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CBC Prince Edward Island, Canada - After winning accolades in Canada, the New Delhi-set film Amal from Toronto director Richie Mehta has been named the best independent film of 2007 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. “This is a great honour,” Mehta, who is based in Miss., Ont., said in a release Monday of the prize he received on the weekend. “We made this film because I wanted to tell this story to audiences all over the world. To have achieved that, and now be recognized outside of Canada by a festival as highly respected as Santa Barbara, is thrilling.” Filmed in New Delhi, Amal explores contemporary life in India through a portrait of a poor but selfless rickshaw driver whose simple act of kindness towards a seemingly homeless man sets off powerful ripples in the community… [Full Story] |
