Festivals

Cannes 2026 – Indian stars head to South of France; Simone Ashley; Payal Kapadia…

It starts on Tuesday (May 12-23) join us… GLAMOUR, GLITZ, STARS and this year some of the world’s greatest auteur…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2026 – UK-India industry meet; ‘Never Had a Chance’; ‘Umrao Jaan’; Closing ‘Shadowbox’

The latest from us on the festival now about to drawing the final curtain on Sunday (May 10)… 🎥 Festival closes…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2026 (May 1-10) – classic ‘Umrao Jaan’ screens today…

🎥 Director Muzaffar Ali extended introduction (3.30pm) – check BFI Imax Southbank for ticket details in preview story of UKAFF…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2026 – Opens today with festival smash ‘Ghost School’ – films themed around ‘stories that bind us’…

Presented by Tongues on Fire and supported by the BFI Audience Projects Fund, the festival returns for is 28th edition……

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Ghost School; Lali; In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones; Members of the Problematic Family; Flying Tigers; shorts – Berlinale 2026 reviews

Associate Editor Suman Bhuchar casts her critical eye over ‘Ghost School’ which opens this year’s UK Asian Film Festival (May…

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Cannes 2026: ‘Elephants in the Fog’ – Nepali film makes history…

We will have more soon on Cannes and other stories… check our socials for updates… NEPALI film ‘Elephants in the…

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Voices of Faith; BFI Flare; London Margazhi 2026 (Bharatanatyam) – festivals…

The weather is improving, it’s a bit warmer (in theory!) and time to get out and mingle… Voices of Faith…

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Berlinale 2026 – Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy heads to festival with new print of film she starred in…

As the 76th Berlin Film Festival gets underway (February 12-22) there is a strong South Asian presence in the selection…

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Berlinale 2026 – South Asian film personalities participating – on the International Jury; in Talents programme and spotlight in EFM 2026

As well traditional film screenings in Berlin, there is a further South Asian presence in other aspects of Berlinale: the…

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Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025 – friendly, calming, inspiring (guide and wrap)

Interested in going? What of the art we found there? Our final piece on our travels … THERE continue to…

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