PORTSMOUTH::SCREEN 05 Film + New Media Festival19-26 November 2005PORTSMOUTH already attracts a great number of film-lovers to it's cinemas and multiplexes and this inaugral film festival offers audiences the opportunity to experience new, independent, experimental and world cinema as well as showcasing the work of establishing and local film makers. The aim of the festival is to provide a high-profile programme of accessible, engaging, entertaining, challenging and thought-provoking work and t...

HypeFest: A unique film festival that links independent ideas with commercial creativity.Drama, intrigue, comedy and cocktails. All this and more abounds at HypeFest,a high-energy film & video festival slated to showcase creativity in film, commercials and music videos from a diversity of filmmakers and storytellers.Providing a bridge between content creators and the independent and commercial communities, HypeFest offers a platform for filmmakers to promote their work to the commercial industry...

Controversial Indian Film Wins Best Feature at Commonwealth Film FestivalThe 3rd Commonwealth Film Festival closed last week (Sun 9 May) with the UK Premiere of the star-studded Indian epic, Maqbool, complete with guest appearances from lead actor Irfan Khan and director Vishal Bhardwaj. This sumptuous Indian gangster tale, which relocated Macbeth to the Mumbai underworld, preceded a special presentation of the festival’s Audience Awards for the categories of Best Feature, Best Documentary and...