A still from Ana Arabia
Ana Arabia (Israel-France) directed by Amos Gitai will open the 12th Pune International Film Festival 2014 to be held from January 9-16, 2014.
Kanyaka Talkies (Virgin Talkies) by Kr Manoj is the only Indian film in World Competition section.
The films that will compete in Marathi cinema competition are: 72 Miles Ek Pravas by Rajeev Patil, Astu (So Be it) by Sumitra Bhave, Fandry by Nagraj Manjule, Maunraag (Monologue) by Vaibhav Abnave, Narbachi Wadi by Aditya Ajay Sarpotdar, Rege by Abhijit Panse and Tapaal (The Letter) by Laxman Utekar.
The festival will hold Country Focus sections on Taiwan, Hungary, Israel, France, South Korea and Spain. There will be Retrospectives of Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, Italian director Federico Fellini, Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic, American director Billy Wilder, French director Benoit Jacquot and Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
Indian Cinema Today section will present films like Shyamaprasad’s Artist, Laxmikant Shetgaonkar’s Baga Beach,...
Ana Arabia (Israel-France) directed by Amos Gitai will open the 12th Pune International Film Festival 2014 to be held from January 9-16, 2014.
Kanyaka Talkies (Virgin Talkies) by Kr Manoj is the only Indian film in World Competition section.
The films that will compete in Marathi cinema competition are: 72 Miles Ek Pravas by Rajeev Patil, Astu (So Be it) by Sumitra Bhave, Fandry by Nagraj Manjule, Maunraag (Monologue) by Vaibhav Abnave, Narbachi Wadi by Aditya Ajay Sarpotdar, Rege by Abhijit Panse and Tapaal (The Letter) by Laxman Utekar.
The festival will hold Country Focus sections on Taiwan, Hungary, Israel, France, South Korea and Spain. There will be Retrospectives of Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, Italian director Federico Fellini, Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic, American director Billy Wilder, French director Benoit Jacquot and Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
Indian Cinema Today section will present films like Shyamaprasad’s Artist, Laxmikant Shetgaonkar’s Baga Beach,...
- 12/28/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Malayalam film Kanyaka Talkies by K. R. Manoj will open the feature film category while Kamal Swaroop’s Rangbhoomi will open the non-feature category of Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) 2013.
Indian Panorama will screen 26 Feature films and 16 Non-Feature films.
The jury for Feature films, headed by filmmaker and editor B. Lenin, selected 25 films out of a total of 210 eligible entries. Paan Singh Tomar by Tigmanshu Dhulia which won the Best Feature Film award at the 60th National Film Awards has been selected by virtue of direct entry.
The Non-Feature films Jury, chaired by director Raja Sen, picked 15 films out of 130 eligible entries. Kashmiri film Shepherds of Paradise directed by Raja Shabir Khan which won Best Non – Feature Film award at the 60th National Film Awards has also been selected by virtue of direct entry.
Complete list:
101 Chodyangal by Sidhartha Siva
Ajana Batas by Anjan Das...
Indian Panorama will screen 26 Feature films and 16 Non-Feature films.
The jury for Feature films, headed by filmmaker and editor B. Lenin, selected 25 films out of a total of 210 eligible entries. Paan Singh Tomar by Tigmanshu Dhulia which won the Best Feature Film award at the 60th National Film Awards has been selected by virtue of direct entry.
The Non-Feature films Jury, chaired by director Raja Sen, picked 15 films out of 130 eligible entries. Kashmiri film Shepherds of Paradise directed by Raja Shabir Khan which won Best Non – Feature Film award at the 60th National Film Awards has also been selected by virtue of direct entry.
Complete list:
101 Chodyangal by Sidhartha Siva
Ajana Batas by Anjan Das...
- 10/15/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
After celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in its 2012 edition, the 10th Dubai International Film Festival has again included a “Celebration of Indian cinema” section in its out-of-competition programme.
Feature films and documentaries can be submitted for inclusion in this section.
Last year, under this section, Diff screened Joy Mathew’s Shutter, Kaushik Ganguly’s Sound, Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Quartet 1, Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus and Hansal Mehta’s Shahid among others.
Besides “Celebration of Indian cinema”, the other out-of-competition sections are Arabian Nights, Cinema for Children, Cinema of AsiaAfrica, Cinema of the World and Gulf Voices.
Indian filmmakers can also submit entries for competitive sections: Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature, Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentary and Muhr AsiaAfrica Short.
