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Independent Filmmaker Labs calls for entries

NewsDesk — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:57:41 PST

U.S. born or U..S based first-time feature directors can apply for the Independent Filmmaker Labs to be held in New York City. The lab’s year-long mentorship program supports first-time feature directors through the completion, marketing and distribution of their films. It focuses exclusively on low-budget features (<$1million). The Deadline...

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Valley of Saints wins Alfred Sloan Feature Film prize at Sundance

NewsDesk — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:54:33 PST

Valley of Saints (India-US) directed and written by Musa Syeed, and Robot & Frank directed by Jake Schreier and written by Christopher Ford have each been awarded the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize and will split the $20,000 cash award by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation at the Sundance Film Festival 2012. Now [...]

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Shonali Bose wins Sundance Institute–Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award

NewsDesk — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:09:34 PST

7 Islands Film Festival begins in Mumbai with Firaaq

NewsDesk — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:12:03 PST

The 7th edition of the 7 Islands Film Festival commenced in Mumbai with the screening of Nandita Das’s Firaaq at S.P. Jain Auditorium, Bhavan’s College Campus, Andheri. The festival aims at screenings award-winning films on the theme of non-violence and peace. It has a competition section and gives away prize money of Rs. 1 lakh. [...]

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Bhupen Hazarika, Mira Nair among Padma awardees

NewsDesk — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:06:54 PST

The highest civilian awards of India—The Padma awards 2012 were announced on Wednesday. Bhupen Hazarika has been posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan for Vocal Music. Padma Bhushan has been conferred on actress Shabana Azmi, director Mira Nair and actor Dharmendra. Filmmaker Priyadarshan has been bestowed the Padma Shri award 2012. Shabana...

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Indian director Shonali Bose wins Sundance Institute–Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award

NewsDesk — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:34:08 PST

Indian director Shonali Bose (Amu, 2005) is one of the four filmmakers who won the Sundance Institute– Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award 2012 announced at the Sundance Film Festival today. The winning directors and projects are: Shonali Bose, Margarita. With A Straw from India; Ariel Kleiman, Partisan from Australia; Etienne Kallos, Vrystaat...

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Greek director Theo Angelopoulos dies in car accident

NewsDesk — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:25:02 PST

Renowned Greek director Theo Angelopoulos passed away in a road accident on Tuesday while shooting for his latest film The Other Sea. He was 76. Angelopoulos was working in Piraeus, a port city close to Athens when he met with an accident while shooting exterior sequences. He started his filmmaking career with Reconstruction in 1970 [...]

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Oscar nominations 2012: Dam999 out of race

NewsDesk — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:39:33 PST

India’s aspiration for the Oscars 2012 came to an end today with Sohan Roy’s Dam999 not making it to the nominations for the 84th Academy awards. Three songs from the film were long-listed for the Original Song category. Salim Ahamed’s Adaminte Makan Abu, India’s official entry to the Oscars hadn’t made it to the shortlist [...]

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FTII student Piyush Thakur on his film The Real Millionaire (Clermont-Ferrand)

Nandita Dutta — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:03:57 PST

FTII student Piyush Thakur has made The Real Millionaire, the only short film from India which will compete at the prestigious 34th Clermont-Ferrand short film festival in France

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PSBT invites proposals for documentary films

NewsDesk — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:29:55 PST

The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) is inviting proposals for documentary films from independent filmmakers for their project with the Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, and Government of India. PSBT will commission around 7 films under this project. The Films will need to be 26 or 52 minutes duration, shot and...

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