Ritesh Batra’s award-winning Arabic language short film CAFÉ REGULAR, CAIRO has screened at over 40 international film festivals and won 12 awards, including the FIPRESCI Critics Prize at the International Film Festival of Oberhausen and Special Mentions at the Tribeca International Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival. It was bought by Arte for French and German television. His debut feature THE LUNCHBOX was selected for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Telluride, and Sundance.

You can read the first part of his exclusive series for EatDrinkFilms on multi-generational family-owned restaurants in Bombay in this week’s issue.

Click HERE to watch CAFÉ REGULAR, CAIRO