Festivals

Bird Bites – L2: Empuraan; Director Onir; UK Asian Film Festival; Santosh; Our Cannes 10; Berlinale all

What’s happening in the world of film and news on film site updates Political lines drawn around hit film Mohan…

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‘Village Rockstars 2’ – Aspiring teenager’s rural life ebbs and flows beautifully captured (Berlinale 75)

After its award-winning world premiere in Busan, South Korea, audiences in Europe had the chance to see for themselves another…

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Berlinale 2025 (75): All reviews – Honey Bunch; Sorda; Yunan; The Settlement; The Incredible Snow Woman; The Safe House

We review the non South Asian films we saw at the Berlin International Film Festival, known as commonly as Berlinale……

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BFI Flare 2025 – South Asian politics, Transfemme, Polyamory, Coming Out with a difference; and Desi Queers

South Asian interest films at one of the world’s largest and most highly regarded LGBTQIA+ platforms… BRITAIN’S leading festival showcasing…

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‘Pink’ – BFI Flare: Father and son tale stars Gordon Warnecke in Yassa Khan life to screen ‘out’ story (video interview)

First time writer-director draws from his own life in this searing tale described by some as a British ‘Goodfellas’… VERY…

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‘Before I do’ – BFI Flare – “Beyond acceptance” and dreaming freely… (video interview)

Short film has original and imaginative take on a South Asian woman’s impending marriage… EXPLORING the queer space from a…

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‘Mehrunisa’ – Changing perceptions with 80 year old star lead: Farrukh Jaffar

Film seeks to challenge stereotypes and tackle feudal mindsets still around… BREAKING with Bollywood conventions, writer-director choose to centre his…

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International Women’s Day (IWD): Anoushka Shankar at Royal Albert Hall to mark 15 years of festival; community events

American icon headlines women’s festival, sitarist to perform; while we also take a look at free & community initiatives taking…

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‘Letters from Wolf Street’ – Berlinale 75 – what it’s like to be an Indian immigrant in Poland…(video)

Shot in Berlin and talking to director Arjun Talwar about his feature which enjoyed its world premiere at the festival…

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Berlinale 75 (2025) – Memorable and solid: Europe has a public film festival that has warmth and glow

Berlin/London Wrap of the Bird’s (No1) first Berlin Film Festival experience (arriving on Tuesday, February 18); Associate Editor Suman Bhuchar…

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