Film
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Aug- 2021 -24 August
‘Souad’ – brilliant and intimate portrait of teenage life and online pressures and challenges… (review)
Festival favourite is now a British Film Institute (BFI) release and available to see in cinemas in the UK… (mild…
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24 August
‘Into Dust’ – Oscar winning documentary director Orlando von Einsiedel’s first narrative drama packs a punch and commemorates Pakistani Perween Rahman’s work…
Actor Sudha Bhuchar tells us what it meant to play Rahman’s sister Aquila Ismail in the drama rooted in the…
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18 August
‘Bell Bottom’ – casting Akshay Kumar, Adil Hussain, Scottish delicacies and fashion parade 1980s…
Bollywood blockbuster opens tomorrow (August 19) in cinemas worldwide – well, not quite… IF EVER there was a film to…
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10 August
‘A Thin Wall’ – UK screening and director talk for film that gets up and close about Partition on both sides of the divide and also asks about the future…
Documentary is affecting portrait of people, their memories, images and artwork… THERE’S an opportunity to catch a poignant, moving and…
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Jul- 2021 -27 July
Venice 2021 (preview): ‘Once Upon a Time in Calcutta’ heads to festival as filmmaker Aditya Vikram Sengupta returns to city of first triumph…
Acclaimed filmmaker shoots another fictional ode to a city he grew up in and loves… AWARD-WINNING Indian film director Aditya…
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23 July
Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: Monsoon madness – as Akshay Kumar sets the pace on filming and country is agog over allegations levelled at Shilpa Shetty’s husband, Raj Kundra
It’s raining hard a lot, but the pace of shooting has increased and the media pulse is definitely racing… By…
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21 July
Cannes 2021: It’s a wrap – looking back at the best and full list of award winners and comments…
Seen our reviews and interviews – what do you like the most – comment via the Facebook link or on…
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21 July
Cannes 2021 – Asghar Fahadi’s ‘A Hero’/‘Ghahreman ’ wins Grand Prix award (video review and reaction)
One of the world’s great filmmakers was back in Cannes and his latest film went down well with both the…
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19 July
Cannes 2021: India’s Payal Kapadia wins top documentary award – Golden Eye
We will have all our final videos and news about the awards at Cannes here tomorrow… Click below to see…
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19 July
Cannes 2021: ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ top documentary award for filmmaker Payal Kapadia… (video interview)
A young filmmaker was handed a prestigious award triumphing over some much bigger names… acv caught up with her just…
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