"I am very elated and happy with the news! I believe 'A Monsoon Date' is one such short film that manifests the thought that good stories or unique content doesn't need to be long but can have a huge impact," said Konkana.
The fourth edition of Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is slated to open at the end of 2020 and aims to screen 30 select Japanese films across varied formats and subjects. Kaoru Miyamoto, the Director-General of the Japan Foundation New Delhi, expressed confidence that the festival will be "successful,
Featuring a bilingual narrative in Hindi and the Jeseri dialect of Malayalam, the film stars Nivin Pauly, Shashank Arora, Sobhita Dhulipala, Melissa Raju Thomas, Sanjana Dipu and Roshan Mathew, with Hindi dialogues by Anurag Kashyap. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and has been doing the rounds of the festival circuit since then.
Sources in the state information and culture department said that the KIFF committee is working hard to make it a physical event instead of a virtual film festival.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was accorded to the late Om Puri, and received by his wife Nandita Puri. Another highlight of the festival was a conversation with chef Vikas Khanna, recipient of the "Pride of India Award".
Besides the award, Johnny Depp's 'Minamata,' will be the closing film of the 28th edition of the event, which focuses on cinematography, reports Variety. Depp will not be able to accept the award in person due to the coronavirus pandemic, but he will be connecting to the ceremony remotely from the United States.
The Vidya Balan co-produced film Natkhat and the Marathi film Habaddi will kickstart the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on October 23. Owing to the threat of the pandemic, the festival will be hosted virtually between October 23 and 30.
The sixth edition of the Khajuraho International Film Festival (KFII) will be held in the Madhya Pradesh cultural tourism hub here from December 17 to 23, said festival organizer and actor Raja Bundela.
Johnny Depp cut a dapper figure as he attended the Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan premiere at the Zurich Film Festival on Friday.
The announcement of the Cannes Film Festival 2020 comes months after the 2020 edition of the prestigious movie gala was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festival will be organizing the event in collaboration with the Cannes City Council.
Ayushmann Khurrana says gender divisions only highlight long prevalent divisive nature of societies. The Berlin International Film Festival last month announced they have decided to make all awards in acting categories gender-neutral.
The state will be hosting IFFI 2020 as per schedule in last week of November, Sawant told reporters on Wednesday. The opposition Congress, however, said it is not advisable to host IFFI in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The organisers of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on Tuesday announced that its 22nd edition has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) took the unanimous decision to push the festival to 2021, the dates of which would be announced soon.
The slate of films include 30 films from India, as well as films from countries like Belarus, Iran, Iceland, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, Tunisia, etc.
An exciting new innovation to the festival this year, in response to current challenges and opportunities, is the IFFM Film Club where fans of Indian movies can enrol for a virtual masterclass with leading filmmakers discussing their works in detail.
The collaboration between the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival and Birmingham Indian Film Festival includes a diverse line-up made up of UK premieres of Prakash Jha's upward mobility schooling drama ‘Pareeksha’, gangster flick ‘Moothon’ and the 'American Pie' style comedy ‘The MisEducation of Bindu’, among others.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the India Pavilion at Cannes Film Market 2020 on Monday and actress Kangana Ranaut was the one who attended it. The actress looked like a boss lady in a white pantsuit.
Taking to Instagram actress Deepika Padukone shared a video of herself dancing in a bathrobe while getting her hair done for her second-day appearance at the Cannes Film Festival. Her caption caught the attention of Kartik Aaryan who wanted to know the meaning of 'shenanigans.'
The official confirmation of the Venice Film Festival being held in 2020 comes days after the Venice Biennale, which oversees the world's longest-running film festival among a number of other arts events, moved its Biennale of Architecture to 2021.
The digital edition of Sydney Film Festival will run from June 10 to 21 and feature world premieres of true stories from Australian documentary filmmakers; a program of shorts from budding filmmakers of the Australian film industry.
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