Runanubandha - The HE without HIM

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Runanubandha-The HE without HIM
Directed by Amartya Bhattacharyya
Written byAmartya Bhattacharyya
Produced bySwastik choudhury
StarringPriyanka Ghosh Roy
Swastik Choudhury
Urbi Sengupta
Tushar Ray
Susant Misra
CinematographyAmartya Bhattacharyya
Edited byAmartya Bhattacharyya
Music byKisaloy Roy
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Bengali

Runanubandha - The HE without HIM [1] is a 2018 Bengali language independent feature film written and directed by Amartya Bhattacharyya. The film premiered at the International competition section (Innovation in Moving Images) at the 24h Kolkata International Film Festival. [2]

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The film had its Russian Premiere at the prestigious 41st Moscow International Film Festival 2019. [3] Amartya Bhattacharyya won the Best Editing award [4] for Runanubandha at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival 2019 in Canada.

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Film festival screenings

YearFestivalPlace
201824th Kolkata International Film Festival [5] Kolkata, India
201941st Moscow International Film Festival [6] Moscow, Russia
14th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film FestivalIndonesia
17th Oakland International Film Festival [7] Oakland, USA
7th Toulouse Indian Film Festival [8] France
7th Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival [9] Ontario, Canada
Ethiopian International Film FestivalEthiopia
4th London Bengali Film Festival [10] London, UK
11th Bengaluru International Film Festival [11] Bengaluru, India
Nitte International Film FestivalMangaluru, India
14th International Film Festival of ThrissurKerala, India
3rd Bengaluru Bengali-Kannada Film FestivalBengaluru, India
Cardiff International Film FestivalWales, UK
Bayelsa International Film FestivalBayelsa, Nigeria
Pondicherry International Film Festival [12] Pondicherry, India
Directors Cut Int'l Film Festival [13] British Columbia, Canada
Kazcha Indie Film FestivalKerala, India
Chatham-Kent International Film Festival [14] Ontario, Canada

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