Toronto events around the festival will include musical performances and free screenings.
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has revealed details of this year’s Festival Street events and Cinematheque programme.
Back for its seventh year, Festival Street will unfold Sept 8-11 on Toronto’s King Street West and Sept 8-18 in David Pecaut Square.
Events will include musical performances by Buffy Sainte-Marie and others inspired by films in the festival and a live art walk created by StreetARToronto.
TIFF’s new open air cinema, Olg Cinema Park in David Pecaut Square, will screen films showcasing stars from the festival’s current official selections,...
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has revealed details of this year’s Festival Street events and Cinematheque programme.
Back for its seventh year, Festival Street will unfold Sept 8-11 on Toronto’s King Street West and Sept 8-18 in David Pecaut Square.
Events will include musical performances by Buffy Sainte-Marie and others inspired by films in the festival and a live art walk created by StreetARToronto.
TIFF’s new open air cinema, Olg Cinema Park in David Pecaut Square, will screen films showcasing stars from the festival’s current official selections,...
- 8/26/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Satyajit Ray’s contribution to Indian cinema, with over one hundred combined writing, directing and music composing credits to his name, is felt through the reverence for his movies. IMDb celebrates the prolific filmmaker’s centenary by looking back at some of his cinematic gems that have won National awards.
Sonar Kella
Sonar Kella is a fascinating comedy thriller for children of all ages. This story is based on Mukul and his past life memories. He becomes a target for crooks after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress. Private detective Feluda and his cousin Topshe are hired by an angry man to take care of Mukul, his gifted child, who is in Rajasthan with a parapsychologist to find a treasure from his past life.
Won the Golden Lotus Award for Best Director, the Sliver Lotus Award for Best Screenplay and the...
Sonar Kella
Sonar Kella is a fascinating comedy thriller for children of all ages. This story is based on Mukul and his past life memories. He becomes a target for crooks after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress. Private detective Feluda and his cousin Topshe are hired by an angry man to take care of Mukul, his gifted child, who is in Rajasthan with a parapsychologist to find a treasure from his past life.
Won the Golden Lotus Award for Best Director, the Sliver Lotus Award for Best Screenplay and the...
- 6/4/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
India is celebrating the birth centenary of one of her greatest sons, Satyajit Ray, in a variety of ways.
Sunday, marks the centenary of Ray, the Indian master who won an honorary Oscar in 1992, shortly before his death, and remains the country’s best known filmmaker internationally.
Ray debuted with “Pather Panchali” (1955) the first part of the magisterial Apu Trilogy, which won best human document at Cannes. The Trilogy includes “Aparajito” (1956) and “Apur Sansar” (1959). Berlin was a particularly happy venue for him and he won top awards at the festival numerous times, for “Pather Panchali,” “Aparajito,” “Mahanagar” (1963), “Charulata” (1964), “Nayak” (1966) and “Ashani Sanket” (1973).
At Venice he won for “Aparajito” and “Seemabaddha” (1971), culminating in a career Golden Lion in 1982. He also won a British Institute Fellowship in 1983 to go with the London Film Festival’s Sutherland Trophy for “Apur Sansar.” In 1987, the government of France made Ray a Commander of the Legion of Honor.
Sunday, marks the centenary of Ray, the Indian master who won an honorary Oscar in 1992, shortly before his death, and remains the country’s best known filmmaker internationally.
Ray debuted with “Pather Panchali” (1955) the first part of the magisterial Apu Trilogy, which won best human document at Cannes. The Trilogy includes “Aparajito” (1956) and “Apur Sansar” (1959). Berlin was a particularly happy venue for him and he won top awards at the festival numerous times, for “Pather Panchali,” “Aparajito,” “Mahanagar” (1963), “Charulata” (1964), “Nayak” (1966) and “Ashani Sanket” (1973).
At Venice he won for “Aparajito” and “Seemabaddha” (1971), culminating in a career Golden Lion in 1982. He also won a British Institute Fellowship in 1983 to go with the London Film Festival’s Sutherland Trophy for “Apur Sansar.” In 1987, the government of France made Ray a Commander of the Legion of Honor.
- 5/2/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Google is celebrating Satyajit Ray’s 92nd birth anniversary with a special doodle depicting the famous train scene from Pather Panchali, his most famous debut film from the Apu Trilogy. The film won an award for the Best Human Document at the Cannes film festival in 1956.
A restored version of Ray’s Charulata will screen in Cannes Classics section this year.
Ray, the most critically acclaimed Indian filmmaker, was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 1992 “For his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures and for his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world”.
Several of his films screened at Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals. Some of his well known films are Pather Panchali, Charulata, Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Agantuk, Aparajito, Devi and Nayak.
A restored version of Ray’s Charulata will screen in Cannes Classics section this year.
Ray, the most critically acclaimed Indian filmmaker, was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 1992 “For his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures and for his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world”.
