Q. What has been the biggest learning from your Gully Boy Oscar campaign?
You realise that the system is divided into phases, at least for the best international feature. You have to get publicists that guide you through it. You have to have screenings for members and you need a bit of muscle there. Our film has gone out, but a lot of very good things happened as well. Slowly we’ll learn. You just start making better films, work harder.
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