Venice International Film Festival: News
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Kabir Bedi honoured with Lifetime Achievement award at the Venice International Film Festival
The Indian actor is best known in Italy for the television mini-series Sandokan (1976), featuring him as a pirate hero.
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4K restoration of Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khiladi to be screened at Venice International Film Festival
The 1977 period epic will be screened in the Venice Classics section.
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Venice Film Festival to hold international conference to celebrate its 90th anniversary
A series of initiatives have been announced to mark the moment.
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New York Times critics choose Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple in their Oscar picks
Chief movie critic Manohla Dargis singled out the Marathi film for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay while AO Scott selected Aditya Modak for Best Actor.
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Once Upon A Time In Calcutta teaser: Glimpses of a city in motion and despair
Aditya Vikram Sengupta's latest film had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival yesterday.
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Pakistani short Mulaqat selected for Venice Film Festival 2021
The film is centred on a schoolgirl in Karachi, who shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her.
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Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s Once Upon A Time In Calcutta to be premiered at Venice International Film Festival
The writer-director’s third film, inspired by real-life events, will be competing in the Orizzonti section.
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Pedro Almodóvar’s Madres Paralelas to open 78th Venice film festival
Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit and Israel Elejalde, the film will be screened on 1 September.
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Netflix to release Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple on 30 April: See trailer
The award-winning Marathi film follows a classical vocalist who wants to follow in the footsteps of his guru but is assailed by doubts whether the hard work and dedication to his passion will be worth it.
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Aditya Modak adjudged Best Actor for The Disciple at International Cinephile Awards
Chaitanya Tamhane's sophomore directorial venture has been winning international accolades since last year.
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Chaitanya Tamhane's The Disciple wins the Amplify Voice award at Toronto
Tamhane's sophomore feature film has already won the Best Screenplay and FIPRESCI awards at the Venice film festival.
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After FIPRESCI, Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple gets Best Screenplay award at Venice
The jury for the 77th edition of the festival was led by Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett.
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Chaitanya Tamhane's The Disciple gets FIPRESCI award at Venice festival
Tamhane's sophomore directorial film was premiered at the Italian festival last week.
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Alfonso Cuarón becomes executive producer for Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple
The Marathi film will have its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival next month.
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A milestone for Indian indie cinema, says Chaitanya Tamhane of The Disciple's premiere at Venice
This will be the young filmmaker's second visit to the festival. His directorial debut Court (2015) was adjudged Best Film in the Orizzonti section and awarded Lion of the Future in 2014.
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The Disciple, Meel Patthar, Anita represent India at the 77th Venice film festival
The festival, slated to be held from 2–12 September, will be the first major festival to have on-ground events after the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
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Bombay Rose adjudged Best Animated Film at FICCI’s Best Animated Frames awards
Directed by Geetanjali Rao, the film has been produced by the Cinestaan Film Company.
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Venice, Toronto, New York, Telluride festivals agree to cooperate and not compete amid pandemic
A joint statement from the four festivals did not, however, give any details on how the alliance would be put in place.
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Venice film festival announces plan for a smaller edition this year
The festival will be held at the theatres on the Lido as usual but with a trimmed slate of films and some altered sections.
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We Are One global festival to merge 20 film festivals; MAMI to represent India
The unified festival will run from 29 May through 7 June on YouTube.