U.K. Indie Film Distribution Hits Breaking Point as ‘Santosh’ Saga Exposes Market Crisis: It’s an ‘Utter S—-show’

U.K. Indie Film Distribution Hits Breaking Point as ‘Santosh’ Saga Exposes Market Crisis: It’s an ‘Utter S—-show’

By most standards, Sandhya Suri’s fiction feature debut “Santosh” is already a hit. After premiering in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar, the Hindi-language crime thriller about a widow who inherits her late husband’s police officer job in rural India has gone on to win the Golden Frog for debut director in Camerimage, land a European Film Award nomination and win two British Independent Film Awards. In France, the film had a successful box off…

Inside the ‘Crisis’ Facing U.K. Indie Film Distribution

Months after receiving solid reviews in Cannes — where it premiered in the Un Certain Regard sidebar — Sandhya Suri’s fiction feature debut “Santosh” was selected to represent the U.K. in the Oscars’ international film category. The news gave the film the honor of following in the footsteps “The Zone of Interest,” which became first U.K. film to win the award earlier this year. A Hindi-language crime thriller about a widow who inherits her lat…