Netflix’s Kathal: The curious case of the two missing jackfruits and its serious, very serious ramifications Firstly, it was not discovered by a man named Jack. Secondly, it is not a fruit, but a vegetable. Writer Ashok Mishra spent many years in north India and developed a taste for Kathal, which is the Hindi name for jackfruit. Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is an evergreen tree (family Moraceae), native to tropical Asia and widely grown throughout the wetland tropics for its la...

FICCI FRAMES 23, 02: Minister Piyush Goyal lauds Naatu-Naatu, The Elephant Whisperers and Woman Power Day 2 of FICCI FRAMES 23 had Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Government of India, ing in via video conferencing/ZOOM. “The Government is ive to all the efforts by the media & entertainment industry to expand the frontiers of the sector, globally.” Mr. Goyal added th...

FICCI Frames 23: Thinking out of the frame Returning to its ‘base’ at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai, now renamed Marriot Westin, the annual conclave of the Media and Entertainment (M & E) industry, hosted by the New Delhi-based M & E Division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), FRAMES is the generic name given to the event that dwells on all current and emerging media. Quite logically, it is known as FICCI FRAMES. Usually held in March...

For the 79th Venice Film Festival I met with the award winning mexican production designer Eugenio Caballero, who was present for film Bardo, False Chroncle of a Handful of Truths in competition at biennale cinema on Lido di Venezia with the director Alejandro G.Inarritu, and cast and crew attending the event. Caballero shares his thoughts and instincts on the Set design process, and offers an insight into the comedy and intensity of working with both director and the cinematographer Darius Khon...

   Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes showcase will be held on Saturday 20 May 2023 from 14:15 – 16:15 (Palais K, Palais des Festivals).     ...

Production underway on feature adaptation of New York Times best-selling romantic comedy This Time Next Year starring Sophie Cookson and Lucien Laviscount, from BlackBox Multimedia and Night Train Media   Protagonist Pictures launches worldwide sales ahead of the Marche du Film   Production has begun on Night Train Media and BlackBox Multimedia’s film adaptation of Sophie Cousens’ sparkling New York Times best-selling novel This Time Next Year,  starring Sophie C...

The 17th Edition of Animation Production Days Hosts around 900 Business MeetingsAfter an intensive three-day programme, the 17th edition of Animation Production Days (APD) drew to a close yesterday afternoon. The most important German business platform for newly developed animation projects is a t venture between the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) and the FMX – Film & Media Exchange and takes place every year alongside its two partner events. A tota...

Yeah! At the Alternative Film Festival in TORONTO Canada our film was nominated in the category BEST DIRECTOR! We would like to thank our team and our ers for making this film happen together. ☞ Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0 ☞ Watch the music-clip: https://youtu.be/sDsy_MdP4gE ☞ More information: https://heidelerche-film.cittador.com/festivals/ ...

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Citadel, Review: When James meets, Jane it’s a Bond Two franchises have set the benchmark as far as spy thrillers go. No marks for guessing that these are James Bond and Mission Impossible. It’s been a mind-boggling 61 years since the first James Bond film was released. Ethan Hunt, of Mission Impossible, first appeared on screen in 1996, 27 years ago. And neither seems to have called it a day. Both have a male protagonist, who performs mind-boggling stunts and survives against al...

Azamgarh, Review: Saving the honour of a city, and a religion Quite often, the religious minority of Indian Muslims is targetted for producing and harbouring young men who terrorist groups, both within and outside India. While maybe a hundred or two hundred such misguided souls are either killed in encounters or found guilty of terrorist attacks and accordingly punished by the law of the land, there are an estimated 20 million Muslims whose motherland is India and who live in peace. That...

Singers and music labels come together for long-awaited agreement on royalty The Indian Music Industry (IMI), the apex body representing all music labels in India, and the Indian Singers Rights Association (ISRA), the apex body representing all singers in the country, have signed an agreement between member labels of ISRA and IMI. As a result of this, pact, all record labels, singers and musicians will be greatly benefitted, at pan India level, and get royalties at much higher levels than at ...

  Wim Wenders' ANSELM celebrates its world premiere at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival   Cannes International Film Festival, which will take place from May 16 to 27, 2023, has announced its program in further sections this week. The films of the Sélection Officielle have been published, and Un Certain Regard, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and the Semaine de la Critique have also announced their selection. is represented in the Séances Sp&eacu...

