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. @SirajHSyed
MIFF 2016: Daredevil Naresh Bedi and his stunning documentaries
World-renowned wildlife filmmaker Naresh Bedi was honoured with the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening...
MIFF 2016: Master Class by Festival Director Mukesh Sharma
Varied experience and a long, eventful career, make Mukesh Sharma just the person to speak on ‘How not to make films’. And he speaks so...
MIFF 2016: Open Forum V: Embedding documentaries in film studies
Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)’s fifth and last Open Forum was held on 02 February. It was organised by the Indian...
MIFF 2016: Open Forum IV—Pointing inwards, pointing outwards
Mathieu Roy, Canadian film-maker and member of the jury at MIFF, a former personal assistant to Martin Scorsese whose films include...
MIFF: Open Forum III--Real documentaries, and faking it!
On the 31st of January, four passionate speakers and one moderator discussed another complex issue at the Mumbai International Film...
