A still from Titli
Kanu Behl’s Titli took home South Asian International Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature. Avinash Arun’s Killa was adjudged the second best film.
The Best Director Award was presented to first-time writer-director Afia Nathaniel for her film Dukhtar. The tense drama, Pakistan’s official entry to the 2014 Academy Awards, was also presented with the festival’s Audience Award.
The jury awarded their Short Grand Jury Prize to Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story, a stunning animated short about a 17-year-old orphan who uses his love of Bollywood cinema to help him woo the girl of his dreams.
The Audience Award for Short Film was awarded to Veil by director Sreemoyee Bhattacharya.
The award ceremony took place at Manhattan’s Carlton Hotel on November 23rd, celebrating Saiff’s eleventh anniversary.
The Eleventh Annual South Asian International Film Festival ran from Tuesday, November 18th,...
Kanu Behl’s Titli took home South Asian International Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature. Avinash Arun’s Killa was adjudged the second best film.
The Best Director Award was presented to first-time writer-director Afia Nathaniel for her film Dukhtar. The tense drama, Pakistan’s official entry to the 2014 Academy Awards, was also presented with the festival’s Audience Award.
The jury awarded their Short Grand Jury Prize to Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story, a stunning animated short about a 17-year-old orphan who uses his love of Bollywood cinema to help him woo the girl of his dreams.
The Audience Award for Short Film was awarded to Veil by director Sreemoyee Bhattacharya.
The award ceremony took place at Manhattan’s Carlton Hotel on November 23rd, celebrating Saiff’s eleventh anniversary.
The Eleventh Annual South Asian International Film Festival ran from Tuesday, November 18th,...
- 11/24/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jigarthanda at Saiff 2014
X, by eleven directors, will kickstart HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) on Tuesday. The festival will be held from November 18-23 in Manhattan.
Shrihari Sathe’s Ek Hazarachi Note, Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda, Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa and Afia Serena Nathaniel’s Dukhtar are the feature films to be screened at the festival.
The short films at the festival include Gaurav Bakshi’s Enough, Rajesh Jala’s 23 Winters, Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story (animation), Atanu Mukherjee’s The Gatekeeper and Sreemoyee Bhattacharya’s Veil.
Raj and Dk’s Happy Ending, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Govinda, will be screened as the Centerpiece Film of the festival.
The festival will close with the screening of Nabeel Qureshi’s Na Maloom Afraad.
X, by eleven directors, will kickstart HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival (Saiff) on Tuesday. The festival will be held from November 18-23 in Manhattan.
Shrihari Sathe’s Ek Hazarachi Note, Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda, Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa and Afia Serena Nathaniel’s Dukhtar are the feature films to be screened at the festival.
The short films at the festival include Gaurav Bakshi’s Enough, Rajesh Jala’s 23 Winters, Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story (animation), Atanu Mukherjee’s The Gatekeeper and Sreemoyee Bhattacharya’s Veil.
Raj and Dk’s Happy Ending, starring Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Govinda, will be screened as the Centerpiece Film of the festival.
The festival will close with the screening of Nabeel Qureshi’s Na Maloom Afraad.
- 11/18/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
British director John Owen’s Indian feature film, The Goa Run and Sreemoyee Bhattacharya’s short film, Veil will be screened at the 22nd Raindance Film Festival that will take place from the 24th September – 5th October 2014 in central London.
Veil follows a young man’s journey through the pangs of social conformation, lusts, fantasies and everything in between. As he reaches through the covers for the obscure, he is on the verge of understanding that his expectations and reality are separated only by a thin veil.
The Goa Run (Peter Gaya Kaam Sey) revolves around a Goan taxi driver who accepts a job from a local crime boss to pay his debts. The film, produced by Disney India, features Rajeev Khandelwal, Lekha Washington and Prashant Narayanan. Disney India had signed Rajeev Khandelwal for this film after the success of Aamir but it remains unreleased in India several years after...
Veil follows a young man’s journey through the pangs of social conformation, lusts, fantasies and everything in between. As he reaches through the covers for the obscure, he is on the verge of understanding that his expectations and reality are separated only by a thin veil.
The Goa Run (Peter Gaya Kaam Sey) revolves around a Goan taxi driver who accepts a job from a local crime boss to pay his debts. The film, produced by Disney India, features Rajeev Khandelwal, Lekha Washington and Prashant Narayanan. Disney India had signed Rajeev Khandelwal for this film after the success of Aamir but it remains unreleased in India several years after...
- 9/17/2014
- by NewsDesk
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The 7th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala (Idsffk), to be held from July 18-22 at Thiruvananthapuram, has unveiled its selection. The 99 films that will be screened in competition section have been shortlisted from 916 entries received.
Competition lineup:
Long Documentaries:
Candles In The Wind, Kavita Bahl / Nandan Saxena Goonga Pehelwan, Vivek Chaudhary / Prateek Gupta At The Crossroads: Nondon Bagchi Life And Living, Rajdeep Paul / Sharmistha Maiti Rangbhoomi, Kamal Swaroop The Last Adieu, Shabnam Sukhdev Chronicles Of A Temple Painter, Shravan Katikaneni The Red Data Book An Appendix, Sreemith N Deepu This Land Belongs To The Army, Maga. Thamizh Prabhagaran
Short Documentaries:
In The Wake Of The Hill, Isha Pungaliya Lali, Subhadipta Biswas Wall Stories, Shashwati Talukdar Padmini My Love, Sriram Mohan I Am A Muslim, Vikram Kumar Kandimalla Songs Of A Free Bird, Samiran Datta Towards The Silver Lining, Bhabanita Muli Silent Sounds, Arun Radhakrishnan In Search Of Black God,...
Competition lineup:
Long Documentaries:
Candles In The Wind, Kavita Bahl / Nandan Saxena Goonga Pehelwan, Vivek Chaudhary / Prateek Gupta At The Crossroads: Nondon Bagchi Life And Living, Rajdeep Paul / Sharmistha Maiti Rangbhoomi, Kamal Swaroop The Last Adieu, Shabnam Sukhdev Chronicles Of A Temple Painter, Shravan Katikaneni The Red Data Book An Appendix, Sreemith N Deepu This Land Belongs To The Army, Maga. Thamizh Prabhagaran
Short Documentaries:
In The Wake Of The Hill, Isha Pungaliya Lali, Subhadipta Biswas Wall Stories, Shashwati Talukdar Padmini My Love, Sriram Mohan I Am A Muslim, Vikram Kumar Kandimalla Songs Of A Free Bird, Samiran Datta Towards The Silver Lining, Bhabanita Muli Silent Sounds, Arun Radhakrishnan In Search Of Black God,...
- 6/13/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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