Well-known filmmaker Mira Nair's films have always graced many prestigious award functions and her latest offering 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' continues to add to the glory. The film has been awarded the first Centenary Award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), recently held in Goa. ...
10:25 AM, Dec 03, 2012
Punjabi film 'Anhey Ghore Da Daan' (Alms For A Blind Horse) won the Golden Peacock award for best film at IFFI. ...
10:58 AM, Dec 01, 2012
Bengali bombshell Paoli Dam will act in a film directed by Goan director Laxmikant Shetgaonkar. ...
06:22 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Having produced over a 100 Hollywood films but only one Indian project in his career spanning three decades, Indian American filmmaker Ashok Amritraj feels it is high time he takes up another Hindi film. ...
02:20 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Police have arrested a film festival delegate from Kerala for stealing a laptop belonging to the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) director Shankar Mohan. ...
10:31 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Members of the delegation from Turkey who have come down here for the International Film Festival of India are quite impressed with Bollywood movies and even the audience here. ...
07:17 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Panaji: The BJP is more keen on promoting alcohol than the Congress party in the state, women's rights activists alleged here Wednesday, criticising the ruling party's decision to allow more alcohol vendors during the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Bailancho Saad, a leading women's rights group, would be protesting the government's "spirited" move in close proximity of the film festival venue Sunday, in defiance of a "no-assembly law"...
11:46 AM, Nov 22, 2012
Panaji: The 43rd International Film Festival of India took off to a grand start today with Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar inaugurating the cinematic extravaganza that celebrates the 100 years of Indian cinema over the next 10 days. Recalling his early connection to cinema and how his family skipped meals to buy movie tickets, the 45-year-old actor said it was incredible that the country was celebrating the 100-year-old cinematic legacy at...
10:44 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Panaji: A new section celebrating Asian spiritualism through cinema has been launched with the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) that got off to a rousing start here Tuesday. Films like 'The Buddha, Light of Asia', 'Samsara', 'Mystic Iran: The Unseen World', 'The Burmese Harp' and 'The Great Pilgrim' will be screened under this section titled Soul of Asia: Cinema and Mysticism. "The vision is to screen India premieres...
10:28 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Panaji: 'Digant', a Konkani movie about the lives of the nomadic 'Gowli' community here, is Goa's only entry for the 43rd edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) and is expected to grab maximum eyeballs. The film, to be screened in the Indian Panorama section of IFFI 2012, focuses on the nomadic tribe which has challenged the popular notion of 'stability and freedom' in life. "This community believes in...
03:57 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Panaji: Polish filmmaker Krysztof Zanussi will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), festival organisers said Monday. A spokesperson for the IFFI organisers said that the 73-year-old Zanussi, who is at present a professor of European films at an institute in Switzerland, will be present at the festival for felicitation. Zanussi has directed over 25 films in a career which has...
11:51 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Guwahati: Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua's 'Baandhon' will open the Indian panorama section at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2012, starting Nov 20 in Goa. The feature film is also expected to turn the wheels of fortune of the Assamese film industry, which was going through a difficult phase due to fund crunch and other factors. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday formally released the film "Baandhon" (Waves of...
11:38 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Panaji: Over 160 films from over 70 different countries will be screened at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which rolls out the red carpet along the banks of the beautiful Mandovi river, Tuesday. Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will inaugurate the festival Tuesday evening, which is being held in Goa for the ninth time since 2004. The festival will begin Tuesday with the screening of 'The Life of...
11:23 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Panaji: The 43rd edition of IFFI will kickstart today with Akshay Kumar flagging off the cinematic extravaganza that will showcase 100-year-old journey of Indian cinema besides screening of nationally and internationally acclaimed movies. 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', a book adaptation of Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid's celebrated novel of the same name, is coming to IFFI after making a buzz in international film circuits. The film stars Liev Schreiber, Kate Hudson, Riz...
11:02 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: Film buffs have a good reason to celebrate Partition-themed 'Garm Hava', considered a milestone in Indian cinema, has been fully restored and will be screened at the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. The 1973 Hindi-Urdu classic, directed by M S Sathyu, based on an unpublished Urdu short story by Ismat Chughtai and adapted for screen by Kaifi Azmi, is also ready for theatrical release....
05:10 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Panaji: The 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will pay special homage to Bollywood director Yash Chopra, who died Sunday. Manoj Srivastava, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Entertainment Society of Goa, which co-organises the festival, said Tuesday a cinematic tribute to the filmmaker was on the cards. "The festival wanted to pay tribute to the creative genius of Yash Chopra. Now it will be a homage to the...
06:04 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Panaji: A short film by UK-based producer Jamie Nuttgens about child poverty in India today won the coveted Golden Lamp Award in the Short Film Section of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2011 here. 'Another Planet', directed by Smita Bhide, was adjudged the best film in the international competition section by a jury headed by Indian Director Basu Chatterjee. The 28-minute film is a touching tale about a young...
11:45 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Panaji: Protests over the contentious Mullaperiyar dam in Idukki, Kerala, echoed at the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), as film personalities and journalists from Kerala demanded immediate repairs to the over 100-year-old dam, which according to the protesters had outlived its longevity. Ravindran, a Keralite actor who was present at the festival, was one of the over 100 protesters who wore black bands and shouted slogans at the...
06:38 PM, Nov 29, 2011
