Academy Award-winning Danish director Thomas Vinterberg will chair the jury of the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival, which takes place from November 29th to December 7th, 2024.   The jury will award the Étoile d'Or to one of the 14 first and second features in the festival’s international competition, which is dedicated to the discovery of filmmakers from around the world.   “It’s a great privilege and an honor to have received the n...

Saturday night Key West Film Festival celebrated our filmmakers and special guests in a joyful Awards Ceremony at The Studios of Key West. Thanks to Matt Hauser for hosting the evening, and congratulations to the KWFF 2024 Golden Key and Golden Conch Award Winners!  GOLDEN KEY AWARDS Excellence in Costume Design - Danny Glicker Emerging Talent - Delaney Buffett GOLDEN CONCH AWARDS Best Narrative Film THE FIRE INSIDE - Rachel Morrison KWFF Critics Award FLOW - Gints...

International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2024 runs its 55th edition. It is beeing held in Goa from 20th to 28th November. Film enthusiasts can log on to https://my.iffigoa.org/    IFFI 2024, 14: The State Minister, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting does a recce of the locations IFFI 2024, 14: The State Minister, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting does a recce of the locations When he was the Chief Minister of Goa, late Manohar Parrikar, pe...

Jury Official Competition jury Christoph Hochhäusler Head of the Jury, director Germany Christoph Hochhäusler, born in Munich in 1972, is a German director and screenwriter. His seven feature films have premiered in official selection in Cannes (“I Am Guilty”, 2005, “The City Below”, 2010), Berlin (“This Very Moment”, 2003, “One Minute of Darkness”, 2011, “Till the End o...

IFFI 2024, 14: The State Minister, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting does a recce of the locations When he was the Chief Minister of Goa, late Manohar Parrikar, personally supervised the upgrading of the roads and structures of the location, Panaji City. He was known as the most unassuming and hands-on Chief Minister in the country. That was in 2004, which was the year when Goa held its first IFFI. I personally saw him at work, doing all the duties that were demanded of a responsible...

IFFI 2024, 13: OOH La La Gala prèmieres and bouncers to protect the carpetbaggers Gala premieres have become the most glamourous part of IFFI after it moved to Go, in 2004. They do draw audiences and photographers, but the regular film critic and film journalist is kept away from them. Camera and microphone men and women, who never bark but only byte, are the persons for whom this ceremony is engineered. Bouncers and other security personnel accompany the film team, as they are first l...

IFFI 2024, 13: OOH La La Gala prèmieres and bouncers to protect the carpetbaggers Gala premieres have become the most glamourous part of IFFI after it moved to Go, in 2004. They do draw audiences and photographers, but the regular film critic and film journalist is kept away from them. Camera and microphone men and women, who never bark but only byte, are the persons for whom this ceremony is engineered. Bouncers and other security personnel accompany the film team, as they are first l...

IFFI 2024, 12: Creative Minds of tomorrow, and their five outstanding films Creative Minds of Tomorrow (CMOT) is a platform designed to showcase the work of absolute beginners with enhanced to support 100 young talents, up from 75 in previous editions The number of participants in this section are a full 100. Last year, 75 young talents were picked, to co-incide with the 75 years of Independence. Five CMOT Champions are being will be recognised for their exceptional journeys. As the largest ...

IFFI 2024, 11: The competition section for international recognition At IFFFI Goa 2024, the competition films are divided into two sections: Indian Panorama and the international competetion section. We have already listed the Panorama films in an earlier post. Now let us see which films of which directors and from which countries these films come. All films are sub-titled in English, according to international norms. Their screenings are held as part of the regular daily schedule, and someti...

The Sabarmati Report, Review: Pass or fail? One song that is closely associated with Sabarmati goes ‘Dey dee hamen aazaadee bina khadag bina dhal, Sabarmati key sant tooney kar diya kamaal.’ The Sant (Saint) in this context was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma (great spirit) Gandhi, whom it extolls, for gaining independence for India by, non-violent means. Outside Gujarat, Indians know Sabarmati as a river in Gujarat, and the Sabarmati Express as a train. Wherea...