Indian filmmaker Kanu Behl directorial “Titli” has bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC).
This is the first time an Indian film has won this award. The film, co-produced by Dibakar Banerjee Productions Pvt Ltd and Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films, features actors Ranvir Shorey, Amit Sial, Shashank Arora, Lalit Behl and Shivani Raghuvanshi in the lead roles.
Titli has earlier won at various international film festivals at places like Bordeaux, Hawaii, New York, Turkey and Spain. It is a story of dysfunctional family and young boy’s struggle to escape his oppressive family. The film ‘Titli- har family, family nahi hoti’ was released across India on 30 October 2015.
About French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (FSCC) awards
- These annual awards are presented in four prestigious categories like Best French Film, Best First Foreign Film, Best International Film and Best Short Film.
- FSCC is also organiser of the International Critics Week which is the oldest parallel competitive section of the Cannes International Film Festival.