The Critics’ Choice Awards recently announced the list of nominations for its third edition. After the success of two editions of Critics’ Choice Awards, Film Critics Guild and Motion Content Group in collaboration with Vistas Media Capital join forces again for the third edition of the highly acclaimed awards, to honour talent, artists and technicians in feature films, web series and short films across all Indian languages. The unique bit is that the award is determined to honour all mediums of storytelling.
Sharing her views on the nominations, Anupama Chopra, Chairperson, Film Critics Guild says, “It’s been a watershed year for entertainment but despite the gargantuan odds of 2020, great stories have survived and thrived. The upcoming awards ceremony is a celebration of these stories that have sustained us!”
Sudip Sanyal, Business Head- Motion Content Group India shared, “In such a period of unprecedented unpredictability, the one thing which has...
Sharing her views on the nominations, Anupama Chopra, Chairperson, Film Critics Guild says, “It’s been a watershed year for entertainment but despite the gargantuan odds of 2020, great stories have survived and thrived. The upcoming awards ceremony is a celebration of these stories that have sustained us!”
Sudip Sanyal, Business Head- Motion Content Group India shared, “In such a period of unprecedented unpredictability, the one thing which has...
- 1/14/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The first Kolkata People’s Film Festival will take place in Kolkata from 20-22 January, 2014. The festival will kick off with Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorey Da Daan while Bikramjit Gupta’s Achal (The Stagnant) will be screened as the closing film.
The festival will see the screening of new feature and documentary films from India and some documentary classics as well. Filmmakers Sanjay Kak, Moinak Biswas, Ranu Ghosh, and Bikramjit Gupta will be present for a Q&A session post the screening of their films Red Ant Dream, Sthaniya Sambaad, Quarter no. 4/11, and Achal (The Stagnant) respectively.
This is the 35th edition of a series of independent film festivals organised by Cinema of Resistance in North Indian cities and towns over the last 8 years. These festivals have been open to all and have been funded by people with no governmental or corporate sponsorship.
The venue for the event is Triguna Sen Auditorium,...
The festival will see the screening of new feature and documentary films from India and some documentary classics as well. Filmmakers Sanjay Kak, Moinak Biswas, Ranu Ghosh, and Bikramjit Gupta will be present for a Q&A session post the screening of their films Red Ant Dream, Sthaniya Sambaad, Quarter no. 4/11, and Achal (The Stagnant) respectively.
This is the 35th edition of a series of independent film festivals organised by Cinema of Resistance in North Indian cities and towns over the last 8 years. These festivals have been open to all and have been funded by people with no governmental or corporate sponsorship.
The venue for the event is Triguna Sen Auditorium,...
- 1/14/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely is set for release in India through start-up theatrical distributor Easel Films and Eagle Movies in January 2014.
The film will be the first release for Easel, launched by distribution executive Abhishek Gautam and filmmakers Bikramjit Gupta, Atanu Mukherjee and Pooja Gupte. Easel and Eagle are also teaming with distribution veteran Sunny Khanna to release the film.
“We hope to release across 200-300 screens,” said Gautam. “As a team we want to focus on distributing independent cinema in India.” The company will also release Sangee Thongdok’s Crossing Bridges, made in the north-east Indian dialect of Sherdukpen, which premiered at Mumbai Film Festival.
Meanwhile, former IFC Films executive Ryan Werner and distribution agency Required Viewing are working on the Us release of Miss Lovely, which is scheduled for March 2014. Cinetic Media’s FilmBuff is handling digital distribution for North America.
Miss Lovely premiered at Cannes in Un Certain Regard in 2012 and won best...
The film will be the first release for Easel, launched by distribution executive Abhishek Gautam and filmmakers Bikramjit Gupta, Atanu Mukherjee and Pooja Gupte. Easel and Eagle are also teaming with distribution veteran Sunny Khanna to release the film.
“We hope to release across 200-300 screens,” said Gautam. “As a team we want to focus on distributing independent cinema in India.” The company will also release Sangee Thongdok’s Crossing Bridges, made in the north-east Indian dialect of Sherdukpen, which premiered at Mumbai Film Festival.
Meanwhile, former IFC Films executive Ryan Werner and distribution agency Required Viewing are working on the Us release of Miss Lovely, which is scheduled for March 2014. Cinetic Media’s FilmBuff is handling digital distribution for North America.
Miss Lovely premiered at Cannes in Un Certain Regard in 2012 and won best...
- 11/24/2013
- by uditaj@gmail.com (Udita Jhunjhunwala)
- ScreenDaily
Contemporary filmmakers have been navigating the space between documentary and fiction very interestingly as witnessed in some of the films that screened in the First Features Competition at the 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival including Bikramjit Gupta’s The Stagnant (Achal).
