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Festivals
SXSW 2021: A great festival experience as Barry Jenkins and composer Nicholas Britell discuss work on forthcoming ‘The Underground Railroad’
London (not Austin, Texas) Do online festivals work? Yesterday’s opening of SXSW did for acv… ARGUMENTS as to whether online…
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Festivals
BFI Flare 2021 – What to look out for at online LGBTIQ+ festival…
12 days of exceptional films and a wide choice… By Suman Bhuchar IT IS THE UK’S LONGEST-RUNNING queer film festival…
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Festivals
Akademi Dance Film Festival 2021: Artistic director Subathra Subramaniam tells us about this new initiative exploring lockdown, sexuality, motherhood, artistic practice and other topical subjects…
Dance company has commissioned new work and will be talking to Hetain Patel, winner of the prestigious Jarman Prize… ONE…
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Film
OSCARS 2021: Riz Ahmed nominated for ‘Sound of Metal’; ‘The White Tiger’ screenplay adaptation on shortlist; and immigrant tale ‘Minari’ scoops six nominations behind ‘Mank’…
🎥 Riz Ahmed reacts to Oscar nomination (added 16.03.21) – see Tweet at end… 🎥 Riz Ahmed gets Oscar nomination…
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Film
Pallavi Sharda: ‘I don’t think we announce ourselves as Indian any more…’ she tells acv as ‘Tom & Jerry The Movie!’ set to drop online (UK)…video
Film will be able to rent at home in the UK from March 25* and contains Bollywood theme wedding involving…
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Film
Bafta 2021 shortlist – Reactions: Riz Ahmed (‘Sound of Metal’, ‘Mogul Mowgli’), Adarsh Gourav (‘The White Tiger’) and ‘Rocks’ in diverse nominations line-up
Bafta chief Krishnendu Majumdar says diverse nominations reflect changes since criticism… ACTORS Riz Ahmed and newcomer Adarsh Gourav have both…
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Books
Bird Bites: International Womens’ Day (listings March 7-); creative and professional women: festivals, theatre, talks, books and films…
We look at how UN International Womens Day on Monday March 8 is being marked… Women of the World (Wow)…
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Film
Golden Globes triumph for John Boyega, Daniel Kaluuya and Chloé Zhao as first person of colour to win Directors’ award…
Britons did well as awards season gets underway… THERE was joy for British stars John Boyega and Daniel Kaluuya as…
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Film
Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: ‘Post Covid’ feel sees flood of release dates, while filming gathers pace
Our regular monthly look at what’s happening from our cineaste in Mumbai as the bird looks at what’s coming up…
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Film
Bird Eye Review Show Episode 10 – ‘ Bang Baang’, ‘Aapkey Kamrey Mein Koi Rehta Hai’, and ‘Pitta Kathalu’ (video)
Natalie Barrass takes a look at the latest releases… ACV’s Natalie Barrass, based in Mumbai, reviews the latest OTT (streaming/digital)…
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