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Indian Women’s Collective Boards Oscars Contender ‘Bittu’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Naman Ramachandran Newly formed cinema collective Indian Women Rising has boarded Student Academy Award-winning short film “Bittu” as presenter.

IWR will shepherd the film through its Oscar campaign.Based on a real life incident from 2013, “Bittu” is based on the story of a close friendship between two girls (played by Rani Kumari and Renu Kumari) in northern India that is eclipsed by an accidental poisoning at school.

It is directed by Karishma Dev Dube and “Bittu” is her New York University thesis film.“Bittu” won a silver medal at the Student Academy Awards in 2020.

That makes it eligible for the 2021 Oscars in the best live action short category.“Bittu” has also had a stellar festival run, having played the BFI London Film Festival,.

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