The World Premiere of Footprints is on June 17, 2022, at 7:30
pm
Central Parkway Cinemas at 377 Burnhamthorpe Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5A
3Y1
(The film will be rescreened on June 18th and 19th same time and place. Get your tickets now!)
BOLLYWOOD actors SARFRAZ KHAN & UPPEKHA JAIN will join the celebrations.
Sarfraz is the son of the late legendary actor KADER KHAN and is known for his roles inblockbusters like Wanted, Tere Naam, MilengeMilenge, and Once Upon a Time in MumbaaiDobara, to name a few.
Uppekha is a Former Miss India Worldwide, Miss India-Canada Worldwide, and the first Canadian actor to land a starring role on Star Plus prime-time Indian TV soap opera Saath Nibhana Saathiya.
In conversation with the Javid Banday:
Please tell me what inspired you to make FOOTPRINTS?
My inspiration for making Footprints was to tell a well visceral story in the backdrop of Kashmir. My first love is writing. I have written a few award-winning scripts in the past. The writer always keeps victualing his characters and scene while writing them. As a director, we get an opportunity to bring our characters to life; we interact with the characters and have their input about the characters; overall, that's an inspiring and exciting experience for a writer turned director.
What was the biggest challenge in completing this film?
Location –
was the biggest challenge for our film. My base is in Canada, and arranging a
film shoot in another part of the world is a big challenge, especially for an
Indi filmmaker like me. However, since I was born and brought up there, I was
pretty fortunate to have a dedicated local team behind me to make it happen.
Fortunately, the challenge "Locations" turned out to be the USP of
our film. Kashmir is a character in our movie, and its mesmerizing and
breathtaking beauty will always leave its footprints in people's memories.
ABOUT
THE WRITER, PRODUCER & DIRECTOR
While working in India, UAE, and Canada, Javid Banday gained extensive experience in radio, television, and film production.
He started his career as a Transmission Executive (programs) from Indian Broadcasting Corporation (India) and served in Dubai Television (UAE) for five years before migrating to Canada in 2006.
Javid achieved his postgrad diploma in film studies from Sheridan College, Canada. He then formed a media production company,Mediamark International Corp., in 2010, which turned into a trusted source in television and advertising and the film industry.
He has written, directed, and produced about 40 Ad films, ten feature, and documentary films for independent film houses.
Javid juggled
several production hats with various Bollywood movies that have traveled
worldwide to various film festivals, including Cannes Film Festival, Toronto
Film Festival, and UK Asian Film Festival.
List of achievements:
- He has several
associations with Bollywood projects as a Writer/Producer/Director. Two
particular projects, "Identity Card-Ek Lifeline" and "Side
A & Side B,” World premiered at Cannes Film Fest in 2017.
- He
scripted, produced, and directed the Feature Film "The Footprints,"
scheduled to be released in theaters in Canada this summer.
- "The
Million Dollar Nomad" is an Indo-Canadian project shot in France,
Holland, Switzerland & India that got backed by one of the top-notch
American Distribution Companies, House of Film, known for nine Award-winning
Academy films.
- He
scripted, directed & produced a short film, "The Stanger,"
that got into the Cannes Short Film Corner 2016.
- In 1994,
Javid bagged India’s prestigious National Award for Best Documentary of the Year for
"He was a Reality" (Who Ek SachTha).
- In 1994, Javid earned yet another accolade for "One Day of Peace," a documentary based on the topic of the year, declared by UNESCO (UNO): "Tolerance.” The documentary won nominations for "Prix Italia International Awards."
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