|
24th Kolkata International Film Festival
The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival took place from 10 Nov 2018 – 17 Nov 2018. Celebrating 100 Years of Bengali cinema, Around 171 films and 150 short and documentary films from 70 countries was screened at the festival. Inauguration 24th Edition of Kolkata International Film Festival was inaugurated at Netaji Indoor Stadium by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. Apart from the entire Bengali film industry, Bollywood stalwart Amitabh Bachchan, who has been a regular in the inaugural function of KIFF for the last few years, was also invited this year, along with Shahrukh Khan. Along with them, other nationally famed film personas like Jaya Bachchan, Wahida Rehman, Nandita Das, Mahesh Bhatt were also present. Themes & Highlights The highlight of the festival this year was 100 years of Bengali cinema – fourteen restored Bengali classics and a few contemporary regional language films was screened at Nandan and Rabindra Sadan. The special focus of KIFF this year was on A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata International Film Festival
The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the West Bengal Government. In 2019, it was held from 8 November to 15 November. Duration will be not less than 60 minutes for featured films. The length of short films must be not more than 30 minutes, and for documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ... not more than 60 minutes. Productions may not be older than two years and must be an Indian premiere. Awards ceremonies The following is a listing of all Kolkata International Film Awards ceremonies since 1995. See also * 26th Kolkata International Film Festival * 28t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Bakr Shawky
Abu Bakr “A.B.” Shawky ( ar, أبو بكر شوقي) is an Egyptian-Austrian writer and director. His first feature film, ''Yomeddine'', was selected to participate in the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and was screened in the Main Competition section and compete for the Palme d'Or. Personal life Shawky is husband to Dina Emam Dina Emam is an Egyptian-American film producer. She was named Variety magazine's ''10 Producers to Watch in 2018''. She lives in Cairo and New York City. Education She graduated from the Columbia University with an MFA in Creative Producing. .... The two got married after the production of their movie, ''Yomeddine''. References Egyptian film directors Austrian film directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Egypt-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indraadip Dasgupta
Indraadip Dasgupta (born 17 January 1973) is an Indian composer whose range of music is well known in various Bengali Films. In 2017 he worked with Anu Malik in ''Begum Jaan'', composed the film background music . Film director Music director (Bengali films) Music director (Hindi films) Background Score * 2017 ''Begum Jaan'' Music Director * 2020 '' Babloo Bachelor'' Awards * 2008 Anandalok Award nomination for '' Bor Asbe Ekhuni'' * 2010 Anandolok Purashkar nomination for ''Le Chakka'' * Mirchi Music Awards Bangla 2011 for best Background Score at Bengali film Baishe Srabon * Mirchi Music Awards Bangla for best album 'Mon Fakira' * Star guide film award for best music director 2011 for ''Chaplin'' * Mirchi Music Awards Bangla 2016 for Best Popular Soundtrack for ''Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey'' * Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Music Director Award 2018 for ''Sahaj Paather Gappo'' * West Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Music Director Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kedara
''Kedara'' is a 2019 Indian Bengali language slice of life film directed by Indraadip Dasgupta, and produced by Samiran Das under the banner of Kaleidoscope. The film starring Kaushik Ganguly, Rudranil Ghosh was released on 1 November 2019. This is the debut film of Indraadip Dasgupta as a film director. The music of the film was composed by Arijit Singh. Plot The narrative is an exploration of ennui, stagnancy and transformation. It is a slice of life, caught between two eternities of darkness. Through the course of the story, the protagonist ventures into an uncharted landscape of desires and choices. The film is a eulogic tribute to a dying art form, ventriloquism. The story has been woven from bildungsroman, and old Calcutta memories. The film narrates the story of a feeble man who lives in a decrepit ancestral house. He is alone without a kin or care and is separated from his wife, albeit undivorced. Scorned by the maid and neighbourhood ruffians, our docile protagonist whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radu Jude
Radu Jude (; born 28 March 1977) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Biography In 2003, Jude graduated from the Film Directing Department of the Media University of Bucharest. He worked as an assistant director for feature films including ''Amen.'', directed by Costa-Gavras and '' The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'', directed by Cristi Puiu. He directed several short films, among them ''Corp la corp'' (2003), ''Marea Neagră'' (2004), ''Lampa cu căciulă'' (2006) – the most awarded Romanian short film of all time, winner of grand prizes at Sundance, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Grimstad, Hamburg, Bilbao, Huesca, Trieste, Montpellier, Cottbus, Aspen, IndieLisboa, Brussels, Mediawave, Kraków, Almería, Valencia, Uppsala and selected, among others, at Toronto, Telluride, New Directors/New Films Festival, Tampere, Rotterdam. His short films ''Dimineața'' (2007) and ''Alexandra'' (2007) were selected in over 30 festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, San Francisco, Cottbus, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians
''I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians'' ( ro, Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari) is a 2018 internationally co-produced black comedy film directed by Radu Jude. Plot The film examines the 1941 Odessa massacre by the Romanians on the Eastern Front in 1941. The title is pulled from a speech by Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Antonescu to the Council of Ministers preceding the massacre of around 34,000 Jews, Roma people, and Ukrainians. Most of the film is about the research and preparation for a public re-enactment of an antisemitic massacre, and the roadblocks faced by Mariana (Ioana Iacob), a director fighting against local government and her hired re-enactors. Throughout the film there are discussions of war crimes committed by Romania during the Second World War and the country's involvement in the Holocaust. It also deals heavily with popular depictions of fascist leader Ion Antonescu, antisemitism, and fascism apolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Third Wife
