WHAT’S THE STORY?
My fictional short film ‘LETTERS’ is an exceptional story of a Indian man serving the British army who was in charge of
censoring letters during the World War 2.
The uniqueness of the subject is that though it's fiction but it's set in
1944 ITALY during the Battle of MONTE CASSINO which was actually fought. The film draws lot of inspiration from the real letters written by soldiers to their
families. This film will take us back in time which was one of the darkest
periods of human history.
Our story is emotional and yet engaging and will
touch you deeply.
WHAT IS 'LETTER CENSORSHIP'? Letter censorship started during World War 1 and even continued in World War 2. It was basically to advise servicemen and other citizens to avoid careless talks concerning secure information that might be of use to the enemy.
And one way of doing so was by CENSORING LETTERS.
WHERE CAN THE FILM GO?
Such a
subject dealing with Nazis and World Wars have always been a favourite at
prestigious film festivals and for international awards whether it’s the
Oscars, BAFTA or the Cannes. My effort is to make the film of that standard
and quality so it can compete at that level.
And you valuable contribution to
meeting the target money required will make it possible for me and my team to
deliver standards of infinite excellence.
IT’S ME! WRITER-DIRECTOR
Hi! My
name is Nitin Shingal and I am the writer-director of the film ‘LETTERS’. My
journey as a filmmaker began in 2001 when after completing MBA from a top
business school in India and giving a lucrative corporate job, I came to Bombay
and worked in the film industry. During my formative years as a filmmaker I
worked as an assistant on some landmark films and with the biggest production
houses- Vinod Chopra Films and Yash Raj Films. I took a plunge to direct my own
films and in 2007 I made ‘KINDLE’ a psychological thriller, which was selected
and nominated at International festivals in Rome, Stuttgart, Karachi and
Florence. I also worked on Advertising films and worked on writing screenplays
for features. In 2016 I made another short film ‘RICE BOWL’ which was at the
Short Film Corner, Cannes and has been selected for film festivals in Karakoy (Turkey)
and Hague (Netherlands). It is still expecting results from a lot of festivals.
Apart from this I am producing an English language feature film set in Malaysia
in collaboration with a production house based in Singapore and Malaysia and
working on my feature films script to direct next year.
MY TEAM: I will make sure that there are top of the line DoP, Art Director, Costume Stylist, Sound Engineer, Post Production specialist, etc who have worked in big budgeted films and are well know for their work in India and Abroad.
WHAT WE NEED:
Friends,
the budget of the film is targeted USD 32,500. It will be top of the line filmmaking
and quality when it comes to camera, sound, lights and post- production etc.
The budget of the film is divided into Pre-production (16%), Production (47%),
Post -production (15%), Marketing/Advertising (17%) with some part kept buffer
for contingency (5%).
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However,
If I reach a mammoth figure of 2.1 million USD will make this idea into a full -length
feature film.
THAT WILL BE JUST AWESOME!
WHAT WE
CAN GIVE YOU:
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· Passes to our premiere
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