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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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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, XI: Virtual Reality: Think in 360 • Dec 07, 2016 at 10:03 PM
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, XI: Virtual Reality: Think in 360 Clyde DeSouza found an elderly couple dancing in a Goa bar-restaurant. He captured the image and added perspective, giving it a 360⁰...

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3D Stereoscopic
Clyde DeSouza
Dirrogate
Hotstar
Hulu
James Wan
Memories with Maya
Netflix
Nokia Ozo
Oculus
ridley scott
The Conjuring 2
The Martian
VR
Vrideo
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary X, Open Forum 6: Finding your way across 2K, 4K, 6K, 8K or 18K • Dec 06, 2016 at 07:05 PM
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary X, Open Forum 6: Finding your way across 2K, 4K, 6K, 8K  or 18K A digital technician who has built theatres (Lightbox in Mumbai, for one)-Neil Sadwelkar, Na Tum Jaano Na...

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Ben Hur
Naresh Sharma
Indian Documentary Producers' Association
Films Division
FD
Na Tum Jaano Na Hum
Film Federation of India
Mike Pandey
Vivek Singhania
Neil Sadwelkar
Lighbox
Netflix
Karan Johar
Farhan Akhtar
James Gunn
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, IX, Open Forum V: “We need more Amitabh Bachchans to help reduce global warming” • Dec 06, 2016 at 05:18 PM
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, IX, Open Forum V: “We need more Amitabh Bachchans to help reduce global warming” In its second Open Forum at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2016,...

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Aisa Yeh Jahaan
Amitabh Bachchan
Arvind Ranade
Biswajeet Bora
Canon ME20F-SH
DFF
IDPA
Lygia Matthews
Mike Pandey
Senthil Rajan
Sony A7S II
World Environment Day
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary VIII, Open Forum IV: Courses for horses or horses for courses? • Dec 06, 2016 at 05:34 PM
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary VIII, Open Forum IV: Courses for horses or horses for courses? Both, really. We are in the age of customised platforms for film viewing finding best-match,...

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Apoorva Bakshi
Bahubali
Basil Content
Devashish Makhija
Filmkaravan
IDPA
Indian Content Mart
Lygia Mathews
Manoj Bajpayee
Muvizz.com
Naman Ramchandran
Piiyush Singh
Ramesh Tekwani
Ratnakar Tardalkar
Sanjay Ram
Satinder Mohan
Sharar Technologies
Sid Bhargava
Taandav
The Lunchbox
Usha Deshpande
Veena Bakshi (EC member)
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, Open Forum III: Skill-building through master classes • Dec 06, 2016 at 02:27 PM
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, Open Forum III: Skill-building through master classes An essential feature of every international film festival around the globe, mater classes abound at IFFI too....

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A. K. Bir
Aleesha
Aseem Chhabra
canada
Famous in Amdavad Astri Ghosh
FFSI
German Werner Herzog
Hardik Mehta
IDPA
Judy Gladstone
Ketan Mehta
Konkani
locarno
New York Indian Film Festival
Qube Cinema
Rosalie Varda
Tapan Acharya
toronto
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