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Mar- 2021 -23 March
SXSW 2021 – ‘Alone Together’ – music documentary on pop star Charli XCX reveals artistic process and creators say losing control helped…
World premiere of film on British pop star making album under lockdown… ONE OF THE FINAL SXSW major sessions involved…
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19 March
ACV Bird Eye Review Show Episode 11 (March) Girl Power edition – ‘The Girl on the train’; Bombay Begums and Leeches (Bandra Film Festival 2021)
IN our latest review of the OTT space from the subcontinent, Natalie Barrass gets her bird claws into dramas where…
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17 March
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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16 March
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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Feb- 2021 -19 February
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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19 February
The White Tiger film artwork – Chila Burman on tigers, ice cream vans and her Dad’s journey from Punjab to Liverpool and themes… (video)
After mocking up Tate Britain, she’s mashing up a car for Netflix… Few ice creams vans in the UK had…
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19 February
The White Tiger film artwork – Inkquisitive (Amandeep Singh): ‘I have never painted on a car’ and going from being a ‘bedroom artist’ to a social media sensation… (video)
ACV talks to the British artist Inkquisitive/Amandeep Singh about his artwork inspired by the film, ‘The White Tiger’, and commissioned…
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18 February
Patricia Rozario, Naga Munchetty, Charlie XCX, Jameela Jamil and Tabu lead women’s success at the Eastern Eye Arts, Culture and Theatre Awards (Acta)…
A celebration of South Asian creative talent… SHE MIGHT not be a Dame in the official sense but Opera singer…
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9 February
South Indian films releasing this year – big budget action epics, stylish period pieces, history and British involvement…
Some of the biggest films releasing this year from the South Indian film industry… By Brigitte Leloire Kerackian SOUTH Indian…
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4 February
Sundance 2021 – Indian film ‘Fire in the Mountains’ brilliantly encapsulates the challenges of modernity versus tradition… (Review)
This is the second Indian film that enjoyed its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday (February 1)……
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