Pink Lorry Movie Pageant to open with Amanda Seyfried-starrer ‘Testomony of Ann Lee’

New Delhi: ‘Testomony of Ann Lee’, starring Amanda Seyfried, will function the opening movie on the third version of the upcoming Pink Lorry Movie Pageant, the organisers introduced.

The three-day pageant will kickstart from March 13 to fifteen and can be hosted at INOX Maison, Jio World Drive Plaza, BKC, with satellite tv for pc screenings at PVR ICON, PVR Metropolis Mall, PVR Dynamix and Cinepolis Enjoyable Republic.

The movie is directed by Mona Fastvold and options Seyfried within the function of Ann Lee. The historic drama explores the lifetime of Ann Lee, founding father of the Shaker non secular motion, tracing her journey from persecution in England to changing into a religious chief in america. It premiered in competitors on the Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant.

Martin Bourboulon’s directorial ‘13 Days, 13 Nights’, a French political thriller, primarily based on the real-life evacuation of the French Embassy in Kabul throughout the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, would be the closing movie of the pageant.

The highlight function of the pageant was introduced because the TIFF and Busan choice ‘Bayaan’. Directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra, it options Huma Qureshi, Chandrachur Singh, Sachin Khedekar and others. The pink carpet screening will embrace the solid and crew in attendance, in keeping with a press launch.

Curated by ‘BookMyShow’, the pageant will showcase over 120 movies, that includes a mixture of world premieres, restored classics and tributes to cinematic legends.

Among the many highlights this yr is ‘Femme Lens’, a piece led by filmmaker Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, spotlighting movies by girls administrators from world wide and celebrating feminine views in storytelling.

The pageant may even host the ‘French IP Market’, geared toward connecting French mental properties with producers and studios from India and Southeast Asia for potential display screen variations, together with a particular showcase of up to date French cinema and curated worldwide titles.