Los Angeles, Feb. 14 -- France's Blue Monday Productions has joined Kerala-set drama "Kurinji" as a co-producer alongside US-based FilmKaravan and India's Eastern Eagle Production, Variety reported. The collaboration was officially unveiled at Berlin's European Film Market.
Helmed by filmmaker Payal Sethi, the project was first presented at Berlinale Talents Script Station before receiving the Kompagnon Fellowship from Perspektive Deutsches Kino and Berlinale Talents in 2022.
It later took top honors at the 2024 NFDC Film Bazaar co-production market in Goa. Variety notes that the international co-production marks a major step in bringing the film to global audiences.
Set in southern India, "Kurinji" follows Laly, a wife and mother whose ...