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Siraj Syed

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, 16-24 January, 29: Martina Sakova’s Summer Rebels is told through the eyes of an 11 year-old boy • Feb 08, 2021 at 02:47 AM
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 29: Martina Sakova’s Summer Rebels is told through the eyes of an 11 year-old boy An 11-year-old boy defies his mother and runs away from his home in Germany to Slovakia, in...

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Germany
Slovakia
Eliás Vyskocil
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 28: Onkar Diwadkar’s Still Alive, a psycho-drama on suicide • Feb 08, 2021 at 02:22 AM
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 28: Onkar Diwadkar’s Still Alive, a psycho-drama on suicide “My film tells the story of a young protagonist who reaches the verge of suicide, leading to a psychological...

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Marathi
27 minute uncut shot
Indian Panorama
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 27: “OTT is here to stay”: G.P. Vijayakumar • Feb 07, 2021 at 02:35 PM
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 27: “OTT is here to stay”: G.P. Vijayakumar “There was a big opposition when OTT made its initial appearance citing that it will end theatrical releases and shut movie...

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OTT
Malayalam
COVID 19
Changing Scenarios in Indian Film Production
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 26: Past, Present and Future of Visualisation, according to Aditya Vikram Sengupta • Feb 07, 2021 at 02:08 PM
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 26: Past, Present and Future of Visualisation, according to Aditya Vikram Sengupta The shift from analogue to digital has changed the art of film-making, and also the mindset...

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OTT platforms
Rohit Gandhi
analogue
digital
Indira Gandhi Award
Rajkumar Hirani
Kolkata
National Film Awards
Mithun Chakraborty
Anil Kapoor
celluloid
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 25: PCs of Kripal Kalita, Blessy Ipe Thomas • Feb 07, 2021 at 10:36 AM
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IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 25: PCs of Kripal Kalita, Blessy Ipe Thomas Kripal Kalita’s Assamese language film, ‘The Bridge’, throws light on the devastations and hardships that floods bring to Assam...

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Padma Bhushan
100 Years of Chrysostom – A Biographical Film
Ahom King Chaolung Sukaphaa
ASSAM
Bishop Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan
Blessy Ipe Thomas
Brahmaputra
Documentary
floods
Guinness Record
Indian Panorama
The Bridge
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