Power couple actor-producer duo, Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal are all super excited as their maiden production venture, “Girls Will Be Girls” is set to premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in the highly competitive World Dramatic Feature category.
The feature has been selected from among the thousands that are submitted every year, as Sundance is among the biggest film festivals in the world.
“Girls Will Be Girls” is one of the exclusive 16 films chosen to participate in the competition section of the festival. This accomplishment positions the film among a select few Indian narrative feature films to have achieved such recognition at Sundance.
Directed by Shuchi Talati, the film is a compelling story set in a boarding school in a small Himalayan hill town in northern India. It follows the journey of Mira, a 16-year-old girl whose rebellious awakening is intertwined with her mother’s unfulfilled coming-of-age experiences.
Produced under the banner Pushing Buttons Studios, launched by Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal in March 2021, “Girls Will Be Girls” marks their venture into film production. The cast includes multi-award winning Malayalam film actress Kani Kusruti, Jitin Gulati alongside debutants Preeti Panigrahi and Kesav Binoy Kiron in lead roles.
The film is an Indo-French co-production which is being jointly produced by Pushing Buttons Studios, Crawling Angel Films and the French company, Dolce Vita Films.
‘Girls Will Be Girls’ has already garnered international acclaim, receiving international grants including the Cinema Du Monde, the Arte Kino Prize and the VFF Talent Highlight Award. It was the Berlinale Talents Project Market in 2022.
