Film Festivals

Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's "The Man Beyond The Bridge" has been selected for the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival's (HKAFF) "New Talent Award" competition. It's the only Indian film in the list of eight titles selected for the competition. The two week long festival will go on till 30th of October.

Dev Benegal’s “Road, Movie” is in the official competition of the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival. Dev’s film starring Abhay Deol , Satish Kaushik and Tanishtha Chatterjee tells the story of a young man who runs away from his home to escape his father’s hair oil business and joins a traveling film exhibition group.

The 53rd London Film Festival will screen five films from India. Master filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta returns to the festival with his latest “Janala” (The Window), while Shyam Benegal soon after his last “Welcome to Sajjanpur”, comes back with his “Well Done Abba”.

7 days and 200 films from 56 countries! Come October 29th as the 11th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) gets underway Mumbai sure is going to be a melting pot of the very best of cinema from round the world. Organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), the 11th edition of the festival is scheduled to take place from October 29 to November 5, 2009 in Mumbai, the film capital of India.

The Osian's Cinefan Film Festival has announced to focus on contemporary young filmmakers especially from Hindi Cinema this year. Festival, which is scheduled to beign on October 24, has announced to showcase the work of emerging directors such as Vishal Bhardwaj, Imtiaz Ali and Anurag Kashyap.