Festivals

Cannes 2020: The Official Selections – Steve McQueen and interesting British choices, while India draws a blank despite more recent success…

While the May film festival was scrapped, these films will all be able to carry the Cannes insignia… IT WASN’T…

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Cannes 2020: Steve McQueen dedicates selections to George Floyd and Black Lives Matter

Just over an hour ago it was announced… BRITISH black director Steve McQueen has dedicated two of his films given…

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‘Eeb Allay Ooo!’ – Not just about monkeying around; director tells acv why, ahead of global online premiere…

Film won huge plaudits in India and then again at the Berlinale and has been selected for the online We…

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Cannes 2020: Reflections…more about this film…

With the 2020 edition of the festival more or less cancelled, we had a chance to look at the Cannes…

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Cannes 2020: At home…reflections!

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Cannes 2020 – Autumn programme and film festival selections to be announced next month; acv festival coverage would have started today…

🎥 Official Cannes selection for the 73rd edition (2020) will be unveiled at the beginning of June and organisers will…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2020 – Watch short films from your phone, tablet or pc…

See the next exciting generation of filmmakers work… WANT TO watch some of the best emerging young film talent, thrill,…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2020: A tale of two films and what might have been… ‘Dolly Kitty and those twinkling stars’ and ‘Lihaaf’…

We would have been marking the first day of the UK Asian Film Festival, but for the Coronavirus crisis…still…we can…

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Indian filmmakers at the Berlinale 70 (2020): Pushpendra Singh, Rima Das, and Akshay Indikar; ‘The Shepherdhess and Seven Songs’, 14plus international jury member and ‘Sthalpuran’, respectively… (‘Eeb Allay Ooo’ to follow)

Berlin has come and gone but as with all things on the festival circuit many of the films and personalities…

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Riz Ahmed at Berlinale press conference on new film, ‘Mogul Mowgli’, being ‘dumped’ by Britain and an ‘unapologetic brown film’

Film screens for first time at Berlin International Film Festival tonight By Suman Bhuchar (in Berlin) 7.30pm UK time AHEAD…

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