RSIFF: Souk, the appetiser, and the dessert in the desert In Arabic, Souk is market. In India we have a Film Bazaar at Goa during the International Film Festival of India, every year. Most major...

RSIFF, 08: Keep counting the celebrities, and be blown over                Opening the act was Yasir Al Yasiri’s HWJN, with its world première and the screening was attended by the director and...

  RSIFF, 07: Competition Section films that I saw, and my opinions about them THE TEACHER Palestinian school-teacher Basem (Saleh Bakri) grapples with personal devastation, after a tragic...

RSIFF 06: Competing against the best I wrote about Insha’Allah, a Boy in the last instalment. Now I shall talk about the other competition films I have seen. BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS A meta-physical...

RSIFF 05: Raising the curtain, well begun is half done At the Spectacular festival, the opening film had to be one from the Spectacular Gala. They chose a supernatural comedy, called Hjwn. In...

We are very happy to announce that the director ANA BILIC won BEST DIRECTOR at the International Motion Picture Awards in Brooklin, CANADA. The festival describes itself: “We crave to form and...

Discover the fascinating world of film festivals and podcasts in our latest episode! Join us as we explore the inclusion of podcasts at prestigious festivals like the Tryon International Film...

  RSIFF, 03: Elusive interviews, while the stars emerge from the Red Sea Some three weeks before the festival began, while still in Mumbai, I thought of doing an exclusive interview with...

RSIFF: A Colourful Ocean of remarkable films at the Red Sea A film festival named after the Red Sea? Where is the Red Sea? Let me see…it touches Eritrea, Djibouti, Egypt and Jeddah. A film festival...

Red Sea International Film Festival, 2023, 01: A royal pilgrimage for film-buffs On the registration form, there was question, ‘Will you be going to the Medina pilgrimage?’ I wasn’t, so I typed,...