The sixth edition of Woodpecker International Film Festival (WIFF) will be held from November 23 to 25 at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi. The festival will screen 58 films from 12 countries this year and teh entry is free. The festival will be inaugurated on November 23 by veteran actor and theatre director Avijit … Read more
Chuskit, a children’s film directed by Bangalore-based documentary filmmaker Priya Ramasubban, played to a packed hall at the Dharamshala film festival on November 2. The film, inspired by a true story, is at heart a tale about a girl wanting to go to school. This is Priya’s debut feature and tells the story of a … Read more
Actor Dev Patel and actress Anne Hathaway, along with Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, John Slattery, Catherine Keener, Cristin Milioti, Brandon Victor Dixon, Olivia Cooke, Andrew Scott, Julia Garner, Shea Whigham, Gary Carr, Sofia Boutella, and John Gallagher, Jr, will all be seen in Amazon’s new anthology series, Modern Love. After launching the Mad Men creator … Read more
In the biggest ever showcase of Australian films in India, Australia Fest has brought a curated selection of the best of Australian cinema to the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) 2018. With Australia being the ‘country in focus’ at the festival this year, Australian films are being presented in three broad categories — 100 Years … Read more
The first ever Diorama International Film Festival begins next week in New Delhi. The festival announced the films, from 14 countries, which will be competing against each other in the international diorama. The foreign films will be judged by jury led by Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui, whose films contributed to the Iranian New Wave movement … Read more
YouTube has denied reports that it is exiting the space of original entertainment, especially of “high-end dramas and comedies” and had stopped pitching for “expensive” scripted shows. Variety quoted a representative of the Google-owned video service as saying: “YouTube denies the report.” YouTube cited its upcoming slate that has several scripted projects in development, which … Read more