TIFF 2019 day 1 round-up: The Band documentary, Armando Iannucci's David Copperfield kick off festival, India Pavilion inaugurated
5 years, 4 months ago

TIFF 2019 day 1 round-up: The Band documentary, Armando Iannucci's David Copperfield kick off festival, India Pavilion inaugurated

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The 44th Toronto International Film Festival kicked off on 5 September with a documentary celebration of Canada’s own The Band and the premiere of Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of David Copperfield. Toronto: The 44th Toronto International Film Festival kicked off on 5 September with a documentary celebration of Canada’s own The Band and the premiere of Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of David Copperfield. India Pavilion, which aims to provide a platform to showcase Indian Cinema in the overseas market, was formally launched by Vikas Swarup, the Indian High Commissioner to Canada, at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival. Eminent personalities present at the India Pavilion inauguration included Geoff Macnaughton, Director of Industry, TIFF; Hannah Fisher, Senior International Programme Consultant, Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Roger Nair, CEO, Lionheart Production House; Jana Wolff, Head Marketing, European Film Market and Brittany Allan, Senior Coordinator - Industry, TIFF.

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Lights, Camera, Goa! Dive into IFFI 2024 from Nov.20 to 28
2 months ago

Lights, Camera, Goa! Dive into IFFI 2024 from Nov.20 to 28

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, in collaboration with the National Film Development Corporation and the Entertainment Society of Goa, is set to host the 55th International Film Festival of India in Goa from November 20 to 28. Dr. Murugan urged industry leaders to embrace the festival as their own, reflecting the spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat and the …

Indian Cinema Takes Center Stage in Australia with First National Film Festival
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian Cinema Takes Center Stage in Australia with First National Film Festival

The Hindu  

The Australian Centre for Indian Cinema has announced the inaugural National Indian Film Festival of Australia (NIFFA) for 2025. The festival will celebrate Indian cinema across seven cities in Australia in February 2025, featuring screenings, workshops, and awards. It will be led by filmmaker Anupam Sharma and festival director Peter Castaldi, who bring extensive experience in the industry. The NIFFA …

TIFF 2024: Reema Kagti’s ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ premieres at festival to standing ovation
3 months, 4 weeks ago

TIFF 2024: Reema Kagti’s ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ premieres at festival to standing ovation

The Hindu  

Superboys of Malegaon made a remarkable debut at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival 2024, captivating audiences with its world premiere. Directed by Reema Kagti and written by Varun Grover, Superboys of Malegaon offers a heartwarming narrative that looks at the lives of a group of passionate amateur filmmakers in the small town of Malegaon, India. #TIFF24pic.twitter.com/M7aVw6K9Fh — TIFF September …

TIFF 2024: Plenty of star power as Toronto film fest opens
4 months ago

TIFF 2024: Plenty of star power as Toronto film fest opens

The Hindu  

Hollywood's A-list stars are convening in Toronto for North America's largest film festival, a 10-day extravaganza of Oscar bait movies, timely documentaries and glamour that opened on Thursday, September 5. "Toronto is known for its audience excitement, and that excitement reaches a fever pitch when the biggest stars in the world are here," Cameron Bailey, the CEO of the Toronto …

Toronto film fest to premier digitally restored Raj Kapoor classic ‘Awara’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Toronto film fest to premier digitally restored Raj Kapoor classic ‘Awara’

Hindustan Times  

Toronto: The Toronto International Film Festival will mark the birth centenary year of Indian cinema legend Raj Kapoor with a world premiere of a digital restoration of one of his classics, Awara, next month. A still from Raj Kapoor’s Awara, a restored digital version of which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Awara, …

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and ‘Raayan’ reviews - The Hindu
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and ‘Raayan’ reviews - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Around Tinsel Town >> Film festivals galore The lineup for the 81st Venice Film Festival has been unveiled by artistic director Alberto Barbera and new president of the Venice Biennale, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco. The festival will also feature the premiere of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s new films. The same festival will also be where actor Aparshakti Khurana’s film Berlin will …

IFFI 2023: 54th International Film Festival of India kicks off in Goa with starry opening ceremony
1 year, 1 month ago

IFFI 2023: 54th International Film Festival of India kicks off in Goa with starry opening ceremony

The Hindu  

The 54th International Film Festival of India commenced with a grand opening ceremony at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Panaji, Goa, on Monday evening. “The 54th IFFI is set to be a melting pot of varied voices, vibrant cultures, diversities, and sheer cinematic excellence,” Mr. Thakur said, adding that the festival received an unprecedented 2,926 entries from …

54th International Film Festival of India to kickstart in Goa on Monday
1 year, 1 month ago

54th International Film Festival of India to kickstart in Goa on Monday

Hindustan Times  

The 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India is set to commence on November 20 at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa. Preparations for the 54th International Film Festival of India in Goa on Sunday. At this year’s festival, 19 award-winning films from various international film festivals this year have been assorted in the IFFI Kaleidoscope. The …

Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award
1 year, 2 months ago

Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award

China Daily  

TOKYO -- The 36th Tokyo International Film Festival has kicked off in Tokyo with more than 200 filmmakers and actors from Japan, and other countries and regions appearing on the red carpet. At the opening ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Chinese director Zhang Yimou. Zhang recalled in a speech that he won Award for Best Actor at …

Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award
1 year, 2 months ago

Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award

China Daily  

TOKYO -- The 36th Tokyo International Film Festival has kicked off in Tokyo with more than 200 filmmakers and actors from Japan, and other countries and regions appearing on the red carpet. At the opening ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Chinese director Zhang Yimou. Zhang recalled in a speech that he won Award for Best Actor at …

Six Indian films to premiere at Toronto festival
1 year, 4 months ago

Six Indian films to premiere at Toronto festival

Hindustan Times  

Toronto: The 2023 edition of North America’s largest film event, the Toronto International Film Festival, will be special for those with a taste for Indian cinema, as it will feature the most movies from the country in over ten years. Shedde listed the Indian films as director Karan Boolani’s Thank You For Coming, Kiran Rao’s sophomore effort Laapataa Ladies or …

Toronto Film Festival unveils a starry lineup — and hopes the strike ends by September
1 year, 5 months ago

Toronto Film Festival unveils a starry lineup — and hopes the strike ends by September

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a starry lineup to its 48th edition on Monday, even if remains unclear if stars will be there to walk red carpets due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes. Among the films making their world premieres at TIFF this year are Craig Gillespie’s GameStop drama “Dumb Money,” with Paul Dano …

IFFI 2023: Anurag Thakur announces 'Best Web Series' award category; all you need to know
1 year, 5 months ago

IFFI 2023: Anurag Thakur announces 'Best Web Series' award category; all you need to know

India TV News  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur announced a new category, the 'Best Web Series' award for the International Film Festival of India. In a statement, Anurag’s said, "Delighted to announce the BEST WEB SERIES AWARD @IFFIGoa to be presented to an exceptional web series for its artistic merit, storytelling excellence, technical prowess and overall impact. "The Award will be …

IFFI kickstarts in style on a wet carpet
3 years, 1 month ago

IFFI kickstarts in style on a wet carpet

Deccan Chronicle  

Undeterred by the thunder and torrential rains, the 52nd International Film Festival of India started with a bang in Goa on Saturday. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said that the government wants to make India a global hub for content generation and filmmaking. They kept cheering, “Sallu Bhai once more…” Veteran actor …

TIFF 2021 begins today: All you need to know about line-up, COVID protocol
3 years, 4 months ago

TIFF 2021 begins today: All you need to know about line-up, COVID protocol

Firstpost  

“We want to make sure that even when the pandemic is behind us that we’re as accessible as possible. If there’s a way to deliver at least parts of the festival online, then we want to do that,” says Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. A year after turning to largely virtual screenings and drive-ins, Toronto’s …

TIFF 2021: Organisers plan in-person viewings; Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, Alanis Morissette documentary Jagged, part of lineup
3 years, 6 months ago

TIFF 2021: Organisers plan in-person viewings; Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, Alanis Morissette documentary Jagged, part of lineup

Firstpost  

The Toronto International Film Festival will also host an IMAX screening of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune remake following its venice Film Festival premiere The Toronto International Film Festival is planning an extensive in-person festival in September, a year after turning to virtual red carpets and outdoor screenings because of the pandemic. Those include Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, Tahir Rana’s _Dionne Warwick; Don’t …

Anupama Chopra muses on the wins and losses as the Toronto film festival goes virtual
4 years, 3 months ago

Anupama Chopra muses on the wins and losses as the Toronto film festival goes virtual

Hindustan Times  

How do you attend a film festival without actually attending it? As an accredited journalist, I saw Oscar-winning actor Regina King’s stunning directorial debut, One Night in Miami — a taut, vibrant period drama that is already being seen as a front-runner for awards season next year. With borders still closed, only local cinephiles could attend events such as the …

The 14 best films of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival
4 years, 3 months ago

The 14 best films of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival

LA Times  

This year, we didn’t go to the Toronto International Film Festival — the Toronto International Film Festival came to us. TIFF isn’t the first festival to wade into the brave new world of virtual events, but it is arguably the biggest to do so to date. This is a festival that has positioned itself as an essential stop for fall …

TIFF Diary: Here at last, a film fest you can watch in your pajamas
4 years, 4 months ago

TIFF Diary: Here at last, a film fest you can watch in your pajamas

Deccan Chronicle  

The annual Toronto International Film Festival, which serves as a diving board for big Hollywood and European films eyeing the Oscars, opened Wednesday on thousands of laptops across the world. There is Regina King’s film about a young Muhammad Ali, Halle Berry’s directorial debut Bruised, Ricky Staub’s Concrete Cowboy starring Idris Elba, and Francis Lee’s Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet. Director …

Digital and drive-in, film festivals try to salvage a season
4 years, 4 months ago

