Irish academic Susan Liddy has been elected as the new president of Women in Film and Television International (Wifti), replacing Swedish producer Helene Granqvist who has been in the role since 2018.
Founded in 1997, Wifti has led the way in advocating for better representation and conditions for women working in the screen industries. The umbrella body encompasses 50 Wift and Wift partner chapters worldwide.
Liddy is a lecturer at the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Limerick. She is also on the board of the Irish Film Institute, the Writers Guild of Ireland and Raising Films Ireland, the body set up to help parents and carers working in the screen sectors.
Her research papers have included Women in the Irish Film Industry: Stories and Storytellers (2020); Women in the International Film Industry: Policy, Practice and Power; (2020) and Media Work, Mothers and Motherhood: Negotiating the International Audio-Visual Industry (2021).
She has...
Founded in 1997, Wifti has led the way in advocating for better representation and conditions for women working in the screen industries. The umbrella body encompasses 50 Wift and Wift partner chapters worldwide.
Liddy is a lecturer at the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Limerick. She is also on the board of the Irish Film Institute, the Writers Guild of Ireland and Raising Films Ireland, the body set up to help parents and carers working in the screen sectors.
Her research papers have included Women in the Irish Film Industry: Stories and Storytellers (2020); Women in the International Film Industry: Policy, Practice and Power; (2020) and Media Work, Mothers and Motherhood: Negotiating the International Audio-Visual Industry (2021).
She has...
- 11/21/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Top Bangladeshi actor Nusrat Imrose Tisha is in Cannes to promote her new film “Mujib: The Making of a Nation.” A trailer for the film, a biopic of the late Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was unveiled at the Cannes Film Market.
Popularly known as Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), Rahman was one of the founders of the Awami League party and led the movement for political autonomy for East Pakistan and the subsequent formation of independent Bangladesh in 1971. He served as the first president and then the first prime minister of Bangladesh until he, his wife and sons were assassinated in an army coup in 1975. His daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Arifin Shuvoo, best actor winner at the Bangladesh National Film Awards for “Dhaka Attack,” plays Rahman. Tisha plays his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib.
“Everyone knows about Bangabandhu, but many people don’t know about Fazilatunnesa,...
Popularly known as Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), Rahman was one of the founders of the Awami League party and led the movement for political autonomy for East Pakistan and the subsequent formation of independent Bangladesh in 1971. He served as the first president and then the first prime minister of Bangladesh until he, his wife and sons were assassinated in an army coup in 1975. His daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Arifin Shuvoo, best actor winner at the Bangladesh National Film Awards for “Dhaka Attack,” plays Rahman. Tisha plays his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib.
“Everyone knows about Bangabandhu, but many people don’t know about Fazilatunnesa,...
- 5/24/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Acclaimed Bangladeshi director Rubaiyat Hossain, known for her powerful women-centric films, has a new project participating in the Berlinale Co-Production Market and is launching a female filmmaker grant.
Her Berlinale co-production market project, “The Difficult Bride,” follows Novera, a bride-to-be in present-day Dhaka who is in love with the groom and the idea of a fairytale wedding, but secretly struggles with her body, which does not seem to comply with the wedding rituals. She makes continuous trips to the beauty salon and uses home remedies to “cure” her body. As stress, anxiety and emotional pain take root in her, a mysterious woman with long hair begins to visit Novera in her imagination.
Directed and written by Hossain, Aadnan Imtiaz Ahmed produces for Khona Talkies. A third of the $876,000 budget has been raised from Bangladeshi entities and the project hopes to attract further financiers, a sales agent, technical crew heads of...
Her Berlinale co-production market project, “The Difficult Bride,” follows Novera, a bride-to-be in present-day Dhaka who is in love with the groom and the idea of a fairytale wedding, but secretly struggles with her body, which does not seem to comply with the wedding rituals. She makes continuous trips to the beauty salon and uses home remedies to “cure” her body. As stress, anxiety and emotional pain take root in her, a mysterious woman with long hair begins to visit Novera in her imagination.
Directed and written by Hossain, Aadnan Imtiaz Ahmed produces for Khona Talkies. A third of the $876,000 budget has been raised from Bangladeshi entities and the project hopes to attract further financiers, a sales agent, technical crew heads of...
- 2/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The shortened in-person Berlin Film Festival (Feb. 10-16) has revealed a raft of high profile shows that will participate in keenly anticipated annual fixture Berlinale Series.
The strand opens with Amazon Prime Video Argentinian spy series “Yosi, the Regretful Spy” and also includes HBO Max Swedish friendship comedy series “Lust”; Lone Scherfig’s TV2 Danish maternity ward-set “The Shift”; Czech Television, Arte drama “Suspicion” from Czech Republic and France; British Sky supernatural thriller “The Rising”; Channel 2 Iceland police drama “Black Sand”; and from France’s Club illico, comedy-drama “Last Summers of the Raspberries.”
Films selected for the youth-focused Generation Kplus strand include “The Hill of Secrets” (South Korea); “Waters of Pastaza” (Portugal); “Moja Vesna” (Slovenia/Australia); “My Small Land” (Japan); “The Realm of God” (Mexico); “The Apple Day” (Iran); “Shabu” (Netherlands) and “Boney Piles” (Ukraine).
Films selected for the Generation 14plus strand include “Alis” (Colombia/Chile/Romania); “Bubble” (Japan...
The strand opens with Amazon Prime Video Argentinian spy series “Yosi, the Regretful Spy” and also includes HBO Max Swedish friendship comedy series “Lust”; Lone Scherfig’s TV2 Danish maternity ward-set “The Shift”; Czech Television, Arte drama “Suspicion” from Czech Republic and France; British Sky supernatural thriller “The Rising”; Channel 2 Iceland police drama “Black Sand”; and from France’s Club illico, comedy-drama “Last Summers of the Raspberries.”
Films selected for the youth-focused Generation Kplus strand include “The Hill of Secrets” (South Korea); “Waters of Pastaza” (Portugal); “Moja Vesna” (Slovenia/Australia); “My Small Land” (Japan); “The Realm of God” (Mexico); “The Apple Day” (Iran); “Shabu” (Netherlands) and “Boney Piles” (Ukraine).
Films selected for the Generation 14plus strand include “Alis” (Colombia/Chile/Romania); “Bubble” (Japan...
- 1/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Anders Refn’s WWII saga “Into the Darkness” (Denmark) and Ko Chen-Nien’s abuse drama “The Silent Forest” (Taiwan) won the major prizes at the 51st International Film Festival of India in Goa.
“Into The Darkness” won the Golden Peacock for best film. The award carries a cash prize of Inr 4 million. The Silver Peacock for best director went to Ko, for “The Silent Forest.” The award comes with a cash prize of Inr 1.5 million.
Liu Tzu-Chuan won best actor, male, for “The Silent Forest,” while Zofia Stafiej won best actor, female, for her role in Piotr Domalewski’s comedy-drama “I Never Cry” (Poland).
Kamin Kalev won the special jury award for drama “February” (Bulgaria/France). Cassio Pereira dos Santos won best debut for trans coming-of-age film “Valentina” (Brazil). Indian director Kripal Kalita was given a special mention for for Assamese-language film “Bridge.”
The International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication Unesco Gandhi Award,...
“Into The Darkness” won the Golden Peacock for best film. The award carries a cash prize of Inr 4 million. The Silver Peacock for best director went to Ko, for “The Silent Forest.” The award comes with a cash prize of Inr 1.5 million.
