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Maybe, Mayurakshi is a subtle sarcasm on idea of ideal woman we look for: Atanu Ghosh
The Bengali filmmaker engaged in an in-depth conversation with us on the sidelines of the 13th Habitat Film Festival about his latest feature film, Mayurakshi.
Article Hindi
When we do something wrong, the question is who is responsible for repairing it: Praveen Morchhale
The director spoke to us after the screening of his National Award-winning film Walking With The Wind on the final day of the 13th Habitat Film Festival in New Delhi.
Review Kannada
Raju review: A happy-go-lucky tale of talent with an evanescent message of hope
Actor-director Nanditha Yadav’s children’s feature is a sanitized melodramatic take on the inspiring spirit and talent in the villages of India, despite relentless hardships.
Review Bengali
Alifa review: Intricate novelistic saga that deconstructs conflict of migrants in Assam
National Award-winning film Alifa is a multi-dimensional compelling film that engenders a poignant and engaging conversation within its multiple ideological stakeholders.
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Ananya review: Radical film on female sexuality that falls short of stakes it raises for women
Director Anup Manna’s film Ananya is an eschewed progressive take on the complexities of desire, sexuality and the female experience, that eventually undermines its own radicality by a retreat into the patriarchal value system.
Review Bengali
Pupa review: Delineating stock concerns of a modern bhadralok in a humorous tragicomedy
Director Indrasis Acharya dexterously crafts a vibrant portrait of the perennial concerns and dilemmas of a modern Bengali family through the interactions of typical stock characters from Bengali society.
Article Hindi
We are all biographers when we set out to critique something: Author Gautam Chintamani
Leading film critics, publishers, editors and authors discussed the writings on Indian Cinema, authorship, readership, history and market during a panel discussion at the 13th Habitat Film Festival.
Article Hindi
Faced rejections for my low-pitched, melancholic voice: Rekha Bharadwaj at Habitat Film Festival
Rekha Bhardwaj enchanted the audience at the 13th Habitat Film Festival with anecdotes from her career and brief performances of some of her famous Hindi songs.
Review Hindi
Karim Mohammed review: Despite lacking finesse, this film will resonate for its timely setting and idealism
The film focusses on Kashmir’s Bakarwal community and their daily struggles within the terrorism fraught nomadic way of life.
Review Bengali
Watchmaker review: Sordid brew of overblown aesthetics that gravely gnaws away at the ‘art’ in art cinema
Actor-director Anindya Pulak Banerjee’s homage to German expressionism and an anti-logic meditation on the nature of Time is a pedantic mess that circles the drain of pretentious cinema and then plummets face first into oblivion.
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Regional films help rediscover India: Filmmaker Aruna Vasudev at Habitat Film Festival inauguration
This edition of the festival will focus on Pan Indian Cinema and will run from 17-28 May at the India Habitat Centre.
Review
Aabar Jadi Iccha Karo review: Rewriting the present, reclaiming the future in this queer story
The 14th Asian Women’s Film Festival concluded with filmmaker Debalina Majumder‘s poignant Aabar Jadi Iccha Karo which asserts its fictitiousness as it sets out to imagine the possible future of two queer suicide victims.
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Fowzia Fathima, Shalini Agarwal conduct workshop on practicals of handling camera, sound recording
The camera and sound workshop began on 4 March with an orientation on aesthetics and techniques of cinematography and sound design by Fathima and Agarwal.
Article Hindi
Women's role in negotiating peace discussed at IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival
A seminar, titled, 'Weaving Peace', focused on issues of security, gender, politics, laws, women's rights, and the role women can play in negotiating peace.
Article Korean
Korean animation package review: Scripting the human template through film
A provocative collection of short animation films, this section’s diverse impressionable palette explored the radical possibilities of South Korea’s contemporary animation films.
Article Hindi
Nina Sabnani's Filmy Adda session brings alive the concept of animated documentaries
The National award-winning filmmaker's presentation focused on the process, politics and participatory model of arts and aesthetics.
Article Hindi
Asian Women's Film Festival: Importance of safe spaces for dissent highlighted at inauguration
Veteran scholar of the arts and Padma Vibhushan recipient Kapila Vatsyayan and eminent critic and scholar Aruna Vasudev were felicitated at the function.
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Clair Obscur review: Provocative questioning of the essence of female experience
The Turkish film, a gripping tale of contrasts, opened the 14th Asian Women's Film Festival in New Delhi.
Article Hindi
Phir Se Samm Pe Aana preview: Imaging the acoustic
This is a meditation on the performative sites of Girgaum’s Hindustani classical music which urges you to listen closely.