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Documentary Sales Are Surging, But What's Driving Competition?

You could call it the “Netflix effect.” With the rise of the global VOD giant and its increasingly voracious appetite for nonfiction films, the documentary industr...

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Neil Nitin Mukesh Shoots An Ad For A Social Cause, Stands Up For Abused Elephants

As part of a campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, Neil appeared in a print ad, which sees him bruised and in shackles. The ad reads, “E...

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Alan Carr & Mel Sykes To Host British LGBT Awards

Alan Carr and Mel Sykes have been announced as the hosts of this year’s British LGBT Awards. The comedian and presenter will be joined by showbiz pal Mel Sykes to co-pre...

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Jagran Film Festival Is Back!

New Delhi, April, 2017: The world’s largest travelling film festival, the 8th edition of Jagran Film Festival is back with a bang. The Festival invites entries from film...

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Let's Talk About Trolls

I have been called a whore, a ‘randi’, ‘c***”, bitch and ‘presstitute” on Twitter and other social media platforms so often that now I bare...

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2017 Tribeca Film Festival: Films & High Tech

Founded in 2002 as a response to the 9/11 attack, New York City’s 16th Tribeca Film Festival will run this year from April 19th until April 30th. The festival showcases ...

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Ai WeiWei To Build Fences Throughout New York To Exhibit Immigration

With Donald Trump’s vowing to build walls and shut down borders, artists have continued to make powerful political statements, defiant against the President. In timely f...

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Akshay Kumar's Idea Gets Life: Web Portal To Donate Money To Martyred Jawans Launched By Govt

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, about three months back,conceived an idea for general public to donate money to the families of the martyrs of central paramilitary forces who ge...

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Four Successful Female Directors On Gender Disparity In Hollywood

Most women directors don’t like to talk about gender. They’d rather just get on with their work. “I never think of myself as just being a female director,&rd...

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Academy Launches Inclusive Mentorship Program

The film academy is launching a new mentorship program for students and young professionals from “underrepresented communities,” AMPAS said on Wednesday, called Ac...

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CINEMA THAT BREATHES IN STILLNESS

An evocative evening of French and German short films in Mumbai explores stillness, abst...

March 29 2026

A TIMELY DIALOGUE AT IFFD 2026

A powerful panel at IFFD 2026 brings together leading independent filmmakers to examine ...

March 28 2026

BHARATMATA BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE!

Bharatmata cinema hall returns to Mumbai’s Lalbaug, writes Avinash Kolhe, reviving...

March 27 2026