Raman Raghav 2.0 to compete at Sydney Film Festival

By - IANS

MAY 12,2016

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap39s forthcoming thriller "Raman Raghav 2.0" will compete at the Sydney Film Festival 2016.The film will compete with 11 other titles at the event to be held between June 8 and 19, according to the official website of the Sydney Film Festival.Confirming this, Kashyap tweeted: "39Raman Raghav 2.039 in competition at Sydney."The jury comprising five international and Australian filmmakers and industry professionals will award a cash prize of 60,000 at the closing night ceremony on June 19. The 2016 Official Competition jury members are: Jury president, international programmer and producer Simon Field Britain writer, director and producer Robert Connolly Australia, Dublin International Film Festival director Grinne Humphreys Ireland, producer Bridget Ikin Australia and documentarian Kazuhiro Soda Japan."Apprentice", "Aquarius", "Certain Women", "The Childhood of a Leader", "The Endless River", "Goldstone", "It39s Only the End of the World", "Land of Mine", "Letters from War", "Notes on Blindness" and "Viva" are the rest of the films competing with "Raman Raghav 2.0" "Psycho Raman". "Raman Raghav 2.0" will also premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival39s 39Directors39 Fortnight39 section this year. The film, which stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vicky Kaushal, is slated for a June 24 release.