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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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Ice, Review: Life v/s ice, too much too late • Mar 06, 2018 at 04:32 PM
by Siraj Syed

Ice, Review: Life v/s ice, too much too late Melancholia guaranteed, but so is good cinema. Ice is a 15-minute Estonian film that has been shown at 28 film festivals so far (correction: 35; update...

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Afghanistan
Aksel Ojari
Anna Hints
ANTON CHEKHOV
Baltic Film and Media School
EMA Higher Contemporary Art School
Erlköning
Estonia
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Iraq
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mait Malmsten
Marion Koppel
Tapani Launonen
Tom Stoppard
Tones Tug
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MIFF 2018, XIII: Ivan Leonodovich Maximov: Bizarre, darkly humorous • Feb 21, 2018 at 02:26 PM
by Siraj Syed

MIFF 2018, XIII: Ivan Leonodovich Maximov: Bizarre, darkly humorous Ivan Maximov (sometimes spelt Maksimov), is a Producer, Screenwriter, Artist, Animator and Teacher from Russia. Maximov was born...

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Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, Review: Rape, murder and other black grey comedy • Feb 21, 2018 at 04:05 AM
by Siraj Syed

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, Review: Rape, murder and other black grey comedy Outdoor advertising is no longer so called. The 21st century buzz-word is ‘Out-of-Home medium’, OOH. There...

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A Stitch in Time
Abbie Cornish
Amanda Warren
Caleb Landry Jones
Central Board of Film Certification
Clarke Peters
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Frances McDormand
Geoffrey Lee
impact
Kathryn Newton
Kerry Condon
Norman Wisdom
sam rockwell
Samara Weaving
Sheffield
Sheriff Abercrombie
Stephenson Blake
Western North Carolina
woody harrelson
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FICCI FRAMES IV: Four burning issues • Feb 17, 2018 at 06:01 AM
by Siraj Syed

FICCI FRAMES IV: Four burning issues FICCI FRAMES will be addressing some burning issues during its 2018 edition. Dour key areas have been identified in its press release. 1. Dwindling box office...

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Black Panther, Review: Pantherium Vibranium Compendium • Feb 18, 2018 at 09:18 AM
by Siraj Syed

Black Panther, Review: Pantherium Vibranium Compendium You first heard the name in 2010’s Iron Man 2. It was mentioned in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, but Wakanda became an entity to reckon with...

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12 Years a Slave
Andy Serkis
Angela Bassett
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America
Chadwick Boseman
civil war
Claudia Castello
Danai Gurira
Dora Milajea
Everett K. Ross
Forest Whitaker
Heart-Shaped Herb
Jabari
Joe Robert Cole
Letitia Wright
Lupita Nyong'o
Martin Freeman
michael b. jordan
Michael P. Shawver
Nakia
Nigerian Igbo
Okoye
Rachel Morrison
Ramonda
Ryan Coogler
Shuri
South Korean
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
T'Challa
Ulysses Klaue
Wakanda
Winston Duke
Zuri
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