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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 Goa 2015, Festival Diary, IX: Advance to the rear • Dec 03, 2015 at 04:49 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, IX: Advance to the rear

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Entertainment Society of Goa
Directorate of Film Festivals
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Press Information Bureau
international film festival of india
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, VIII: Did the best ones win? • Dec 03, 2015 at 04:00 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, VIII: Did the best ones win? Without any doubt, my favourite for Best Picture was Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia) directed by Ciro Guerra. The Jury, too, found the...

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Embrace of the Serpent
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Julia Vargas Weise
Ciro Guerra
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Peter Greenaway
Bolivia
Werner Herzog
Cinemawala
Sealed Cargo
Gunes Sensoy
Doga Doguslu
Tugba Sunguroglu
Elit Iscan
Ilayda Akdogan
Sergei Eisenstein
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
Ivan the Terrible
Que Viva Mexico
Vincent Lindon
The Measure of a Man
Enclave
Goran Radovanovic
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, VII • Dec 02, 2015 at 04:56 PM
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, VII This is being written the day before the closing ceremony, where the winners will be announced. I have missed Filosofi Kopi (Philosophy Coffee, Indonesia),...

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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary VI • Nov 26, 2015 at 10:42 PM
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Continuing short reviews of films, seen at the 46th International Film Festival of India. (See Festival Diary I, II, III, IV and V for more coverage) Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara: India: Zoya...

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Abhay Deol
Ali Ghavitan
Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Farhan Akhtar
Hrithik Roshan
Jamshed Mahmood Raza
Katrina Kaif
Kaushik Ganguly
Matthew bate
Moor
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My Mother's Blue Sky
Sam Klemke's Time Machine
Yared Zeleke
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Zoya Akhtar
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary V • Nov 25, 2015 at 04:11 PM
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary V Continuing short reviews of films, seen at the 46th International Film Festival of India. (See Festival Diary I, II, II and IV for more coverage) Father (Babai):...

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Anwar Ka Ajeeb Kissa
Armenia
Babi
Budhhadeb Dasgupta
detective
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
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Gan Bi
Kaili Blues
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Niclolas Saada
Robert Guédiguian
Taj Mahal
Visar Morina
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