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Controversial ‘Hitler film’ wins top Grolsch People’s Award at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and our TIFF 2019 (Dev Patel, Riz Ahmed, Farhan Akhtar and Priyanka Chopra, Jennifer Lopez, Natalie Portman and Adam Sandler)

The awards and a more personal take on our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival 2019… By Sailesh Ram…

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Toronto International Film Festival 2019 (reviews): ‘Jojo Rabbit’, ‘Rocks’, ‘Lucy in the sky’, ‘Uncut gems’, ‘Motherless Brooklyn’, ‘Honey Boy’ (red carpet videos as well)

Our reviews from what we saw at the TIFF19… by Sailesh Ram Jojo Rabbit Director: Taika WaititiANYONE queasy at the…

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‘The Sky is Pink’ – a heartwarming tale that has something to say about how we cope with someone dear’s passing… (review) – TIFF

It’s not as morbid as it sounds and is lifted throughout by Aisha’s quirky, funny, cheeky voice… By Sailesh Ram…

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‘The Sky is Pink’ – Director Shonali Bose’s powerful message with talent Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and other talent talking about roles in film…(video)

Toronto Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ latest film had its world premiere in Toronto last might (September 13) …acv was there to…

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Toronto International Film Festival 2019: ‘Hustlers’ (video)

Jennifer Lopez film releases September 13 – she appeared on the red carpet along with other stars of the film…

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Riz Ahmed in ‘Sound of Metal’ has depth and power – Toronto International Film Festival 2019 premiere

Toronto Plays heavy metal drummer who suffers from profound hearing loss By Sailesh Ram REFLECTIVE and gentle (not always), ‘Sound…

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‘Saraswati: Forgotten Daughter of Taansen’ – Roots of Indian classical musical tradition dramatised in new work

A relatively new UK-based outfit is developing a new – and different – kind of musical theatre in Britain… By…

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Mira Nair on Indian cinema now and that Camera d’Or (1988) and staying true to yourself…

Renowned filmmaker talked about 1988 and ‘Salaam Bombay’ as well as more contemporary themes (and more to come on ‘A…

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Our videos from Cannes 2019 #Cannes2019 #Cannesacv2019 #Cannesacv19

Why we made a couple of less time specific mini-featurettes… EARLIER this year a lot of you will know we…

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Mahira Khan: ‘Nobody treats me a like star – not even my family’ (video)

Another film, ‘Superstar’, rolled into London on the publicity trail… MAHIRA KHAN is arguably Pakistan’s biggest acting export. A L’Oréal…

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