the Golden Globe Awards. This is a huge honour for the film.
The Golden Globes, the prestigious film and TV awards in America, is run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
“We are honoured that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has chosen our opening night film, Lipstick Under My Burkha, to be an official Golden Globes qualifying screening. The director of the film will now have the opportunity to properly plan a Golden Globes campaign, should she choose to submit the film for nomination. Our goal in working closely with Hollywood Foreign Press Association is to ensure that the Golden Globes are on the radar of filmmakers in India and that they become more and more aware of this platform and can begin to formulate their strategy,” said Christina Marouda, Director, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
An ecstatic Alankrita Shrivastava, director of the film said, “It is a real honour to have our film be chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as worthy enough to be eligible for the Golden Globes. I am glad that the prestigious HFPA thought our film has the potential to run for the Golden Globes.”
Prakash Jha, producer, said, “Lipstick Under My Burkha is a very universal film, it transcends cultures and countries. I am glad that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognised that quality and made the IFFLA opening of Lipstick Under My Burkha an official screening of the HFPA, thus making our film eligible for the Golden
It is a real honour to have our film be chosen by HFPA — ALANKRITA SHRIVASTAVA, DIRECTOR