A still from True Love Story
Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story won the Best Animation film at the 7th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala that concluded recently.
Tamaash (The Puppet) by Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh was adjudged the best short film. Special Mention went to Jaadui Machchi (Fishy Magic) directed by Ektara Collective.
Babai directed by Kavita Datir and Amit Sonawane won the best documentary award while Special Mention went to Kolkatar Guptokatha directed by Sougata Bhattacharyya.
Chronicles of a Temple Painter directed by Shravan Katikaneni won the best long documentary. Two special mentions in the long documentary category went to: Candles in the Wind directed by Kavita Bahl and Nandan Saxena; and Goonga Pehelwan directed by Vivek Chaudhary, Prateek Gupta and Mit Jani.
The Best Campus Film award went to Salt Water directed by Ma Students of Sjcc College (Ammu S. Rajasekharan, Anju S. Raj,...
Gitanjali Rao’s True Love Story won the Best Animation film at the 7th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala that concluded recently.
Tamaash (The Puppet) by Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh was adjudged the best short film. Special Mention went to Jaadui Machchi (Fishy Magic) directed by Ektara Collective.
Babai directed by Kavita Datir and Amit Sonawane won the best documentary award while Special Mention went to Kolkatar Guptokatha directed by Sougata Bhattacharyya.
Chronicles of a Temple Painter directed by Shravan Katikaneni won the best long documentary. Two special mentions in the long documentary category went to: Candles in the Wind directed by Kavita Bahl and Nandan Saxena; and Goonga Pehelwan directed by Vivek Chaudhary, Prateek Gupta and Mit Jani.
The Best Campus Film award went to Salt Water directed by Ma Students of Sjcc College (Ammu S. Rajasekharan, Anju S. Raj,...
- 7/24/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 3rd edition of Ladakh International Film Festival (Liff) will open with Kamal Swaroop’s Rangbhoomi. The festival will be held in Leh from June 27-29, 2014.
Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly will have its Indian premiere at the festival.
Korea is the country in focus at the festival this year. Liff will also pay tribute to Hindi film industry veterans Farooq Sheikh and Nanda.
This year, the jury for the fest includes film critic Klaus Eder, general secretary of International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) and Maxine Williamson, head of Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
The lineup of films in competition:
Competition – Feature
1. The Return - Home Coming (Venezuela)
2. Q – (Hindi) India, 96 Minutes
3. Kafiron Ki Namaaz (Hindi, English, Kashmiri) , India, 149 Minutes
4. Tourist (Iran)
5. Wet Letters (Iran)
6. Good Fellows (Iran)
7. Gem Of Seven Seas (Iran)
8. All Alone (Iran)
Competition – Documentary
1. Not Anymore
2. Roque Dalton – Lets Shoot The Night
3. The Genius Of Sreenivasan Ramanujan...
Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly will have its Indian premiere at the festival.
Korea is the country in focus at the festival this year. Liff will also pay tribute to Hindi film industry veterans Farooq Sheikh and Nanda.
This year, the jury for the fest includes film critic Klaus Eder, general secretary of International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) and Maxine Williamson, head of Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
The lineup of films in competition:
Competition – Feature
1. The Return - Home Coming (Venezuela)
2. Q – (Hindi) India, 96 Minutes
3. Kafiron Ki Namaaz (Hindi, English, Kashmiri) , India, 149 Minutes
4. Tourist (Iran)
5. Wet Letters (Iran)
6. Good Fellows (Iran)
7. Gem Of Seven Seas (Iran)
8. All Alone (Iran)
Competition – Documentary
1. Not Anymore
2. Roque Dalton – Lets Shoot The Night
3. The Genius Of Sreenivasan Ramanujan...
- 6/17/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The third edition of the Ladakh International Film Festival will again be hosted in the town of Leh, in the mountainous northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Said to be the highest-altitude film festival in the world at over 11,000 feet, Liff will open with director Kamal Swaroop's Rangbhoomi. The film is based on a semi-autobiographical play by Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema, who made the country's first full-length feature, Raja Harischandra, in 1913. Photos: Summer's Big Movies Reimagined With Donald Sterling, Sultan of Brunei Liff will also host the “green carpet” Asian
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- 6/17/2014
- by Nyay Bhushan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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
What:
Screening of Kamal Swaroop’s national award winning film on Dadasaheb Phalke, “Rangbhoomi”, by Fd Zone, Delhi
When:
June 6, Friday, 7:00 pm
Where:
Stein auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
About Rangbhoomi
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke (April 30, 1870 – February 16, 1944) was an Indian producer/ director/ screenwriter, widely regarded as the father of Indian Cinema. His debut film Raja Harishchandra was made in 1913 and is recognised as India’s first full-length feature film. In his career, spanning 19 years, he made 95 movies and 26 short films. His most noted works are Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).
In 1920, after disputes with his partners, he resigned from his company Hindustan Films and shifted to the holy city of Benaras and renounced the world of cinema. At Benaras he wrote a semi-autobiographical play Rangbhoomi. This film is an invocation from that text.