The Stagnant is an Indian film that uses as the protagonist, a real statue artist, who earns his living by posing as a statue on the streets of Kolkata, to tell a story that is both humorous and poignant at the same time.
The film almost feels like a documentary tracking the lives of three people living on the edge of an apathetic city: the statue artist Krishna, his uncle whose job is to paste posters of pornographic films on walls, and his friend who sells masks for a living. Frame after frame, the viewer immerses deeper into their lives neither pitying them nor mocking at them; but...
The Stagnant is an Indian film that uses as the protagonist, a real statue artist, who earns his living by posing as a statue on the streets of Kolkata, to tell a story that is both humorous and poignant at the same time.
The film almost feels like a documentary tracking the lives of three people living on the edge of an apathetic city: the statue artist Krishna, his uncle whose job is to paste posters of pornographic films on walls, and his friend who sells masks for a living. Frame after frame, the viewer immerses deeper into their lives neither pitying them nor mocking at them; but...
- 8/1/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
The 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival, New Delhi (27 July to 5 August 2012) will open with Japanese director Keiichi Sato’s “Asura” and close with Rituparno Ghosh’s “Chitragandha”.
Festival announced its competition lineup and highlights on Wednesday.
According to the official press release the festival will present 15 World premieres, 8 International premieres, 104 Indian premieres and 13 Asian premieres from China, Estonia, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Morocco and Algeria among other Asian and Arab countries.
Films In Competition
Asian & Arab
1. Death For Sale (Mort à Vendre)/Faouzi Bensaidi, Morocco, France, Belgium, United Arab Emirates
2011/India Premiere
2. Ex Press (Ex Press)/Jet Leyco, Philippines 2011/India Premiere
3. Headshot (Fon Tok Kuen Fah)/Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Thailand 2011/India Premiere
4. Highway (Autobahn)/Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal, USA 2011/Asia Premiere
5. Inside (Yeralti)/Zeki Demirkubuz, Turkey 2012/Asia Premiere
6. Mekong Hotel/Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand, UK 2012/India Premiere
7. Milocrorze: A Love Story (Mirokurôze)/Yoshimasa Ishibashi, Japan 2011/India...
Festival announced its competition lineup and highlights on Wednesday.
According to the official press release the festival will present 15 World premieres, 8 International premieres, 104 Indian premieres and 13 Asian premieres from China, Estonia, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Morocco and Algeria among other Asian and Arab countries.
Films In Competition
Asian & Arab
1. Death For Sale (Mort à Vendre)/Faouzi Bensaidi, Morocco, France, Belgium, United Arab Emirates
2011/India Premiere
2. Ex Press (Ex Press)/Jet Leyco, Philippines 2011/India Premiere
3. Headshot (Fon Tok Kuen Fah)/Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Thailand 2011/India Premiere
4. Highway (Autobahn)/Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal, USA 2011/Asia Premiere
5. Inside (Yeralti)/Zeki Demirkubuz, Turkey 2012/Asia Premiere
6. Mekong Hotel/Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand, UK 2012/India Premiere
7. Milocrorze: A Love Story (Mirokurôze)/Yoshimasa Ishibashi, Japan 2011/India...
- 7/12/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Urumi
Urumi was declared the Best Film at 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival in Madrid.
Santosh Sivan won Best Director award. Deepti Naval was named Best Actress for Memories in March and Salim Kumar won Best Actor for Adaminte Makan Abu.
The award for Best Music went to Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy for Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara.
The 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival was held in Madrid from May 17-31, 2012.
About 70 films were screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain. The Competitive Section comprised of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar,Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in Marchby Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.
Urumi was declared the Best Film at 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival in Madrid.
Santosh Sivan won Best Director award. Deepti Naval was named Best Actress for Memories in March and Salim Kumar won Best Actor for Adaminte Makan Abu.
The award for Best Music went to Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy for Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara.
The 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival was held in Madrid from May 17-31, 2012.
About 70 films were screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain. The Competitive Section comprised of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar,Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in Marchby Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.
- 5/31/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival will be held in Madrid from May 17-31, 2012.
About 70 films will be screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain.
The Competitive Section consists of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar, Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in March by Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.
The Classics Section will showcase the films of great Indian directors like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Films such as Bala, Amar Bhuvan, Oka Oori Katha will be screened.
The festival will screen short films done made by students of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.
The festival will also screen Spanish films shot in India or related to India like Portless by Talia Leibovitz and the short films of David Varela of Spain.
The...
About 70 films will be screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain.
The Competitive Section consists of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar, Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in March by Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.
The Classics Section will showcase the films of great Indian directors like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Films such as Bala, Amar Bhuvan, Oka Oori Katha will be screened.
The festival will screen short films done made by students of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.
The festival will also screen Spanish films shot in India or related to India like Portless by Talia Leibovitz and the short films of David Varela of Spain.
The...
- 5/7/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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