About Love

Archana Phadke
India
91 minutes
2019

Synopsis

Three generations of the Phadke family live and work together in South Mumbai. As they prepare for a family wedding, director Archana Atul Phadke, who is not in any hurry to marry, observes the shifting, often very funny household dynamics, as both her mother and grandmother wonder how they have tolerated their husbands for so long.

Other Details

Production Company
Tesla’s Pigeon, Storyteller Ink

PROGRAMS PARTICIPATED

Dare To Dream Asia

Achievement

BIFF Mecenat Fund
Asian Network of Documentaries
2017
New Talent Award, World Premiere
Sheffield Doc/Fest
2019
Best Documentary
Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart
2019
Asia Premiere
DMZ Docs
2019

Filmmakers

Archana Phadke
Archana Phadke
Director, Producer
Archana was a Berlinale Talent Campus 2017 alumni. Beside “About Love”, she has produced and edited feature-length documentaries such as “Placebo” and “Raghu Rai, An Unframed Portrait”. “Placebo” premiered at IDFA 2014, where it won the jury nomination for Best Film in First Appearance Category, and was screened at Hot Docs Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival and has secured a worldwide Netflix acquisition.
Abhay Kumar
Abhay Kumar
Producer
Abhay Kumar is a filmmaker, TED fellow and teacher from India. In 2011, Abhay’s hybrid short “Just that Sort of Day” became the first Indian animation film to compete at the Tribeca Film Festival, won the Best Film at Busan, Regensburg, and NYIFF, got 200 screenings at Centre Pompidou Museum, and picked up National Award in India. In 2014, Abhay’s hybrid feature documentary “Placebo” premiered at IDFA, winning the Best First Appearance. In 2016, Abhay was selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus.

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