Newton Cinema

Newton Cinema is a film production company founded in 2020 by Anto Chittilappilly and Sanita Chittilappilly. It has offices in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mumbai and Kochi. Newton Cinema has produced two feature films (Family and Paradise) and two short films (Lalanna's Song and KISS) since its inception.

Lalanna's Song, a short feature directed by Megha Ramaswamy was premiered at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2022 and was awarded Honorable Mention at the festival. KISS is a sci-fic drama by Varun Grover and was premiered in at the New York Indian Film Festival 2022.

Family, directed by Don Palathara and starring Vinay Forrt, Divya Prabha, Mathew Thomas, Nilja Baby and Abhija Sivakala, was premiered at the 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 and has enjoyed sold-out screenings in many other film festivals. Family was theatrically released in February 2024. Paradise, directed by Prasanna Vithanage and starring Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran, Shyam Fernando and Mahendra Perera, won the Kim Jiseok award at 28th Busan International Film Festival, Prix Du Jury Lyceen at 30th Vesoul International Festival of Asian Cinema and Audience Jury Award at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival. It also received 4 nominations at the 17th Asian Film Awards Academy 2024 and 3 nominations at the New York Indian Film Festival 2024. Paradise is presented by Madras Talkies.

Both Family and Paradise were screened at the 28th International Film Festival of Kerala in December 2023 and are in the TOP-10 INDIAN FILMS curated by FIPRESCI India Grand Prix 2023.