Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) is one of the most prestigious (and glamorous) events that takes place in Dubai; it also happens to be the leading film festival in the region. Bollywood at DIFF Dubai International Film Festival attracts film-buffs from allover the world, including Bollywood (Bollywood celebrities are a regular at the DIFF). However, […]
Awards & Film Festivals
Mumbai MAMI Film Festival: Jaya Bachchan says Filmmaking has become a business now
Mumbai MAMI Film Festival: The Jio Mami 18th Mumbai Film Festival recently ended and had several highlights, besides playing dozens of amazing world cinema titles. It also had its share of controversy as a complaint was registered the Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival for its decision to screen a Pakistani film (the film was […]
First International Film, Arts and Animal Welfare Festival in Mumbai
Audience, especially children and parents, have always loved to watch the relationship between humans and animals in cinema. The first ever International film, arts and animal welfare festival, will run from July 1 till August 28 at Liberty cinema in Mumbai. The films, based on human-animal relationship, are curated across eight cinematic categories. Over 150 […]
GiMA Awards 2016: ‘Bajirao Mastani’ Bags Max Awards
The Global Indian Music Academy Awards (GiMA Awards) recognizes and honours the best in Indian music. GiMA honors both film as well as non-film music in separate categories. GiMA is an attempt to bring together the Indian music as well as the film fraternity to honor the best musicians in India. The red carpet at […]
Bollywood Celebs Invited to White House for An Event
Can you guess which Bollywood celebrity has been invited to attend an event in the White House? If you have been keeping a close tab on some of our Bollywood stars who have been doing well in America, I guess it would be easy to guess who it is. Yes, that’s correct! Priyanka Chopra (of […]
Baku International Tourism film festival (BITFF): Promotes International Tourism Films
Baku International Tourism film festival (BITFF) is an annual cultural event that takes place in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan and also a global center of historical and cultural heritage. The festival’s mission is to promote domestic as well as international tourism films and to make those available to the widest possible international audience. Awards are […]
Filming in Fiji: Interview with Fiji Audio Visual Commission’s CEO
Here’s an interview with Florence Swamy, who’s the Chief Executive Officer of Fiji Audio Visual Commission’s (FAVC), the Government agency responsible for the development and promotion of the audio visual industry in Fiji. In the past several big Hollywood movies have been filmed here, and in recent times few Bollywood films have also been shot […]
Film Commissioners, No Less than Film Stars
Film Commissioners can be powerful people and usually have good connections with business as well as political leaders. Here’s a video (shot a few years back) that shows the Cannes Film Festival receiving film commissioners as film stars. So what exactly do these people do? What does the job description of a film commissioner look […]
Mirchi Music Awards: Honours Singers, Composers, Lyricists, Engineers
Mirchi Music Awards is one of the leading award functions that felicitates talents in the music department. And not only the performers & composers are awarded for their best efforts, even those from the technical department, such as sound engineers are felicitated. Mirchi Music Awards are presented annually by Radio Mirchi (popular Hindi Music Radio […]
‘Magic of Bollywood’ at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2014
Considering the number of films that have been shot at Abu Dhabi, many would believe that the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) has some sort of tie-up with Bollywood, but there’s hardly any connection. Abu Dhabi Film Festival promotes independent art films (the low budget ones) whereas Bollywood is all about commercial cinema. Although hardly […]