After its well received premiere at Tribeca Festival in June last year, Pan Nalin’s love letter to cinema Last Film Show went on to capture the hearts of festivalgoers all over the world.
Starring newcomer Bhavin Rabari, it tells the story of Samay, a country boy whose life is changed forever during a trip to see a Bollywood movie with his family.
Soon after, Samay befriends the projectionist at the cinema and begins to play truant, causing a rift with his overbearing but well-meaning father.
Speaking during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: International award-season event, Nalin revealed that Samay’s story was close to his own. “The movie is loosely inspired by my own childhood, growing up as a kid in Western India in the state of Gujarat.
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