Academy Award® Winning Actor Geena Davis’ Instituteto Launch Global Symposium on Gender in Media at the first FICCI FLO Film Festival New Partnership between Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and FICCI FLO Film Festival October 27, Mumbai: The first FLO Film Festival organized by FICCI Ladies Organisation(FLO), Mumbai Chapter,the women’s wing of FICCI, today announces a new partnership…
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The 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival : Director Ava DuVernay to Head the International Competition Jury Mumbai, October 5, 2015 — Ava DuVernay will head the International Competition jury at the upcoming 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival to be held in Mumbai from October 29th to November 5th, 2015. Ava DuVernay is the filmmaker behind SELMA, which chronicles Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s leadership in…
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Raam Reddy’s debut feature, Thithi, wins two top awards at the prestigious Locarno International Film Festival KANNADA-LANGUAGE FILM THITHI IS THE FIRST INDIAN FEATURE TO BE SELECTED IN THE COMPETITION CATEGORY AFTER A DRY SPELL OF EIGHT YEARS Mumbai, August 16, 2015: Bangalore based filmmaker, Raam Reddy’s directorial debut, Thithi, which premièred at Locarno International Film Festival has bagged two…
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IFFI Goa, Nov 24, 2014 Have Newspapers replaced Literature in Cinema? Gour Hari Dastaan, showing in the Indian Panorama at ongoing IFFI, was scripted from newspaper stories about a freedom fighter who fought the bureaucracy that denied his tamrapatra for 30 years. There was Jessica Lal, and there was Jolly LLB, and there are umpteen instances from Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil,…
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Berlinale and Glashütte Original Extend Their Commitment to Young Filmmakers until 2016 and Announce Jury for “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” 2014 Watch manufacturer Glashütte Original is extending its co-partnership with the Berlinale until 2016, and continuing its support of a talented young director from the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section with the “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship”. Conceived for…
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The edgy filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, will be one of the jury members at Marrakech International Film Festival which will be held in 2013. The director will be rubbing shoulders with the veterans of the film industry across nation. He will be part of discussion with people like Martin Scorese, Fatih Akin, Patricia Clarkson, and many other big names. More about…
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ABOUT 200 films that were shown during the Fiji Film Festival & talking about the Indian film shown at one of the most prestigious film festivals was directorial debut venture of Navin Batras , ‘Super Model’. After having directed almost a 100 videos and ad films, Navin Batra’s directorial venture in Bollywood turns out to be fruitful for this creative…
Read MoreFrench auteur Costa-Gavras and acclaimed Indian actor-director Kamal Haasan to be conferred with the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) Lifetime Achievement Awards The 15th Mumbai Film Festival is drawing closer. Organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) and supported by the Dept. of Culture, Government of Maharashtra, the eight days of celebration of cinema will begin on…
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JURY OF 15TH MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED includes Nathalie Baye BRUCE BERESFORD, ASGHAR FARHADI, SIDDIQ BARMAK AND KONKONA SEN SHARMA TOP HEADLINERS Bruce Beresford to head international Competition Jury Asghar Farhadi to head India Gold 2013 competition jury International competition jury members include Nathalie Baye Masato Harada, Konkana Sen Sharma India Gold competition jury include Jill Bilcock, Waris Hussein, Siddiq Barmak, Roger Garcia …
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The 15th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival; the premier film festival of the country organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), will sport a new look. Just as the ever evolving art and industry of cinema, Mumbai’s most eagerly awaited cultural event has grown in both size and power over the years. To represent this fact and…
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