Mumbai (PTI): The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) will be celebrating the 10th edition of IIFA Weekend in Macau next month with special awards like ‘Best of the Decade’ and ‘Green IIFA’.
‘Best of the Decade’ will be given for the five popular categories of Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Music Composer, Sabbas Joseph, Director […]
Guardian News Service
Last week saw the start of a trial that pitches Hollywood studios against the technology industry, and whose outcome could change the face of home entertainment. The trial, taking place in San Francisco, centres on a $30 software package published last year called RealDVD (realdvd.com).
RealDVD, marketed by RealNetworks, allows DVD owners to copy […]
GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE
Economy and migration of studio work elsewhere put many LA staffout of a job
Bruce McCleery hardly had a day out of work in 25 years. As one of Hollywood’s most sought-after lighting technicians, he worked on big-budget movies like Independence Day and Mission Impossible III. He travelled the world as part of an […]
Washington (IANS): The Mumbai-set Oscar-winning film ‘Slumdog Millionnaire’, which brings the plight of slum children in India into focus, has sparked interest in charities that target the problem, according to US charity organisation CAFAmerica.
“Individuals and organizations that have been touched by ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ should consider donating to aid Indian children,” said CAFAmerica CEO Susan Saxon-Harrold […]
Tehran, Iran (AP): An adviser to Iran’s President on Sunday demanded an apology from a team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including Annette Bening, saying films such as 300 and The Wrestler were “insulting” to Iranians.
Without an apology, members of Iran’s film industry should refuse to meet with representatives from the nine-member […]
Panaji (PTI): India’s first ever digital archives of feature films and documentaries from across the globe has been set up in Goa.
Around 130 films spanning across Marathi, Portuguese, Hindi, English, Konkani, Assamese, Bengali, French and Italian languages are stocked on the server, are available at a click of a button.
The Goa-Government run Entertainment Society of […]
Chennai (PTI): Noted filmmaker Maniratnam, who introduced A R Rahman to the film industry through ‘Roja’, said he was proud of the music maestro, whose work has been recognised “internationally” after the double Oscar win.
“He is special. Thats all. It doesn’t matter which award he gets. All that matters is that his work had been […]
Ignatius Pereira
VILAKKUPARA: The Oscar glory brought by sound engineer Resul Pookutty to India turned into a high-octane celebration in the usually sleepy village of Vilakkupara in Kerala’s Kollam district on Monday from where he hails. His natal home there turned into a hotspot of celebration.
A crowd was sitting glued to the television set in tense […]
Hasan Suroor
It is a searing comment on the effect of war on young soldiers who soon find they are not on a mission to restore democracy or protect their country, but to kill or be killed.
Can there be a greater indictment of a system than that the very people who make it tick and without […]
Staff Reporter
KOCHI: Good film criticism and the making of serious cinema have always worked in a mutually supportive role, said the film critic M.F. Thomas.
Speaking at the Open Forum held in connection with the 2nd Cochin International Film Festival (CIFF-05) organised by the Cochin Film Society at Sridhar Theatre on Sunday, Mr. Thomas said serious […]