Deepa Mehta's gorgeous adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai's popular novel sets an intimate romance amidst wrenching political turmoil. On the surface, “Funny Boy” has very little to do with the Barbra ...

Ava DuVernay‘s ARRAY Releasing has acquired the highly-anticipated dramatic feature Funny Boy directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta. The film is based on the best-selling Canadian novel by ...

Acquired by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing earlier this month, Deepa Mehta‘s “Funny Boy,” an adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s 1994 novel of the same name, has been announced as Canada’s official ...

For me, growing up in Sri Lanka during a civil war was a surreal experience. One of the most groundbreaking books that I loved that captured the complexities of the moment, was Funny Boy by acclaimed ...

Deepa Mehta‘s “Funny Boy” is heading to the CBC. The Canadian public broadcaster, whose film division CBC Films funded the feature with Telefilm Canada, has lined up a Dec. 4 premiere. Based on the ...

'Funny Boy', Canada’s Oscar entry for best international feature, is a gay coming-of-ager set in the lead-up to the civil war in Sri Lanka, directed by Deepa Mehta ('Water'). By Deborah Young If there ...

In the opening pages of the 1994 Canadian novel Funny Boy, a young Sri Lankan boy named Arjie refuses to play cricket with the boys as his father insists. He’d rather bedazzle in bridal reds and join ...

Deepa Mehta‘s “Funny Boy” will no longer compete in the Academy Awards’ international feature film category and will instead be submitted for consideration in the best picture and general entry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the surface, "Funny Boy" has very little to do with the Barbra Streisand musical its title is riffing on. The story of a fey ...