Director Goutam Ghosh, a member of the organising committee of the KIFF, said that the despite the pandemic situation and the deferment of the festival from November 2020 to January 2021, it was organised successfully as works of acclaimed directors were screened from January 8 to 15 with large-scale participation of people. … [Read more...] about KIFF: ‘Bandar Band’ of Iran adjudged best film
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Bong Joon-Ho to head Venice Film Festival’s jury
The movie, which examines the class divide in the Korean society through a poor family scheming its way into a rich man’s house with disastrous results, won the Best International Film, Best Director for Bong and Best Original Screenplay for Bong and Jin-Won. … [Read more...] about Bong Joon-Ho to head Venice Film Festival’s jury
Iranian film festival set to begin today
The films will be screened at the Alliance Française of Madras in Nungambakkam. The screenings will begin at 6 p.m. on all days. The film Under the Smoky Roof will be screened on January 18. Azar Shahdokht Parviz & Others and M for Mother will be screened on January 19 and 20 respectively. … [Read more...] about Iranian film festival set to begin today
Absence of Kannada plaque at Amit Shah’s event sparks off row
Karnataka Rakshana Vedike president T.A. Narayana Gowda, in a post on social media, said it was common sense to use Kannada prominently in any government programme held in Karnataka. “Kannadigas need not tolerate the deliberate imposition of Hindi,” he said. His organisation gave a call for a Twitter campaign on Sunday evening opposing imposition of Hindi. Hundreds of people responded to the campaign by posting their tweets. … [Read more...] about Absence of Kannada plaque at Amit Shah’s event sparks off row
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is excited to be at the Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: I am so happy that people are liking films like ‘Serious Men’
Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been nominated for Best Actor (Male), Web Original Film for his film ‘Raat Akeli Hai’ along with Amit Sadh (Barot House), Aparshakti Khurana (Kanpuriye), Manoj Bajpayee (Bhosle), and Vinay Pathak (Chintu Ka Birthday). #NawazuddinSiddiqui and #JaideepAhlawat meet up at the #FlyxFilmfareOTTAwards. @flyx_me https://t.co/MgoBi1pz5D … [Read more...] about Nawazuddin Siddiqui is excited to be at the Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: I am so happy that people are liking films like ‘Serious Men’