Film Festivals

FILM VILLAGE BY THE RIVER MANDOVI, GOA

Film Village conceptualized by the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), the co-organizer of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in association with the Sports Authority of Goa has already started preparations for the forthcoming 42nd Edition of IFFI, scheduled from 23 Nov. 2011 to 3rd Dec. 2011.

13th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF)

October 13-20, 2011

Good news for Mumbai film buffs. A grand fiesta of choicest Indian and International films will be held in Mumbai under the aegis of Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) now a unit of Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd. as its 13th edition from 13th Oct. to 20th Oct. 2011

The festival will have the following different film sections:

IFFLA - 2011 - Award Winners

At the recently concluded Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the following Feature films, Documentaries and Short films were declared winners by the Jury.

GRAND JURY AWARDS:

INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES 2011

At Los Angeles from 12th April to 17th April, 2011

On 12th April, the fest will be kicked off with screening of the award-winning and inspiring narrative I AM KALAM, which marks director Nila Madhab Panda s feature film debut after having directed over 60 short films. I AM KALAM is the story of a young boy who struggles to get an education over seemingly insurmountable odds. The film was inspired by India s former President, Abdul J Kalam, as well as Panda s own childhood experiences.

WE CARE FILM FESTIVAL ON DISABILITY ISSUES

We Care Film Fest is the only festival in the world which is travelling to educational institutions including mass communications institutes and disability institutions to make people aware and sensitise them on human disability issues. On 18th Jan.2011, it came down to Mumbai.

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA 2010

A DETAILED ANALYTICAL REPORT

A COMEDY OF ERRORS AND MIS-MANAGEMENT GALORE, LACK OF FESTIVAL SPIRIT AND INFERIOR QUALITY OF SELECTED FILMS FOR “CINEMA OF THE WORLD” OBSERVED FROM START TO FINISH

12th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL (MFF) - PART-II

As reported in Part-I, the festival was held from 21st Oct. to 28th Oct.

POINTS TO PONDER OVER BY THE RELIANCE BIG ENTERTAINMNENT WHO ARE THE OWNERS OF THE ORGANIZER—MUMBAI ACADEMY OF MOVING IMAGES (MAMI)

12th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL (MFF) PART-I

This MFF is divided into eight sections: International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors, World Cinema, Indian Frame, Dimensions Mumbai, Celebrate Age, Retrospectives, Above the Cut and New Faces in Indian Cinema.

8th IFFLA FILM FESTIVAL

8th ANNUAL INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES (IFFLA) 2010

(APRIL 20—25)

Dazzling festival promises to Celebrate, Captivate and Connect—WITH LINE UP OF FILMS, EVENTS, GALAS AND AWARDS ”
ArcLight CINEMA COMPLEX AT Hollywood WILL BE THE VENUE.
Festival to showcase 33 films from 5 countries, including 4 world premieres and 7 US premieres.

11th MIFF - PART-2

11th MIFF (Short, Documentary and Animation films) (Part-2)

AWARD WINNERS

Two Indian films and One Russian film win the Golden Conch awards at the Mumbai International Film Festival

Russian director Alexander Gutman’s ‘August 17’ won the Golden Conch for the Best Documentary, while ‘The Spell’ directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the best fiction films.

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MR. MOHAN SIROYA, academically a double post graduate, has been freelancing as a FILM JOURNALIST / CRITIC for last 40 years. He has been a prolific writer, having written critical articles, features, reviews etc. on Films, Music and TV in numerous English periodicals in India like The Indian Express, Film Fare, Film World, Picture Post, Cine Advance, Screen, The Hitavada, Lokmat Times, The Twin City Times, Film Industry Journal, Day After, Femina, Eve’s Weekly, Free Press Journal, Blitz etc.

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