Several of his films screened at Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals. Some of his well known films are Pather Panchali, Charulata, Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Agantuk, Aparajito, Devi and Nayak.
- 5/2/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
There is a special focus on “India Independents” at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival (Diff), which will run from July 21-31, 2011.
“The remarkably diverse cinema of India is celebrated at Diff this year, with a focus on both the classic and the daringly contemporary,” reads the official website of the festival. As part of the special focus, the festival will present a Satyajit Ray Retrospective along with new works by fresh Indian talents.
The six Ray films to be screened are: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Charulata, Kapurush, Ghare Baire and Ray’s final film, Agantuk.
Leena Manimekelai’s film The Dead Sea will have its World Premiere at the African festival. Diff describes the films as “a haunting and powerful film about the lives of Tamil fishermen and the difficulties they faced during the Sri Lankan war. The resulting blend of fiction and documentary is a powerful protest against the...
“The remarkably diverse cinema of India is celebrated at Diff this year, with a focus on both the classic and the daringly contemporary,” reads the official website of the festival. As part of the special focus, the festival will present a Satyajit Ray Retrospective along with new works by fresh Indian talents.
The six Ray films to be screened are: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Charulata, Kapurush, Ghare Baire and Ray’s final film, Agantuk.
Leena Manimekelai’s film The Dead Sea will have its World Premiere at the African festival. Diff describes the films as “a haunting and powerful film about the lives of Tamil fishermen and the difficulties they faced during the Sri Lankan war. The resulting blend of fiction and documentary is a powerful protest against the...
- 6/28/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Mumbai, May 1 – The Taj Enlighten Film Society will celebrate Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray’s 89th birth anniversary Sunday by showcasing his best works during The Satyajit Ray Festival.
‘We are celebrating Satyajit Ray’s 89th birthday. He was the most important and popular face of the real Indian cinema, so it was a natural choice,’ society president Pranav Ashar told Ians.
Beginning May 2, the society will screen Ray’s films such as ‘Agantuk’ (The.
‘We are celebrating Satyajit Ray’s 89th birthday. He was the most important and popular face of the real Indian cinema, so it was a natural choice,’ society president Pranav Ashar told Ians.
Beginning May 2, the society will screen Ray’s films such as ‘Agantuk’ (The.
- 5/1/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The Taj Enlighten Film Society will organise “The Satyajit Ray Festival”, a festival showcasing films, of the great master of Indian cinema from May 2-16. Beginning 2nd May 2010, which is the 89th birth anniversary of the filmmaker the society will screen Ray’s films namely Agantuk (The Stranger), Jalsaghar (The Music Room) and Charulata (The Lonely Wife) every Sunday at 10am at Cinemax, Metro Big Cinemas and Ncpa in Mumbai.
Pranav Ashar, President of the Taj Enlighten Film Society said, “Since we began our film society, we have had many requests to do a Satyajit Ray film festival. We have never received such a response immediately after announcing a festival. After this overwhelming response, we are already planning to extend and enhance the experience of the festival by adding the famous Apu Triolgy - Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of...
Pranav Ashar, President of the Taj Enlighten Film Society said, “Since we began our film society, we have had many requests to do a Satyajit Ray film festival. We have never received such a response immediately after announcing a festival. After this overwhelming response, we are already planning to extend and enhance the experience of the festival by adding the famous Apu Triolgy - Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of...
- 4/27/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Martin Scorsese has shown keen interest in revising and restoring Mamata Shankar's legendary father Uday Shankar's film Kalpana. Sheepishly Mamata confesses she has been not as swift and professional in her dealings with Martin Scorsese as she should have. "He has indeed been very interested. But I've not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I'd like to. I'm so busy with many different things. Apart from looking after my family and work I also have a mother (former danseuse Amala Shankar) who is over 90. All this is no excuse for putting behind a project as important as a restoration of my father's film." Mamata now intends to interact seriously with Martin Scorsese and get the restoration work off the ground. "I feel it's a great responsibility that has been put forward for me. I can't thank Martin Scorsese enough for taking such keen interest in Kalpana.
- 2/17/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Martin Scorsese has shown keen interest in revising and restoring Mamata Shankar's legendary father Uday Shankar's film Kalpana. Sheepishly Mamata confesses she has been not as swift and professional in her dealings with Martin Scorsese as she should have. "He has indeed been very interested. But I've not been able to keep up the communication with Martin as much as I'd like to. I'm so busy with many different things. Apart from looking after my family and work I also have a mother (former danseuse Amala Shankar) who is over 90. All this is no excuse for putting behind a project as important as a restoration of my father's film." Mamata now intends to interact seriously with Martin Scorsese and get the restoration work off the ground. "I feel it's a great responsibility that has been put forward for me. I can't thank Martin Scorsese enough for taking such keen interest in Kalpana.
- 2/17/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
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