Liu Tzu-Chuan won best actor, male, for “The Silent Forest,” while Zofia Stafiej won best actor, female, for her role in Piotr Domalewski’s comedy-drama “I Never Cry” (Poland).
Kamin Kalev won the special jury award for drama “February” (Bulgaria/France). Cassio Pereira dos Santos won best debut for trans coming-of-age film “Valentina” (Brazil). Indian director Kripal Kalita was given a special mention for for Assamese-language film “Bridge.”
The International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication Unesco Gandhi Award,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Panaji, Jan 15 (Ians) India's biggest and oldest international film event, the 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India, gets underway on Saturday in Goa and will be inaugurated at the hands of Southern filmstar Sudeep.
This year's edition of Iffi is being organised in a hybrid format, in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced the organisers to limit attendance, both at the opening and closing events, as well as during the screening of the 224 films from nearly sixty countries, which are scheduled to be screened at the event. The festival has been curtailed to a duration of eight days this year.
"The festival will be conducted in the hybrid format, where movies will be screened in the auditorium and some of the sections are curated for the online platform," Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar will also...
This year's edition of Iffi is being organised in a hybrid format, in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced the organisers to limit attendance, both at the opening and closing events, as well as during the screening of the 224 films from nearly sixty countries, which are scheduled to be screened at the event. The festival has been curtailed to a duration of eight days this year.
"The festival will be conducted in the hybrid format, where movies will be screened in the auditorium and some of the sections are curated for the online platform," Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar will also...
- 1/15/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is honored to invite you to another program of film screenings as well as a Q&a as part of the 2nd Annual HFPA Foreign Language Film Series. This edition presents 4 new films from Bangladesh, Ivory Coast, Japan and Iran. Please register by clicking here now! Registration ends tomorrow, 10/15/20.
Asian Films:
True Mothers by Naomi Kawase
Made in Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain
The Wasteland by Ahmad Bahrami
The films will stream October 20th through October 31st. We recommend you to join the HFPA for a live audience Q&a with the filmmakers on October 24th at 10:30am Pt.
Asian Films:
True Mothers by Naomi Kawase
Made in Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain
The Wasteland by Ahmad Bahrami
The films will stream October 20th through October 31st. We recommend you to join the HFPA for a live audience Q&a with the filmmakers on October 24th at 10:30am Pt.
- 10/15/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Incoming Apsa chair Tracey Vieira.
While the major ceremony will not go ahead given Covid-19 restrictions, the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (Apsa) will still present a smaller number of awards in a live presentation in late November, while also running the concurrent industry event, the Asia Pacific Screen Forum, online.
The awards, to be broadcast from Hota on the Gold Coast, will consist of two major prizes, the Fiapf Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film, and the Apsa Young Cinema Award acknowledging the cinematic excellence of an emerging filmmaker.
The four recipients of the MPA Apsa Academy Film Fund, a US $25,000 script development grant, will also be unveiled during the presentation.
The news coincides with appointment of Tracey Vieira as Apsa chair. Vieira is the chief content officer at Hoodlum Entertainment and former CEO of Screen Queensland, and succeeds Michael Hawkins, who remains on the board together with founding chair Des Power.
While the major ceremony will not go ahead given Covid-19 restrictions, the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (Apsa) will still present a smaller number of awards in a live presentation in late November, while also running the concurrent industry event, the Asia Pacific Screen Forum, online.
The awards, to be broadcast from Hota on the Gold Coast, will consist of two major prizes, the Fiapf Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film, and the Apsa Young Cinema Award acknowledging the cinematic excellence of an emerging filmmaker.
The four recipients of the MPA Apsa Academy Film Fund, a US $25,000 script development grant, will also be unveiled during the presentation.
The news coincides with appointment of Tracey Vieira as Apsa chair. Vieira is the chief content officer at Hoodlum Entertainment and former CEO of Screen Queensland, and succeeds Michael Hawkins, who remains on the board together with founding chair Des Power.
- 9/23/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Coalition of South Asian Film Festivals will kick off Oct. 3 with Baba Azmi’s “Mee Raqsam” (I Dance) and close with Prateek Vats’ “Eeb Allay Ooo!” on Oct. 17. The centerpiece film will be Shirish Gurung’s “Lato Kosero” from Nepal. Azmi’s sister the veteran Hindi actress Shabana will present his film.
In-between more than 20 films and shorts will play at the fest, which will also host virtual programs including Q&As with talent and creatives. The films will be streamed on Vimeo’s Ott platform, while the Q&As can be seen on-demand.
The coalition, which comprises South Asian fests from Seattle; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; Mississauga/Toronto; Maryland; Montreal; and Vancouver, will also unspool blocks of shorts covering themes of interest to the South Asian diaspora, the Lgbtqi community, racism and love and relationships. Unable to host a festival on the ground due to the coronavirus, CoSaff...
In-between more than 20 films and shorts will play at the fest, which will also host virtual programs including Q&As with talent and creatives. The films will be streamed on Vimeo’s Ott platform, while the Q&As can be seen on-demand.
The coalition, which comprises South Asian fests from Seattle; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; Mississauga/Toronto; Maryland; Montreal; and Vancouver, will also unspool blocks of shorts covering themes of interest to the South Asian diaspora, the Lgbtqi community, racism and love and relationships. Unable to host a festival on the ground due to the coronavirus, CoSaff...
- 9/9/2020
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
Made In Bangladesh Art Mattan Productions Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Rubaiyat Hossain Screenwriter: Rubaiyat Hossain, Philippe Barriere Cast: Rikita Nandini Shimu, Novera Rahman, Deepanwita Martin, Parvin Paru Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 8/13/20 Opens: August 28, 2020 According to Shimu Akhtar (Rikita Nandini Shimu), women “are […]
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- 8/23/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Bangladesh nowadays is one of the world’s fastest growing economies, a development fueled by the garment industry and the increased role women play in the professional sector. Underneath this progress, however, a number of issues are lurking still, particularly regarding the role of working women. Rubaiyat Hossain, who has previously worked for women’s rights NGOs in Bangladesh presents these issues in the most eloquent manner, in her third feature effort.
“Made in Bangladesh” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The movie revolves around Shimu, a 23-old-year woman working in one of the export-oriented garment factories, in essence a sweat-shop that has her producing up to 1500 shirts per day for minimal pay. Shimu is married to Reza, a man who is unemployed, but despite these two issues, she is considered successful by many other women, who are unemployed or unmarried, or even both. This “bubble” bursts quite abruptly,...
“Made in Bangladesh” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The movie revolves around Shimu, a 23-old-year woman working in one of the export-oriented garment factories, in essence a sweat-shop that has her producing up to 1500 shirts per day for minimal pay. Shimu is married to Reza, a man who is unemployed, but despite these two issues, she is considered successful by many other women, who are unemployed or unmarried, or even both. This “bubble” bursts quite abruptly,...
