Film

London Film Festival 2024: ‘Last Swim’ – Sasha Nathwani & Deba Hekmat – and more on the page…

See the talent coming to London Film Festival 2024 (October 9-20) talk about their films with acv editor Sailesh Ram……

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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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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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Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: One hit; Aki and Devgn flops and Kangana’s troubles with ‘Emergency’

As star names fail the litmus test at the box office, here’s a lowdown on what the chatter is, in…

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‘Martin’ film – ACV reporter-videographer Natalie Barrass becomes ‘international celebrity’ journalist – A Mumbai tale…

Reputed to have cost more than 100 Crores (nearly £10 million), the talents behind this South Indian language film launched…

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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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Gurinder Chadha: Our stories matter and must be backed and do make money!

‘Bend it Like Beckham’ global smash hit director says her home country doesn’t make it easy…  BRITAIN’S most successful woman…

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