Posts Tagged ‘film festival’

  • Faces of MIAAC – the unfathomable, the uncomfortable and the unassuming – united in brilliance.
    Just back from New York’s Indian Film Festival. My what a mixed bag that was! The films screened at the festival will undoubtedly have much written and reviews of all stripes published in the weeks that follow. For me they are united in forging a path and not following one, expressions of bold creativity rather than conformity. Having missed most screenings due to...
    by Tori Roy at November 18th, 2009 at 08:11 pm
  • FILM FEST FEVER –MAMI 09-3
    LIGNES DE FRONT (BLACK OUT) DIRECTOR JEAN CHRISTOPHE KLOTZ War did not end in 1945 with World War II. There are wars out there in the world where it never stops raining bullets. Hundreds of men, women and children are killed or die of starvation. Thousands of young soldiers sacrifice their lives every year. Unknown heroes work relentlessly with the UN, the Red Cross and...
    by Indu Raman at November 1st, 2009 at 08:11 pm
  • Film Fest Fever-MAMI 09-1
    The fever of thirsting cine buffs rose to a pitch as the eagerly anticipated festival opened on 29 October. To rub shoulders with powerful personalities like Anurag Kashyap, Amol Palekar and such surcharges the air with an extra delicious tang. Then you are brought down to earth by the clamouring for printed schedules (which arrive late and get snapped up in an hour),...
    by Indu Raman at October 31st, 2009 at 11:10 am
  • Mami Screening schedule
    This year’s addition has more films and World Cinema’s leading film maker Jafar Panahi on the Jury!  Please give your feedback and suggestions for the movies to watch. See you at the festival! Screening Schedule Location: Fun Cinemas Screen: 3 (Three) – 383 Seats Show Time Date/Day 1st Show 10.00 am 2nd Show 12.30 Noon 3rd Show 3.30 pm 4th Show 5.30 pm 5th...
    by Manjeet Singh at October 29th, 2009 at 07:10 am
  • 11th Osian Cinefan Film Festival: Opening Ceremony
    Sometimes life turns out to be rather very kind to you, very soon, and you’re fortunate to get what you’ve always wanted and wished. Cinema is a passion that I’ve unknowingly been living with for the past sixteen years, only to realise that I’m most comfortable with the cinematic expression, and the artistic form of cinema. I was never exposed to world cinema or...
    by Jehan Handa at October 25th, 2009 at 10:10 am
  • Hey MAMI
    No cracks please. Just don’t say MAMA, or even think of your long-lost uncle, because this year’s MAMI promises to be a film gourmand’s banquet come true. That’s the Mumbai International Film Festival presented by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images, acronymed as MAMI. Daniel and Anna Funded by munifience of Anil Ambani, the eleventh version of MAMI  unspools ...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 19th, 2009 at 08:10 am
  • MAMI 2009 : List of films in Retrospectives
    For Theo Angelopoulos and Shashi Kapoor and Paul Schrader fans, this may be a treat as MAMI’s screening their movies in the Retrospectives section. Here’s a short list of the films that’ve been confirmed for the festival. RETROSPECTIVE – MR. THEO ANGELOPOLOUS (LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD) The Dust of Time (I skoni tou chronou) (Greece-Italy-Germany-Russia...
    by PFCdesktop at October 19th, 2009 at 08:10 am
  • I VIEW FILM 2009 in NYC!
    I VIEW FILM Poster Engendered is an annual, New York-based transnational arts and human rights festival that brings together the best in contemporary South Asian cinema, visual arts and performance to explore the complex realities of gender and sexuality in modern South Asia, especially at the intersection of ritual and religion. The festival is designed not only to raise...
    by PFCdesktop at August 24th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
  • Frozen bags 2 awards @ Imagine India Film Festival-Madrid
    At the 8th Annual Imagine India Film Festival held at Madrid, Spain. Frozen has gone on to win 2 major awards( announced on 30th May’09)- Best Film- Shivajee Chandrabhushan; Best Music- John P.Varkey; Other winners include: Meera Jasmine- Best Actress ( Ore Kadal- Malayalam); Rajat Kapoor- Best Actor ( Siddharth The Prisoner ); Neeraj Pandey- Best Director ( A Wednesday...
    by Sethumadhavan at June 1st, 2009 at 03:06 am
  • The Fakir of Venice – World Premier!
