Film Society of Ahmedabad (FSA) are back with their second screening and seeing as many students across the state of Gujarat have their exams coming up soon, what better way to mark the occasion than by screening the Thai hit sensation “Bad Genius”?
Date: Tuesday, 26th January, 2021.
Venue: New Fangled Miniplex, Block-O, Safal Mondeal Retail Park, Besides Iscon Mega Mall, SG Highway.
Time: 4:00pm
Entry is limited, but this screening is free-of-cost.
Synopsis: Even by 9th grade, Lynn is already a classic overachiever, so skilled in math that she can immediately calculate what it's going to cost her widowed dad to accept a scholarship that promises free tuition and better opportunities for her after graduation. But after helping her panic-stricken best friend Grace get through a tough multiple-choice exam, she inadvertently discovers an exploding market of students with lots of money and little interest in studying, eventually developing an ingenious series of hand signals to shepherd her classmates through the dehumanizing standardized tests that will determine their college prospects. In the meantime, Bank, her chief rival at school, is a straight-arrow student afraid enough of himself getting in trouble that he's willing to rat on anyone else to avoid even the impression of impropriety.
Awards:
New York Asian Film Festival: Jury Award, Rising Star Award.
Fantasia International Film Festival: Best Director, Best Film, Best Asian Feature, Most Innovative Feature Film.
Fantastic Fest: Best Picture- Thriller Features.
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival: Menkes Audience Choice Award
Suphannahong National Film Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Recording and Sound Mixing, Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design.
Asian Film Awards: Best Newcomer.
Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Original Score.
FSA are working with the venue to ensure that all safety precautions are taken and that the government-mandated My Safety Guidelines are strictly followed. The venue, New Fangled Miniplex, is already a small, intimate establishment and they will be operating at a further 50% reduced capacity only.
So please rest assured and if you would like to enjoy a highly entertaining film that can best be described as “a heist thriller set within an examination hall”, join Film Society of Ahmedabad this Tuesday, 26th January, 2021, at 4pm.