About Kamal Swaroop
Swaroop is a film,...
Screening of Kamal Swaroop’s national award winning film on Dadasaheb Phalke, “Rangbhoomi”, by Fd Zone, Delhi
When:
June 6, Friday, 7:00 pm
Where:
Stein auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
About Rangbhoomi
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke (April 30, 1870 – February 16, 1944) was an Indian producer/ director/ screenwriter, widely regarded as the father of Indian Cinema. His debut film Raja Harishchandra was made in 1913 and is recognised as India’s first full-length feature film. In his career, spanning 19 years, he made 95 movies and 26 short films. His most noted works are Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).
In 1920, after disputes with his partners, he resigned from his company Hindustan Films and shifted to the holy city of Benaras and renounced the world of cinema. At Benaras he wrote a semi-autobiographical play Rangbhoomi. This film is an invocation from that text.
About Kamal Swaroop
Swaroop is a film,...
- 5/28/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
In the precious biographical details of Dadasaheb Phalke’s life that we know, he gave up on cinema after making some 95 films and scores of shorts and went to Banaras. He wrote a play called Rangbhoomi, with a strong autobiographical slant. Kamal Swaroop’s documentary on this phase of Phalke’s life, he says, is an “invocation of that text.” It comes as a puzzle, an intriguing and challenging ontological rebus of various phases of cinema and of representation.
It is a multilayered palimpsest of what cinema was and has become, with none- too-resolute conclusions. It is an exercise in artistic humility as it is a profile of a pupil who takes the threads of his teacher to move the discourse forward. If you are a filmmaker, this is a must-see. If you are a film student, it is an essential learning phase before you move on. If you are a cinephile,...
It is a multilayered palimpsest of what cinema was and has become, with none- too-resolute conclusions. It is an exercise in artistic humility as it is a profile of a pupil who takes the threads of his teacher to move the discourse forward. If you are a filmmaker, this is a must-see. If you are a film student, it is an essential learning phase before you move on. If you are a cinephile,...
- 5/17/2014
- by Shekhar Deshpande
- DearCinema.com
Independent films swept the 61st National Film awards in all the major categories. Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus was named the Best Feature Film.
The award for Best Director went to Hansal Mehta for Shahid. Shahid also won Rajkummar Rao the award for Best Actor which he shares with Suraj Venjaramoodu for Malayalam-film Perariyathavar.
The National Award for Best Actress went to Geetanjali Thapa for Liar’s Dice. The film also won the Best Cinematography award for Rajeev Ravi.
Fandry won the award for Best Debut Film of a Director. The award for Best Child Actor went to Somnath Avghade for Fandry which he shares with Sadhana for Tamil film Thanga Meengal.
The National award for Best Production Design went to Ashim Ahluwalia, Tabsheer Zutshi and Parichit Paralkar for Miss Lovely. The film also won the Special Jury award.
Best Children’s Film went to Batul Mukhtiyar’s Kaphal.
The award for Best Director went to Hansal Mehta for Shahid. Shahid also won Rajkummar Rao the award for Best Actor which he shares with Suraj Venjaramoodu for Malayalam-film Perariyathavar.
The National Award for Best Actress went to Geetanjali Thapa for Liar’s Dice. The film also won the Best Cinematography award for Rajeev Ravi.
Fandry won the award for Best Debut Film of a Director. The award for Best Child Actor went to Somnath Avghade for Fandry which he shares with Sadhana for Tamil film Thanga Meengal.
The National award for Best Production Design went to Ashim Ahluwalia, Tabsheer Zutshi and Parichit Paralkar for Miss Lovely. The film also won the Special Jury award.
Best Children’s Film went to Batul Mukhtiyar’s Kaphal.
- 4/16/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Sulemani Keeda
The 14th New York Indian Film Festival, to take place from 5-10 May, has unveiled its full line-up of films which comprises of a mix of 23 narrative features and 11 documentaries.
Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly is set to open the festival while Geethu Mohandas’ Liar’s Dice will be the centerpiece film. The festival will also present a retrospective of Gurinder Chaddha’s documentaries and will close with Aparna Sen’s Goynar Baksho.
Karan Bali’s 80 minute documentary, An American in Madras, based on American-born filmmaker Ellis R. Dungan’s travails in the Tamil film industry will get a screening alongside the recently released Gulabi Gang by Nishtha Jain.
Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry, Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar’s Astu and Gajendra Ahire’s Postcard are the three Marathi features which will screen at the festival. Assamese feature As The River Flows (Ekhon Nodir Xipare), by Bidyut Kotoky,...
The 14th New York Indian Film Festival, to take place from 5-10 May, has unveiled its full line-up of films which comprises of a mix of 23 narrative features and 11 documentaries.
Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly is set to open the festival while Geethu Mohandas’ Liar’s Dice will be the centerpiece film. The festival will also present a retrospective of Gurinder Chaddha’s documentaries and will close with Aparna Sen’s Goynar Baksho.
