New Delhi (IANS): Hrithik Roshan starrer mega-budget Kites will be among a bouquet of films that will be marketed by Reliance BIG Pictures at the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival, starting May 13.
Directed by Anurag Basu, “Kites” also stars Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, Nick Brown and Kabir Bedi in pivotal roles. The entertainment arm of […]
New Delhi (PTI): Tamil movie “Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai”, the moving story of a director desperately trying to make his first feature film, has been honoured at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
Directed by Chennai-based Krishnan Seshadri Gomatam, the film won the award for the ‘Best Drama Feature’ in the ‘Best Feature […]
New Delhi (IANS): Cine buffs in the capital have something to look forward to in an otherwise lean month for films. Around 20 film from 19 countries will be screened as part of the 14th European Union Film Festival that kicks off on Thursday.
The March 5-April 22 festival will open with the screening of Czech […]
Los Angeles (IANS): Anthony Dod Mantle won the Oscar for best cinematography for his work in the critically acclaimed film “Slumdog Millionaire”.
From slums of Mumbai to a glitzy quiz show studio, Mantle handled his camera deftly, and brought forth the misery, pain, joy and celebration of the protagonists on screen in a manner that touched […]
Berlin (IANS): Indian filmmaker Supriyo Sen’s 10-minute short film Wagah has won the sixth Berlin Today Award at a parallel initiative held at the ongoing 59th Berlin Iternational Film Festival.
Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier while announcing the award Sunday said that “Wagah” was “a convincing manifesto against any wall that divides people”.
Sen’s documentary is about […]
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Resul Pookkutty, who has won an Oscar nomination for sound mixing for “Slumdog Millionaire”, has come in for praise from his contemporaries who say it is the greatest recognition a technician can ever get.
“He certainly deserves the Oscar. He is a workaholic and fully involves himself with whatever he takes up. He is […]
Mumbai (PTI): Aamir Khan’s directorial debut ‘Taare Zameen Par’(TZP) and Neeraj Pandey’s much acclaimed ‘A Wednesday’ hogged the limelight at the Shantaram Awards
function here, bagging most of the honours.
TZP won the V Shantaram Gold Award for the Best film while ‘a Wednesday’ and critically appreciated Marathi film ‘Tingya’ bagged the Silver and Bronze award in […]
Washington (IANS): British director Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” has picked up 20 more awards this week, including those for Indian music director A.R. Rahman, British Indian actor Dev Patel and child artiste Ayush Mahesh Khedekar.
The uplifting underdog tale, a Fox Searchlight release, won six awards - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, […]
Panaji(PTI): A Belgium short film, ‘Plot Point’,revolving around the life at Times Square in New York, bagged the Golden Lamp award in the short film competition
organized during the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 2008.
Directed and produced by Nicolas Provost, the film was chosen amongst 20 other short films from across the globe by […]
Panaji (PTI): Noted Assamese wildlife filmmaker Gautam Saikia’s documentary on elephant-human conflict has won rave reviews at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here.
“People and critics have appreciated the film,” he said of his “A Friend Turned Foe”, which has a scene of a tusker heard going on the rampage in rural Assam […]