- 3/11/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Film festivalThe film deftly handles sensitive issues and is being screened at the ongoing Bengaluru International Film Festival.Alithea Stephanie MounikaWarning: Spoilers ahead There is no dearth of choice at the Bengaluru Film Festival (Biffes), with organisers calculating that one can only watch about 35 films out of the 220 being screened, if they planned their days well. While I was spoilt for choice, what attracted me to Made in Bangladesh is its short duration of 95 minutes, and the fact that it was directed by a woman, Rubaiyat Hossain. What I didn't expect was to find the film so evocative, especially with parallels to India. The film is about the exploitation of labour in the garment industry, perhaps a dry subject, but which Rubaiyat handles skilfully to entertain with sensitivity. The film focuses on the fact that female labourers are chosen to do the work in the garment industry in Bangladesh as...
- 3/2/2020
- by alitheasm
- The News Minute
Film festivalThe film deftly handles sensitive issues and is being screened at the ongoing Bengaluru International Film Festival.Alithea Stephanie MounikaWarning: Spoilers ahead There is no dearth of choice at the Bengaluru Film Festival (Biffes), with organisers calculating that one can only watch about 35 films out of the 220 being screened, if they planned their days well. While I was spoilt for choice, what attracted me to Made in Bangladesh is its short duration of 95 minutes, and the fact that it was directed by a woman, Rubaiyat Hossain. What I didn't expect was to find the film so evocative, especially with parallels to India. The film is about the exploitation of labour in the garment industry, perhaps a dry subject, but which Rubaiyat handles skilfully to entertain with sensitivity. The film focuses on the fact that female labourers are chosen to do the work in the garment industry in Bangladesh as...
- 3/2/2020
- by alitheasm
- The News Minute
Osaka Asian Film Festival is held yearly under the theme of “From Osaka to All of Asia!” We are pleased to announce the line-up of the 15th edition of Oaff.
The number of selected films is 64 in total, the highest number ever for the festival, and they include 14 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, and 3 Asian Premieres. Films from 23 countries and regions, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Poland, France, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, the USA, Mexico and Japan, will be screened.
Opening Film
The Garden of Evening Mists
by Tom Shu-yu Lin (Malaysia) Japan Premiere
Closing Film
Kamata Prelude
by Nakagawa Ryutaro, Akiyama Mayu, Yasukawa Yuka, Watanabe Hirobumi (Japan) World Premiere
Competition
This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2018 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand...
The number of selected films is 64 in total, the highest number ever for the festival, and they include 14 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, and 3 Asian Premieres. Films from 23 countries and regions, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Poland, France, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, the USA, Mexico and Japan, will be screened.
Opening Film
The Garden of Evening Mists
by Tom Shu-yu Lin (Malaysia) Japan Premiere
Closing Film
Kamata Prelude
by Nakagawa Ryutaro, Akiyama Mayu, Yasukawa Yuka, Watanabe Hirobumi (Japan) World Premiere
Competition
This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2018 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand...
- 2/8/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Kolkata– January 7, 2020 – In its fourth edition, Arthouse Asia Film Festival is establishing a reputation as a relaxed, boutique event, with strong focus on independent cinema and a productive industry programme partnered with prestigious ‘Produire Au Sud’ for screenwriters and producers from South Asia.
“Weihai”
The day began with the screening of Chinese film ‘Weihai‘ directed by Liang Huan. The film has been shot beautifully in black and white and tells the story of a film screenwriter who went to a seaside town for ten days.
The day progressed with an insightful discussion about the landscape of independent film production in South Asia. Renowned Bangladeshi producer Arifur Rahman(Live from Dhaka, Kingdom of Clay Subjects) and Chennai based producer Mathivanan Rajendran (Nirvana Inn) have taken part in the session and shared their experience in the film circuit.
The session turned out extremely important and valuable to the film school students and...
“Weihai”
The day began with the screening of Chinese film ‘Weihai‘ directed by Liang Huan. The film has been shot beautifully in black and white and tells the story of a film screenwriter who went to a seaside town for ten days.
The day progressed with an insightful discussion about the landscape of independent film production in South Asia. Renowned Bangladeshi producer Arifur Rahman(Live from Dhaka, Kingdom of Clay Subjects) and Chennai based producer Mathivanan Rajendran (Nirvana Inn) have taken part in the session and shared their experience in the film circuit.
The session turned out extremely important and valuable to the film school students and...
- 1/12/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The Arthouse Asia Film Festival, presented by Arthouse Film Foundation and Doab Uncut Motion will continue its tradition of celebrating and encouraging Arthouse cinema in 2020. This is the 4th edition of A2FF and the event has gone global in true sense in recent past. More than 50 films will be screened during the festival which include acclaimed shorts and full-length feature films. Out of these 12 films are premiering first time in Asia and 4 are Kolkata premiere. For the first time in India, a screenwriting and producers’ workshop has been arranged collaborating with internationally renowned Produire au Sud. 7 projects from South Asia have been selected for this workshop on 11th January.
Masterclass by eminent filmmakers, film talks, panel discussions and industry meet will also be organized during the event. For example a Masterclass by Buddhadeb Dasgupta in conversation with Aseem Chabra, festival director of New York Indian Film Festival, a Masterclass by Sanal Kumar Sashidharan,...
Masterclass by eminent filmmakers, film talks, panel discussions and industry meet will also be organized during the event. For example a Masterclass by Buddhadeb Dasgupta in conversation with Aseem Chabra, festival director of New York Indian Film Festival, a Masterclass by Sanal Kumar Sashidharan,...
- 1/5/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Diverse selection will present projects from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, France, Nepal, Singapore and the Us.
Film Bazaar, organised by India’s National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), has announced the 14 projects that will take part in the Co-production Market at this year’s edition of the annual Goa-based event (November 20-24).
The diverse selection will present projects from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, France, Nepal, Singapore and the Us. Languages involved in the projects include Hindi, English, Bengali, Malayalam, Assamese, Nepali, Dzongkha (Bhutanese) and Gujarati.
The line-up also includes projects from newcomers and more established talents, such as Indian director Alka Raghuram (Burqa...
Film Bazaar, organised by India’s National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), has announced the 14 projects that will take part in the Co-production Market at this year’s edition of the annual Goa-based event (November 20-24).
The diverse selection will present projects from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, France, Nepal, Singapore and the Us. Languages involved in the projects include Hindi, English, Bengali, Malayalam, Assamese, Nepali, Dzongkha (Bhutanese) and Gujarati.
The line-up also includes projects from newcomers and more established talents, such as Indian director Alka Raghuram (Burqa...
- 10/29/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
India’s Film Bazaar, South Asia’s leading film project market, has revealed a 14-strong slate spanning Asia, Europe and the U.S. for its annual co-production jamboree in Goa. It is a diverse mix of festival favorites and debutants.
From India, producer Shaji Mathew’s Niv Art Movies, whose credits include 2017 Rotterdam winner “Sexy Durga”, returns with the Malayalam-language “The Deathplace” by Jiju Antory (“The Forsaken”). Also in Malayalam is “All Our Loves” by Mehdi Jahan, whose short “Jyoti and Joymoti” has won numerous awards. Heer Ganjwala will produce for Human Trail Pictures. Saurav Rai, winner of Mumbai’s 2019 grand jury prize for “Invitation,” reunites with Sanjay Gulati’s Crawling Angel Films for Nepali-language “Eternity.”
The international projects are also robust. Alka Raghuram (“Burqa Boxers”) will co-produce Hindi-language “The Mirror” via her U.S. outfit Junoon Pictures, alongside Celine Loop’s Traveling Light Productions.
Rubaiyat Hossain, whose directorial venture...
