Gonella Productions

LANGUAGES: Marathi & English | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Mockumentary
Running Time: 7 Minutes 52 Seconds
Year of production: December 2020

SYNOPSIS

The First Wedding is a story about love. Bhumi and Akash fall In love and decide to get married, an unheard union in a world of otherwise only same sex couples. We see snippets of their life through self- recorded camcorder footage, and an interview discussing their decision to fight the system, and simply follow their hearts.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: camerawala films
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Purti S
Anuj Prabhu
Akshay Parvatkar
Aniket Gauns

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Akshay Parvatkar
Screenwriter: Akshay Parvatkar
Producer: Akshay Parvatkar
Director of Photography: Geetesh Gawas
Sound: Saiprakash Sakhalkar
Editing: Geetesh Gawas
Sound Editing: Geetesh Gawas
Music Composer: Sreesankar P

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Mockumentary
Sub-genre: Romance, Drama, Documentary
Language: Marathi & English
Country of origin: India
Year of production: December 2020
Total running time: 7 Minutes 52 Seconds
Shooting format: Digital (1080p)
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo

AWARDS

60 Years In 60 Hours - Best film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editing- 2020
Filmfare Short Film Awards- Best Actress - 2021
Crewbella Uniwood Film Festival- Best film - 2021
Daddy Deshmukh Film Festival - Best Film (2nd Runner up) - 2021
Golden Sparrow International Film Festival - Best film - 2021
Rolling Reels International Film Festival- Best Cinematography - 2021
Frames Film Festival Frames Film Festival- Best film (2nd Runner up) - 2021
Spectrum Cinefest- Best film (2nd Runner up) - 2021

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival- 2022
Clermont-Ferrand- 2022
Nexgn International Short Film Festival- 2021
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival- 2021
Belgaum International Short Film Festival- 2021
Bengaluru International Short Film Festival- 2021
Sindhudurg International Short Film Festival- 2021
International Short Film Festival Of India ( Isffi)- 2021
Mumbai Independent Film Festival Mumbai Independent Film Festival- 2021
Queerflix Film Festival- 2021