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Indo-Israeli co-production 'Murders Too Close - Love too Far' selected for Lakes Noir festival

Indo-Israeli co-production 'Murders Too Close - Love too Far' selected for Lakes Noir festival

Here's the latest update from the Bollywood world:

Jerusalem, "Murders Too Close - Love too Far", the first Indo-Israeli co-production, has been selected for the Lakes Noir International Movie Festival in Italy that specialises in thrillers, noir, and crime films.

Adding to this, Indo-Israeli co-production 'Murders Too Close - Love too Far' selected for Lakes Noir festival Renowned Israeli filmmaker Dan Wolman, known for making movies such as "Floch", "My Michael", "An Israeli Love Story" and "Valley of Strength", has co-directed the murder mystery with Indian filmmaker Manju Borah.

Meanwhile, The movie will be presented under the Omicidi troppo vicini segment at Lakes Noir, which will run from September 24 to 27 in Varese and Luino, Italy.

Notably, "My heartfelt thanks to Manju Borah who unfortunately cannot join me there and to the entire movie crew in Assam for their dedication, talent, and spirit of collaboration, and to our editor, Eyal Amir, for his sensitive and creative work in shaping the movie", the filmmaker told PTI.

As per the latest buzz, "I'm grateful to the festival for this recognition and delighted that the movie will meet new audiences", he added.

In further updates, In an earlier interview with PTI, the Israeli filmmaker had shared that the movie was conceived in the aftermath of the tragic Nirbhaya case that shook India.

On top of that, "On December 28, 2012, I attended the New Delhi International Movie Festival with my movie 'Gei Oni' . A few days earlier , the horrific gang rape and murder , had happened. I was there in the streets of Delhi witnessing the huge demonstrations and marches of mainly women after the incident", Wolman shared.

"It was then and there that the idea for the movie 'Murder Too Close - Love Too Far' was born. I wrote to my friend Manju Borah from Assam about my idea and fortunately she agreed to co - produce and co – direct the movie with me," he shared.

Source: Hindustan Times