Dharmendra Jai Narain, has been appointed as the Director of the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune.  He succeeds Pankaj Rag, who was the Director of FTII till recently, a press note issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Govt of India, said. Popularly known as D J Narain, the new FTII Director is an officer of the 1990 batch of the Indian Information Service and comes to FTII with a  experience in administration, management, media communication and performing arts.Â...

The Third Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival (TCIFF), which celebrates the fusion of cinema and music, came to a successful close on Sunday, October 21, 2007. The Festival, organized by Executive Directors Jasmine Guy and Terrence Duckette, ran from October 16-21, screened 6 features, 12 documentaries and 11 shorts at both The Regent Palms Theatre and the outdoor beach screen at the Alexandra Resort, the Festival’s host hotel. Program Director, Karolyn Ali scheduled the Best...

Lalo Guerrero Receives Best Documentary, Best Director and Best Song;Guru Receives Best Feature and Best Song; Marc Anthony Receives Best Actor for El CantanteThe Third Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival, which celebrates the fusion of cinema and music, came to a successful close on Sunday, October 21, 2007. The Festival, which ran from October 16-21, screened 6 features, 12 documentaries and 11 shorts at Palm Theatre or the outdoor beach screen at the Alexandra Resort, the Fe...

The Third Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival (TCIFF), which celebrates the fusion of cinema and music, came to a successful close on Sunday, October 21, 2007. The Festival, organized by Executive Directors Jasmine Guy and Terrence Duckette, ran from October 16-21, screened 6 features, 12 documentaries and 11 shorts at both The Regent Palms Theatre and the outdoor beach screen at the Alexandra Resort, the Festival’s host hotel. Program Director, Karolyn Ali scheduled the Best o...

The 36th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) - 2005 came to a close here today with the screening of Belgium-France film ‘L’Enfant’, directed by Jean Pierre & Luc Dardene. Iranian film ‘Iron Island’, directed by Mr. Mohammad Rasoulof bagged the best film award and won the Golden Peacock and a cash prize of Rs.Ten lakhs for originality, deep thoughtful narration, powerful cinematic expression and great creative strength. The most promising Director award went to Directors Ms. ...

With the closing ceremony of the 36th IFFI just a day away on Dec 4, speculation is rife about who will be the guest of honour at the function?Malayali superstar Mammootty or Bollywood's Mithun Chakraborty. Both the actors are multiple National Award winners and, therefore, qualified to grace the occasion. or by the new information and broadcasting minister, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi?Chances are that fans will get to see both the actors and administration will smile with the Hon’ble Minister on th...