From India, producer Shaji Mathew’s Niv Art Movies, whose credits include 2017 Rotterdam winner “Sexy Durga”, returns with the Malayalam-language “The Deathplace” by Jiju Antory (“The Forsaken”). Also in Malayalam is “All Our Loves” by Mehdi Jahan, whose short “Jyoti and Joymoti” has won numerous awards. Heer Ganjwala will produce for Human Trail Pictures. Saurav Rai, winner of Mumbai’s 2019 grand jury prize for “Invitation,” reunites with Sanjay Gulati’s Crawling Angel Films for Nepali-language “Eternity.”
The international projects are also robust. Alka Raghuram (“Burqa Boxers”) will co-produce Hindi-language “The Mirror” via her U.S. outfit Junoon Pictures, alongside Celine Loop’s Traveling Light Productions.
Rubaiyat Hossain, whose directorial venture...
- 10/28/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As H&m, Zara, Uniqlo and other fast fashion brands continue to dominate the globe, an army of underpaid workers, the majority of them women, will keep producing their merchandise at a discount. But what happens when such women, emancipated by employment opportunities that previously didn’t exist, and motivated by dangerous, sometimes deadly working conditions, decide to fight the powers that be?
In writer-director Rubaiyat Hossain’s insightful if somewhat schematic docudrama, Made in Bangladesh, we follow one such female worker — the outspoken and tenacious young Shimu (Rikita Nandini Shimu) — as she makes the bold decision to unionize her ...
In writer-director Rubaiyat Hossain’s insightful if somewhat schematic docudrama, Made in Bangladesh, we follow one such female worker — the outspoken and tenacious young Shimu (Rikita Nandini Shimu) — as she makes the bold decision to unionize her ...
As H&m, Zara, Uniqlo and other fast fashion brands continue to dominate the globe, an army of underpaid workers, the majority of them women, will keep producing their merchandise at a discount. But what happens when such women, emancipated by employment opportunities that previously didn’t exist, and motivated by dangerous, sometimes deadly working conditions, decide to fight the powers that be?
In writer-director Rubaiyat Hossain’s insightful if somewhat schematic docudrama, Made in Bangladesh, we follow one such female worker — the outspoken and tenacious young Shimu (Rikita Nandini Shimu) — as she makes the bold decision to unionize her ...
In writer-director Rubaiyat Hossain’s insightful if somewhat schematic docudrama, Made in Bangladesh, we follow one such female worker — the outspoken and tenacious young Shimu (Rikita Nandini Shimu) — as she makes the bold decision to unionize her ...
Yorgos Lanthimos short joins the line-up and Antonio Banderas is among conversation guests.
The Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) has revealed an In Conversation With…. line-up that includes Antonio Banderas and the selection of Mati Diop as the inaugural recipient of the festival’s Mary Pickford Award.
The In Conversation programme at this year’s festival (September 5-15) will comprise sessions with Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx from Just Mercy, Banderas from Pain and Glory and The Laundromat, Allison Janney from Bad Education and Kerry Washington from American Son.
The inaugural Mary Pickford Award, which recognises an emerging female...
The Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) has revealed an In Conversation With…. line-up that includes Antonio Banderas and the selection of Mati Diop as the inaugural recipient of the festival’s Mary Pickford Award.
The In Conversation programme at this year’s festival (September 5-15) will comprise sessions with Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx from Just Mercy, Banderas from Pain and Glory and The Laundromat, Allison Janney from Bad Education and Kerry Washington from American Son.
The inaugural Mary Pickford Award, which recognises an emerging female...
- 8/20/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its second batch of titles premiering in its Gala and Special Presentations programs next month, including two new Gala titles and a whopping 16 new Special Presentations, plus their star-studded Masters and Contemporary World Cinema sections.
Previously announced titles include “Joker,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Uncut Gems,” “Knives Out,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Just Mercy,” “The Laundromat,” “The Goldfinch,” “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” “Hustlers,” “Marriage Story,” and “Harriet.” That list has now been extended to include Noah Hawley’s “Lucy in the Sky,” the Kristen Stewart-starring “Seberg,” Kenny Leon’s adaptation of his hit play “American Son,” and Trey Edward Shults’ “Waves,” all showing in the Special Presentations section.
Among the new additions, “Waves” stands out as a surprise, as it had been unclear if the A24-produced followup from the director of “It Comes at Night” would surface this fall.
The Gala section...
Previously announced titles include “Joker,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Uncut Gems,” “Knives Out,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Just Mercy,” “The Laundromat,” “The Goldfinch,” “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” “Hustlers,” “Marriage Story,” and “Harriet.” That list has now been extended to include Noah Hawley’s “Lucy in the Sky,” the Kristen Stewart-starring “Seberg,” Kenny Leon’s adaptation of his hit play “American Son,” and Trey Edward Shults’ “Waves,” all showing in the Special Presentations section.
Among the new additions, “Waves” stands out as a surprise, as it had been unclear if the A24-produced followup from the director of “It Comes at Night” would surface this fall.
The Gala section...
- 8/13/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Historically, ethnic minorities around the world have suffered, and 2019 sees no change in this regard. A brace of Haf projects highlight some of the problems faced by them.
From Iran, Arsalan Amiri’s horror/black comedy “Zalava” is set in a village terrified by demonic possession, where a young, agnostic police officer arrests challenges local beliefs by arresting an exorcist on fraud charges when he claims to capture an invisible demon.
“Zalava,” which is the name of the village where the film is set, is informed by Amiri’s experience as a member of the Kurdish ethnic minority in Iran. “Middle East nations cannot escape the burden of thousands of years of religions and belief, and remain trapped in wars, killings and hatred with no hope for possible solution for peace,” says Amiri in his director’s statement. “I want to depict this agonizing dilemma in my film.”
“Nahid,” written by Amiri and Ida Panahandeh,...
From Iran, Arsalan Amiri’s horror/black comedy “Zalava” is set in a village terrified by demonic possession, where a young, agnostic police officer arrests challenges local beliefs by arresting an exorcist on fraud charges when he claims to capture an invisible demon.
“Zalava,” which is the name of the village where the film is set, is informed by Amiri’s experience as a member of the Kurdish ethnic minority in Iran. “Middle East nations cannot escape the burden of thousands of years of religions and belief, and remain trapped in wars, killings and hatred with no hope for possible solution for peace,” says Amiri in his director’s statement. “I want to depict this agonizing dilemma in my film.”
“Nahid,” written by Amiri and Ida Panahandeh,...
- 3/18/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ten works in progress also screened at Coming Soon showcase.
Laura Samani’s Italian-Slovakian project Small Body and Mikko Myllylahti’s Finnish drama The Woodcutter Story received the TorinoFilmLab’s two prestigious €40,000 production awards on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event which marked the culmination of the 11th edition of the TorinoFilmLab.
The event presented all of the projects developed at Tfl through the year and took place from November 23-24.
Four co-production awards of €50,000 each were also presented to Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon (Lebanon-France-Sweden-Norway), Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers (Chile-Argentina-Denmark), Jianjie Lin’s Blood And Water...
Laura Samani’s Italian-Slovakian project Small Body and Mikko Myllylahti’s Finnish drama The Woodcutter Story received the TorinoFilmLab’s two prestigious €40,000 production awards on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event which marked the culmination of the 11th edition of the TorinoFilmLab.
The event presented all of the projects developed at Tfl through the year and took place from November 23-24.
