Festivals

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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Venice 81 (2024): ‘Pooja, Sir’ world premiere – director Deepak Rauniyar and lead Asha Magrati talk racism, sexism and descrimination… (video)

Watch the video – more below… FILMMAKER Deepak Rauniyar is one of Nepal’s leading filmmakers and works closely with his wife…

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Brown Women Comedy – Seeing the funny side of Besharam (shame)

Several brown women comedians are performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year and doing so as Brown Women Comedy…

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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024: ‘Superboys of Malegaon’, ‘Boong’, Riz Ahmed, ‘All We Imagine as Light’, ‘Santosh’, ‘Shook’ and Malala

The full film schedule and final late selection announcements all came out this week. The festival runs from September 5-15……

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Venice International Film Festival 2024 – Asif Kapadia and Indira Varma – preview and bird bites – ‘Sky Peals’ and ‘Trap’

Tatiana Rosenstein looks ahead to Venice and see what will interest the asianculturevulture at at the festival known by locals…

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Paris Olympics 2024: A film about what it means to compete in the greatest sporting show on earth…

Shown at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, www.asianculturevulture.com saw it and enjoyed a film which is not only about sporting…

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London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) 2024: It’s wrap a – fab British shorts, ‘Late Bloomer’ and director Mahesh Pailoor all hit high spot…

🎥 Indian Indie veteran film director Shyam Benegal wins festival’s top Icon Award 🎥 Audience award goes to Marathi film…

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LIFF 2024 – New British Asian Shorts – meet the next generation of filmmakers on their way up…

The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) has curated a collection of short films showcasing the best of Asian emerging filmmaking…

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