Celluloid Dreams The Directors Label

   

An intimate and rewarding documentary… Unbearably moving.
VARIETY

A miraculous mini-epic…terrifically warm, watchable film-making
THE GUARDIAN

Sandhya Suri strikes humanist gold in her feature-filmmaking debut…one of the richest documentaries of the year
VILLAGE VOICE

A movie that’s both deeply personal and surprisingly universal
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Throughout Suri has managed to weave together the personal and the bigger picture with tact, empathy and adeptness, creating a profound and profoundly moving film that any director could be proud of; as a debut, it’s formidably accomplished
SIGHT AND SOUND

A remarkable meditation on the agonies and enigmas of migration
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

A compelling piece of social history that is also a deeply moving domestic melodrama
EMPIRE

A fascinating, heartrending, beautifully compiled glimpse into one expatriate family’s filmed self-portrait
FILM FOUR

Delightful…seductive…a lovely and thoughtful film
TIME OUT

A picture of cultural displacement and Anglo-Indian rapprochement almost worthy of EM Forster…warm, insightful and tragicomic
FINANCIAL TIMES

A cinematic journal spun tight with drama and intrigue…a rare and precious insight into the immigrant experience
BBC

Emotionally gripping, smartly crafted and affecting
INDIEWIRE

Penetrating and powerful
TOTAL FILM

A ravishing film-on-film commentary
SLANT

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