Film

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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Bollywood vibes asianculturevulture – Beating down on the City of dreams

The sudden downpours, chaos, shoot disruptions, Coldplay-Bollywood crossover fervour, Oscars controversy – there’s a lot happening in Mumbai right now,…

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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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