Film
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Mar- 2021 -23 March
SXSW 2021 – ‘Alone Together’ – music documentary on pop star Charli XCX reveals artistic process and creators say losing control helped…
World premiere of film on British pop star making album under lockdown… ONE OF THE FINAL SXSW major sessions involved…
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19 March
ACV Bird Eye Review Show Episode 11 (March) Girl Power edition – ‘The Girl on the train’; Bombay Begums and Leeches (Bandra Film Festival 2021)
IN our latest review of the OTT space from the subcontinent, Natalie Barrass gets her bird claws into dramas where…
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17 March
SXSW 2021: A great festival experience as Barry Jenkins and composer Nicholas Britell discuss work on forthcoming ‘The Underground Railroad’
London (not Austin, Texas) Do online festivals work? Yesterday’s opening of SXSW did for acv… ARGUMENTS as to whether online…
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17 March
BFI Flare 2021 – What to look out for at online LGBTIQ+ festival…
12 days of exceptional films and a wide choice… By Suman Bhuchar IT IS THE UK’S LONGEST-RUNNING queer film festival…
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16 March
Akademi Dance Film Festival 2021: Artistic director Subathra Subramaniam tells us about this new initiative exploring lockdown, sexuality, motherhood, artistic practice and other topical subjects…
Dance company has commissioned new work and will be talking to Hetain Patel, winner of the prestigious Jarman Prize… ONE…
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15 March
OSCARS 2021: Riz Ahmed nominated for ‘Sound of Metal’; ‘The White Tiger’ screenplay adaptation on shortlist; and immigrant tale ‘Minari’ scoops six nominations behind ‘Mank’…
🎥 Riz Ahmed reacts to Oscar nomination (added 16.03.21) – see Tweet at end… 🎥 Riz Ahmed gets Oscar nomination…
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12 March
Pallavi Sharda: ‘I don’t think we announce ourselves as Indian any more…’ she tells acv as ‘Tom & Jerry The Movie!’ set to drop online (UK)…video
Film will be able to rent at home in the UK from March 25* and contains Bollywood theme wedding involving…
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10 March
Bafta 2021 shortlist – Reactions: Riz Ahmed (‘Sound of Metal’, ‘Mogul Mowgli’), Adarsh Gourav (‘The White Tiger’) and ‘Rocks’ in diverse nominations line-up
Bafta chief Krishnendu Majumdar says diverse nominations reflect changes since criticism… ACTORS Riz Ahmed and newcomer Adarsh Gourav have both…
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1 March
Golden Globes triumph for John Boyega, Daniel Kaluuya and Chloé Zhao as first person of colour to win Directors’ award…
Britons did well as awards season gets underway… THERE was joy for British stars John Boyega and Daniel Kaluuya as…
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Feb- 2021 -26 February
Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: ‘Post Covid’ feel sees flood of release dates, while filming gathers pace
Our regular monthly look at what’s happening from our cineaste in Mumbai as the bird looks at what’s coming up…
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