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Festivals
UK Asian Film Festival 2022: ‘Gangnam Girls’, red carpet and awards
A busy day for the closing of the longest running South Asian film festival… By Mamie Colfox BHUTANESE drama ‘Gangnam…
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Festivals
Cannes 75 – Cannes’ top man makes spirited defence… (short video)
Cannes 11.15am CET The head of the Cannes Film Festival was upbeat despite the dark shadows of war in Ukraine……
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Main Story
Pooja Ghai: Award-winning director charts exciting future for global majority stories…
As the curtain rises on this creative’s debut production as artistic director of Tamasha, acv profiles her theatre journey to…
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Festivals
Cannes 75 – Indian stars head to film festival… (updated)
The Indian presence will be strong this year… IT’S going to be a very busy Cannes with lots of Indian…
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Film
‘Jungle Cry’ – film about India junior rugby team is inspirational, underdog story… (video)
Based on true story in 2007… cast and producer talked to us about this film which releases soon… Mild spoiler…
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Art
Kekee Manzil: House of Art – Interviews with filmmakers: Behroze Gandhy, Dilesh Korya and Talvin Singh… (videos click page link)
Film which is described as a love letter to Bombay/Mumbai and its people had its official world premiere on Sunday…
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Main Story
Theatre bird bites (May-June): ‘I Wanna Be Yours’; ‘The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs’; ‘Lotus Beauty’; ‘The Father and the Assassin’; ‘Peaceophobia’
It’s a very busy month as several new plays open – and there’s a good deal of innovation and untold…
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Music/Dance
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passes away – musician who made santoor a popular classical instrument saluted by many…
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma had a varied career, encompassing both popular Hindi cinema and classical music… By Mamie Colfox TRIBUTES have…
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Art
‘Kekee Manzil: House of Art’ – Artistic freedom is priceless, say filmmakers at sold out UK Asian Film Festival screening (wrap story)
There is only one screening of this film during the festival – but it has left a powerful impression on…
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TV
Afghanistan documentary scoops Bafta TV – filmmakers make heart-rending appeal, while Steve McQueen triumphs and Majumdar beats Diversity drum
Afghanistan triumph and plea for country not to be forgotten; McQueen adds another accolode with searing documentary and Bafta chair…
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