TRENDS
Jio MAMI 2023: Kashmiri Pandit director sparks a philosophical pause with Varanasi film
Rajesh S Jala's debut feature The Spark (Chingari), part of Focus South Asia section at 2023 Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, is a powerful voice against violence in the society.
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Rajasthan sings songs of peace and hope at Jodhpur RIFF 2023
Folk musicians from around the world connect communities and cultures at the Rajasthan International Folk Festival in Jodhpur.
ENTERTAINMENT
Jio MAMI 2023 | Guras: Darjeeling director Saurav Rai casts Nepal's biggest actors in film on sisterhood in the hills
The award-winning filmmaker's sophomore feature is in South Asia Competition at the ongoing Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.
TRENDS
Jio MAMI 2023 | ‘Everyone let the migrant workers down during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar’: Nepalese anthropologist-filmmaker Fidel Devkota
Fidel Devkota’s film 'The Red Suitcase' screens at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 in the South Asia Competition.
TRENDS
Ghosts of the past win at 69th National Film Awards: Silent Era studio’s time loop Bengali existential horror film & an Uttarakhand ghost village documentary
Experimental COVID horror film 'Kalkokkho' marks the return of Bengal's Aurora Film Corporation, India’s oldest in-business studio/production house from the silent era, that once distributed Satyajit Ray films and produced Bournvita Quiz Contest; and the melancholy of a lost civilisation in Garhwali-Hindi documentary 'Ek Tha Gaon'.
TRENDS
Israeli soldier turned filmmaker Eran Riklis: 'Our responsibility as a community is to hold the world together'
Eran Riklis, who, as a producer, cast Indian actor Freida Pinto in 'Miral' (2010), says the artistic community in Israel is 90 per cent left-wing or centre-left, there is a lot of anger and frustration today because the government didn't take responsibility.
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Documentary on Gaza’s survival at world’s largest documentary film festival in Amsterdam
Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly takes the 'hope and beauty' of Gaza, with his film Al Haya Helwa (Life is Beautiful), to the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
TRENDS
National Film Awards 2023: Best Picture for Rocketry, Waheeda Rehman conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award and RRR, Sardar Udham, other big winners
Telugu actor Allu Arjun won the Best Actor award for Pushpa: The Rise; Alia Bhatt won Best Actress for Gangubai Kathiawadi, which also picked up the Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue Writer, Best Editing and Best Make-Up awards.
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Jio MAMI 2023 curtain raiser: MAMI Mumbai Film Festival returns in physical form, with over 250 films & South Asian competition
Indian independent films selected for three cancelled editions to feature in a longer, plentiful Mumbai Film Festival beginning on October 27.
WORLD
Israeli author & political analyst Uri Dromi: ‘India can play a role in the reconstruction of postwar Gaza’
A prominent figure in Israel today as a leading political analyst and author, Uri Dromi has been a staunch voice against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reforms while supporting democracy and peace in the region.
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Jodhpur RIFF 2023: Folk artists of the world to sing for the living traditions of roots music
The fabled Langa and Manganiyar musicians and Kalbeliya singers join an impressive line-up of global stars at the 14th edition of Rajasthan International Folk Festival to be held at Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort during October 26-30.
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Tribute: The legacy and top 5 films of KG George, the village boy who disrupted mainstream filmmaking in Malayalam cinema
Veteran Malayalam director and screenwriter KG George, a cinematic institution, who passed away on September 24, influenced generations of filmmakers in Kerala with his genre-bending style.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
World Heart Day 2023: Avocados from Africa expected to drive down prices, improve availability of the superfood
Kenyan avocados got the Indian government's nod for import in August; India's growing superfood market is expected to turn more competitive with arrival of avocados from Africa.
TRENDS
What you need to know about West Bengal’s Santiniketan, now on the UNESCO World Heritage list, a global honour after the literary Nobel
Rabindranath Tagore's philosophy of unrestrained learning in open-air classes, respect for nature and famers' needs, and education for change defines Santiniketan's contemporary relevance. An ex-vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati, a former Kala Bhavana principal, and Tagore's great grand-nephew speak about India's 41st UNESCO World Heritage site.
ENTERTAINMENT
Kumaoni film about Nepalese labourers and pandemic lockdown goes to San Sebastian Film Festival
Bahadur the Brave by debutante director Diwa Shah is shot in Nainital, Uttarakhand.
ENTERTAINMENT
TIFF 2023 | Anand Patwardhan: ‘It is up to each person to take the better aspects from our cultural past’
One of the top draws at the ongoing 48th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was the much-anticipated TIFF Docs premiere of the veteran award-winning documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan's new film, 'The World is Family (Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam)'.
TRENDS
Rahul Mishra awarded French honour of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres: 5 standout collections by the fashion designer
Fashion designer Rahul Mishra's latest award, Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government this week, underlines his achievements in ethical and sustainable fashion.
ENTERTAINMENT
TIFF 2023: Mumbai dominates, but Punjabi films stand out as Indian cinema zoom across categories at 48th Toronto International Film Festival
Tarsem Singh's Punjabi film about a true-life honour killing and transgender life in Delhi shot on a smartphone are part of seven Indian films at the Toronto festival beginning on September 7.
ENTERTAINMENT
10 must-see Indian indie films & series showing at major international festivals in 2023
Stories of struggle and survival, patriarchy and the Partition propel India to the high table of world cinema this year.
ART
Delhi hosts India's first hotel art fair, a new meeting place for art market
Artix, India's first-ever hotel art fair, at the Taj Mahal Palace in the national capital this weekend, turns rooms in luxury hotels into art galleries and a marketplace for galleries and art buyers.
SPORTS
Kerala's iconic backwaters snake-boat race represents unity of local communities
The Nehru Trophy Boat Race, which took place on August 12, is the biggest event for Kuttanadu's communities. The Sports Authority of India's National Centre for Excellence in Water Sports in Alappuzha fielded a women's team for the first time at the race.
BULLISH-ON-INDIA
Independence Day 2023 | Vision@2047: What India's biodiversity will look like
Wildlife and conservation expert MK Ranjitsinh, whose next book is 'Mountain Mammals of the World', says, by 2047, India's biodiversity as national natural heritage will be protected by laws, policies and people.
BULLISH-ON-INDIA
Independence Day 2023 | Vision@2047: How conscious cities of India will look like
Community, culture and technology-centric solutions should be the cornerstones of planning and development. Town planner Anshu Sharma says 2047 will be the year we'll take a U-turn, to go from a green, nature-based living to an industrialised polluted city and back to a green city.
ENTERTAINMENT
Chinese-produced Meghalaya’s Rapture is the first Garo-language film in Locarno Film Festival 2023
SRFTI, Kolkata alumnus Dominic Sangma explores the fear of the Other in his sophomore feature Rimdogittanga (Rapture), which will premiere in Locarno on August 10.
