Filmmaker Nithin Lukose’s debut feature Paka (River of Blood ) will have its world premiere at the 46th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will be held from September 9-18 2021.
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To be screened in the Discovery section, the film is a tale of two feuding families and a young couple that tries to overcome this hatred with love. Produced by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and Raj Rachakonda, Paka is set in Wayanad, Kerala, and stars a host of actors.
About the TIFF premiere, Nithin Lukose said in a press statement: “I’m delighted and honoured to see my directorial debut, Paka at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival. I was fascinated by the stories and myths my grandmother told me when I was young. Paka is a manifestation of that fascination. The idea was to tell a universal story that can appeal to the global audience while keeping the film rooted in the cultural attributes I grew up in.”
This year’s TIFF will be held in a hybrid way with both in-person and digital screenings.
