Bandar Band, the Iranian film directed by Manijeh Hekmat, was adjudged the best film in the Innovation in Moving Images (International Competition) category at the 26th Kolkata International Film festival (KIFF), which concluded on Friday.
The 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), which began on January 8, concluded on Friday. The film festival, which is held annually in November, was postponed this year in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Avijatrik, the Bengali film which takes forward the story of Apu from Satyajit Ray’s critically acclaimed Apu Trilogy (1955-1959), premiered on Tuesday at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).
The 26th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will see auteur Satyajit Ray’s 1959 film Apur Sansar, the debut film of late actor Soumitra Chatterjee, being screened as the inaugural film.
The 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) has been rescheduled to January 2021, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday.
Since it was among the first art house films from the region by an Indian Nepali director, big names of actors like Geetanjali Thapa, who is the first person from Sikkim to win a National Award in the Best Actress category and Saugat Malla, who is a popular actor from Nepal, played seminal roles in the film.
Four Bengali-made films — actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee’s Abhijaan, starring late Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee; filmmaker Suman Ghosh’s Searching for Happiness; the documentary Swimming Through the Darkness by Supriyo Sen; and stage and film director Suman Mukhopadhyay’s first Hindi film Nazarband — are being showcased at the London Indian Film Festival 2021.
Nasir, the Tamil independent feature film, directed by filmmaker Arun Karthick, recently won the Best Film award at the New York Indian Film Festival.
Buddhadeb Dasgupta, the Indian poet and Bengali contemporary filmmaker, died in his sleep on Thursday in his South Kolkata residence after suffering from age-related ailments and kidney problems. He was undergoing dialysis.
With the Pride month having kick-started already and the first weekend approaching, we bring to you a list of 25 Indian films on the LGBTQIA+ community cutting across languages and regions.
Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole (Like a Midnight Dream), the Malayalam short film which won the Best Film with Family Values award under the non-feature film category at the 67th National Film Awards on Monday, explores the concept of personal space and privacy.
The 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), that marked its “first-ever hybrid” version, closed on Sunday.
Chhichhore, Asuran, Avijatrik, Gatham are among some of the films that will be showcased in the 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) that will be held in Goa from January 16 to 24, 2021.
Rickshawala, a Bengali short film, won the award for the Best Film Social Message at the Cardiff International Film Festival 2020.
Miss Man has been showcased in several film festivals, including the 34th BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the 32nd Vancouver Queer Film Festival, 11th KASHISH: Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, 33rd Out on Film: Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival, 24th LesGaiCineMad (Madrid International LGBTI Film Festival).
For Bengalis, the four-day festival of Durga Puja is the most keenly awaited time of the year. Besides the festivities, pandal hopping and catching up with friends and families; it is also the time when movie goers wait for the special lineup of Pujo releases. In keeping with the tradition of Pujo releases, every year, producers and directors release their best works during this time to attract the most number of viewers.
The trailer and poster of Hindi feature film Nazarband by National Award-winner filmmaker Suman Mukhopadhyay was released on Tuesday.
Post the screening, he spoke at length about how he, Octavio and a team of three comrades from the Grupo Cine Liberación (The Liberation Film Group) made films that changed the course of political cinema in Latin America.Argentina is a place set on fire in The Hour Of The Furnaces, directed by Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, the founders of the Latin American film movement, Third Cinema, which used cinema as a political device.
International Film Festival Of India (IFFI), the Central government-backed annual event held in Panaji, is gearing up to celebrate its golden jubilee this year. The festival, which will be held from November 20 till 28, will screen close to 250 films from different countries. This year, Russia is the festival’s partner country.
A group of indie filmmakers has launched a social media campaign against the International Film Festival Of Kerala (IFFK), alleging that the festival’s film selection committee has been flouting rules and rejecting films without viewing them. On Facebook page, Reform The IFFK, the filmmakers say that they were going to file e legal petition against the film festival to get the current selection lists of Indian and Malayalam films cancelled. They demand that the Academy to reconstitute the panels and make fresh and fair selections. The filmmakers also allege that the Chalachitra Academy was favouring commercial films over independent arthouse films.
Trees Under The Sun (Veyil Marangal), directed by Bijukumar Damodaran, won the ‘Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award’ at Shanghai International Film Festival which concluded on June 23.
Though the name – Kanthan The Lover of Colour, has registered with Keralites as the State Award winning film, not many people are aware that it was made by Shareef Easa who works as a daily wage labourer.
We weren’t sure of anything, and we wrote to everyone saying there was an uncertainty. Talking about the financial crunch we faced, well, we have always been a small film festival that doesn’t roll down red carpet for celebrities or does country or world premieres. This year, there was a nonavailability of government funds which we were determined to raise by ourselves through delegate fees and sponsorship.