New Delhi (PTI): Critically acclaimed film actress Nandita Das has been appointed as chairperson of Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI).
Das, 39, would have a tenure of three years. Her predecessor Nafisa Ali had resigned a few months back to contest Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow.
The actress, who created waves with her roles in films […]

Guardian News Service
On May 13th night, the great and the good of the movie world foregathered at the Cannes film festival, and paired their dinner jackets and designer gowns with 3D glasses - resembling nothing so much as 1970s NHS specs - for the premiere of the opening film, a Pixar animation called Up.
Meanwhile, Isabelle […]

London: Classic cartoon flicks have been entertaining kids for decades. Now, psychologists have claimed that these films are giving children the “wrong message” about how to deal with “stranger danger”.
A new study by Carleton University has claimed that classic cartoon films contain scenes in which children receive “unwanted personal contact” or “threatening approaches” from adults, […]

New Delhi (PTI): Oscar winner Resul Pookutty says the award has brought recognition to sound engineers and technicians in India and inspired more youngsters.
“The situation of sound technicians here is pathetic. Nobody knows the kind of work they do. Before the Oscars I had won the CAS, the highest honour for somebody in my field […]

Los Angeles (PTI): Sound engineer Resul Pookutty became the third Indian to bring Oscar glory for India by winning the award for sound mixing in “Slumdog Millionaire” here on Tuesday.
 
“I dedicate this award to my country. This is not just a sound award but a piece of history that has been handed over to me,” […]

Slumdog… scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy
Los Angeles (PTI): British scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy fetched the first Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for for Slumdog Millionaire, based on Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup’s novel Q&A.
“It is a tremendous honour. I thank Vikas Swarup, without him Slumdog… would not have happened, thanks Vikas Swarup,” said Beaufoy while accepting […]

SOYESH H RAWTHER
The sixth Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) held in December 2008, attracted a good number of students from colleges in Chennai. Driven by a passion for films, they thronged the theatres to watch some of the masterpieces of their favourite directors and script writers. “For students of visual communication, the festival offered a […]

WHAT KIND of activism can unite lawyers and filmmakers, artistes and media activists, youth-motivators and film collectives? Bangalore can fuse with their collective spirit through an extraordinary Films for Freedom documentary festival at Jayanagar’s J.S.S. Auditorium from July 29 to August 1.
Challenging censorship
Triggered by the Vikalp Alternate Film Forum in February 2004, when 300 documentary […]

London (PTI): Having pocketed both the Golden Globe and the BAFTA awards, Indian composer A R Rahman, who has floored the international audience with his music in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, is now hoping for the biggest one - the Oscars.
Rahman scooped the BAFTA award in the Best Music Score category for ‘Slumdog’, the rags-to-riches story of […]

Jaipur (PTI): Nandita Das hopes her directorial venture ‘Firaq’ based on the aftermath of the Gujarat riots will prompt dialogue on the issue of divisiveness and prevail over any wrong noises the film’s theme generates from right wing parties.
 
Though it is based on the riots in Gujarat, the film has very little violence depicted in […]