Overview

• Festival Director Mitu Bhowmick Lange called Boong "a story that is as bold as it is intimate" when announcing its centrepiece selection
• Lakshmipriya Devi makes her directorial debut after years as first assistant director on projects including Luck by Chance, Talaash, PK and A Suitable Boy
• Backed by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment, the film highlights growing industry support for regional-language storytelling
• Boong premiered in TIFF 2024’s Discovery section and has since won awards at the International South Asian Film Festival, the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and The Indie Meme Film Festival
• Certified 'U' by India’s CBFC earlier this year, Boong will have its Victorian state premiere on August 18 during IFFM’s August 14–24 run