India, Dec. 23 -- In a first for him, Japanese filmmaker Kei Ishikawa is excited that his directorial, A Pale View of Hills, after recently being screened at the International Film Festival of India and the Cannes film festival, will soon be available in India via BookMyShow streams.

And he agrees that till a few years back, before the OTT boom, bringing his film here would have been difficult. "That's true. I am super happy because of it," he shares.

"But at the same time, I know students of cinema would anyway have downloaded it from somewhere. When they want it, they find a way! But there are so many small, arthouse films from all over the world that are still not available, and streaming platforms are helping them a lot," he adds. ...