    This year will be the third time that the NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER program of short films is celebrating its premiere at the Filmfest Dresden before being presented to the international audience a month later at the Festival de Cannes. This year's jury - commissioning editor Katrin Küchler (MDR short film magazine unicato), director Sophie Linnenbaum (THE ORDINARIES) and cinema-owner Dr. Christian Bräuer (CEO Yorck Kinogruppe) -  selected nine short...

DAMAGED (IN POST-PRODUCTION) Starring Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Vincent Cassel (Black Swan). Directed by Terry Mcdonough (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Killing Eve).   A Chicago police detective goes to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crime scenes match those that he investigated 5 years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.   We look forward to discussing further w...

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FILM LINEUP The Julien Dubuque International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place in the heart of Dubuque, Iowa. Dozens of films from around the world are screened during this 5 day event. During the festival, downtown businesses open their doors to host s, workshops, film screenings, parties, and more. This event attracts filmmakers and film lovers from around the world. Recognized as one o...

12th Annual Julien Dubuque International Film Festival Welcomes EST Studios as Host of Two s and International Night Party   All three events are free and open to the public   The Julien Dubuque International Film Festival is back and better than ever, celebrating its 12th annual five-day event series from April 26th to 30th. This year, the festival is excited to announce that Los Angeles-based finance, production, and sales company, EST Studios, will be taking center stage w...

  “The most powerful stories emerge from the real-life spectrum.” Cinema and the World Affairs/Cinema and Espionage: Two filmmakers on a crossroads. One of them is interested in cinema – the other one has a drive for cinema and the world affairs… “One man who knocked into several military and intelligence structures – for the sake of one woman he loved.” Let’s begin, by taking a look back into the 1950s, a p...

  The 2023 Tribeca Festival will take place June 7th to the 18th, and showcase a selection of highly anticipated programs from networks and streamers at the forefront of groundbreaking storytelling like Disney+, Max, Apple TV+, Starz, AMC, A&E, BET+, and more.  This year’s TV lineup features eight series premieres and two first looks at returning classics. World premieres include Max’s Full Circle about an investigatio...

Touted as “Not Your Average Film Festival,” Beyond Hollywood International Film Festival (BHIFF) opens today and runs through April 22 at Regal LA Live Cinemas in downtown Los Angeles. The festival offers three days of networking, s, and screenings. The event culminates with an awards ceremony on the 22nd. Not to be missed is the West Coast premiere of the compelling documentary, The Last of the Winthrops, by first-time filmmaker Viviane Winthrop. The film screens in Theatre ...

PVR brings Japanese anime film Suzume to India, director Shinkai comes to promote it Japanese film director Makoto Shinkai, who wears his 50 years rather lightly, wowed a gathering of media-persons and some anime artists at the Juhu PVR Multiplex, north Mumbai, yesterday. In the city to promote his latest film, Suzume, he spoke with the help of an interpreter, but appeared to understand almost all the questions put to him in English. Proceedings began around 4.30 for a 4 p.m. call, and that i...

Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award goes to Asha Bhosle Instituted in the memory of the late great singer, Lata Mangeshkar, on whom the highest civilian honour of India, the Bharat Ratna was bestowed by the Indian government, this is the second such annual honour that her family awards. The first one, given last year, went to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Lata Mangeshkar, who sang thousands of songs, from the 1940s into the new millennium, ed away on 06 February 1922. She sang i...

Elemental ©2023 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.   Pixar Animation Studios are back at the Festival de Cannes on May 27th for the world premiere of their all-new feature film Elemental. Presented Out of Competition, the film will be released in theaters on June 16 in the United States and on June 21 in . Elemental is the fourth feature film from Pixar Animation Studios to be presented in the Official Selection, after Up, Inside Out and So...

The Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) welcomes the latest round of blocking ordered by the Singapore High Court and the impact the blocking of almost 300 pirate sites in the last few years has had in preventing harm to consumers, but notes that the impact could be even greater with a more efficient and effective system. Singapore, Apr 17, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - The Asia Video Industry Association's Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) commends the Singapore High Court for its ...