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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. 

 

IFFI 50: Winners all Here is a list of award winners at IFFI 2019, Panaji, Goa, India, November 20-28, 2019: Golden Peacock: Particles, Directed by Blaise Harrison and Producer Estelle Fialon,...

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Award Winners
IFFI 2019

Gujarat 11, Review: Mardaani meets Chak De! India, but misses goal Drawing inspiration from the 2007 hockey film Chak De! India and blending it with the 2014 female cop action-thriller Mardaani,...

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Suyog Churi
Vishal Sangwai
Pankaj Sapkale
RoopKumar Rathod
Chetan Daiya
Hemang Vyas
Rajesh Latkar
Shubhendra Pal
Dilip Rawal
Daisy Shah
Pratik Gandhi
Kavin Dave
Pradip Harsora
Miraj Joshi
Kevin Mehta
Avadh Mehta
Omkar Palwankar
Mishika Kheni
Manav Soneji
Hridhaan Ahuja
Amit Thakkar
Akash Arneja
Debanjan Chatterjee
Luqman Qureshi
Amanulla Mohammed

IFFI 50: Entertainment, Meaning and Magic are three layers of Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s films--Maysam Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Marghe and Her Mother, the closing film at IFFI 2019, is a very...

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Marghe and Her Mother
Danilo Giuseppe Paolo
Carmine Santeramo

IFFI 50: Ilaiyaraaja mesmerises at Master Class Legendary music composer Ilaiyaraaja was at IFFI 2019 for a Masterclass, moderated by none other than a reputed director, R. Balki (Balakrishnan)...

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R. Balki

IFFI 50: Open Forum debates benefits of digital distribution for independent film-makers The 50th edition of IFFI held an Open Forum on the 27th of November, 2019. The topic debated in the session...

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Shaji N. Karun
Rahul Dholakia
Carol Littleton
Ujwal Nirgudkar
S. Nallamuthu
Marina Naumova
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Siraj Syed
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