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IFFK: Feast of 69 movies, including 'Totem'

Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: As many as 69 movies will screen across 14 theatres on day four of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) here on Monday.

8th Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival invites entries from across India

Guwahati: The organisers of the eighth edition of the Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival (BVFF) have invited entries of films from across India for its competitive and non-competitive categories.

LGBTQ+ film fest KASHISH 2023 to open with Onir’s feature Pine Cone

Mumbai: The 14th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia's biggest LGBTQ+ film festival will open on June 7 at Liberty Cinema with filmmaker Onir’s latest film Pine Cone, which will have its World Premiere at the festival.

28th KIFF: All you need to know about this year's festival

Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will be held for the second time in the same year (2022) from Dec 15 to Dec 22 with its bouquet of events, awards and a gala inauguration ceremony.

'The Fablemans' to premiere at TIFF 2022 with Steven Spielberg in maiden attendance

Toronto: The three-time academy award winning director Steven Speilberg is set to make a debut appearance at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2022 with what is being described as his most personal film 'The Fablemans'.

27th KIFF to be held from Jan 7 amid COVID-19 pandemic, focus country Finland

Kolkata/IBNS: The 27th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will be held from Jan 7 in the city amid COVID-19 pandemic with 50 percent occupancy in cinema halls.

Village Rockstars' National Award has emboldened a lot of independent filmmakers in India: Rima Das

She took the global film festival circuit by storm with her feature film Village Rockstars. The same landed Rima Das a national Award. One of the most sought-after independent filmmakers in India presently, Rima, who hails from India's northeastern state of Assam, talks about her new film Bulbul Can Sing, her outlook towards movie making and her future endeavours in a chat with IBNS Canada correspondents Suman Das and Sudipto Maity at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Excerpts:

Toronto International Film Festival adds 26 more galas and special presentations to 2018 lineup

Toronto, Aug 16 (IBNS): The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its second batch of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes in September, an official release stated.

Sridevi, Shashi Kapoor to be celebrated in ninth Jagran Film Festival

New Delhi June 22 (IBNS): The ninth edition of the Jagran Film Festival (JFF) would pay a tribute to some of Bollywood’s icons who passed away recently.

KIFF showcases six films of British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom in year of UK Focus

Kolkata, Nov 13 (IBNS) Michael Winterbottom is one of the most prolific filmmakers in contemporary British cinema. He has the rare distinction of stradling the parallel strands of documentary and feature films with equal command and his experimentations with form and content in both does not cease. He also happens to be among the youngest filmmakers in his country.

Originality is the focus of 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival

Kolkata, Nov 11 (IBNS) The 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival, which is underway now, has opened several new windows to cinema one does not get to see even at film festivals, not to talk of theatrical screenings. One of these is a selection of some films in rare Indian languages that we know little or nothing about.

I want to tell positive stories: Village Rockstars director Rima Das

Just two movies old, director Rima Das is one for the future, reckon veteran film critics. Her movie Village Rockstars garnered lavish praise at the recently concluded Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and has been hailed as the best Indian film of 2017. IBNS Canada's Suman Das and Sudipto Maity find out what makes the filmmaker from Assam, whose first film was ‘Antardrishti’ (Man with the Binoculars, 2016), tick. Excerpts:

KASHISH Festival Director Rangayan to talk on Indian LGBTQ films at BHI Flare, London

London, Mar 16 (IBNS): BFI Flare, London, one of the world’s oldest LGBTQ film festivals, will have a special focus on South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival KASHISH this year.

KASHISH presents Indian LGBTQ films in US, Spain and Australia

Mumbai, Feb 24 (JEN): KASHISH Global, an initiative of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival - South Asia's biggest LGBTQ film festival - is facilitating programming of Indian LGBTQ films worldwide at film festivals in Spain, USA and Australia, an official release stated.