Supermen of Malegaon

• Genre: Comedy, Documentary
• Director: Faiza Ahmed Khan
• Produced by The Asian Pitch


• Opening at BIG Cinemas, Movie 8, Edison, NJ on June 25
  
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• Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is wrought with communal tension and economic depression. To escape the harsh reality of their world, its people seek refuge in the fantastical world of cinema. This passion for cinema has spurred a group of cinema enthusiasts to make their own films--quirky, low budget, socially aware and notoriously funny spoofs of Bollywood films.
• Now, we follow them on their latest venture as they take on for the first time a Hollywood classic: Superman. As the film begins to take shape through schemes and approaches that are sublimely ingenious, simply bizarre, and purely hysterical, we also slowly discover Malegaon itself. Occasionally hilarious, occasionally tragic, and always heartwarming, Supermen of Malegaon is a tribute to the undefeatable spirit of filmmaking.

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• B-est, Romania - March 2009
  Full Frame Documentary Festival, Durham, USA - April 2009
  Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, USA - April 25, 2009
  Gdansk Documentary Film Festival, Poland - Apr 2009
  Documenta Madrid, Spain - May 2nd 2009
  Doc Aviv, Israel - May 2009
  AFI Discovery Channel Silverdocs Film Festival, USA - June 2009
  Karlovy Vary International FIlm Festival, Czech Republic- July 2009
  Golden Apricot (Armenia) July 2009
  FID Marseille - July 2009
  Bollywood and Beyond (Germany) July 2009
  Expresion en Corto IFF, Mexico - July 2009
  Film South Asia, Nepal- Sep 2009
  ISAFF, Seattle - October 2009
  Osian Cinefan, Delhi, Oct 2009
  IFFI, Goa, Nov 2009
  1001 Int'l Doc Fest, Istanbul, Dec 2009
  Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore, Dec 2009
  
  
  AWARDS
  Jury Award for Best Documentary at Asiatica Film Mediale, Rome, 2008
  Jury Award for Best Documentary at Kara Film Festival, Pakistan, 2009
  Special Mention at Best Film Festival, Romania, 2009
  Audience Choice Award for Documentary, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) , Apr 2009
  Golden Camera Award for Best Documentary, US International Film and Video Festival, June 2009
  Gold Awards for Editing and Best Documentary and
  a Silver Award for Sound Design, IDPA, July 2009
  Best Documentary at Bollywood and Beyond, Stuttgart
  Best Debut Film at Film South Asia, Nepal-Sep 2009
  Best Editing at the Asian TV Awards, Singapore, Dec 2009
  Best Editing, Documentary and Director at the Asian Festival of First Films, Singpore, Dec 2009