Festivals

Venice 2020: Indian director of ‘The Disciple’ Chaitanya Tamhane wins two awards… (wrap)

🎥 Indian director Chaitanya Tamhane wins screenplay and international critics awards at Venice for film about young musician and Guru…

Read More »

Venice 2020 – ‘The Disciple’ director Chaitanya Tamhane talks about working with Alfonso Cuarón and exploring the world of Indian classical music in film…

We catch up with the filmmaker behind one of two Indian films to premiere at the Venice Film Festival (La…

Read More »

Tanya Maniktala, ‘Lata’ in director Mira Nair’s ‘A Suitable Boy’ talks to acv about her selection as Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2020 Rising Star, as fest get under way…

LESS than two months ago, Tanya Maniktala was relatively unknown – even in her native India. Her role as Lata…

Read More »

London Film Festival 2020 – ‘Mogul Mowgli’, ‘After Love’, ‘The Salt in Our Waters’ and ‘The Disciple’…(preview)

New and established talent hits the UK’s biggest film festival which is radically different this year because of the Coronavirus…

Read More »

Venice 2020: Two Indian films, ‘The Disciple’ and ‘Meel Patthar’ (‘Milestone’) head to film festival as season starts despite global pandemic…

One film appears in the main competition section and for both directors Chaitanya Tamhane and Ivan Ayr, it’s a return…

Read More »

UK Asian Film Festival 2020: ‘Zindagi Na Milega Dobara’ hitting the road, Mushaira, director interviews, talking therapy and more on its way…

Britain’s longest-established South Asian inspired film festival has a busy period ahead as its founder and director tells us… IT’S…

Read More »

Freida Pinto: Freebird Films – watch this space, admiring Jameela Jamil and being more active on social media…

Star appeared in final Q&A session of London-based South Asian film festival turned digital… BEST-KNOWN as an actor Freida Pinto…

Read More »

London Indian Film Festival (LIIF) 2020: Freida Pinto, Mira Nair, Vidya Balan, and Ayushmann Khurrana interviews, as well new films, all from June 25 to July 5…

Now in its 11th edition, the festival has innovated… THIS year’s London Indian Film Festival has gone totally digital and…

Read More »

London Indian Film Festival (LIIF) 2020: Freida Pinto, Mira Nair, Vidya Balan, and Ayushmann Khurrana interviews, as well new films, all from June 25 to July 5…

Now in its 11th edition, the festival has innovated… THIS year’s London Indian Film Festival has gone totally digital and…

Read More »

London Indian Film Festival (LIFF): more – Bollywood star to be interviewed; added – Ayushmann Khurrana greets LIFF fans

TALENTED Indian film star Ayushmann Khurrana is all set to kick off the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) with an…

Read More »