A still from the opening film “Out in the Dark”
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2014 will open with Michael Mayer’s Out in the Dark (Israel, Palestine, USA), a love story between an ambitious Palestinian student and an idealistic Israeli lawyer caught in a minefield of socio-political conflict.
The festival which will take place from May 21 – May 25 at Liberty Cinema, New Marine Lines and Alliance Française de Bombay; will screen around 154 films from 31 countries including shorts and features in both narrative and documentary category.
Twenty-eight Indian films will be screened at the festival. National Award winning director Ravi Jadhav’s Marathi short film Mitraa, based on Vijay Tendulkar’s play Mitrachi Goshta, will be screened on Saturday May 24, 4.45 pm at Liberty Cinema in a short film package ‘Indian Showcase’.
Pradipta Ray who was the winner of Riyad Wadia Award for Emerging Indian Filmmaker at Kashish 2012 will return with Bengali...
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2014 will open with Michael Mayer’s Out in the Dark (Israel, Palestine, USA), a love story between an ambitious Palestinian student and an idealistic Israeli lawyer caught in a minefield of socio-political conflict.
The festival which will take place from May 21 – May 25 at Liberty Cinema, New Marine Lines and Alliance Française de Bombay; will screen around 154 films from 31 countries including shorts and features in both narrative and documentary category.
Twenty-eight Indian films will be screened at the festival. National Award winning director Ravi Jadhav’s Marathi short film Mitraa, based on Vijay Tendulkar’s play Mitrachi Goshta, will be screened on Saturday May 24, 4.45 pm at Liberty Cinema in a short film package ‘Indian Showcase’.
Pradipta Ray who was the winner of Riyad Wadia Award for Emerging Indian Filmmaker at Kashish 2012 will return with Bengali...
- 5/19/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Ace filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, who is known for his unique films, suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away on Thursday morning at 7.30am in Kolkata at the age of 49. He was reportedly suffering from pancreatitis.
Rituparno Ghosh was first acknowledged in the 90’s when he made films in Bengali with strong and sensitive subjects. His recent endeavours were with some Bollywood biggies like Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Ghosh won many national awards and his film Chokher Bali starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Raima Sen was nominated for Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 2003.
Rituparno Ghosh was a bold director and did not refrain from touching the otherwise sensitively discussed topic of homosexuality. He played the role of a homosexual filmmaker in Kaushik Ganguly’s ‘‘Arekti Premer Galpo’ and Sanjoy Nag’s ‘Memories in March’. He was one person who never attempted to hide his sexual preferences.
Rituparno Ghosh was first acknowledged in the 90’s when he made films in Bengali with strong and sensitive subjects. His recent endeavours were with some Bollywood biggies like Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Ghosh won many national awards and his film Chokher Bali starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Raima Sen was nominated for Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 2003.
Rituparno Ghosh was a bold director and did not refrain from touching the otherwise sensitively discussed topic of homosexuality. He played the role of a homosexual filmmaker in Kaushik Ganguly’s ‘‘Arekti Premer Galpo’ and Sanjoy Nag’s ‘Memories in March’. He was one person who never attempted to hide his sexual preferences.
- 5/31/2013
- by Samreen Tungekar
- Bollyspice
Mumbai, May 30: The film community is in a state of shock after the sudden demise of eminent director Rituparno Ghosh, who made films like "Chokher Bali", "Raincoat" and "Bariwali". Deepti Naval says "this was never expected", while Sujoy Ghosh is too shocked to say anything.
Rituparno Ghosh was suffering from pancreatitis and died of cardiac arrest Thursday at his residence around 7.30 a.m., said sources. He was 49.
Deepti Naval, who teamed up with Ghosh in "Memories in March", said that she is shocked to hear the news.
"I knew he was not well, but I was told that his condition is under control and that he is fine..
Rituparno Ghosh was suffering from pancreatitis and died of cardiac arrest Thursday at his residence around 7.30 a.m., said sources. He was 49.
Deepti Naval, who teamed up with Ghosh in "Memories in March", said that she is shocked to hear the news.
"I knew he was not well, but I was told that his condition is under control and that he is fine..
