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Scotland’s Momentum Films Launches at Cannes, Looks to South Asia With Diverse Projects (EXCLUSIVE)


Glasgow-based Momentum Films, led by producer Rakasree Basu, has officially launched at the Cannes Film Festival's market.

The company is focusing on developing original stories by converging the Scottish and the South Asian cinematic landscapes across feature films, high end television and narrative documentaries. The Tamil-language film explores the underlying complexity of the idea of identity through the story of a young man growing up in an orphanage in India when his quest for freedom become an endless pursuit. His short, “A Border Between Us,” supported by the Scottish Documentary Institute and Screen Scotland, premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2023 and was selected at DC/DOX in 2024.

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