True Love Story (film)

True Love Story is a 2014 Indian animation short film written and directed by Gitanjali Rao. The silent film is a coming-of-age romance film set in streets of Mumbai, where a flower-seller falls in love with a bar dancer, that too in Bollywood-fantasy style.[1][2]

True Love Story
Directed byGitanjali Rao
Written byGitanjali Rao
Story byGitanjali Rao
Music byTapatam - EarthSync/Laya Project
Release date
Running time
19 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageSilent

In February 2014, the film won the Golden Conch Best Animation Film Award at the 2014 Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF).[3][4] At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival the film was one of 10 selected short films at Critics' Week.[1][5]

Her debut animation short, Printed Rainbow (2006) had won the Kodak Short Film Award, Small Golden Rail and the Young Critics Award at Critics Week section at Cannes in 2006. The film has also won the Golden Conch for Best Animation Film in the 2006 Mumbai International Film Festival.[6][7]

References
  1. "After 'Titli', 'True Love Story' at Cannes film fest". Livemint. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. "Gitanjali Rao' Short 'True Love Story' in Competition at Cannes Critics Week'14". AnimationXpress. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. Alaka Sahani (16 March 2014). "Moving Pictures". The Indian Express. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  4. "Bangladeshi documentary on climate change wins Golden Conch at Mumbai International Film Festival". The Times of India. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  5. "Cannes falls in love". The Indian Express. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  6. "Cannes Winners -Cannes Animations on FILMS short". filmsshort.com. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  7. "People : Matchbox journeys". The Hindu. 10 September 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2014.


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