Four co-production awards of €50,000 each were also presented to Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon (Lebanon-France-Sweden-Norway), Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers (Chile-Argentina-Denmark), Jianjie Lin’s Blood And Water...
- 11/27/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Films presented last year include Golden Bear wiunner Touch Me Not and Critics’ Week winner Diamantino.
This year’s Torino Film Lab (Tfl) will once again showcase 10 films developed within its programmes at the upcoming Meeting Event (23-24 November).
The projects, to be presented at the Coming Soon night, are all works in progress in their final stages of completion, half of which are still looking for a sales agent.
2018 has been an important year for many of the films previewed at last year’s Coming Soon event. Adina Pintilie Touch Me Not went on to win the Golden Bear at the Berlinale,...
This year’s Torino Film Lab (Tfl) will once again showcase 10 films developed within its programmes at the upcoming Meeting Event (23-24 November).
The projects, to be presented at the Coming Soon night, are all works in progress in their final stages of completion, half of which are still looking for a sales agent.
2018 has been an important year for many of the films previewed at last year’s Coming Soon event. Adina Pintilie Touch Me Not went on to win the Golden Bear at the Berlinale,...
- 10/25/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Min Bahadur Bham’s female survival road movie “A Year of Cold” and Siddiq Barmak’s family drama “The Postman” are among the eight projects selected from South Asia selected by Locarno’s Open Doors Hub co-production forum to be offered for international partnerships.
This year five of the projects are closely tied to gender-related issues, marking an emerging trend in a patriarchal-dominant region. Pakistan heads the selection with two projects.
“A Year of Cold” is the sophomore directorial effort of Min Bahadur Bham, whose coming-of-age debut “The Black Hen” hit Venice Critics Week in 2015 taking the Fedeora award, and was Nepal’s 2016 Oscar submission.
Nepal-based Shooney Films (“The Black Hen”) is behind “A Year of Cold.” Set against the background of the Himalayas, and a strongly patriarchal rural society, the feature turns on a Tibetan woman refugee forced for legal reasons to find her missing husband, accompanied by her now de facto husband,...
This year five of the projects are closely tied to gender-related issues, marking an emerging trend in a patriarchal-dominant region. Pakistan heads the selection with two projects.
“A Year of Cold” is the sophomore directorial effort of Min Bahadur Bham, whose coming-of-age debut “The Black Hen” hit Venice Critics Week in 2015 taking the Fedeora award, and was Nepal’s 2016 Oscar submission.
Nepal-based Shooney Films (“The Black Hen”) is behind “A Year of Cold.” Set against the background of the Himalayas, and a strongly patriarchal rural society, the feature turns on a Tibetan woman refugee forced for legal reasons to find her missing husband, accompanied by her now de facto husband,...
- 7/25/2018
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Dhaka Film Festival 16th Edition January 12–20th
The 16th Dhaka International Film Festival (Diff) will be held in Dhaka from 12 to 20 January 2018. The general theme of the festival is “Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society.”The Festival has been organized on a regular basis by Rainbow Film Society, which has been dedicated to the promotion of a healthy cine culture in Bangladesh and in celebrating the global mainstream in film and its social relevance since 1977.
Rainbow Film Society is one of the most active film entities in the film society movement of Bangladesh. Apart from holding regular film shows and film related seminars and workshops, Rainbow also brings out “The Celluloid”, one of the leading cinema periodicals from Bangladesh with an international audience.
The Diff is one of the most prestigious film events in Bangladesh and, to a great extent, has helped shape an increasingly healthy and positive national film culture.
The 16th Dhaka International Film Festival (Diff) will be held in Dhaka from 12 to 20 January 2018. The general theme of the festival is “Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society.”The Festival has been organized on a regular basis by Rainbow Film Society, which has been dedicated to the promotion of a healthy cine culture in Bangladesh and in celebrating the global mainstream in film and its social relevance since 1977.
Rainbow Film Society is one of the most active film entities in the film society movement of Bangladesh. Apart from holding regular film shows and film related seminars and workshops, Rainbow also brings out “The Celluloid”, one of the leading cinema periodicals from Bangladesh with an international audience.
The Diff is one of the most prestigious film events in Bangladesh and, to a great extent, has helped shape an increasingly healthy and positive national film culture.
- 12/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Five films to screen on streaming platform in August.
New York-based streaming platform Filmatique has curated an August selection in partnership with the Locarno Festival.
Filmatique will screen five features that screened under the auspices of the Locarno Open Doors international co-production initiative in 2016.
The programme runs from 2016-2018 and is designed to help South Asian filmmakers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Locarno Festival opened this week and runs through August 12.
The selections on Filmatique include: Deepak Rauniyar’s Highway (pictured), which charts the lives of passengers aboard a bus from Darjeeling to Kathmandu; Bangladeshi filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain’s exploration of religious fundamentalism and patriarchy in her second feature, Under Construction; and Burmese filmmaker Maw Naing’s The Monk, about a young man’s crisis of faith deep in the countryside of Myanmar.
Rounding out the five are two films about contemporary Sri Lanka: Rasanna Jayakody’s 28 and [link=nm...
New York-based streaming platform Filmatique has curated an August selection in partnership with the Locarno Festival.
Filmatique will screen five features that screened under the auspices of the Locarno Open Doors international co-production initiative in 2016.
The programme runs from 2016-2018 and is designed to help South Asian filmmakers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Locarno Festival opened this week and runs through August 12.
The selections on Filmatique include: Deepak Rauniyar’s Highway (pictured), which charts the lives of passengers aboard a bus from Darjeeling to Kathmandu; Bangladeshi filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain’s exploration of religious fundamentalism and patriarchy in her second feature, Under Construction; and Burmese filmmaker Maw Naing’s The Monk, about a young man’s crisis of faith deep in the countryside of Myanmar.
Rounding out the five are two films about contemporary Sri Lanka: Rasanna Jayakody’s 28 and [link=nm...
- 8/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Five projects selected in €217,000 funding round from Sørfond+.
Mehrdad Oskouei, previously an award winner at London Film Festival (Lff) for his doc Starless Dreams, has received €33,500 in the latest funding round from Norway’s Sørfond+ co-production fund.
His new documentary Revisited is a sequel to Starless Dreams [pictured], which won the Grierson Award for best documentary at Lff in 2016. The film returns to Iran to revisit five inmates of an under-18 prison for women.
The project is one of five receiving funding from Sørfond+, with grants totalling €217,000.
Also on the list is Sueño Florianópolis, an Argentina-Brazil co-production from Ana Katz that follows families vacationing to Florianópolis in Brazil. The film receives €33,500.
Receiving €50,000 is You Will Die At Twenty, an Egypt-Sudan co-production from Amjad Abu Alala that focuses on a man who has to choose between life or death in a society where extremism rules.
The other two projects are Bangladeshi feature Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain (€50,000), and...
Mehrdad Oskouei, previously an award winner at London Film Festival (Lff) for his doc Starless Dreams, has received €33,500 in the latest funding round from Norway’s Sørfond+ co-production fund.
His new documentary Revisited is a sequel to Starless Dreams [pictured], which won the Grierson Award for best documentary at Lff in 2016. The film returns to Iran to revisit five inmates of an under-18 prison for women.
The project is one of five receiving funding from Sørfond+, with grants totalling €217,000.
Also on the list is Sueño Florianópolis, an Argentina-Brazil co-production from Ana Katz that follows families vacationing to Florianópolis in Brazil. The film receives €33,500.