Digital and drive-in, film festivals try to salvage a season

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — This is normally the time of year when flashy premieres march down red carpets and proclamations of Oscar buzz circle the globe. “A situation like this forces you to assess what is fundamental,” says Dennis Lim, director of programming for the New York Film Festival. If we can’t do that in a cinema, what can we do?” …

International Film Festival of India to be held as per schedule in November: Goa CM
4 years, 4 months ago

International Film Festival of India to be held as per schedule in November: Goa CM

India TV News  

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the International Film Festival of India would be held in the state in November this year as per schedule. The state will be hosting IFFI 2020 as per schedule in the last week of November, Sawant told reporters on Wednesday. The opposition Congress, however, said it is not advisable to host IFFI in …

TIFF 2020 unveils lineup; film festival to feature Regina King's directorial debut on Muhammad Ali
4 years, 5 months ago

TIFF 2020 unveils lineup; film festival to feature Regina King's directorial debut on Muhammad Ali

Firstpost  

TIFF, which is set to run 10-19 September, has plotted a largely virtual 45th edition due to the coronavirus pandemic The Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup bearing little in common with its normal barrage of awards contenders and premier fall films, but features the directorial debut of Regina King and the latest documentaries from Frederick Wiseman …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Indian Film Festival of Melbourne pushed to late October with 'compact schedule', safety guidelines
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Indian Film Festival of Melbourne pushed to late October with 'compact schedule', safety guidelines

Firstpost  

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne is retaining the Short Film Competition and the popular dance competition but the much anticipated IFFM Awards Gala will be postponed till 2021 The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne has announced that the 2020 edition has been pushed ahead, with dates rescheduled from August to October due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The festival …

Priyanka Chopra, Anurag Kashyap named Indian ambassadors of Toronto International Film Festival 2020
4 years, 6 months ago

Priyanka Chopra, Anurag Kashyap named Indian ambassadors of Toronto International Film Festival 2020

Firstpost  

TIFF will be opting for digital screenings and virtual red carpets for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic, making it “tailored to fit the moment." Actress Priyanka Chopra and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap are among the 50 celebrated filmmakers and actors invited as the ambassadors of a slimmed down Toronto International Film Festival this year. Chopra and Kashyap will …

Scaled-down Toronto Film Festival plans virtual red carpets
4 years, 6 months ago

Scaled-down Toronto Film Festival plans virtual red carpets

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Toronto International Film Festival, one of the leading launching pads for fall movies and Oscar contenders, on Wednesday announced plans for a smaller 2020 edition with virtual red carpet premieres and drive-in screenings. But the selections — including Francis Lee’s “Ammonite,” Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round” and Ricky Staub’s “Concrete Cowboy” — were a fraction of TIFF’s …

Berlinale 2020: S Jaishankar to inaugurate Indian Pavilion; three films, one documentary part of lineup
4 years, 10 months ago

Berlinale 2020: S Jaishankar to inaugurate Indian Pavilion; three films, one documentary part of lineup

Firstpost  

The India Pavilion at the Berlinale will provide a platform to popularise Indian cinema in the overseas market. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry, is participating in the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. The festival, which will be held from 20 February to 1 March, will Check out the announcement …

IFFI 2019: Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth to open golden jubilee edition of film festival
5 years, 1 month ago

IFFI 2019: Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth to open golden jubilee edition of film festival

Firstpost  

IFFI’s golden jubilee section will also be kicked off by Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth, along with Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar will be among the eminent personalities to kick off the golden jubilee edition of the International Film Festival of India in Goa on Wednesday, reports Hindustan Times. The …

IFFI 2019: Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory, Dardenne Brothers' Young Ahmed among 17 films to be screened in Master Frames segment
5 years, 2 months ago

IFFI 2019: Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory, Dardenne Brothers' Young Ahmed among 17 films to be screened in Master Frames segment

Firstpost  

The 50th edition of IFFI 2019 will witness the participation of over 200 films from 76 countries, 26 feature films and 15 non feature films in Indian panorama section. The International Film Festival of India will screen 17 films from world renowned directors like Pedro Almodovar, Costa-Gavras, Werner Herzog and Hirokazu Kore-eda under its ‘Master Frames’ segment. Turkish director Semih …

International Film Festival of India kicks off in Chennai
5 years, 2 months ago

International Film Festival of India kicks off in Chennai

The Hindu  

International Film Festival of India, which came into place in an effort to provide a window of opportunities for filmmakers across the globe, has completed 50 years. The informal event, hosted by Ravi Kottarakara, secretary of South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, brought togetherindustry veterans from South Indian cinema, in a bid to celebrate IFFI. Masters from Indian cinema and …

IFFI's golden jubilee poster to be launched at Cannes
5 years, 7 months ago

IFFI's golden jubilee poster to be launched at Cannes

India TV News  

At the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, which will get underway in the French Riviera on Tuesday, an Indian delegation will launch a special poster for the golden jubilee edition of the International Film Festival of India, spread awareness about the single window clearance facility in India and push co-production opportunities. Khare said: "Initiatives such as co-production and single window clearance …

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