    The World Premiere of Anand Surapur’s The Fakir Of Venice starring Farhan Akhtar opens IFFLA – The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles this Tuesday, April 21!
    by PFCdesktop at April 19th, 2009 at 03:04 pm
  • Spanish Film Festival – Hyderabad 2009
    I came to know about the Spanish Film Festival through THE HINDU.I was excited and planned to watch every film but due to some reasons I missed couple of films. The films I could manage to watch were “13 Roses”, “Fermat’s Room”, “The Seven Billiards” and “The Oxford Murders”. As I being a big fan of ‘Pedro Almodovar...
    by Krishna at March 23rd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
  • sehs'¼chte festival 09 – CALL FOR ENTRIES
    Hey Guys – Just posting this for info… Don’t comment or write to me but directly to Arne at the email addresses supplied below. Cheers Partho Sehsuechte International Student Film Festival Dear filmmakers, we are preparing next years sehs'¼chte festival – sehs'¼chte is the biggest international film festival for student and amateur films in...
    by PSji at February 4th, 2009 at 05:02 am
  • Sundance Film Festival 2009 – Awards
    Click here to watch the video covering the awards. Keep a notepad ready to jot down some of the films for your must see list! Video is about 20 minutes long and covers all categories for which awards were handed out.
    by oz at February 3rd, 2009 at 03:02 pm
  • DAMfest09 – The Events!
    DAM 09 is here, and the digital entertainment world receives its second annual tribute from the hills of Lavale. Here is more than a sneak peek at what is in store for the three days of digital madness: DAY 1: The day begins innovatively with the crisp snap of clapboard by the chief guest declaring the festival open. SEMINAR I: THE DIGITAL BUSINESS The Digital medium...
    by DAMfest at January 31st, 2009 at 08:01 pm
  • DAMfest09 – Dibakar, Oye Lucky! Digital
    Global warming has taken its toll even on our beloved film industry. With alarmingly declining green cover and rapidly multiplying population, dancing around the trees and fluttering translucent coloured dupattas in fertile fields is no longer an option for filmmakers. So what do they do? Tough to answer. After all, this is the phase in which Hindi cinema had been stagnating...
    by DAMfest at January 23rd, 2009 at 09:01 pm
  • DAMfest 09 – The Event
    The Digit All Movement was born as an initiative to study the fascinating merging of the art of filmmaking with new age digital technology, and encouraging new filmmakers by not only showcasing their talent but also exposing them to professionals who have daringly tested this technology to make their films. “DAM provides a platform for young filmmakers to evaluate...
    by DAMfest at January 20th, 2009 at 12:01 am
  • Palm Springs 2009 : Last day and best of the fest
    Four Days. Fourteen films. And I didn’t even get a chance to watch most of the films which the festival selected in its Best of the Fest Category. Tried my best to barge into Departures (from Japan), never could make it into any of its shows. All packed and full. The movie won the Audience Choice award. Ended the last day by watching the following movies Waltz with...
    by oz at January 19th, 2009 at 08:01 am
  • Palm Springs 2009 : A day of the best
    Love and Other Crimes My personal favorite of all films watched so far. The film is based on one single day. A winter. A grim mood. And in all this director Stefan Arsenijevic serves us one of the best stories. Love and other Crimes is basically a love story. A very unusual love story. With many other sub plots sprinkled all around. Arsenijevic’s unique story telling...
    by oz at January 18th, 2009 at 10:01 am
  • Palm Springs 2009 : The amazing stories around the world!
    It beats me. The Hindi Movie Industry give us hardly a handful of movies with lovely stories that you carry with you for years. Over a billion population. Cash rich. Making more movies than entire continents. And when I sit at the end of the year, to recap the movies I loved, I can count them on my fingers… of one hand. And there are people around the world telling...
    by oz at January 17th, 2009 at 09:01 am
  • Palm Springs 2009 : Damn this gets better!