Receiving €50,000 is You Will Die At Twenty, an Egypt-Sudan co-production from Amjad Abu Alala that focuses on a man who has to choose between life or death in a society where extremism rules.
The other two projects are Bangladeshi feature Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain (€50,000), and...
- 6/30/2017
- ScreenDaily
This year’s event features an unprecedented increase in women directors and a new work-in-progress lab.
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Mar 13-15), which has its 15th edition this year, has revealed its lineup of 25 projects.
Unprecedentedly, nearly half of the projects are from female directors, about a third are by first-time directors and two rarely seen genres at Haf are included - science fiction and gothic thriller.
As with previous editions, Hong Kong has a strong presence with five projects, including Derek Chiu’s No.1 Chung Ying Street, a drama about the 1967 riots in Hong Kong; Sobel Chan’s The Goddess, a tribute to classic 1930s Chinese films; new director Sunny Chan’s Man On The Dragon, a comedy-drama about five middle-aged men who take part in a dragon boat competition; new director Tom Chung-sing’s Impossible Split, about a bowling athlete who becomes a world champion despite a fatal disease, produced by She...
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Mar 13-15), which has its 15th edition this year, has revealed its lineup of 25 projects.
Unprecedentedly, nearly half of the projects are from female directors, about a third are by first-time directors and two rarely seen genres at Haf are included - science fiction and gothic thriller.
As with previous editions, Hong Kong has a strong presence with five projects, including Derek Chiu’s No.1 Chung Ying Street, a drama about the 1967 riots in Hong Kong; Sobel Chan’s The Goddess, a tribute to classic 1930s Chinese films; new director Sunny Chan’s Man On The Dragon, a comedy-drama about five middle-aged men who take part in a dragon boat competition; new director Tom Chung-sing’s Impossible Split, about a bowling athlete who becomes a world champion despite a fatal disease, produced by She...
- 1/18/2017
- by screenasia@yahoo.com (Silvia Wong)
- ScreenDaily
Women directors will be at the forefront at the 15th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) in 2017. Twenty-five projects have been selected to find funding at the financing platform this year, to be held March 13-15, with nearly half of the projects fronted by female directors.
They include Japanese filmmaker Miyake Kyoko, director Rubaiyat Hossain from Bangladesh, Chen Yi-jung from Taiwan, Honey B Singh from Singapore, Degena Yun from China, and Ying Weiwei, also from China.
Among the headlining projects is NARAtive Film 2017-2018 (title: work-in-progress) produced by Japanese director Kawase Naomi and directed by Ida Panahandeh, and Impossible...
They include Japanese filmmaker Miyake Kyoko, director Rubaiyat Hossain from Bangladesh, Chen Yi-jung from Taiwan, Honey B Singh from Singapore, Degena Yun from China, and Ying Weiwei, also from China.
Among the headlining projects is NARAtive Film 2017-2018 (title: work-in-progress) produced by Japanese director Kawase Naomi and directed by Ida Panahandeh, and Impossible...
- 1/18/2017
- by Karen Chu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For 10 years, Five Flavours Film Festival has been presenting the best cinema from Asia, its meanings and contexts. Initially, the Festival focused solely on Vietnamese films, but it evolved to become a yearly review of the cinema of East and Southeast Asia, the only such event in the country.
The 10th edition is held in Warsaw, on November 16-23 (Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas), and in Wrocław on November 18-24 (New Horizons Cinema).
This year’s edition of Five Flavours is the biggest in history – it presents over 40 productions. The program combines artistic and commercial cinema, allowing the audience to experience the best Asian films have to offer. On the one hand, there are the intimate stories with a social angle, on the other – fresh, innovative blockbusters, filled with the sheer joy of cinematic creation, attracting millions of viewers in their homelands.
Three
This diversity is already visible in the choice...
The 10th edition is held in Warsaw, on November 16-23 (Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas), and in Wrocław on November 18-24 (New Horizons Cinema).
This year’s edition of Five Flavours is the biggest in history – it presents over 40 productions. The program combines artistic and commercial cinema, allowing the audience to experience the best Asian films have to offer. On the one hand, there are the intimate stories with a social angle, on the other – fresh, innovative blockbusters, filled with the sheer joy of cinematic creation, attracting millions of viewers in their homelands.
Three
This diversity is already visible in the choice...
- 10/28/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Full line-up of the Stockholm film festival includes feature and documentary competition line-ups.Scroll down for full line-up
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition, comprising more than 190 films from over 70 countries.
The Stockholm Xxvi Competition includes Marielle Heller’s Us title The Diary of a Teenage Girl and László Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
It marks the first time Stockholm has a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse – the festival’s top prize.
The documentary competition includes Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, an investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry; and Cosima Spender’s Palio, centred on the annual horse race in Siena, Italy.
Announcing the programme, festival director Git Scheynius also revealed that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time as chairman of the jury for the first Stockholm Impact Award, which...
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition, comprising more than 190 films from over 70 countries.
The Stockholm Xxvi Competition includes Marielle Heller’s Us title The Diary of a Teenage Girl and László Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
It marks the first time Stockholm has a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse – the festival’s top prize.
The documentary competition includes Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, an investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry; and Cosima Spender’s Palio, centred on the annual horse race in Siena, Italy.
Announcing the programme, festival director Git Scheynius also revealed that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time as chairman of the jury for the first Stockholm Impact Award, which...
- 10/20/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Organisers at the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) announced the complete line-up of 450 films from 92 countries on Wednesday. The festival runs from May 14-June 7.
The Overnight starring Jason Schwartzman will close the event and as previously announced Spy (pictured) with Melissa McCartney will kick off proceedings. Kevin Bacon will receive career achievement in acting award.
“This year’s festival is bigger and more international than ever, with a record 92 countries represented,” said Siff artistic director Carl Spence. “Adding to our diverse international line-up is our new programme, Culinary Cinema, which features 11 fantastic new films.
“And I’m particularly excited to welcome Kevin Bacon as this year’s Tribute Guest – Siff will now be only one-degree of separation away!”
Galas and premieres include Max Landis’ directorial debut Me Him Her, Chris Evans in Before We Go, Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segal in the Centerpiece Gala End Of The Tour . Inside Out, Mr. Holmes and [link...
The Overnight starring Jason Schwartzman will close the event and as previously announced Spy (pictured) with Melissa McCartney will kick off proceedings. Kevin Bacon will receive career achievement in acting award.
“This year’s festival is bigger and more international than ever, with a record 92 countries represented,” said Siff artistic director Carl Spence. “Adding to our diverse international line-up is our new programme, Culinary Cinema, which features 11 fantastic new films.
“And I’m particularly excited to welcome Kevin Bacon as this year’s Tribute Guest – Siff will now be only one-degree of separation away!”
Galas and premieres include Max Landis’ directorial debut Me Him Her, Chris Evans in Before We Go, Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segal in the Centerpiece Gala End Of The Tour . Inside Out, Mr. Holmes and [link...
- 4/29/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
U nder Construction is one of the five projects selected for the Work In Progress Lab of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Rubaiyat Hossain:
Rubaiyat Hossain
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Under Construction depicts the journey of Roya Hasan, a modern day Bangladeshi-Muslim woman on her journey to unsettle the socio-cultural iconic image of womanhood. However, Roya’s individual journey into finding her ‘self,’ is complicated by the socio-economic backdrop of Dhaka city where death of thousands of workers in a factory collapse is just an everyday occurrence; just another clip in the television news in middle class homes. In unsettling the icon, Roya may shatter the mirror, but the process of finding the ‘new woman,’ womanhood authored by the woman herself, remains a process largely ‘under construction.’ Under Construction is a Bangla language film.
