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Bird Bites: UK Asian Film Festival, International Satyajit Ray Congress, Hotel Salvation, Stephen Lawrence Day star turns, women changemakers, and Take-Awasian
A round-up of what’s coming up and what’s happened… A chance to relive that time when the Beatles went to…
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Baftas 2021: Opening night – ‘Believe in yourself’ says Noel Clarke, as major award recipient and British Palestinian triumph for ‘The Present’ (review)…
The main EE Bafta Film awards are being presented tonight, winners from last night and a review of the winning…
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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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Festivals
Sundance 2021 – ‘Flee’ – dramatic and emotional story uses animation and archive footage to great effect in Afghan refugee tale…(review)
Story starts with an interview… EXECUTIVELY produced by Riz Ahmed, this is a very moving, emotional, and powerful film. It…
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Sundance Film Festival 2021: We’re watching…
Top US indie film festival started yesterday and we will be swooping in… WE’RE NOT quite in Park City, Utah…
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Art
Are you a really an ‘asianculturevulture’? Test your knowledge with our festive annual quiz 2020 – Answers page…
Do you know your Dev Patel from your Riz Ahmed? Or your Nitin Sawhney from your Anoushka Shankar? Read on…
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Our cultural highlights of 2020 – what are yours?
It’s been a strange and challenging year in many ways but many of us did find solace in arts and…
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Art
Are you a really an ‘asianculturevulture’? Test your knowledge with our festive annual quiz 2020
Do you know your Dev Patel from your Riz Ahmed? Or your Nitin Sawhney from your Anoushka Shankar? Read on…
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Festivals
London Film Festival 2020 – different this year, but great British film experiences made it one to remember…(wrap)
There were also good films from Bangladesh and India and the shorts we covered had important points to make… By…
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Tanya Maniktala, ‘Lata’ in director Mira Nair’s ‘A Suitable Boy’ talks to acv about her selection as Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2020 Rising Star, as fest get under way…
LESS than two months ago, Tanya Maniktala was relatively unknown – even in her native India. Her role as Lata…
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