Ere Gowda
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Occupation | Film maker[1] |
Years active | 2010–present |
Ere Gowda (Kannada: ಈರೇಗೌಡ) is a Kannada film director known for his award-winning Kannada movie Balekempa. He was also the screenwriter of the award-winning Kannada film Thithi directed by Raam Reddy.[2]
He is also a motivational speaker.[3] and has given talks at INK talks and several international conferences. His film Balekempa was listed under the ten most notable films at IFFR.[4]
Ere Gowda worked as a security guard in Mysore after finishing his schooling due to family financial problems. Later[when?] he moved to Bangalore, where he worked under Anita Reddy, a well known social worker. After finding that Gowda was interested in photography and camera work, Anita Reddy gave him a chance to document the activities of several nonprofit organizations around Bangalore. Gowda's dedication and interest in film making gave him a chance to work in several short films with her son Raam Reddy.[citation needed]
In 2015 when Raam Reddy completed his film studies at Prague Film School, they worked together to make the film Thithi.[5] In 2017 Gowda wrote and directed his next Kannada movie Balekempa. The film has won several awards and is expected to be in theaters in 2019.
Year | Title | Credit | Year | Country | Film Festival | Category | Award | |
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2019 | Sarala Virala | Writer / Director | 2019 | India | 66th National Film Awards | Best Educational Film | Won | |
Bangalore International Film Festival | ||||||||
2018 | Balekempa (The Bangle Seller) | Writer / Director | 2018 | India | Dharamshala International Film Festival | Closing Film | ||
Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image | Indiagold | |||||||
Japan | Fukuoka International Film Festival | |||||||
Poland | Transatlantyk Festival | New Cinema | ||||||
Australia | Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Achievement in Cinematography | Nominated[6] | |||||
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne | Nominated | |||||||
South Korea | Jeonju International Film Festival | World Cinemascape | ||||||
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival | ||||||||
Canada | International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto | |||||||
UK | East End Film Festival | |||||||
USA | New York Indian Film Festival | Best Film | Nominated | |||||
Best Director | Nominated | |||||||
Netherlands | International Film Festival Rotterdam[7] | Bright Future Competition (FIPRESCI) | Won | |||||
2017 | India | NFDC Film Bazaar | Work in Progress Lab | Won | ||||
2015 | Thithi | Casting Director / Scriptwriter | 2015 | India | Karnataka State Film Awards | Best Dialogue | Won | |
China | 19th Shanghai International Film Festival | Best Script Writer (Asian New Talent Award)[8] | Won | |||||
1st BRICS Film Festival | Best Film[9] | Won | ||||||
2012 | Eka | Scriptwriter / Associate director |