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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MEFCC AND DIFF join together to introduce Regional Sci-Fi Film making Competition After a second successful event celebrating popular culture in the region, the Middle East Film and Comic Con has teamed up with the Dubai International Film Festival and Attitude Enterprises to give sci-fi and superhero film fans in the Middle East a chance to have their genre…
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Screening at the Dubai International Film Festival 2012 – CASABLANCA MON AMOUR Casablanca, My Love An engrossing, informative and an amusing film by John Slattery, that replaces myths with humanity and humour. Casablanca Mon Amour. It shows the link between yesteryear’s Hollywood and today’s Morocco. Using movies as a road map between yesterday’s Hollywood and today’s Morocco, Casablanca Mon Amour offers…
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TABOOR A film by Vahid Vakilifar Taboor is about a man who seeks to protect his hypersensitive body from the daily rise in temperature caused by pervasive electromagnetic waves. He concocts an aluminum jump suit which he wears under abundant layers of clothing. Despite his fragile health, every evening he rides his motor cycle to keep appointments with his customers.…
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Paresh B. Mehta, Editor of Filmytown.com in a One-on-one interview with upcoming creative filmmaker Leila Albayati- Take a plane, stop fly away, stop you’re going to become someone, stop I believe in you, stop I’m doing this for us, stop Leila is a musician. She is heartbroken, a sudden breakup comes like a hectic telegram. It’s a moment of choice.…
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December 9-16, 2012 at the Dubai International Film Festival. Legends of the silver screen, established and emerging filmmakers, film fans, gifted actors and actresses, and a diverse array of industry professionals descended on Dubai en-mass this week for the ninth Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). As one of the Emirates’ most anticipated events, the Festival brings 8 days of star-studded galas,…
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Mira Nair’s, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a unanimous choice of the Jury members, was awarded with the first Centenary Award and presented with a Silver Peacock at the IFFI 2012, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh at this year’s International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Mira Nair’s ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’, was also the closing film that brought…
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