Festivals

JLF London 2023 – Renaissance, renewal, racism – No literature festival quite like it…?

London Authors, ideas, controversies… often but not always with a South Asian twist and now in its 10th edition here……

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‘Dragon’s Food’ (1987) – actor Bhasker Patel on his film screening at the inaugural BFI Film on Film Festival and other South Asian gems…

Legendary ‘alternative’ Indian director Mrinal Sen film and pioneering documentary maker Sarah Erulkar also feature in this new festival produced…

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Cannes 2023: A wrap – red carpets, stars, interviews, screenings, reviews, fashion – our world just didn’t stop… (gallery too!)

There was a strong Indian selection and contingent and Pakistan had another film in official selection as well… THIS YEAR…

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Cannes 2023: Competition winners – including what we saw with ‘The Zone of Interest’ leading the way for us (film pictures and winners’ list)

The Cannes Film Festival in general – the winners from the Competition and Un Certain Regard and other notable prizes…

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Cannes 2023: ‘Four Daughters’ – three prizes and its unforgettable testimony, while another film, ‘The Mother All Lies’ also shares top doc prize…

Remarkable real-life tales and narration makes a huge impact as Tunisia and Morocco both triumph, giving Arab and Maghreb/African filmmakers…

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Cannes 2023 – ‘Agra’ – Lust, living space and the need to breathe, another Directors’ Fortnight selection… (review)

Sexuality is an increasingly common theme in independent Indian cinema and this film doesn’t shy away from confronting issues around…

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Cannes 2023 – ‘In Flames’ – Pakistani-Canadian writer-director Zarrar Kahn makes an impact at Directors’ Fortnight…(review, short video)

Billed as a horror film, this is social realism with an added layer of bite as film tackles deep-seated in-built…

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Cannes 2023 – ‘Bread and Roses’ documentary about plight of Afghan women touches many and has Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence backing

Afghan film maker Sahra Mani hadn’t intended to make a documentary soon after the Taliban took control of the country…

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Cannes 2023: ‘Kennedy’ – Indian Noir unfolding and expanding in the vision of auteur Anurag Kashyap…(review)

World premiere screening at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday May 25 – (spoliers avoided)… IF YOU’RE a fan or…

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Cannes 2023 – Anurag Kashyap director and Rahul Bhat, actor chew the gristle on world premiere, ‘Kennedy’ (video)

Two sat down in Cannes ahead of their Midnight Screening to talk about their film which is the xecond to…

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