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Festivals
Venice 2021 (wrap): Awards for ‘Happening’; Penelope Cruz; Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Erik Matti; John Arcilla and Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Hand of God’ among others…
The 78th Venice Film Festival had an impressive line-up of films this year and many will feel the starting gun…
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Venice 2021 – director Seemab Gul’s ‘Mulaqat’ (‘Sandstorm’) asks powerful questions about online ‘relationships’ and shows abundant promise…
Emerging British Pakistani filmmaker makes a mark with short… SHOT with poise, elegant in its framing, and well-acted, it’s not…
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Festivals
Venice 2021 (video): Bengali star actor Sreelekha Mitra – “Sometimes a woman can manipulate a man and if she wants it to be physical, it’s her choice”
STAR of Bengali screen – Sreelekha Mitra doesn’t hold back in talking about her character, Ela’s situation in the film,…
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Venice 2021 (video): ‘Once upon a time in Calcutta’ writer-director Aditya Vikram Sengupta: “I wanted to explore the city through people and their mindsets”
‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN CALCUTTA’ is a film that had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival…
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London Film Festival 2021 (early preview) – look out for Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar and Asif Kapadia and two Indian films and comedy, ‘7 days’…
We’ve highlighted some films which we think will pique your interest, asianculturevultures from this year’s offering at the 65th British…
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Main Story
Moongate Mix – panel urges Asian communities to talk to each other, share stories and address inequality in arts sphere and beyond…
CREATIVES and others who use the word, ‘Asian’ must be conscious of the people it excludes – and the term…
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TV Bird Bites: Bollywood stars tribute to Indian TV star Sidharth Shukla; ITV’s powerful ‘Stephen’; Edinburgh TV Festival ‘We are Lady Parts’ and Tan France
Indian TV personality and actor Sidharth Shukla dies Sidharth Shukla (Instagram) A HOUSEHOLD name in India – actor and presenter…
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Main Headlines
‘East is East’ – A modern classic that remains as powerful and relevant as it was 25 years ago when it first hit the theatre, says director Iqbal Khan…
Theatre director of new production tells acv why he thinks this work is a modern classic and covers a lot…
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Festivals
Venice Film Festival 2021 (preview): See Hollywood royalty on Lido red carpet, expect to hear more about these films as well as India’s ‘Once Upon a time in Kolkata’ and short title from Pakistan…
Our correspondents look at the big films premiering at Venice and what the particular South Asian interest will be there…
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Film
Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: ‘Bell Bottom’ kickstarts Bollywood and the Afghan connection weighs heavily on filmmaking community…
As the theatrical release of ‘Bell Bottom’ brings cheer to Bollywood, we chart how the film is energising the industry…
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