Two Malayalam films go to film festivalOctober 9th, 2009 Reliance’s Big Pictures has taken two Malayalam movies, Mammootty starrer Kuttysranku and Abohamaan to the 14th Pusan International Film Festival. The films will be featured in the Asian Cinema Section of the film festival.
Malai Malai to release in KeralaOctober 6th, 2009 Director A Venkatesh’s Tamil film, Malai Malai did good business at the box office in Tamil Nadu and completed its 50 successful days recently. The film is now coming to Kerala and hopes to be able to repeat its success.
Ranjith is the narrator for Kerala CafOctober 3rd, 2009 Kerala Café’s director, Ranjith, was last seen on screen in the movie, Gulmohar. The director will be the narrator for Kerala Café.
'Cookign With Stella' hit at international film festivalsSeptember 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - After screening his film "Cooking With Stella" at the Toronoto International Film Festival, Dilip Mehta went to Cinfest Sudbury with his directorial debut that kickstarted the event. "Seema Biswas and I flew to Sudbury where our film was opening the Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival.
Bollywood should come to Brazil, says directorSeptember 23rd, 2009 TORONTO - Bollywood movies should come to Brazil "in a big way", says veteran Brazilian filmmaker Suzana Amaral, describing herself as a fan of Hindi movies from the 1970s. "Our two great nations should start forging deeper cultural ties.
11th Mumbai film fest to introduce three new featuresSeptember 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 11th biennial Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) for Documentary, Short and Animation films 2010 will have three new features - students films/videos, mobile films and puppet animation films. Organised by the information and broadcasting ministry, the gala event will be held Feb 3-9 next year at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Nariman Point, Mumbai.
Yash Chopra to be honoured at international film festSeptember 5th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran Bollywood director Yash Chopra has been named the Asian filmmaker of the year by organisers of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) to be held in South Korea next month. Chopra's popular films, including Lamhe, Dhoom 2, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and New York, will be showcased in a retrospective section at the fest, said a press release from Yash Raj Films.
Firaaq screening in KochiAugust 14th, 2009 Firaaq, National award-winning actress Nandita Das’ directorial debut will be screened at the Sangeetha Theatre by the Kochi Metro Film Society on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. The film is about the disturbing violence on human relationships after the Gujarat riots of 2002.
Mukhaputa at Seven International Film FestsAugust 13th, 2009 Roopa Iyer, the debutant director of Mukhaputa (also known as ‘The Cover Page’ in English) can’t stop gushing about the selection of her film for seven international film festivals, namely, Portland International Film Festival, AE International Film Festival, England International Film Festival, UK– International Youth Film Festival, AVALON International Film Festival, IW– International Film Festival and International Film Festival of LONDON. The actress cum danseuse cum director’s film is about HIV AIDS.
Film festival to be held in KozhikodeJuly 31st, 2009 The Kerala State Chalachithra Academy will be organizing the sixth edition of the National Film Festival in Kozhikode from August 3 to 6. It will be inaugurated at the Tagore Centenary Hall by Minister for Culture M.A.
IFFK gets a permanent venueJuly 23rd, 2009 The state government is to set up a permanent venue for conducting the popular International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). As per the State minister for Education and Culture M A Baby, a Government appointed committee headed by film maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, had recently submitted its report on the matter, which also proposes to start a Film Institute, a video park and film archive by Kerala Chalachithra Academy.
Kerala to set up film institute, cine park and archives centreJuly 1st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala film industry has lots more to cheer about - it is set to get a film institute, a film park and an archives centre, state Culture Minister M.A. Baby announced in the assembly Wednesday.
International film fest on tribal art opens in BhopalJune 19th, 2009 BHOPAL - Vivid hues of tribal art, life and culture from all over the world found expression at the three-day International Festival of Films on Tribal Art and Culture that began here in Madhya Pradesh Friday. The festival will showcase 60 films and documentaries from over 40 countries, including India, Argentina, New Zealand, the US, Romania, Kazakhistan, Czech Republic, Nigeria and Egypt among others.
Nila National Festival was inaugurated by AdoorMay 3rd, 2009 India’s most-acclaimed filmmaker, Adoor Gopalkrishnan, inaugurated Nila National Festival of Dance and Music, organized by Kerala Kalamandalam, at Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur on Friday. He has also been selected as a jury member of the international Fribourg Film Festival to be held from March 14 at Switzerland.
Madhu inaugurated Malappuram film festivalMay 3rd, 2009 Veteran Malayalam actor Madhu inaugurated the 70th International Film Festival of Malappuram at the DTPC Auditorium, Kottakunnu on 21st of February. Organized by Malappuram-based Rasmi Film Society, which is said to be the first Indian film body to organize 70 international film festivals, the four-day festival will feature many films screened at major international festivals, including the one held in Thiruvananthapuram.
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