Karan Bali’s 80 minute documentary, An American in Madras, based on American-born filmmaker Ellis R. Dungan’s travails in the Tamil film industry will get a screening alongside the recently released Gulabi Gang by Nishtha Jain.
Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry, Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar’s Astu and Gajendra Ahire’s Postcard are the three Marathi features which will screen at the festival. Assamese feature As The River Flows (Ekhon Nodir Xipare), by Bidyut Kotoky,...
- 4/11/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff) announced the full lineup last night for their 14th year of celebrating independent, art house, alternate, and Diaspora films from/about/connected to the Indian subcontinent (May 5 – 10) at the SoHo Tiffin Junction. Dedicated to bringing these films to a New York audience, the festival will feature 34 screenings (23 narrative, 11 documentary) –all seen for the first time in New York City.
The festival highlights various cinemas of India’s different regions – Marathi, Bengali and two films from the Northeast. In addition the festival covers cinemas from the neighboring South Asian countries – four films by Pakistani filmmakers, two from Sri Lanka – a feature and a documentary, and one from Nepal.
The festival’s Marathi films include Postcard and multiple-award winning films Astu and Fandry. Directed by Nagraj Manjule, Fandry received rave reviews in India, winning the grand jury prize at the Mumbai Film Festival in October...
The festival highlights various cinemas of India’s different regions – Marathi, Bengali and two films from the Northeast. In addition the festival covers cinemas from the neighboring South Asian countries – four films by Pakistani filmmakers, two from Sri Lanka – a feature and a documentary, and one from Nepal.
The festival’s Marathi films include Postcard and multiple-award winning films Astu and Fandry. Directed by Nagraj Manjule, Fandry received rave reviews in India, winning the grand jury prize at the Mumbai Film Festival in October...
- 4/10/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
2013 proved to be yet another exciting year for Indian documentaries: they screened at numerous international film festivals and took home awards. In a small but significant step, a few of them even found their way into theatres in India. Though the domestic funding and distribution scenario still remains gloomy, there’s much to rejoice in the international acclaim that these documentaries have found in the last year.
We have compiled a list of the 10 most successful documentaries of 2013, taking into account factors such as film festivals, awards, popularity, reviews and distribution.
Special Mention for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man that has recently been selected for its fiftieth festival, Saurav Sarangi’s Char..The No Man’s Island and Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang for still being hot on the festival circuit and Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s When Hari Got Married for its theatrical release in August. All...
We have compiled a list of the 10 most successful documentaries of 2013, taking into account factors such as film festivals, awards, popularity, reviews and distribution.
Special Mention for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man that has recently been selected for its fiftieth festival, Saurav Sarangi’s Char..The No Man’s Island and Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang for still being hot on the festival circuit and Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s When Hari Got Married for its theatrical release in August. All...
- 1/3/2014
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Mumbai, Dec 18: Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman will be honoured with an Excellence in Screen Acting Award at the 12th edition of Third Eye Asian Film Festival, which she will inaugurate Jan 3.
The festival will open with Vietnamese film "Koan of Spring", directed by Lou Ma Ho.
It will also have a special Marathi package of six films premiering in India, said a statement.
The highlight of the festival is Kamal Swaroop's "Rangbhoomi", a documentary on the life of Dadasaheb Phalke, called the father of Indian cinema.
The festival will close with the Chinese film "Aftershock".
Ians...
The festival will open with Vietnamese film "Koan of Spring", directed by Lou Ma Ho.
It will also have a special Marathi package of six films premiering in India, said a statement.
The highlight of the festival is Kamal Swaroop's "Rangbhoomi", a documentary on the life of Dadasaheb Phalke, called the father of Indian cinema.
The festival will close with the Chinese film "Aftershock".
Ians...
- 12/18/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
The 12th edition of the Third Eye Asian Film Festival will be inaugurated by veteran actress Waheeda Rehman on January 3, 2014 at the Ravindra Natya Mandir complex in Mumbai. The actress will also be honoured with the ‘Excellence in Screen Acting Award’ in recognition of her achievements in playing a variety of roles with grace and subtlety.
The festival will open with Vietnamese film Koan of Spring directed by Lou Ma Ho.
A special Marathi cinema package of six films will be shown at the festival, all of which will be Indian premiers.
Rangbhoomi, a documentary on the life of Dadasaheb Phalke by Kamal Swaroop, will be screened as the Centre Piece of the festival.
Chinese film Aftershock will be the closing film of the festival.
Delegate registrations will start from December 25 at the Ravindra Natya Mandir between 1 p.m. to 8.p.m. everyday.
The festival will open with Vietnamese film Koan of Spring directed by Lou Ma Ho.
A special Marathi cinema package of six films will be shown at the festival, all of which will be Indian premiers.
Rangbhoomi, a documentary on the life of Dadasaheb Phalke by Kamal Swaroop, will be screened as the Centre Piece of the festival.
Chinese film Aftershock will be the closing film of the festival.
Delegate registrations will start from December 25 at the Ravindra Natya Mandir between 1 p.m. to 8.p.m. everyday.
- 12/18/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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