Anshul Chauhan's second feature film “Kontora”, has won the Best Picture in Japanese Feature category at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2020. An Indian Animator, CG artist, filmmaker has started his career as an animator in specialized for CG in Japan from 2011. Soon later, he made his first feature film “Bad Poetry Tokyo” (2017) while working at the animation studio. This woman-in-crisis drama won prizes at numerous festivals here and abroad. “Kontora” was another independent project for him, which he gathered the production crews and raised the full amount of the production fee by himself. Despite having no educational background for making films, he started his short films and warmed up the idea of “Kontora” for years. “Kontora” has already won the grand prix at the 23rd Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn in 2019. Also, it has received the Obayashi Prize at Japan Cuts in 2020, North America's largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema. After SKIP CITY, the film has already been booked by several film festivals including Japannual in Austria, Haifa International Film festival in Israel and more. Adam Torel, British film producer and one of the Jury members commented as “one of the most powerful films, which all the jury members have got amused by. The film with a lot of entertainment pieces so that everyone can enjoy.“
Free Stone Productions handles the international sales rights for “Kontora” along with his debut film “Bad Poetry Tokyo.” The sales start from this fall 2020.
