{"id":758463,"date":"2026-06-24T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758463\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:23:09","slug":"indian-animation-heirloom-lands-condor-films-co-pro-cnc-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758463\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Animation ‘Heirloom’ Lands Condor Films Co-Pro, CNC Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Indo-French animated feature \u201cHeirloom<\/a>\u201d has formalized its French co-production with Paris-based Condor<\/a> Films and secured the CNC<\/a>\u2018s Aide aux Cin\u00e9mas du Monde grant. The period family fantasy marks the debut feature of Upamanyu Bhattacharyya.<\/p>\n

\n\tBhattacharyya previously won the City of Annecy Award in 2020 for his short \u201cWade.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in Ahmedabad in 1960, \u201cHeirloom\u201d centres on Kirti, a young businessman devoted to preserving handloom traditions, and his wife Sonal, who is slowly dying of a hereditary disease and urges the family to pivot to the powerloom industry to secure their future. The couple\u2019s conflict sharpens when they discover a tapestry that maps their entire family history, forcing a reckoning between progress and the pull of the past. The film is animated using raw, hand-drawn 2D techniques combined with stop-motion embroidery.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is produced by Odd & Even and Otter Studios alongside Condor Films and the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC). Condor Films, the production arm of arthouse distributor Condor Distribution, serves as the French creative and financing partner. Additional co-producers are Tarun Lakshminarayanan, Sanyukta Srinivasan, and Bangalore-based advertising agency Talented.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSecuring the Aide au Cin\u00e9ma du Monde grant is a powerful endorsement of Upamanyu\u2019s vision and of a film six years in the making,\u201d said Arya A. Menon and Shubham Karna of Odd & Even. \u201cOur partnership with Condor Films brings together two countries and two of cinema\u2019s richest filmmaking traditions, exactly the kind of bold, borderless storytelling \u2018Heirloom\u2019 was always meant to be. We can\u2019t wait to share what we create together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re really excited to be able to partner with Condor, and to be able to help continue their exceptional run of taking unique South Asian projects to the world,\u201d added Bhattacharyya. \u201cThe Cinema Du Monde grant was something for us to aspire towards for a long time, and we\u2019re now very eager to pursue an enriching collaboration with France thanks to it. We\u2019re very grateful to the commission for their consideration!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRarely do you encounter an animated project that feels so distinctive in both its storytelling and its craft,\u201d said Condor Films\u2019 Alexis Mas and Martin J\u00e9rome. \u201c\u2018Heirloom\u2019 immediately resonated with us through its rich emotional core and extraordinary visual ambition. We are delighted to accompany the film creatively and financially, and to embark on this collaboration with such a talented team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe project has a long development trail through the international co-production circuit. It was developed at the Annecy Residency in 2021 and pitched at MIFA Features Pitches the same year, with backing from the R\u00e9gion Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes and the D\u00e9partement de la Haute-Savoie. It appeared at Cannes 2023 through Cannes Animation Day and the Annecy Goes To Cannes showcase, as well as the NFDC-India Film Bazaar Co-Production Market. The project won the WIP Award at HAF (HKIFF) 2024 and was included in HAF Goes To Cannes that year. In 2025, it was selected for Annecy Work in Progress and was the sole animated film at the Venice Gap-Financing Market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indo-French animated feature \u201cHeirloom\u201d has formalized its French co-production with Paris-based Condor Films and secured the CNC\u2018s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[263475,49,48,65831,270519,75,270520,337],"class_list":["post-758463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-annecy-animation-festival","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cnc","tag-condor","tag-entertainment","tag-heirloom","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}