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 […]

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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 […]

Panaji (PTI): Short film and documentary filmmakers participating in the 39th IFFI have demanded recognition for short films and documentaries stating that they need to be
taken seriously for betterment of cinema as a whole.
Marathi filmmaker Umesh Kulkarni who shot into fame with his movie “Valu” says that short filmmaking is an art form and the […]

Panaji: ‘Indian public is great movie-going public and I have great affection for that’, said American filmmaker John Landis. He told that Satyajit Ray is among his five favourite directors and his Apu Trilogy was an accomplished piece of art. John Landis’ retrospective is being shown in IFFI-Goa-2008.
On the subject movie making, the director remarked […]

Panaji (PTI): The common perception that films premiered in festivals don’t fare well afterwards, seems to have kept off big Indian banners from premiering their movies
in events like the International Film Festival of India.
“Lot of films meant for commercial release can be sent here but there is a superstition that they will not do well […]

Panaji (PTI): Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI), which has played an important role in popularising the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), needs funds to
strengthen itself to keep up with the changing times.
These were the views expressed at the inaugural “Open Forum” being organised by the FFSI at the IFFI for the last […]

Panaji(PTI): The Assamese producers facing humiliation at the hands of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2008, organisers have said that such an attitude
is the reaffirmation of centre’s discriminatory attitude towards the North-East.
The Assamese producers and directors participating in the festival which began two days back has had long list of woes which are conveyed […]

New Delhi (PTI): The 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2008, which is starting in Goa from November 22, should serve as a platform to evoke greater
global interest, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Anand Sharma said .
The minister, who chaired the first meeting of the Organising Committee of IFFI 2008 here to […]