When her favourite filmmaker Tribeny Rai’s Shape of Momo won at the Busan International Film Festival in 2025, little had Anuparna Roy imagined that next year, it would be her turn to go to the prestigious gala. The director’s latest work, Lovers in the Blue Night, is set to have its Asian première at the festival’s 31st edition. “For me, it was a dream too, to be selected at Busan. We were looking for a prestigious Asian première, and Busan is a big platform for independent filmmakers,” Roy told mid-day.

A still from ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’. Pics/By Special Arrangement