- 5/30/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Rituparno Ghosh had written and acted in Sanjoy Nag’s 2010 debut film Memories in March that deals with a mother’s (Arati) discovery that her deceased son (Sid) was a gay. The film deftly touched upon the changing dynamics of Arati and the gay partner of her son (Ornob) – Sid always remained as the backdrop. In one of the initial interactions between a female colleague of the son (Sahana) and Arati, Sahana told Arati about her crush for Sid. Then she straightened her dress and quietly challenged Sid’s mother, “Do you think I am up to the mark for him?” What Arati replied is un-important. What is important perhaps is the singular dialogue that puts the matter of Gender in perspective – the patriarchal society looks at women as a commodity even in an otherwise attempted asexual film. This preamble (and lending the content from my previous critique of Memories in March...
- 9/4/2012
- by Amitava Nag
- 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
If industry trade statistics are to be believed, for every single good film that is made, there are 10 other bad ones that release week after week. For anyone familiar with the Razzies concept of Hollywood, the ‘Ghanta Awards’ (‘ghanta’ being the slang for ‘rubbish’) is its desi version to celebrate and recognize the worst that Bollywood offers in terms of films, actors, technicians among some other categories.
In its second year, the awards function was held over the weekend to a packed house. Those who could not attend had the option of watching its online live stream (something that none of the bigger awards have been able to achieve yet). While invites were sent out to all the nominees, Sonam Kapoor was the lone celeb attendee, went sportingly on the stage to collect her award confessing “Thank you so much! I finally won an award!”.
Keeping Sonam company in the audience was photographer Atul Kasbekar,...
In its second year, the awards function was held over the weekend to a packed house. Those who could not attend had the option of watching its online live stream (something that none of the bigger awards have been able to achieve yet). While invites were sent out to all the nominees, Sonam Kapoor was the lone celeb attendee, went sportingly on the stage to collect her award confessing “Thank you so much! I finally won an award!”.
Keeping Sonam company in the audience was photographer Atul Kasbekar,...
- 3/22/2012
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
Publisher has three titles in the series shipping that month.
Following the slight slide from its original late January release, Silent Hill HD Collection will be joining original entries Silent Hill: Downpour and Silent Hill: Book of Memories in March. The last is actually the venerable survivor horror franchise's first foray onto the new Playstation Vita hardware while Downpour is the first true sequel in the series since Silent Hill: Homecoming back in 2008.
Here's the full announcement with synopses of each of the games:
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced the definitive release dates for the three 2012 Silent Hill franchise titles: Silent Hill HD Collection, Silent Hill Downpour and Silent Hill Book of Memories. Available nationwide this March fans can experience the horror and thrill that they've come to love while embarking on exciting new quests and challenges.
Silent Hill HD Collection: March 6.
Silent Hill HD Collection...
Following the slight slide from its original late January release, Silent Hill HD Collection will be joining original entries Silent Hill: Downpour and Silent Hill: Book of Memories in March. The last is actually the venerable survivor horror franchise's first foray onto the new Playstation Vita hardware while Downpour is the first true sequel in the series since Silent Hill: Homecoming back in 2008.
Here's the full announcement with synopses of each of the games:
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced the definitive release dates for the three 2012 Silent Hill franchise titles: Silent Hill HD Collection, Silent Hill Downpour and Silent Hill Book of Memories. Available nationwide this March fans can experience the horror and thrill that they've come to love while embarking on exciting new quests and challenges.
Silent Hill HD Collection: March 6.
Silent Hill HD Collection...
- 1/17/2012
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
Nader and Simin, A Separation (Iran) directed by Asghar Farhadi won the Best Film at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival.
“…a masterpiece! We are awarding Best Film for the simplicity and precision of Asghar Farhadi’s craft and his portrayal of the complexities of this family and society in a way that is subtle and universally understood,” the Jury said in its statement.
Andrey Zvyagintsev was awarded the Best Director for Elena (Russia).
Skoonheid directed by Oliver Hermanus won the award for the Best South African Feature Film.
The Best First Feature Film went to The Dynamiter (USA), directed by Matthew Gordon.
