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Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai passes away at 84

Nasser Taghvai | Photo Credit: Hussein Hadaighi and @nasser_taghvai_official/Instagram Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai passed away at the age of 84, his wife confirmed on Tuesday (October 14). Taghvai’s wife, actor Marzieh Vafamehr, announced the news on social media handles, writing, “Nasser Taghvai, an artist who chose the difficulty of living freely, has earned his liberation.”…

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Filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar on Nepal’s Gen Z ‘revolution’ and why his cinema is political

As thousands of Nepali youth — Gen Z (and the powerful extras) — captured government buildings in Kathmandu, assaulted  the former prime minister and sitting foreign minister in their homes, and set ministries, court, and a media house on fire — smoke felt like a new sky, and someone wrote to me: “Gen Z’s protest felt like White Sun’s…

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Filmmaker Shalini Vijaykumar reacts to plagiarism controversy: ‘Seeing Red’ is my original work

Shalini Vijaykumar. | Photo Credit: Karishma Harinath Days after writer and journalist Jeyarani made plagiarism accusations against Shalini Vijayakumar, the filmmaker has responded to the controversy. Shalini has said that her short film Seeing Red is an original work. Seeing Red centres around three women who are haunted by a ghost visible only to them while…

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Kyrgyz filmmaker Dastan Zhapar on his first independent work Deal at the Border

Shankar M K Kyrgyz filmmaker Dastan Zhapar’s work is a profound meditation on his society’s shifting relationship with the past and the evolving landscape of Kyrgyzstan’s traditions. At the heart of his cinematic exploration is death, through which he examines societal ruptures and continuities, and reimagines a future. Kyrgyz society, like other societies previously part…

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Oscars 2025: No Other Land filmmaker calls out U.S. government on handling of Israel-Palestine conflict

Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for “No Other Land” at the Governors Ball following the Oscars show at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli journalist and co-director Yuval Abraham, while accepting the award for…

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‘Understatement to say I am overwhelmed,’ says German filmmaker Wim Wenders on Kolkata visit

Veteran German filmmaker Wim Wenders after the film screening at Nandan, Kolkata on February 16, with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, founder of Film Heritage Foundation. | Photo Credit: Moyurie Som Hundreds of film enthusiasts thronged to Kolkata’s esteemed film theatre Nandan on Sunday evening to catch a film screening and interact with award-winning German filmmaker Wim…

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Shivamogga Sahitya Sammelana on February 6-7

D. Manjunath, president, Shivamogga district Kannada Sahitya Parishat, shared details of the event with mediapersons on February 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: VAIDYA The 19th Shivamogga district Kannada Sahitya Sammelana will be held at Sahitya Grama in Shivamogga city on February 6 and 7. Noted writer Dr. J.K. Ramesh of Tirthahalli has been chosen to…

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Malayalam filmmaker Shafi dies at age 56

Rasheed M.H., fondly known as Shafi. File image. Filmmaker Shafi, known for bringing laughter to Malayali audiences through his popular films, passed away at a private hospital in Kochi past midnight on Saturday. He was 56. Rasheed M.H., fondly known as Shafi, was undergoing treatment after suffering a stroke on January 16 and remained in…

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