The Film Federation of India has selected Lijo Jose Pellissery’s “Jallikattu” as the country’s representative in the 2020 Oscars’ best international feature category. The Malayalam-language film has ...

Malayalam-language action thriller Jallikattu has been selected by the Film Federation of India to represent the country in this year’s International Oscar race. Lijo Jose Pellissery directed the ...

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has acquired North American rights to India’s Best International Oscar entry Jallikattu. The well-received genre pic charts the catastrophic events that unfold when a butcher’s ...

A rampaging buffalo transforms men into beasts in India’s Oscar submission from Lijo Jose Pellissery. By Deborah Young In a small village in tropical Kerala in the south of India, civilized society ...

The filmmaking veteran opens up about how 'Jaws' and a real-life wild buffalo chase helped inspire his frenetic, horror-tinged action allegory, which tells the story of an Indian village gradually ...

The premise sounds farcical at first, but few directors can immerse audiences into their worlds as quickly as Pellissery (not to mention, as effectively). The opening minutes of his films tend to be ...