Best Documentary went to Position Among the Stars (The Netherlands), directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich. “With its incredibly intimate portrayal of life in Indonesia’s slums, this daring documentary illuminates family relations while treating its subjects with dignity,” the Jury said.
Dirty Laundry (South Africa), directed by...
“…a masterpiece! We are awarding Best Film for the simplicity and precision of Asghar Farhadi’s craft and his portrayal of the complexities of this family and society in a way that is subtle and universally understood,” the Jury said in its statement.
Andrey Zvyagintsev was awarded the Best Director for Elena (Russia).
Skoonheid directed by Oliver Hermanus won the award for the Best South African Feature Film.
The Best First Feature Film went to The Dynamiter (USA), directed by Matthew Gordon.
Best Documentary went to Position Among the Stars (The Netherlands), directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich. “With its incredibly intimate portrayal of life in Indonesia’s slums, this daring documentary illuminates family relations while treating its subjects with dignity,” the Jury said.
Dirty Laundry (South Africa), directed by...
- 8/2/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
There is a special focus on “India Independents” at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival (Diff), which will run from July 21-31, 2011.
“The remarkably diverse cinema of India is celebrated at Diff this year, with a focus on both the classic and the daringly contemporary,” reads the official website of the festival. As part of the special focus, the festival will present a Satyajit Ray Retrospective along with new works by fresh Indian talents.
The six Ray films to be screened are: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Charulata, Kapurush, Ghare Baire and Ray’s final film, Agantuk.
Leena Manimekelai’s film The Dead Sea will have its World Premiere at the African festival. Diff describes the films as “a haunting and powerful film about the lives of Tamil fishermen and the difficulties they faced during the Sri Lankan war. The resulting blend of fiction and documentary is a powerful protest against the...
“The remarkably diverse cinema of India is celebrated at Diff this year, with a focus on both the classic and the daringly contemporary,” reads the official website of the festival. As part of the special focus, the festival will present a Satyajit Ray Retrospective along with new works by fresh Indian talents.
The six Ray films to be screened are: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Charulata, Kapurush, Ghare Baire and Ray’s final film, Agantuk.
Leena Manimekelai’s film The Dead Sea will have its World Premiere at the African festival. Diff describes the films as “a haunting and powerful film about the lives of Tamil fishermen and the difficulties they faced during the Sri Lankan war. The resulting blend of fiction and documentary is a powerful protest against the...
- 6/28/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Well, the 'baap' of all exclusive is here. I mean, the 'bad-boy' 'naughty' movie of the year Delhi Belly will be having its world premiere at this year's London Indian Film Festival (Liff) at Cineworld, Haymarket on 30 June. Delhi Belly will open the Liff this year. With a nod to Brit-gangster flicks such as Snatch, it tells the story of a group of hapless mates who end up being hunted by the local mafia after one of them accidently mixes up a smuggler's package with his stool sample (He ate some dodgy Tandoori chicken). The film reaches its climax in true heist style with a riot of mix-ups and high-speed chases, while unsuspecting English tourists duck for cover. Delhi Belly will have its worldwide release the next day, July 1. Other highlights of the festival include a special screening of Colours Of Passion at the V&A, homage to the revolutionary...
- 6/6/2011
- by Devansh Patel
- BollywoodHungama
Click above for more movie stills Well, the 'baap' of all exclusive is here. I mean, the 'bad-boy' 'naughty' movie of the year Delhi Belly will be having its world premiere at this year's London Indian Film Festival (Liff) at Cineworld, Haymarket on 30 June. Delhi Belly will open the Liff this year. With a nod to Brit-gangster flicks such as Snatch, it tells the story of a group of hapless mates who end up being hunted by the local mafia after one of them accidently mixes up a smuggler's package with his stool sample (He ate some dodgy Tandoori chicken). The film reaches its climax in true heist style with a riot of mix-ups and high-speed chases, while unsuspecting English tourists duck for cover. Delhi Belly will have its worldwide release the next day, July 1. Other highlights of the festival include a special screening of Colours Of Passion at the V&A,...
- 6/6/2011
- by Devansh Patel
- BollywoodHungama
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