Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2022: round-up wrap of films: Awards for two Indian films

🎥 To Kill a Tiger – Nisha Pahuja documentary TIFF 2022 Amplify Voices Award 🎥 While We Watched – documentary…

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TIFF 2022 (cont: part II): SS Rajamouli & Hollywood; Shekhar Kapur and Shabana Azmi help inaugurate exhibition space and India’s NFDC promotes Land of Storytellers and IFFI53…

We continue our round-up of Tiff 2022 (cont)… TOP INDIAN director SS Rajamouli, whose film ‘RRR’ (‘Rise Roar Revolt’) has…

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Venice Film Festival 2022 – Italy and India pledge closer cultural relationship through film; Kabir Bedi award; Hrishitaa Bhatt interview and main festival gongs (wrap)…

Well-known actors Hrishitaa Bhatt and Kabir Bedi were both in Venice and our correspondent charts closer film ties between Italy…

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‘What’s love got to do with it?’ Stylish romcom – is Jemima Khan the new Richard Curtis with people of colour (ie, new British) eye? TIFF 2022 (review)

World premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) just hours ago…*** THIS is a lot of fun – there are…

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Asif Kapadia-Akram Khan collaborative film world premiere at London Film Festival 2022; four South Asian works; full LFF programme announced today…

Lots to look forward to at London Film Festival (LFF) this year including four South Asian films and new work by Asif Kapadia… By Mamie Colfox and Sailesh Ram AWARD-WINNING…

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Edinburgh Fringe 2022: ‘Made In I̶n̶d̶i̶a̶ Britain’ – Honest and heartfelt – one Brown Deaf Boy’s story in BSL (review)

We’re back at one of the largest multi-arts festivals on the planet and in these last few days, there’s more…

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Amjad Ali Khan and sons Amaan and Ayaan to play together at Prom 45 this Sunday (August 21)…

A rare morning treat as brothers Amaan & Ayaan talk to acv about their excitement at playing at the Proms…

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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Monica Ali, Pankaj Mishra and Sunjeev Sahota amongst those in in a stellar and varied line-up…

Culture clashes, the cost of success and murder are some of the themes at Edinburgh International Book Festival this year……

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Edinburgh: Sindhu Vee, Shazia Mirza, Eshaan Akbar: hair, coconut and new jokes, respectively; as well as Lockdown, care homes and US Supreme Court hacking…

There are some old and newer faces on Edinburgh Fringe’s comedy programme this year… By Mamie Colfox COMEDIAN Sindhu Vee…

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‘Samsara’ – Aakash Odedra ambitious new dance work in the UK; Amina Khayyam pushes boundaries and other new dance compositions head to Edinburgh Festivals…

There’s a busy dance programme around South Asian forms and an exciting and varied series, both at the main Edinburgh…

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