Third Eye, 2022, 19, 06: Recapitulating the films I saw at the Asian Film Festival Starting screenings before the inauguration is the norm at the Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF). Having attended numerous TEAFFs, I should have known about this practice. But it just slipped my mind. As a result, I missed all the films shown between 10 a.m. and 6.45 p.m. The inaugural film was from Srilanka, called The Newspaper, directed by Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura. But before this featur...

Third Eye Asian Film Festival moves to new, bigger, better venue In its 17th edition, the Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF) chose to move to Citylight, a single screen cinema located in Matunga/Mahim West, Central Mumbai. Before the multiplex era, Citylight used to be a regular, medium-capacity theatre, which was demolished to make way for an office complex, some years ago. However, the owners retained space on the upper levels to include a cinema, with a capacity of 250 seats. It is not...

Japanese SSF&A Festival Director SeigoTono on India tour Tuesday, the 28th 0f February, saw the screening of four Japanese shorts at the Rangswar mini-auditorium, located inside Chavan Centre in South Mumbai. Organised by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, courtesy Prabhat Film Society, which completed 50 years this year, it was presented by Seigo Tono, Director of Short Shorts Film Festival (SSFF) and Short Shorts Film Festival Asia (SSFFA), Japan. It will be held during June 1-12...