    The goal was to watch 4 movies back to back jumping between the theaters the festival is spread out in. The first five and half hours were spent watching two movies, so intense and gripping, that I needed a break. Still reeling from A Police Romance (imdb), I went back in fifteen minutes later with a pizza and coke to watch, what I understood was a German movie in the...
    by oz at January 16th, 2009 at 01:01 am
  • Palm Springs Film Fest 2009 : oz arrives
    Nine years ago, it was the blistering heat that almost peeled our skins off, the shoulder that dislocated while playing pool volleyball and being carted away in an ambulance to the nearest hospital. It wasn’t good. I swore I wouldn’t return to this town. A town that is built is some freaking desert. No one, nothing, barren 100 miles east west north south. And...
    by oz at January 14th, 2009 at 09:01 pm
  • PFCOne 2008 Day Five – The Winners
    We did it!!! Second year in a row!!! PFCOne got more than 70 people to jump out of their cubicles, forget their regular day jobs, buy-rent-loan a camera and shoot a movie that they always dreamed about! The fire is lit, and now it is up to you dear participating filmmakers to fan the flames and dream… dream big! And do keep PFCOne in your memories, as I hope to see...
    by oz at January 8th, 2009 at 09:01 pm
  • PFCOne 2008 Day Four
    The last day of screenings… Tomorrow we announce the winners. You’ve made this second year much more bigger, louder, crazier than the first held in 2007. And when we see comments from filmmakers who mention that they started making films because of PFCOne… it helps us know that we are on the right track! So lets jump right in to watching movies, movies...
    by oz at January 7th, 2009 at 09:01 pm
  • PFCOne 2008 Day Three
    And, it’s Day Three… featuring quite a few comedy films and some pretty intense ones. Last year we discovered exceptional talents like Kenny and his Kung-fu videos, Safat, Kabir, Shekhar and many others… who’s it gonna be this year? There are already quite a few new filmmakers in the first two days who’ve shown great promise… lets jump...
    by oz at January 6th, 2009 at 09:01 pm
  • PFCOne 2008 Day Two
    Thank you all for an amazing Day One! So lets jump into Day Two of PFCOne 2008. Day Two has 19 movies – 12 in the open section and 7 in the Competitive Section. After watching the movies, please do let the filmmakers know what you thought about their work. Filmmakers, please share your experiences of making your film, and please feel free to answer any questions...
    by oz at January 5th, 2009 at 09:01 pm
  • PFCOne 2008 Day One
    Welcome to the second PFC Online One-Minute Film Festival, PFCOne. Day One has 19 movies – 13 movies in the Open section and 6 in the Competitive Section. Playing the video: To view the movies simply click the play button and all 19 movies will play one after the other. To jump or skip a movie: move your mouse over the Video panel OR click the button and you...
    by oz at January 4th, 2009 at 09:01 pm
  • Film Festivals going down under
    An AP report on how the tough economy is affecting film festivals around the globe. The Newport International Film Festival in Rhode Island was in danger of closing after running up debt and struggling to kick-start fundraising.
    by oz at December 9th, 2008 at 01:12 pm
  • FILMBOOTH – Emerging Short film festival – Call for Entries
    FILMBOOTH – Emerging Short film festival Launched – Call for Entries iView Author: ForumForFilms (Delhi, India) Email: contact@filmbooth.in Big on ideas but SHORT IN LENGTH – the new world of Short Films The storyteller in you is awaiting a chance – a chance to turn an experience into a story, a chance to see a story turn into a film and capture...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at November 18th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
  • Dilemma for a first timer
    iView Author: Gajendra S Shrotriya (Jaipur, India) Email: gshrotriya [at] yahoo [dot] com Dilemma for a first timer To write something for PFC always confuses me on what to write about. May be it is a universal issue. Besides, for quite some time, I have been partly occupied with some of my business engagements and some what with my scripts. Even the film for PFCOne...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at November 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
  • PFCOne 2008 – The Schedule
    Update: To honor and respect the victims of terrorism in Mumbai on Nov 26th, we are postponing PFCOne 2008 to January 5, 2009. Below are the new dates… End Update Here’s the schedule for PFCOne 2008. All movies that we’ve accepted in the festival will be shown on PFC as per the schedule below. Based on the comments received in the Competitive section...
    by oz at November 16th, 2008 at 11:11 pm