Films celebrating football in six different languages will be a part of the upcoming Serendipity Arts Festival 2018, which will get underway along with the International Film Festival of India on 22 November, organisers said on Thursday. According to the curator of the segment Jan Tilman Schwab, Football — A Beautiful Life, will showcase a … Read more
Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox was one of the major power moves in Hollywood in recent times. The multimedia giant has now set forth a plan of restructuring, particularly for Asia. The change will be led by Uday Shankar, president of Star and Disney India and Disney’s Asia-Pacific president. The Hollywood Reporter magazine’s website stated … Read more
The Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) will celebrate the International Women’s Day with the International Women’s Film Festival 2019 from 8 to 10 March throughout India. The fest will be held in Kolkata, Guwahati, Imphal, Hyderabad, Pune, Bengaluru, Puducherry, Jamshedpur, Kolhapur, Madurai, Karimnagar, Mumbai as well as other cities, showcasing a melange of … Read more
DocuBay, a new, global, subscription-based streaming service and video-on-demand platform featuring international documentaries, will launch this summer and will include India in its first phase. DocuBay will be available in India with a distinctive global catalogue for Indian audiences, and several titles exclusive to the country. IN10 Media showcased a first look of DocuBay at … Read more
Srinivasan Narayanan, former director of the MAMI (Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image) Mumbai Film Festival, has joined the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival [SgSAIFF] as festival director. The third edition of the festival will be held from 30 August through 7 September this year. Speaking about his appointment at the SgSAIFF, Srinivasan said in … Read more
The 15th IAWRT (International Association of Women in Radio and Television) Asian Women’s Film Festival will be held at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi from 5-7 March. The Asian Women’s Film Festival (AWFF) was first held in New Delhi in the year 2005. The festival has grown in strength and popularity over the … Read more
Avengers: Endgame (2019) co-director Joe Russo says Indian audiences played an important role in making of the highly-anticipated Marvel movie. How? With loud cheers and applause. “There was a recording of Indian audience watching the Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and the cheer when Thor lands in Wakanda… The cheers sounded like (coming from) a football … Read more
Morgane Polanski, daughter of controversial filmmaker Roman Polanski, and Bend It Like Beckham (2002) star Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who were expected to attend the 49th International Film Festival of India in Goa for the world premiere of their movie, The Aspern Papers, the gala’s opening film, have given the event a miss. The film’s director Julien Landais explained their … Read more
Doordarshan, India’s public service broadcaster, is working towards plans to launch its own OTT (over-the-top ) platform, as the consumption of entertainment and infotainment has witnessed a rise in the country. “OTT is an important platform. Doordarshan is also planning to have its own digital platform where it can put out its content which can … Read more
The Lahore high court has been asked to put a complete ban on trade, exhibition and selling of Indian films in Pakistan to reciprocate a ban on Pakistani artistes working in the Hindi film industry in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers. Sheikh Muhammad Latif filed … Read more