India wins 7 Awards at Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore

India hogged limelight with seven wins at the Asian Festival of First Films (AFFF) held in Singapore. Sona Jain's "For Real" swept four awards in the feature film category while Faiza Ahmad Khan's documentary "Malegaon Ka Superman" grabbed three awards. Sona Jain won the Best Producer and the Best... Read More

Director of 'Harishchandrachi Factory' felicitated in the opening of theThird Eye Asian Film festival

Paresh Mokashi, director of ‘Harishchandrachi Factory' was felicitated by the Asian Film Foundation for his film being the official entry from India to the Oscar awards. Vijaya Mehta- Director of NCPA inaugurated the 8th Third Eye Asian Film Festival on Friday at Plaza Cinema in Dadar(Mumbai) and... Read More

The 22nd European Film Awards: Prix FIPRESCI to Andrzej Wajda for "Tatarak"

The European Film Academy, EFA Productions, and the International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI have announced that the European Film Academy Critics' Award 2009 - Prix FIPRESCI goes to Andrzej Wajda for "Tatarak" (Sweet Rush). FIPRESCI General Secretary Klaus Eder in the official... Read More

Satyajit Ray award to Basu Chatterjee in the 8th Third Eye Asian Film Festival

The eight edition of the Third Eye Asian Film festival will commence at Plaza Cinema in Mumbai on Friday.  The Satyajit Ray award in the festival will be given to filmmaker Basu Chatterjee.  Chatterjee is a noted Indian Film director who has directed films like Chitchor, Dillagi,... Read More

Leon Dai's "I Can't Live Without You" bags the Golden Peacock at IFFI

Director Leon Dai's  film, ‘I Can't Live Without You" from Taiwan has won the coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 40th International Film Festival of India 2009. The Silver Peacock Award for the Best Director has gone to "A Brand New Life', a film from South Korea, directed... Read More

Indian Film "Peepli Live" selected for Sundance Competition

Anusha Rizvi's debut film "Peepli Live" has been selected in the world cinema narrative competition section of Sundance Film Festival. The list was announced on Tuesday by new team of festival director John Cooper and programming director Trevor Groth. Anusha's film takes a satirical look at the... Read More

'2nd Rendez-Vous with French cinema in India' kicks off at Fun in Mumbai

 FUN cinemas in Mumbai is a host to yet another world cinema treat to the avid film lover. This time it is an all French affair with ‘Bonjour India', the ‘2nd Rendez-Vous with French cinema in India.' The festival commenced on Wednesday. The French connection brought in the likes of... Read More