Marathi-language feature “Cactus Pears” (“Sabar Bonda”) continued its festival winning streak by taking home the Best Feature Film Award at the inaugural SXSW London festival.
The award was announced by the festival’s features jury, comprising writer-director Julia Jackman, actor Archie Madekwe and actor-writer Susan Wokoma.
Directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade in his feature debut, “Cactus Pears” follows two men navigating societal pressures in a rural Indian community. The story centers on Anand, a 30-something city dweller forced to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in western India’s countryside, where he bonds with Balya, a local farmer struggling to remain unmarried. As the mourning period ends and
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