Thousands thronged Siri Fort at the close of the 10th Osian’s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema. The 10th Osian’s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, which saw its grand finale on Saturday, is the largest festival of its kind in the world and screened over 200 feature and short fiction […]

The directors and the starcast of the Indian film Mumbai Cutting which is the closing film of the 10th Osian’s-Cinefan Film festival, were present at the venue today to address a press meet. Present from the 11 directors of the film were Suhir Mishra, Kundan Shah, Shahshanka Ghosh and Revathi accompanied […]

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s film about a disintegrating Japanese family after the patriarch loses his job “Tokyo Sonata” won best film award at the 10th Osian’s Cinefan Festival in Asian and Arab category while Kannada director Girish Kasaravalli walked away with the award for the best Indian film in the competition section for his Gulabi Talkies.

Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won best director award for his Palme d’Or nominated Three Monkeys in Asian and Arab category, while Remo got the award in the Indian category for his A Story of a Red Hill.

Pakistani director Mehreen Jabbar’s Ramchand Pakistani got the FIPRESCI award for best film along with Annemarie Jacir’s Salt of the Sea (Palestine/Belgium/France)

NEW DELHI, 18 July: The world premiere of Mohandas at the 10 Osian’s-Cinefan Festival was followed by a press meet addressed by Director Mazhar Kamran, Producer Abha Sonakia, Actors Sushant Singh, Nakul Vaid, Sharbani Mukherjee and Uttam Haldar. Sushant commented “We are living in good times. At this point, you […]

New Delhi, 18 July: The film Kabootar premiered at the 10th Osians-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema and was much appreciated by the audience. Tragic endings are no longer an impediment for mature Indian audiences if the filmmaker is able to justify the reason for this, said well known […]

NEW DELHI, 18 July: Anjan Dutt, who is a well known musician, actor, lyricist and filmmaker, says he wants to make films that would help shed the Bengali stereotype that is predominantly seen in most Bengali films.
Addressing the press meet after the film Chalo Let’s go screened at the ongoing […]

NEW DELHI, 18 July: Filmmakers from the Arab countries, who have been given the largest platform at the 10th Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival outside the Arab world, feel that people in their countries want to see more films about the social life around them, but circumstances prevent them from thinking otherwise.
Addressing […]

New Delhi,July 18, 2008: An interactive discussion about the journey and experiences of the debutant filmmakers whose films are selected for the First Feature Competition at the Osian’s-Cinefan film festival was held as a part of the IBM2 session. The speakers were Jian Yi, Omar Ali Khan, Djenar Maesa Ayu, […]