Red Lorry Film Festival 2024: Oscar hopefuls ‘Universal Language’, ‘Hollywoodgate’ in lineup
The HinduRed Lorry Film Festival has announced the lineup for its second edition. The Hyderabad chapter is being called Red Lorry Film Festival: Parallel Verse. Canadian absurdist comedy-drama Universal Language, recently shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, is one of the marquee titles alongside Hollywoodgate, shortlisted in the Documentary Feature Film category. On the non-fiction front, 999: The Forgotten Girls, winner of the Audience Award at the Miami Jewish Film Festival, sheds light on a harrowing chapter of history, telling forgotten stories as 999 Jewish girls are secretly deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz, ordered to register for government work service as volunteers. After creating buzz at San Sebastian International Film Festival, Filmlovers!, a French autofiction essay film divided into different chapters that discuss the spectacular nature of cinema as memories, fiction and discoveries intertwine.