'The Good Road' to be opening film at IFFH

'The Good Road’, India's Oscar entry, will be the opening film of the prestigious Indian Film Festival, Houston (IFFH) festival which is to be held in October. It will be the first prestigious Indian festival that the film will be represented after being selected as India's entry for the Oscar!
Film producer and Festival founder Sutapa Ghosh says, "We love Bollywood, but we're beyond Bollywood.The new generation has evolved into something new now. There was stagnation for a long time where we were doing the same thing over and over. Now, the younger generation is doing something different. We have documentaries, short films, off-beat independent films. We want to showcase the best of Indian related cinema at the world stage"
The focus of the Indian Film Festival, Houston is on its artistic roots, courting celebrated directors and not flashy blockbusters. The festival is positioning itself as the film festival with high concept content related films, short films and documentaries, with a special focus on Directors Vision, rather than stars driven films.
The festival showcases Indian related films that can compete in the world stage and beyond Bollywood zany entertainers. The 5th Annual IFFH will be held on between Oct 4 and 6.
The documentary Smile Pinky, which won the award for Best Documentary at IFFH 2009, had won the Oscars for Best Documentary.