Sandalwood filmmaker
Pawan Kumar began his tryst with bringing like-minded filmmakers together by starting the Filmmakers' United Club, or FUC as it has become to be known popularly, during the lockdown. In over a month, the film club has had over 30 prominent names from the film industry joining it. These include filmmakers from Kannada industry as well as some from the other South Indian film industries too.
Ever since the inception, the filmmakers have been posting screenshots of their regular virtual meetings, as well as some of their virtual round table discussions have been shared online. There has also been a forum created for people to engage in dialogue on cinema and share their thoughts.
This weekend, the FUC is organising a special discussion on Women In Cinema, which will feature the women filmmakers who are a part of the group. Actress, singer, filmmaker and entertainer
Pallavi MD
will be chairing this live session that will be telecast live virtually.
The session will feature three feature film directors from Karnataka, one documentary film director from Karnataka and one filmmaker from Hyderabad. The participants include
Champa Shetty
of
Ammachi Yemba Nenapu
fame, multiple award winning filmmaker
Kavitha Lankesh, filmmaker
Ananya Kasaravalli, documentary filmmaker
Vrinda Samartha
and Telugu filmmaker
Nandini Reddy
.