For submission, films must have been produced after September 1, 2012. Films must not have been screened in the Gulf region for any audiences before Diff with the exception of...
Feature films and documentaries can be submitted for inclusion in this section.
Last year, under this section, Diff screened Joy Mathew’s Shutter, Kaushik Ganguly’s Sound, Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Quartet 1, Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus and Hansal Mehta’s Shahid among others.
Besides “Celebration of Indian cinema”, the other out-of-competition sections are Arabian Nights, Cinema for Children, Cinema of AsiaAfrica, Cinema of the World and Gulf Voices.
Indian filmmakers can also submit entries for competitive sections: Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature, Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentary and Muhr AsiaAfrica Short.
For submission, films must have been produced after September 1, 2012. Films must not have been screened in the Gulf region for any audiences before Diff with the exception of...
- 7/30/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Filipino film Sta.Nina directed by Emmanuel Quindo Palo won the top award at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk) that concluded on Friday.
Indian films that won the top prizes include ID, directed by K.M. Kamal which won the Netpac (Network for promotion of Asian Cinema) award for best Asian Film in the competition.
Joy Mathew’s Malayalam film Shutter won the audience poll award.
Here is the complete list of winners:-
Best film in competition
Sta. Nina (Phillipines) directed by Emmanuel Quindo Palo:
Best director
Ivan’s Woman (Chile) by Francisca Silva
Best Debutant Director
Filmistan by Nitin Kakkar
Audience Award
Shutter by Joy Mathew
Special Jury Mentions.
The Last Step (Iran) directed by Ali Mosaffa
Today (Senegal) by Alain Gomis
Fipresci Award
The Repentant (Algeria) directed by Merzak Allouache
Fipresci award for the best Malayalam movie
K. Gopinathan’s Ithra Matram.
Netpac award...
Indian films that won the top prizes include ID, directed by K.M. Kamal which won the Netpac (Network for promotion of Asian Cinema) award for best Asian Film in the competition.
Joy Mathew’s Malayalam film Shutter won the audience poll award.
Here is the complete list of winners:-
Best film in competition
Sta. Nina (Phillipines) directed by Emmanuel Quindo Palo:
Best director
Ivan’s Woman (Chile) by Francisca Silva
Best Debutant Director
Filmistan by Nitin Kakkar
Audience Award
Shutter by Joy Mathew
Special Jury Mentions.
The Last Step (Iran) directed by Ali Mosaffa
Today (Senegal) by Alain Gomis
Fipresci Award
The Repentant (Algeria) directed by Merzak Allouache
Fipresci award for the best Malayalam movie
K. Gopinathan’s Ithra Matram.
Netpac award...
- 12/15/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Twelve Tamil films will vie for the top awards – Best Feature Film – Producer, Director; Second Best Feature Film – Producer, Director and Special Jury Award for Individual Excellence at the 10th Chennai International Film Festival. The competition section is open only for Tamil films. The festival will run from 13th to 20th December, 2012.
Line up of films in competition:
Aravan by National Award winner Vasanthabalan based on Su. Venkatesan’s novel‘Kaaval Kottam’.
Marina by Pandiraj is a look at the lives of people for whom, Marina beach is practically their home. Pandiraj won the Silver Lotus Award at National Film Awards 2010 for Pasanga (2009).
Mupozhuthum Un Karpanayil by Elred Kumar.
Arrohanam directed by actress-turned-director Lakshmy Ramakrishnan. The film revolves around a missing mother, who suffers from bipolar disorder.
Attakathi a romantic comedy film is directed by Pa. Ranjith.
Mounaguru directed by Santha Kumar. Mounaguru is the story of a misunderstood college...
Line up of films in competition:
Aravan by National Award winner Vasanthabalan based on Su. Venkatesan’s novel‘Kaaval Kottam’.
Marina by Pandiraj is a look at the lives of people for whom, Marina beach is practically their home. Pandiraj won the Silver Lotus Award at National Film Awards 2010 for Pasanga (2009).
Mupozhuthum Un Karpanayil by Elred Kumar.
Arrohanam directed by actress-turned-director Lakshmy Ramakrishnan. The film revolves around a missing mother, who suffers from bipolar disorder.
Attakathi a romantic comedy film is directed by Pa. Ranjith.
Mounaguru directed by Santha Kumar. Mounaguru is the story of a misunderstood college...
- 12/10/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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