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Siraj Syed is the India Correspondent for FilmFestivals.com and a member of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. He is a Film Festival Correspondent since 1976, Film-critic since 1969 and a Feature-writer since 1970. He is also an acting and dialogue coach. 

 
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IFFI 51, 47: Is digital detox An Impossible Project? • Feb 14, 2021 at 05:06 AM
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IFFI 51, 47: Is digital detox An Impossible Project? Put down your phones. Have a digital detox. This is the seemingly impossible invocation made by an IFFI 51 German film, featured under...

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35 mm
Artificial Intelligence
Black Panther
European Academy Award
Internet of Things
Istanbul Film Festival
Public Enemy
Rotterdam International Film Festival
scientist on a mission to save the last Polaroid factory
The Last Station
The Russian Ark
Alexander Sokurov
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IFFI 51, 46: 14th February and Beyond--The flip-side of Valentine’s Day • Feb 14, 2021 at 03:22 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 51, 46: 14th February and Beyond--The flip-side of Valentine’s Day Valentine's Day is tampering with the mental well-being of our society. This is the emphatic and unequivocal message given by...

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celebrating love
crisis of self-esteem
dark memories
Dr. Sudhir Bhave
humiliation
impressionable human minds
Manjita Vanzara
mental well-being
Namita Singh
Nityanand Mishra
Rajiv Malhotra
rejection
Shilpa Agrawal
teenagers
Utpal Kalal
Yashma Mathur
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IFFI 51, 45: Aavartan is an attempt to showcase kathak in the time of item dances • Feb 14, 2021 at 03:01 AM
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IFFI 51, 45: Aavartan is an attempt to showcase kathak in the time of item dances Renuka, a disciple of Kathak maestro Bhawna Saraswati, begins to add a new dimension to the dance form she inherited...

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Durba Sahay
guru-shishya pramapara
Indian Panorama
lasya
Patang
Shovana Narayan
Taandav
The Pen
Yog
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IFFI 51, January 16-24, 44: Press Conference of Vera Moura and Joao Pedro Mamedi, stars of Moral Order • Feb 13, 2021 at 02:22 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 51, January 16-24, 44: Press Conference of Vera Moura and Joao Pedro Mamedi, stars of Moral Order Women tried to find their voice in society, facing existential struggles, in the early half of...

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Mario Barroso
World Panorama
Maria de Medeiros
1918
World Premiere
Vengeance
love
madness
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RIFF 7, 05: Pride of Rajasthan Award to go to producer Om Chhangani • Feb 13, 2021 at 11:16 AM
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RIFF 7, 05: Pride of Rajasthan Award to go to producer Om Chhangani The 7th edition of the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), accredited by the Federation of Film Societies of India...

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51st International Film Festival of India
Anshu Harsh
Ashish Sharma
Ashok Saraf
Drishyam Films
Fear of Missing Out
filmfreeway
FOMO
Gulab Singh Tanwar
Harsh
iffi
Indian Panorama
Ishka Films
Jodhpur
Kabaadi
Manish Mundra
Marathi
Om Air
Om Chhangani
Padmini Kolhapure
Prashantt Guptha
Prawaas
Priti Rathi Gupta
Sawan Kumar Tak
Seema Kapoor
Shashank Udapurkar
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