Taiwanese film 'The Wall' won the Golden Peacock for the best film, and a cash award of a million rupees, at the 38th International Film Festival of India, which ended here late Monday.This is a finely-crafted films about the dreams, hope, betrayal and love of ordinary people living in politically-challenging times.It is highly cinematic, and making the political personal.The filmmaker creates a entire world within the four walls of a simple house.Thai debut director Ms Pongpat Wachirabunjon bag...
Indian film is bursting forth on screens far and wide, as film-makers take advantage of a more globalised world, a spurt in the visibility of local talent, and the possibilities this throws up."The diversity, creative insights and technical virtuosity of Indian cinema are a pageant on world screens in the fall and winter seasons of 2007," says the latest issue of the 'FilmIndia Worldwide'.The magazine has listed a range of Indian films taking part in global festivals during...
GOA, India, Nov 24, 2007: The 38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-07) got off here with Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan inaugurated the event late Friday. Politicians also pledged that India's premier festival would continue to be hosted in this small coastal state that New Delhi wants to build into an "Indian Cannes". Shahrukh Khan called IFFI a pride of the nation. Recognizing the contribution of the common citizen in raising the popularity of cinema, he said, "Let's d...
GOA, India, Nov 24, 2007: The 38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-07) got off here with Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan inaugurated the event late Friday. Politicians also pledged that India's premier festival would continue to be hosted in this small coastal state that New Delhi wants to build into an "Indian Cannes".Shahrukh Khan called IFFI a pride of the nation. Recognizing the contribution of the common citizen in raising the popularity of cinema, he said, "Let's dedicate the 38th...
GOA, India, Nov 23: An India fast gaining on technical skills, but still struggling to get the rest of the globe to take note of its sometimes-hard-to-understand cinema has chosen films from the Malayalam and Bengali languages to represent the country.Two regional-language films from the south-west state of Kerala, and the eastern state of West Bengal will be the official entries at the Asian African and Latin American Competition of the 38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) that got ...
Panjim, GOA INDIA, November 23: The 38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-07) takes off later today in the former Portuguese colony of Goa, on the west coast of India.Mainstream Indian Bollywood film actor Shahrukh Khan will be the chief guest, scheduled for Friday evening (India is five-and-half hours ahead UTC).The inaugural lamp -- a traditional mark of inaugurations done in India -- will be lit with the assistance of Priyamani, a rising star of southern cinema. Inaugural function ...
