Festivals

Darbar 2024: Indian Classical Music festival shines light on UK grown talent…Jasdeep Singh Degun and Kirit Singh

More British born musicians are headlining one of the country’s most popular classical music festivals… OFTEN referred to as the…

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LFF 2024 – Kani Kusruti interview: Star on ‘All We Imagine as Light’ Special Presentation tonight (18)

Lead of the film that won high praise in Cannes and first historic prize in Competition comes to London in…

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LFF 2024 ‘Shambhala’ – film from Nepal today…

We have reached the half-way point (October 9-20) of the festival and today is the first screening of the Nepali…

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‘Superboys of Malegaon’ – Filmmaking, friendship and hardship rolled into a funny poignant, enjoyable mix…(video-red carpet pictures)

Screening at London Film Festival and expected to release in cinemas in the New Year in India and the US…

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LFF 2024: Brit Sandhya Suri’s ‘Santosh’ talks women, inspiration and what she’s doing next… (video)

Earlier today the film had its first screening in the UK at London Film Festival (LFF) after its world premiere…

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LFF 2024 – ‘All We Imagine as Light’ – Payal Kapadia Cannes Grand Prix winning film comes to London… (video) latest listings too

Writer-director talks languages, migration, Mumbai, monsoon and her reflections on her Cannes experience… PAYAL KAPADIA’S second film, ‘All We Imagine…

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London Film Festival (LFF) 2024 Opening Gala: Steve McQueen’s bold film about war and family and togetherness…(review+)

London-born Oscar-winning director dedicates film to capital city that was bombed heavily in 1940… LAST NIGHT’S opening film of the…

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LFF 2024 – ‘Sister Midnight’ – Writer-director Karan Kandhari on his genre-busting film…(video)

British director talks to acv about his film which wowed Cannes… YOU ARE UNLIKELY to have seen anything like ‘Sister…

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LFF 2024 – BFI Festival director Kristy Matheson on ‘All We Imagine as Light’, ‘Santosh’, ’Sister Midnight’ and US ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ (video)

Three films which wowed audiences in Cannes this year are coming to London, two have British Asian directors, while rising…

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‘2073’ – Asif Kapadia’s latest film looks into the future:  “This is a warning”

This film had its world premiere in Venice and acv talked to him at a small roundtable there, and chronicles…

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