More than 120 titles, including feature films, have been set to be screened at the ongoing Red Lorry Film Festival. However, some films captured audiences' imaginations more than others at the festival from BookMyShow being held in Mumbai. As a result of the high demand from audiences, the festival has decided to hold additional screenings of films such as Hamnet, Sentimental Value, The President's Cake, and No Other Choice, thus providing them with a chance to experience critically acclaimed international cinema once again on the big screens.
Sentimental Value, No Other Choice, and Hamnet have been added to INOX Maison screens, while The President’s Cake is set to be previewed PVR ICON in Andheri today. Notably, Hamnet will be available at INOX Maison even after Red Lorry Film Festival ends later this Sunday.
The addition of these films' screenings in the festival reflects its attempts to cater to cinephiles' enthusiasm for globally celebrated cinema. Speaking about the additions, BookMyShow's Cinemas CEO and the Festival Director, Ashish Saksena, stated that the response from the viewers to the event has been encouraging. "The excitement and engagement from audiences has been incredible. Adding these screenings allows more viewers to experience some of the remarkable films that are part of this year’s programme," Ashish said.
Notably, the audience excitement is partly owing to the fact that some of the aforementioned films are nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards. Hamnet has eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Jessie Buckley, Best Director for Chloe Zhao, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell. On the other hand, Sentimental Value has nine nominations, including Best Director for Joachim Trier, Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Editing for Olivier Bugge Coutté, Best Actress for Renate Reinsve, Best Original Screenplay for Eskil Vogt and Trier, Best Supporting Actress for both Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Best Supporting Actor for Stellan Skarsgard.