Kolkata’s Mohammad Ali Park to house the popular Durga Puja again
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: One of Kolkata’s popular Durga Puja mandap (marquee) returns to its famous venue inside Mohammad Ali Park, this year.
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
TorontoIBNS: Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2021's film 'Kicking Blood,' directed and screen-played by Blaine Thurier, belongs to a vampire genre in which the director reimagines vampire mythology with ultra-modern spin transplanting it to the unconventional and unorthodox world he has satirized since he began making films.
Juries from FIPRESCI and NETPAC select TIFF 2021 award winners
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Toronto/IBNS: Award winners for work screened at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2021 were announced jointly last week by TIFF, the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), and the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC).
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 (TIFF 2021)'s animated drama 'Charlotte', directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana, is the true and heartbreaking story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German Jewish painter, gifted with a wild imagination and grand ambitions, who created radiating masterpiece against all odds of private turmoil and Nazis' seizure of power in Germany.
TIFF 2021 documentary 'Attica' examines the largest prison uprising in U.S. history by inmates
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Toronto/IBNS: Directed and produced by Stanley Nelson, Toronto International Film Festival 2021 (TIFF 2021)'s documentary film 'Attica' is being premiered in Scotiabank Theatre Toronto at 9 a.m. and at TIFF Digital Cinema Pro at 10 a.m. Friday, with a digital second screening at digital TIFF Bell Lightbox on Sep 16.
KASHISH 2021 to kick off in grand style with a virtual opening ceremony
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBBTQIA+ film festival will have its grand opening ceremony on August 19 on their YouTube and Facebook channels @kashishfilmfest.
TIFF 2021 to celebrate Abenaki artist-activist Alanis Obomsawin in special TIFF Cinematheque
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Toronto/IBNS: The 46th edition of Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) would be presenting a special TIFF Cinematheque retrospective of Abenaki artist, filmmaker, singer, writer, and activist Alanis Obomsawin, entitled Celebrating Alanis.
Satya Rai Nagpaul brings diversity to KASHISH 2021 Jury featuring LGBTQIA+ films
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival is all set to open on Aug 19 for a virtual film festival of 12 days, screening 221 films from 53 countries.
Ritesh Batra and Gauri Shinde join Kashish 2021 Jury to honour LGBTQIA+ films
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival which is being organized online this year from Aug 19 to Sept 5, spread over 3 weekends, will screen 221 LGBTQIA+ films from across 53 countries.
Stephen Chbosky’s Dear Evan Hansen to be Opening Night Gala Presentation for TIFF 2021
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:13 am
Toronto/IBNS: The feature-film adaptation of the Tony Award–winning musical 'Dear Evan Hansen' would be the Opening Night Gala Presentation at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to be screened on Sept 9 at Roy Thomson Hall, Co-Heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente has announced.
TIFF 2021 to present films, talks on Asian excellence in cinema throughout May
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:14 am
Toronto/IBNS: In recognition of May as Asian Heritage Month (AHM), 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) presents a series of films and talks celebrating Asian excellence in cinema.
Kashish Trans Fest brings visibility about transgender community
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:14 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday with a daylong online program of film screenings and discussion titled Kashish Trans*Fest.
IFFI to pay tributes to legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:14 am
New Delhi: The 51st International Film Festival of India will pay tributes to legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, official announced on Wednesday.
26th KIFF: Mulk and Anubhav Sinha
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:14 am
Mulk directed by Anubhav Sinha with a track record of 20 years in Bollywood, is the tribute being paid to the memory of the versatile and talented Rishi Kapoor who passed away of cancer last year. Sinha was chosen to deliver the Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture at the 26th KIFF this year. The subject he spoke on was “Social Responsibility and Mainstream Indian Cinema”. So, it was a double whammy for Sinha. He admitted in his address that the main attraction for him to deliver the speech was that his name would appear alongside Satyajit Ray on the posters, announcements and notices.
