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Girls Will Be Girls (2024 film)

Girls Will Be Girls (stylized in all-lowercase; Hindi: गर्ल्स विल बी गर्ल्स) is a 2024 Indo-French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Shuchi Talati.[1][2][3] It stars Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, and Kesav Binoy Kiron.[4] The film is director Talati's first feature, and the debut of Panigrahi and Kiron.[5] The film is set in a boarding school in the Himalayan foothills, and centers around the teenage protagonist Mira's romance with a charming new student, her subsequent sexual-awakening, and at times strained relationship to her protective mother.[6]

Girls Will Be Girls
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShuchi Talati
Written byShuchi Talati
Produced byRicha Chadha
Claire Chassagne
Shuchi Talati
StarringPreeti Panigrahi
Kesav Binoy Kiron
Kani Kusruti
CinematographyJih-E Peng
Edited byAmrita David
Music byPierre Oberkampf
Sneha Khanwalkar
Production
companies
Pushing Buttons Studios
Blink Digital
Cinema Inutile
Crawling Angel Films
Dolce Vita Films
Distributed byLuxbox
Release date
  • January 2024 (2024-01) (Sundance)
Running time
118 minutes
CountriesIndia
France
LanguagesIndian English
Hindi

The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, participating in the competition section of the festival.[7]

Cast

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Production

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Talati conceived the story of the film in 2018, drawing from her own experiences as a young girl, her school in Vadodara, and Enid Blyton's book series Malory Towers and St. Clare's. At the direction of Talati, the film was produced by a majority female crew in order to create a safe space where "girls could be girls." The female crew include producers Claire Chassange and Richa Chadha, Taiwanese cinematographer Jih-E Peng, production designer Avyakta Kapur, and editor Amrita David.[1] The film was produced by Pushing Buttons Studios, and received a production grant from the French Aide aux Cinemas du Monde in 2021.[8] It was shot over 45 days in the northern Indian region of Uttarakhand, and in the capital Dehradun.[9][10]

Release

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The film had its premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, participating in the competition section of the festival in January 2024.

The film also entered for the 47th iteration of the Gothenburg Film Festival.[11]

The film was screened in 'Horizons' at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 28 June 2024.[12]

The film was screened in 'Narrative New Waves' at the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival on 12 September 2024.[13]

It was also invited at the 29th Busan International Film Festival in 'Special program in focus' Teenage Minds, Teenage Movies section and it will be screened in October 2024.[14]

The film was selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024, where it competed in the South Asia Competition section in October 2024. It received a special mention from the jury, as well as the NETPAC award, the Young Critics Choice Award, and the Film Critics Guild Gender Sensitivity Award.[15]

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 44 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10.[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 79 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[17]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ganesan, Ranjita (26 January 2024). "Why Indo-French movie 'Girls Will Be Girls' was shot by a mostly female crew". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ Nalini, Snigdha (19 January 2024). "'Girls Will Be Girls' Trailer Review: Richa Chadha-Ali Fazal Maiden Production Is Not Your Average Coming-Of-Age Story". Outlook India. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Girls Will Be Girls". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ Talati, Shuchi (20 January 2024), Girls Will Be Girls (Drama, Romance), Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron, Blink Digital, Cinema Inutile, Crawling Angel Films, retrieved 1 February 2024
  5. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (4 November 2022). "Ali Fazal, Richa Chadha's Indo-French Coproduction 'Girls Will Be Girls' Starts Shoot (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Girls Will Be Girls review: Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal's maiden production portraits a complex mother-daughter relationship". Hindustan Times. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal's debut production 'Girls Will Be Girls' to premiere at Sundance Film Festival". The Indian Express. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (21 December 2021). "Ali Fazal, Richa Chadha's Pushing Buttons Studios Gets French Grant for 'Girls Will Be Girls' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  9. ^ Service, Express News (18 January 2023). "It's a wrap for Girls Will be Girls". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal shoot a teaser in Dehradun for their production debut 'Girls Will Be Girls'". www.indulgexpress.com. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Girls Will Be Girls". Göteborg Film Festival (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Catalogue of Films – Horizons". The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Girls Will Be Girls". Atlantic International Film Festival. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  14. ^ "The 29th BIFF announces Special Program in Focus 'Teen Spirit, Teen Movie'". Busan International Film Festival. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Rhythm of a Flower by Amit Dutta won the Golden Gateway Award and Nocturnes by Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan won Silver award at the closing ceremony of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024". Firstpost. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Girls Will Be Girls". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 4 September 2024.  
  17. ^ "Girls Will Be Girls". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  18. ^ Desai, Rahul (29 January 2024). "Sundance 2024: 'Girls Will Be Girls' is a Sublime Story of Discovery and Reckoning". www.filmcompanion.in. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  19. ^ "2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces Award Winners". www.sundance.org. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  20. ^ Staff, The Gotham (29 October 2024). "The Gothams Announce Award Nominees for 34th Edition | The Gotham". Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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