Punching at the Sun
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2004
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An urban fairy tale of loss and redemption told through the eyes of a Queens-bred Asian teenager.
Tanuj Chopra
Director
Tanuj Chopra has been making bold statements on film since he cut his first student project Hate Crime in the summer of 1998. Raised in California’s Silicon Valley, his dynamic approach has taken him from India to Manhattan and back several times over. His latest film, Butterfly, was shot, produced, and edited entirely in New Delhi. Starring Tilotama Shome (Alice from Mira Nair’s smash Monsoon Wedding), the lushly photographed love story won Best International Short Film at the 2003 Napa Valley Wine Country Festival, Best Short Film at the 2003 Ivy League Film Festival and the Audience Choice Award at the 2003 Asian Film Expo in Lyon, France in addition to playing at over 20 festivals across North America, Europe and India.