Palador Pictures is doing something amazing for movie buffs in India – they are brining the World Cinema to India. These are masterpieces that are shown mostly at film festivals, win many awards and make cult figures out of directors from various regions across the world.
With rights to over 900 films, the Palador catalogue boasts of award winning classics directed by the masters of yesteryears and the current crop of mavericks: Chaplin, Keaton, Kurosawa, Kieslowski, Godard, Trauffaut, Kiarostami, Lynch and many more. The Palador collection covers all genres and eras and is probably the single largest collection of quality films in the world. These will be released in various formats and through various channels in India over the next couple of years.
To begin with, they are introducing an appetizing set of movies in 3 World Cinema box sets. On pre-sale on Catchflix are three box sets, Akira Kurosawa Kurosawa Box Set, Wong Kar Wai Box Set and World Cinema Collector’s Box Set.