''The Third Wife'' ( vi, Vợ ba) is a 2018 Vietnamese costume drama film written and directed by Ash Mayfair, in her feature debut. Set in the 19th century, it follows a 14-year-old girl who becomes the third wife to a landowner in rural northern Vietnam. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018, where it won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award. It also won the TVE-Another Look Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and the Gold Hugo for New Directors at the Chicago International Film Festival in October 2018. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Someone to Watch Award at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards. In 2020 Mayfair released a re-worked version of the film called ''Between Shadow and Soul''. The re-worked film used the same footage from the original shoot but reconfigured in black and white and with no dialogue and a new soundtrack. Plot 14-year-old May is ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibel (film)
''Sibel'' is a 2018 award-winning Turkish drama film starring Damla Sönmez and directed by Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot 25 years old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a remote village in the mountains of Turkey's Black Sea region. She is mute and communicates by using the ancient whistled language of their region. Despised by her fellow villagers, she relentlessly hunts down a wolf sneaking in the neighboring forest, sparking off fears and fantasies among the villagers. There she crosses path with an injured and vulnerable fugitive, who is the first one to see her differently. Cast *Damla Sönmez as Sibel * Emin Gürsoy as Emin *Erkan Kolçak Köstendil as Ali * Elit Iscan as Fatma *Meral Çetinkaya as Narin Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Negrada
''La Negrada'' internationally as Black Mexicans, is a 2018 Mexican drama film directed by Jorge Pérez Solano and produced by César Gutiérrez Miranda for Tirisia Cine. It is the first Mexican fiction movie with all Afro-Mexican cast in Mexico. The film has been shot in and around small towns throughout Costa Chica, Oaxaca. The film has its premier on 18 August 2018 in The United States. The film received critical acclaim and later won the Best Cinematography Award at the 2018 Guadalajara International Film Festival. International screenings * African Diaspora Film Festival The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) (originally African Diaspora Film Festival) was founded in 1992 by French-Malian Diarah N'Daw-Spech and her husband, Reinaldo Barroso-Spech, a Cuban of Haitian and Jamaican descent. As yo ..., USA – 18 August 2018 * Centro Cultural de España, Uruguay – 1 July 2019 * Hola Mexico Film Festival, USA – 4 June 2020 References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churni Ganguly
Churni Ganguly (née Banerjee) is a Bengali actress and director. After spending her childhood in Kurseong, she came to Kolkata and got admitted at the Jadavpur University. While studying at Jadavpur University, she joined a theatre group as an actress. Then she moved to Mumbai and acted in a few television serials. Later, she came back to Kolkata and started acting in Bengali films. Ganguly received the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards in 2005 in the best actress category for the movie ''Waarish'', in which she played a single-mother's role. Personal life Churni Ganguly (born Churni Banerjee) spent her childhood in Kurseong. Her parents were school teachers. She was a student of Dow Hills boarding school. In spite of being at boarding school, Churni and few other girls were allowed to stay at their homes with their parents. Churni's father, whom Churni described as "extremely caring, but a rather serious person" encouraged Churni to do well in studies, and espec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarikh (film)
''Tarikh'' or ''Tarikh: A Timeline'' (2019) is an Indian Bengali film directed by Churni Ganguly and bankrolled by Suparnokanti Karati. This was the second film directed by Ganguly after ''Nirbashito''. The film starring Saswata Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty and Raima Sen, portrays dichotomies of human existence. The film was awarded the best Screenplay for dialogues in the ''66th National Film Awards''.The film was released on 12 April 2019. Plot The film narrates a story of three individuals: Anirban Gupta, a professor, Ira, Anirban's wife, works as a hotel lobby manager, and Rudrangshu (Rudy), Anirban's childhood friend. Cast * Saswata Chatterjee as Anirban Gupta * Raima Sen as Ira * Ritwick Chakraborty as Rudrangshu (Rudy), Release and reception The film released on 12 April 2019. ''Firstpost ''Firstpost'' is an Indian online news and media website. The site is a part of the Network 18 media conglomerate owned by Reliance Industries, which also runs CNN- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amartya Bhattacharyya
Amartya Bhattacharyya is a filmmaker, writer and artist from eastern India. He was awarded the Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal) for the Best Cinematography in non-feature film at the 63rd National Film Awards by the president of India for his fantasy documentary 'Benaras-the unexplored attachments'. His second feature film 'Khyanikaa - The Lost Idea' featured as the only Odia film in the Indian Panorama section of 48th International Film Festival of India 2017. He was awarded the State film awards in Best Editing category for ''Khyanikaa - The Lost Idea'' at the 29th Odisha State Film Awards, conferred by the Government of Odisha. Amartya's latest feature film is '' Adieu Godard'', which premiered at the 43rd Moscow International Film Festival 2021. The film is in Odia language and is an Indo-French co-production. He is an independent film director, a surreal poet, writer, actor, editor, lyricist and a cinematographer. Amartya's artworks are mostly surreal, dark in concept, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
_4.jpg "Click for more on -> I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians")