Which stage of development is it in currently?...
Rubaiyat Hossain
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Under Construction depicts the journey of Roya Hasan, a modern day Bangladeshi-Muslim woman on her journey to unsettle the socio-cultural iconic image of womanhood. However, Roya’s individual journey into finding her ‘self,’ is complicated by the socio-economic backdrop of Dhaka city where death of thousands of workers in a factory collapse is just an everyday occurrence; just another clip in the television news in middle class homes. In unsettling the icon, Roya may shatter the mirror, but the process of finding the ‘new woman,’ womanhood authored by the woman herself, remains a process largely ‘under construction.’ Under Construction is a Bangla language film.
Which stage of development is it in currently?...
- 11/18/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
The Nfdc Film Bazaar has announced “Market Recommendations” for 2013. Market Recommendations showcase select films looking for gap finance, distribution partners and world sales.
Film Bazaar 2013 will be held from 20 – 24 Nov, at Marriott Resort, Goa, alongside Iffi (International Film Festival of India – 20 – 30 Nov). Read Work-in-Progress Lab projects 2013
Below are the “Film Bazaar Recommends” films for this year:
Attihannu Mattu Kanaja
(Fig Fruit and The Wasps)
Director – M S PrakashBabu
Chaurya
(Theft)
Director – Sameer Patil
Chikka Putta
(Small Things, Big Things)
Director – Saumyananda Sahi
Coffee Bloom
Director – Manu Warrier
It’s not about the Cycle
Director – Achyutanand Dwivedi
Jai Ho – A Film On A.R. Rahman
Director – Umesh Aggarwal
Jayjaykar
(Triumph of Life)
Director – Shantanu Ganesh Rode
Kutchi Vahan Pani Wala
(From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf)
Director – Shaina Anand, Ashok Sukumaran
Lajwanti
(The Honor Keeper)
Director – Pushpender Singh
M Cream
Director – Agneya Singh
Margarita, With A Straw
Director – Shonali Bose
Mrs. Scooter...
Film Bazaar 2013 will be held from 20 – 24 Nov, at Marriott Resort, Goa, alongside Iffi (International Film Festival of India – 20 – 30 Nov). Read Work-in-Progress Lab projects 2013
Below are the “Film Bazaar Recommends” films for this year:
Attihannu Mattu Kanaja
(Fig Fruit and The Wasps)
Director – M S PrakashBabu
Chaurya
(Theft)
Director – Sameer Patil
Chikka Putta
(Small Things, Big Things)
Director – Saumyananda Sahi
Coffee Bloom
Director – Manu Warrier
It’s not about the Cycle
Director – Achyutanand Dwivedi
Jai Ho – A Film On A.R. Rahman
Director – Umesh Aggarwal
Jayjaykar
(Triumph of Life)
Director – Shantanu Ganesh Rode
Kutchi Vahan Pani Wala
(From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf)
Director – Shaina Anand, Ashok Sukumaran
Lajwanti
(The Honor Keeper)
Director – Pushpender Singh
M Cream
Director – Agneya Singh
Margarita, With A Straw
Director – Shonali Bose
Mrs. Scooter...
- 11/4/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Kanu Behl’s Titli and Shonali Bose’s Margarita, With a Straw among selected projects, Rome Artistic Director Marco Mueller to mentor
The Nfdc Film Bazaar announced the five projects of its Work-In-Progress Lab program.
Film Bazaar 2013 will be held from 20 – 24 Nov, at Marriott Resort, Goa, alongside Iffi (International Film Festival of India – 20 – 30 Nov).
The Work-in-Progress Lab gives five filmmakers a chance to have their rough-cut feature length films viewed by a panel of international advisors who have a one-on-one discussion with the filmmaker with an intention to help the filmmaker achieve an accomplished final cut of the film.
The mentors of the lab this year are; Marco Mueller – Artistic Director, Rome Film Festival; Derek Malcolm – British Film Critic and Historian; Laurent Danielou – of Rezo Films and Chairman of A.D.E.F., the French Film Export Association, and Philippa Campbell – Acclaimed Producer and Script Consultant including New Zealand Film Commission initiatives and workshops.
The Nfdc Film Bazaar announced the five projects of its Work-In-Progress Lab program.
Film Bazaar 2013 will be held from 20 – 24 Nov, at Marriott Resort, Goa, alongside Iffi (International Film Festival of India – 20 – 30 Nov).
The Work-in-Progress Lab gives five filmmakers a chance to have their rough-cut feature length films viewed by a panel of international advisors who have a one-on-one discussion with the filmmaker with an intention to help the filmmaker achieve an accomplished final cut of the film.
The mentors of the lab this year are; Marco Mueller – Artistic Director, Rome Film Festival; Derek Malcolm – British Film Critic and Historian; Laurent Danielou – of Rezo Films and Chairman of A.D.E.F., the French Film Export Association, and Philippa Campbell – Acclaimed Producer and Script Consultant including New Zealand Film Commission initiatives and workshops.
- 11/1/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Meherjaan by debutant director Rubaiyat Hossain that screened as part of Frescoes at the 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival is a brave and lyrical depiction of war-torn Bangladesh (of 1971) in a way rarely seen before. Though it is a story of a family ravaged by the Bangladesh Liberation war, the mood of the film is of celebrating love and womanhood. It’s a shame that the film was pulled out of theatres in Bangladesh for not depicting the reality ‘appropriately’.
The director of Meherjaan completely breaks free from stereotypes and steers clear of showing blood and gore on screen; not in an attempt to distort reality but to highlight the part of reality she is most interested in: the Bangladeshi women at the time of the war. So with the palpable tension of the war in the backdrop, what one sees unfolding on screen is the story of two female characters,...
The director of Meherjaan completely breaks free from stereotypes and steers clear of showing blood and gore on screen; not in an attempt to distort reality but to highlight the part of reality she is most interested in: the Bangladeshi women at the time of the war. So with the palpable tension of the war in the backdrop, what one sees unfolding on screen is the story of two female characters,...
- 7/31/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Ribhu Dasgupta’s Michael will open the 14th London Asian Film Festival hosted by Tongues on Fire.
‘This debut work takes its place in India’s emerging independent cinema which attempts to portray its current social predicament head on, no holds barred. The film, produced by Anurag Kashyap and starring Naseeruddin Shah, follows the lives of a chain of people as they merge and get lost in Kolkata‘s landscape,’ the official website of the festival states.
Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna, Salim Ahamed’s Adaminte Makan Abu, Italo Spinell’s Gangor, Shoaib Mansoor’s Bol and Rubaiyat Hossain’s Meherjaan will be screened at the festival among others.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali will be presented with an award for his work on disability in Indian cinema. His films Black and Guzaarish will be screened at the festival.
Festival patron Abhishek Bachchan will conduct an acting masterclass at the festival.
London Asian...
‘This debut work takes its place in India’s emerging independent cinema which attempts to portray its current social predicament head on, no holds barred. The film, produced by Anurag Kashyap and starring Naseeruddin Shah, follows the lives of a chain of people as they merge and get lost in Kolkata‘s landscape,’ the official website of the festival states.
Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna, Salim Ahamed’s Adaminte Makan Abu, Italo Spinell’s Gangor, Shoaib Mansoor’s Bol and Rubaiyat Hossain’s Meherjaan will be screened at the festival among others.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali will be presented with an award for his work on disability in Indian cinema. His films Black and Guzaarish will be screened at the festival.
Festival patron Abhishek Bachchan will conduct an acting masterclass at the festival.
London Asian...
- 3/9/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc) unveiled the 23 projects that will participate at the co-production market at Film Bazaar to be held during the International Film Festival of India 2011 in Goa.
It includes Ketan Mehta’s Noor-The Princess Spy and Dibakar Banerjee’s The Boy and the Bandit.
Film Bazaar 2011
Apple Tower; dir. Rajiv Mohite [India]
Trial (Azmaish); dir. Sabiha Sumar [Pakistan]
Burqa Boxers; dir. Alka Raghuram [Us]
Four Colours (Chauranga); dir. Bikas Mishra [India]
The Bicycle (Cycle); dir. Khanjan Kishore Nath [India]
Diary of a Housewife; dir. Rubaiyat Hossain [Bangladesh]
Druk Gi Suung; dir. Ugyen Wangdi [Bhutan]
Free Fall; dir. Sopan Muller [India]
The Vegetarian (Il Vegetariano); dir. Roberto San Pirtro [Italy]
Kumari; dir. Tsering Rhitar Sherpa [Nepal]
Liar’s Dice; dir. Geetu Mohan Das [India]
I’m A Bhopali Aren’t I? (Main Bhopali Hun Na!); dir. Jay Bajaj
Mea Culpa; dir. Prasanna Jayakody & Sumudu Guruge [Sri Lanka]
Gun (Nongmei); dir. Haobam Paban Kumar [India]
Noor – The Princess Spy; dir. Ketan Mehta [India]
Scarlet Poppy; dir.
It includes Ketan Mehta’s Noor-The Princess Spy and Dibakar Banerjee’s The Boy and the Bandit.
Film Bazaar 2011
Apple Tower; dir. Rajiv Mohite [India]
Trial (Azmaish); dir. Sabiha Sumar [Pakistan]
Burqa Boxers; dir. Alka Raghuram [Us]
Four Colours (Chauranga); dir. Bikas Mishra [India]
The Bicycle (Cycle); dir. Khanjan Kishore Nath [India]
Diary of a Housewife; dir. Rubaiyat Hossain [Bangladesh]
Druk Gi Suung; dir. Ugyen Wangdi [Bhutan]
Free Fall; dir. Sopan Muller [India]
The Vegetarian (Il Vegetariano); dir. Roberto San Pirtro [Italy]
Kumari; dir. Tsering Rhitar Sherpa [Nepal]
Liar’s Dice; dir. Geetu Mohan Das [India]
I’m A Bhopali Aren’t I? (Main Bhopali Hun Na!); dir. Jay Bajaj
Mea Culpa; dir. Prasanna Jayakody & Sumudu Guruge [Sri Lanka]
Gun (Nongmei); dir. Haobam Paban Kumar [India]
Noor – The Princess Spy; dir. Ketan Mehta [India]
Scarlet Poppy; dir.
- 11/15/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 7th Seattle South-Asian Film Festival that will take place from October 7-9, 2011 will screen Deepti Naval’s Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish (Two Paise for Sunshine, Four Annas for Rain) as the opening film. The festival will also host an interactive session with actor-turned-director Deepti Naval before the screening.
The films that will screen on October 8 at the festival are Nila Madhab Panda’s I Am Kalam (India), Aby Rao’s Singhing Bee (USA), Tanaz Eeshagian’s Love Crimes of Kabul (Afghanistan), Kiran Pawar’s Astitva: Existence (India), Sonali Gulati’s I Am (India),Rubaiyat Hossain’s Meherjaan (Bangladesh), Hemant Gaba’s Shuttlecock Boys (India), Soham Mehta’a Firecracker (USA), Nikhil Mahajan’s Half A Billion Dreams (India), Yunuen Perez Vertti & Aswinee Rath’s The Undefeated: Aparajita (India), Nadeem Uddin’s Sidi Goma:An African Odyssey in India (India), Minnie Vaid’s A Doctor to Defend:The Binayak...
The films that will screen on October 8 at the festival are Nila Madhab Panda’s I Am Kalam (India), Aby Rao’s Singhing Bee (USA), Tanaz Eeshagian’s Love Crimes of Kabul (Afghanistan), Kiran Pawar’s Astitva: Existence (India), Sonali Gulati’s I Am (India),Rubaiyat Hossain’s Meherjaan (Bangladesh), Hemant Gaba’s Shuttlecock Boys (India), Soham Mehta’a Firecracker (USA), Nikhil Mahajan’s Half A Billion Dreams (India), Yunuen Perez Vertti & Aswinee Rath’s The Undefeated: Aparajita (India), Nadeem Uddin’s Sidi Goma:An African Odyssey in India (India), Minnie Vaid’s A Doctor to Defend:The Binayak...
- 9/13/2011
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The 6th South Asian Film Festival (Saff), organised by the South Asia Foundation (Saf), is all to set begin Sep 15 in Goa with the theme of .Dissolving Boundaries. to propagate the message of peace and harmony among the countries in the region.To be inaugurated by Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, the four-day festival will screen more than 50 films from all the South Asian countries, with a blend of different genres like classic films, short films, documentary films and mainstream popular films.?South Asia Foundation is weaving nations and bringing South Asian countries together. This year we have received an overwhelming response not only from the local people but also from the governments of the member South Asian countries. We are certain to see tremendous participation this year as well,? Saf secretary general Rahul Barua said in a statement.Two films will also be premiered at the festival . Bhojpuri film ?Deswa?...
- 9/3/2011
- Filmicafe
South Asian Film Festival which will be held in Goa from September 15-18, 2011 will pay tribute to Indian actor Shammi Kapoor who passed away recently. Shammi Kapoor’s films like Brahmachari and Kashmir Ki Kali will be screened at the festival.
The festival will also pay tribute to Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud who died in a car accident last week by screening a large number of films from his country Bangladesh which include Meherjaan by Rubaiyat Hossain, Abujh Bou by Nargis Akhter, Doob Shatar by Nurul Alam Atiq and Goheen-e Shobdo by Khalid Mahmood Mithu.
Bird’s in the cage, Bardo, Act of Dishonour, Mohabbattan Sachiyaan, Kashmakash and Apur Sansar are some of the other films that will be screened at the festival. The festival expects to screen about 50 films from eight South Asian countries.
Bhutan is the country of Focus in the 2011 edition of the festival.
The festival will...
The festival will also pay tribute to Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud who died in a car accident last week by screening a large number of films from his country Bangladesh which include Meherjaan by Rubaiyat Hossain, Abujh Bou by Nargis Akhter, Doob Shatar by Nurul Alam Atiq and Goheen-e Shobdo by Khalid Mahmood Mithu.
Bird’s in the cage, Bardo, Act of Dishonour, Mohabbattan Sachiyaan, Kashmakash and Apur Sansar are some of the other films that will be screened at the festival. The festival expects to screen about 50 films from eight South Asian countries.
Bhutan is the country of Focus in the 2011 edition of the festival.
The festival will...
- 8/22/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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