Film

‘My Melbourne’ – Anthology film has high points but feels a little incomplete

On paper it probably sounded a great concept and the execution isn’t bad but… WITH four star Indian directors and…

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UK Asian Film Festival (May 1-11) is under way with stirring theme of Longing and Belonging

BRITAIN’S longest running South Asian film festival – the UK Asian Film Festival got underway last night (May 1) for…

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Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes – the heat is on with Salman Khan v Mohanlal (latest)

Two megastars of Indian cinema battle it out at the box office with their newest offerings ‘Sikandar’ and ‘L2: Empuraan’;…

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Bird Bites – L2: Empuraan; Director Onir; UK Asian Film Festival; Santosh; Our Cannes 10; Berlinale all

What’s happening in the world of film and news on film site updates Political lines drawn around hit film Mohan…

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‘Village Rockstars 2’ – Aspiring teenager’s rural life ebbs and flows beautifully captured (Berlinale 75)

After its award-winning world premiere in Busan, South Korea, audiences in Europe had the chance to see for themselves another…

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Berlinale 2025 (75): All reviews – Honey Bunch; Sorda; Yunan; The Settlement; The Incredible Snow Woman; The Safe House

We review the non South Asian films we saw at the Berlin International Film Festival, known as commonly as Berlinale……

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BFI Flare 2025 – South Asian politics, Transfemme, Polyamory, Coming Out with a difference; and Desi Queers

South Asian interest films at one of the world’s largest and most highly regarded LGBTQIA+ platforms… BRITAIN’S leading festival showcasing…

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‘Pink’ – BFI Flare: Father and son tale stars Gordon Warnecke in Yassa Khan life to screen ‘out’ story (video interview)

First time writer-director draws from his own life in this searing tale described by some as a British ‘Goodfellas’… VERY…

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‘Before I do’ – BFI Flare – “Beyond acceptance” and dreaming freely… (video interview)

Short film has original and imaginative take on a South Asian woman’s impending marriage… EXPLORING the queer space from a…

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‘Sister Midnight’ – Black comedy film: out in the UK today…

We covered this film since its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last year https:/portfolios/cannes-2024-sister-midnight-radhika-aptas-brilliance-new-british-writer-director-karan-kandhari-comic-absurd-tour-de-force/ https:/portfolios/lff-2024-sister-midnight-writer-director-karan-kandhari-on-his-genre-busting-filmvideo/

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