Festivals
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Jul- 2021 -7 July
Cannes Film Festival Day 1- Opening night, the Palais and covid protocols, film ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’… ( video and more soon!)
IT’S DAY 1 in Cannes – yes, we are at the Cannes Film Festival. So what’s it like…ACV’s Brigitte Leloire…
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7 July
Manchester International Festival 2021: Imtiaz Dharker on ‘Poet Slash Artist’ and her new artwork/poem ‘My Breath’ (video)
One of Britain’s best-loved poets spoke to us about her latest work which is part of the curated strand ‘Poet…
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3 July
London Indian Film Festival 2021: Closing Gala Film – ‘Flight’: Stars look back…
Focusing on Great British Asians – one of the strands of the fest this year – a galaxy of talent…
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1 July
Manchester International Festival 2021 (July 1-18): Rashid Rana, Imtiaz Dharker, Zoe Iqbal, Abi Sampa, Akram Khan & Naaman Azhari: artists stepping up and back onto a platform…(preview)
South Asian artists who feature at the festival talk to us about their work and what they’re looking forward to…
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Jun- 2021 -24 June
Tribeca treats 2021: ‘Last Film Show’ (Gujarati), ‘India Sweets and Spices’ (Manisha Koirala) and lockdown comedy drama, ‘7 days’ (from team ‘Room 104’) and M Night Shyamalan on ‘Old’…
The festival created by Robert de Niro and others in the wake of 9/11 to revive a part of Manhattan,…
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20 June
London Indian Film Festival 2021: Asif Kapadia’s emotional in person tribute to actor Irrfan Khan at the BFI Southbank screening of ‘The Warrior’
Powerful and moving, the British director offered a great tribute to actor and spoke about his own work to date……
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19 June
London Indian Film Festival 2021 – Hanif Kureishi: ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ – how it changed his life, creating a joyous gay love story and how ‘hot’ Daniel Day-Lewis was…
Author and screenwriter’s first film was a dream debut – inspired by his life growing up in the suburbs of…
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13 June
London Indian Film Festival 2021: Talks and films, old and new come a calling… (preview)
A mix of in-person talks, screenings and online offerings showcasing the best of Britain and South Asia on film… OSCAR-WINNING…
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9 June
UK Asian Film Festival 2021: ‘The Beatles and India’ documentary brings curtain down, album set to release, West looked to India in 60s, and all UKAFF winners announced…(festival wrap)
🎥World premiere of ‘The Beatles and India’🎥Film has unseen archive footage of Fab Four in Rishikesh, the Himalayan town they…
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3 June
UK Asian Film Festival 2021: ‘The Beatles and India’, ‘Ginsberg’s Karma’, ‘Nirvana Inn’, and ‘Ray of hope’ shorts, all shine a light on ideas, east-west exchange and well-being…
Festival closes with a world premiere on Sunday as acv looks at what’s left… IF YOU are fascinated by…
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