26th KIFF Bitter Sweet: An explosive film by Ananth Mahadevan
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:14 am
Ananth Mahadevan, a theatre actor who shifted to television, cinema and OTT platforms and also turned to writing scripts, is now a reputed filmmaker in his own right whose film Mai Ghat/Crime No 203 has been acclaimed across the world including a top award at the 25th KIFF now comes with his latest film Bittersweet which establishes, with documented proof, that the sweetness of sugar disguises the sharp bitterness that consumes the lives of men and women, specially women, who work in the sugar farms in Beed, Maharashtra, which supplies 50% of the sugar produced by Maharasthra.
Renuka Shahane and Onir join Kashish Advisory Board
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:14 am
Mumbai/IBNS: South Asia's biggest LGBTQIA film festival Kashish on Wednesday announced that popular actress Renuka Shahane and national award-winning filmmaker Onir have joined its Advisory Board, along with previous board members like theater personality Dolly Thakore, National award-winning filmmaker Arunaraje Patil, president of Whistling Woods Meghna Ghai Puri and communications specialist Roy Wadia.
Film submissions open for Kashish Mumbai Queer Film Fest 2021
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:14 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will be held from May 20th to 30th 2021 online considering the still prevailing pandemic situation.
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:15 am
Toronto/IBNS: The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Tribute Awards ceremony, an annual fundraiser which supports both TIFF's year-round programming, as well as the organization’s core mission to transform the way people see the world through film, was held on Wednesday and was streamed internationally by Variety at 8:30 pm ET .
The Return of the Planet Africa Party can be watched tonight live at TIFF
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:15 am
Toronto/IBNS: The 45th Toronto International Festival (TIFF)'s hottest ticket, 'The Return of the Planet Africa Party', can be watched tonight live at TIFF at 10 pm with mixes from original Planet Africa Party DJ Dave Campbell and DJ Mr. Akil D from the B.L.A.C.K Ball.
Karan Johar joins 4th International Film Festival & Awards‧Macao as ambassador
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:20 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The 4th International Film Festival & Awards‧Macao (referred to as “IFFAM” or the “Film Festival”) will be staged from 5th to 10th December this year.
25th Kolkata International Film Festival(KIFF) inaugurated in a star-studded event
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The 25th edition of Kolkata International Film Festival(KIFF) was inaugurated today evening at the Netaji Subhash Indoor Stadium in the presence of national and international cine stars.
Eighth edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival announces its full line-up
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:20 am
Dharamshala/IBNS: The Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) will be held from Nov 7 to 10, 2019 in the beautiful mountain town of McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the meeting point of a rich and cosmopolitan mix of people and cultures.
5th Edition of Indian Film Festival Hungary opens in Budapest
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:20 am
Budapest: The 5th edition of the Indian Film Festival Hungary opened to a full house in Budapest as ace Indian filmmaker Rahul Mittra and the beautiful Raima Sen walked the Red Carpet along with a number of celebrities and dignitaries from both India and Hungary.
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:20 am
New Delhi: The Embassy of India in Hungary and Indian Film Festival Worldwide (IFFW) geared up to jointly organise the 5th edition of the mega Indian Film Festival Hungary between Oct 7 and Oct 13 at the state of the art Cinema Pink.
TIFF 2019 announces first selections in gala and special presentations programmes
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:20 am
Toronto, July 27 (IBNS): Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) co-Heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente have announced the first round of titles selected for the Gala and Special Presentations programmes at the 44th edition of the festival.
Ministry of I&B to provide support to Jharkhand International Film Festival, 2019
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:21 am
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IBNS): Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on Wednesday said it has decided to lend support to the organization of 2nd Jharkhand International Film Festival (JIFF) in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
24TH KIFF: Notes to be remembered from the inauguration
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:23 am
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IBNS) Every year at the inauguration of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), this writer feels a bit miffed about Bollywood biggies Mr. Bachchan and Mr. Shahrukh Khan dominating the scenario and the Bengali stars lined up slightly apart or behind.
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:23 am
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IBNS) Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Harinder Sidhu, on Sunday inaugurated a poster exhibition of iconic Australian films to commemorate more than 100 years of Australian cinema at the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).
KIFF: A bouquet of films from across the world
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:23 am
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IBNS) The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) keeps growing in leaps and bounds from one year to the next. This year, its 24th year, is no exception.
24th KIFF to kick start today; Mamata Banerjee welcomes dignitaries
Sep 16, 2024, at 12:23 am
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IBNS): The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will be inaugurated at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.