FILM FESTIVALS

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Oscar Nominations 2024: Best Actress & Likely Winner

The past year in film culminates on March 10th with the 96th Academy Awards. With 13 total Oscar nominations, Oppenheimer is heavily favored to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. With Da’Vine Joy Randolph also a huge favorite to win Best Supporting Actress ...

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11 Independent Movies We’re Excited About

You have your Avengers: Endgame, Game of Thrones, John Wick and so on. But what do you do when you’re tired of all these mega-budget blockbusters? Here’s a list of 11 art house, independent movies and festival favourites you need to watch out for from the international stage in 2019.   1. Yesterday (June 28) ...

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Cannes 2019 Lineup: Official Selection

The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival starts May 14 and continues up till May 25. Here’s a lineup of all the films at Cannes 2019.   Opening Night Film The Dead Don’t Die, Jim Jarmusch (also in Competition)   Competition Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodovar The Traitor, Marco Bellocchio The Wild Goose Lake, Diao Yinan Young Ahmed, ...

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‘Mukti Bhawan’ & other winners at New York Indian Film Festival 2017

The 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival finally concluded on May 7. The week-long prestigious fest brought with it post-screening discussions (with the movie makers/cast), special events, workshops with award-winning directors, nightly parties and more! Director Shubhashish Bhutiani’s indie drama Mukti Bhawan, which has won several awards, won the Best Film. Here are all who ...

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6 Award-Winning Films To Catch At NYIFF 2017

1. Lipstick Under My Burkha Early this year, while Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha was banned in India, it won several awards at film festivals abroad. In the latest string of developments, however, the film has been ‘cleared with A certificate after Film Certification Appellate Tribunal’s (FCAT) directions to CBFC and will release soon in ...

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4 Tamil Films Playing At NY Indian Film Festival 2017

The 17th edition of the New York Indian Film Festival will feature a rich and diverse variety of films from across the country, spanning seven regional languages. Here are all the Tamil films handpicked this time around at the NY Indian Film Festival!   1. Arunagiri Perumale Director: V Pradeep Kumar | May 2 Synopsis: The central theme ...

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Contest Alert! Win Passes Worth $500 To NYIFF 2017

Attention, film buffs! Flickside, in association with the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), brings you a chance to meet the likes of Konkana Sen Sharma, Rahul Bose, Deepa Mehta, Onir and Adil Hussain. Participate in #FlicksideNYIFF2017 ‘write and win’ contest and you could win two free passes (worth $250 each) to attend the NYIFF 2017! The 17th ...

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New York Indian Film Festival 2017: Complete Schedule

The 17th annual New York Indian Film Festival will screen 44 films (features/shorts/documentaries) from across four South Asian countries – Indian, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The festival opens with Alankrita Srivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha, which was sadly denied a certificate in India. Other highlights of the festival include Vikramaditya Motwane’s survival thriller Trapped, actor Rahul Bose’s ...

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Autohead Review: Mumbai Film Festival 2016

Autohead is nothing short of an experience, and certainly one of the most interesting films I saw at this year’s MAMI film festival. The mockumentary’s strength is its stylistic storytelling which is as wholly absorbing as it is wildly entertaining. Director Rohit Mittal’s (who also plays the director in the film) use of the format ...