Festivals

Venice 2026 (wrap) – Awards for directors: Our Share of Sand; Lovers in the Blue Night; The Difficult Bride…

We look back at the South Asian films, directors and personalities at the recently concluded Venice International Film Festival (September…

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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2026 – films to watch: The Surgeon, Dorothy, Angh and more…

Festival has just started yesterday and ends on September 20…  The Surgeon – Roshan Sethi’s genre busting new feature centres…

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Venice 2026 – ‘Our Share of Sand’ – shifting family loyalties make for absorbing watch

Film shot in India, helmed by Brit Shalini Adnani, has just had its world premiere at Critic’s Week in Venice…

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Venice 2026 preview – Lovers in the Blue Night; The Difficult Bride; Our Share of Sand and other films 

Our preview of the Venice International Film Festival which begins shortly… IN A WEEK’S TIME, the island of Lido, in…

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Liff 2026 – Aamir Khan at the BFI…more to follow (see Reel below)

More on his In Conversation at the London Indian Film Festival (Liff) appearance soon – including an acv perspective… click…

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London Indian Film Festival 2026 – Aamir Khan at BFI Southbank, capital closing

Today sees one of India’s best loved stars talk about his long career and that film which catapulted him to…

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‘Songs of the Bulbul’ – audiences lock it away in their hearts and keep it…  

Also on this page… 🎥 London Indian Film Festival (July 9-16) 🎭 A London Lark Rising (street theatre, walking tour)…

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Classically Reimagined; Muslim International Film Festival; Bradford Literature Festival; Paro – Raindance and JLF London 2026

It’s that time of year and we look at music, film and book festivals, both coming up and just gone…and…

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Cannes 2026 – UCR Prize film, ‘Elephants in the Fog’; ‘Report to Mother’ – Palme ‘Fjord’ and ‘Hope’ – reviews

We look back at the films we saw – and reaction in Cannes itself… Elephants in the Fog – Love…

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Jaipur Literature Festival London (JLF London) 2026 – Star writer line-up to dazzle at British Library 

Modelled on its illustrious progenitor – the Jaipur Literature Festival rolls into the capital for its 13th edition offering the…

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