MIFF 2016: Q & A, with the International Jury In the last press conference of Mumbai International Film festival (MIFF), three of the five members of the international competition jury came up to...

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MIFF 2016: National Jury speaks its mind • Feb 08, 2016 at 08:30 AM
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MIFF 2016: National Jury speaks its mind Films in the competition section at the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) are divided into three main categories, national, international and Public...

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MIFF 2016: Indian women pack a punch • Feb 07, 2016 at 05:02 PM
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MIFF 2016: Indian women pack a punch Ameesha Joshi, born in Canada to immigrant Indian parents, and Anna Sarkissian, of Egyptian/Armenian-Irish parentage, could not have imagined that their...

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MIFF 2016: Harshal Wadkar: Cyclic emotions Pune-based amateur film-maker Harshal Wadkar, whose film 30-minute short fiction film Cycle was screened at the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)...

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MIFF 2016: FD’s North-East outreach • Feb 07, 2016 at 03:52 PM
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MIFF 2016: FD’s North-East outreach Films Division (FD) has initiated an outreach programme to inculcate the fine art of film-making in the far-flung areas of India’s North-East. Six young,...

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MIFF 2016: Mike Pandey: “We need many more documentary makers” In 1994, Mike Pandey won the Wildscreen Panda Award, better known as the Green Oscar, for his film on the capture of wild elephants,...

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MIFF 2016: Daredevil Naresh Bedi and his stunning documentaries          World-renowned wildlife filmmaker Naresh Bedi was honoured with the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening...

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MIFF 2016: Open Forum V: Embedding documentaries in film studies Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)’s fifth and last Open Forum was held on 02 February. It was organised by the Indian...

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MIFF 2016: Open Forum IV—Pointing inwards, pointing outwards Mathieu Roy, Canadian film-maker and member of the jury at MIFF, a former personal assistant to Martin Scorsese whose films include...

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