Tigers is the outstanding new film from Danis Tanovic based on the true story of former Nestle Pakistan salesman taking on the baby milk industry with the help of IBFAN. For details and screening dates, see our special Tigers page at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/tigers
That page highlights some of the media coverage for the film. A more comprehensive list is given below.
19 July 2015 – Asian Culture Vulture: Tigers at the London Indian Film Festival.
19 October 2014 – The Spectrum: A change of pace for Emraan Bollywood’s “serial kisser”, Emraan Hashmi, assumes a new screen avatar in Tigers, a film by an Oscar-winning director. He sees in it an opportunity to reinvent himself as an actor. The Spectrum October 19,2014 Saibal Chatterjee
4 October 2014 – Toronto Star – WARNING – SPOILERS: Formula whistleblower battled Nestle for 17 years by: Catherine Porter
Interview of Tigers’ Director Danis Tanovic by Rajiv Masand, film critique from a main stream TV news channel in India: CNN–IBN.
3 October 2014 – 20 minutes Report from the Zurich Film Festival: No more Nespresso for George Clooney and that his new wife should put pressure on him to stop promoting Nespresso (German Free Paper CLICK HERE for unofficial translation)
Report from Zurich Film Festival 1 October: New Film Honors Nestlé Whistleblower Who Exposed Corporate Deception
29 September – Express Tribune (Pakistan): The ‘tiger’ who exposed Nestlé’s formula scandal in Pakistan.
26 September – Cineuropa: Tigers: crying out against the cruelty of capitalism.
26 September – InfoLibre: (In Spanish) Much applauded Tigers favourite for prize at San Sebastian Film Festival.
European Premiere 25 September: Press conference video and film clip from the San Sebastian Film Festival.
12 September – Toronto Star: Syed Aamir Raza comments on the film based on his experiences.
10 September 2014 – Examiner.com: New international film exposes Nestle’s deadly practices
9 September – Baby Milk Action press release from the premiere: World premiere of Danis Tanovic’s Tigers gains standing ovation for Nestlé whistle blower – Canadian Government commends bravery of Syed Aamir Raza
8 September – Emraan Hashmi’s Tigers premieres in Toronto Rediff Movies
7 September – First review in Hollywood Reporter: ‘Writer-director Danis Tanovich explores the power of multinationals, the media and ethics in a finely crafted true-life story.’
4 September – India West: Danis Tanovic, Oscar-winning director of the Tigers baby milk drama interview: ‘losing babies – even thinking of it is hard’.
1 September – Cineuropa: Tigers competing for Golden Shell Award – best film – at San Sebastian International Film Festival.
1 September – Times of India: The writers of Tigers speak about the film. Co-writers Danis Tanovic directed and Andy Paterson co-produced.
28 August – Irish Examiner: Tigers film highlighted as journalists examines how formula companies target pregnant women and parents in Ireland and Pakistan.
23 August – Times of India: First comments from Danis Tanovic (Oscar-winning Director), Prashita Chaudhary and Guneet Monga (two of the co-producers) on the film Tigers.