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With submissions ranging from countries like Italy and Nepal to as short as several minutes to feature length films, every aspect of storytelling has been covered within the 2015 Soho International Film Festival . It only seems fitting that the festival wraps up its sixth annual festival with a number of prominent presenters including The Avengers’ Robert Clohessy and Rescue Me’s James McCaffrey. With awards given to the best of the best at the festival, it was a great close to another successful year for the festival.

There was an even greater presence among the jurors of the festival, with people have worked as actors on shows like Dexter to writers and directors having worked on films like On Golden Years. The jurors included Emmy Award nominee journalist and educator Ernabel Demillo, or ABC Network Casting Head Marci Phillips. David Zayas, an actor on Gotham and Donna McKenna, a casting director and producer,...

Director Imtiaz Ali is known to appreciate quality cinema and recently got associated with Bauddhayan Mukherji’s Bengali film ‘Teenkahon’. Releasing 11th September in West Bengal, the film impressed the Bollywood director who decided to be its presenter, to ensure a wider reach.

Confirming the news, Imtiaz Ali said, “It’s a fascinating film. I saw Teenkahon at Mami (Mumbai Film Festival). It’s reminiscent of the great films of the ’60s from Bengal. I could relate to the characters from the three different stories, even though I am not like any of them. And the film could transport me to the Bengal of three different eras. I spoke to Bauddhayan (Mukherji, director) about it. And two days later, he asked me whether I would like to present it. I said if I can do anything to take the film to more people, it would be great.”

Teenkahon has been...

Slated to release on 11th September, Bengali film ‘Teenkahon’ has been receiving immense support from the Bollywood industry as well, for its intriguing story and promising performances. Impressed with director Bauddhayan Mukherji’s work, Imtiaz Ali who has associated himself with the film, hosted a screening last evening for his friends from the industry. Present at the soiree were director Vikramaditya Motwane, Zoya Akhtar, Dia Mirza, Isha Koppikar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Dinesh Vijan, Tillotama Shome, Irshad Kamil, Anup Singh among others.

Speaking about the film Imtiaz Ali said, “Unique film, yet connected. It’s been made with a lot of love, inspiration. Great detailing, clear cut characters. High class cinema!” Guests from the industry enjoyed and appreciated the film as well.

Isha Koppikar said, “I am speechless right now. I still have a hangover of the movie.” When asked for reasons why she liked the movie she added, “Unique, different, well shot,...

A still from Titli

Kanu Behl’s Titli won the Jury Award for Best Feature at the recently concluded 9th Seattle South Asian Film Festival (Ssaff). Bauddhayan Mukherji’s Teenkahon won the Audience award for Best Feature. Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry won the Award for Outstanding Film in Social Category.

Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage was presented the Tasveer Emerald Award for Contribution to Sri Lankan cinema.

The ten-day festival was held in Seattle from October 31-November 9, 2014.

Here is the complete list of winners:-

Tasveer Ssaff 2014 Jury Award for Best Feature Film – Titli by Kanu Behl Tasveer Ssaff 2014 Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film – Teenkahon by Bauddhayan Mukherji Tasveer Ssaff 2014 Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary – Are You Listening? by Kamar Ahmad Simon Tasveer Ssaff 2014 Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film – Jaya by Puja Maewal Tasveer Ssaff 2014 Outstanding Film in Social Category – (Award presented by Pratham Seattle) – Fandry...

Elizabeth Ekadashi, directed by Paresh Mokashi, will screen as the opening Feature Film of the Indian Panorama section at the 45th International Film Festival of India 2014. The other highlights in the feature-film section include Kaushik Ganguly’s Chotoder Chobi, Rajat Kapoor’s Ankhon Dekhi, Rajeev Ravi’s Njan Steve Lopez, Shaji N. Karun’s Swapaanam and Avinash Arun’s Killa.

The Last Adieu by Shabnam Sukhdev has been chosen as the Opening Film of the Non-Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2014.

Feature Films

Title of the Film Language Director Othello Assamese Hemanta Kumar Das Punashcha Bengali Souvik Mitra Chotoder Chobi Bengali Kaushik Ganguly Bodhon Bengali Ayananshu Banerjee Jodi Love Dile Na Praane Bengali Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha Teenkahon Bengali Bauddhayan Mukherji Gour Hari Dastaan – The freedom File Hindi Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Ankhon Dekhi Hindi Rajat Kapoor 1-December Kannada P. Sheshadri Ri Khasi Pradip Kurbah 1983 Malayalam Abrid Shine North 24 Kaatham...

A still from Teenkahon

Bengali feature film Teenkahon (Three Obsessions) won the Best Screenplay award and Special Mention of the Jury for Cinematography at the Bridge Film Fest at Mitrovica, Kosovo. The maiden edition of the festival, in the partially-recognized state of Kosovo in South-eastern Europe, screened ten feature films from across the globe.

Teenkahon marks the directorial debut of advertising filmmaker Bauddhayan Mukherji and is independently produced by his Mumbai-based production company, Little Lamb films.

The film will have its Indian premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival (Mami) on October 16 in “New Faces in Indian cinema” section.

A triptych, Teenkahon features Dhritiman Chaterji, Rituparna Sengupta, Ashish Vidyarthi and Sabyasachi Chakraborty, among others.

Spread over a hundred years, the three stories are structured in the manner of the classical Three Act Play with each story exploring one facet of an obsessive relationship outside the purview of marriage. Each story is...

The 16th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival announced its line-up in a press conference today.

Here is the complete list of films which will be screened at the festival:-

International Competition

Difret

Dir.: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari (Ethiopia / 2014 / Col / 99)

History of Fear (Historia del miedo)

Dir.: Benjamin Naishtat (Argentina-France-Germany-Qatar-Uruguay / 2014 / Col / 79)

With Others (Ba Digaran)

Dir.: Nasser Zamiri (Iran / 2014 / Col / 85)

The Tree (Drevo)

Dir.: Sonja Prosenc (Slovenia / 2014 / Col / 90)

Next to Her (At li layla)

Dir.: Asaf Korman (Israel / 2014 / Col / 90)

Schimbare

Dir.: Alex Sampayo (Spain / 2014 / Col / 87)

Fever

Dir.: Raphaël Neal (France / 2014 / Col / 81)

Court

Dir.: Chaitanya Tamhane (India (Marathi-Gujarati-English-Hindi) / 2014 / Col / 116)

Macondo

Dir.: Sudabeh Mortezai (Austria / 2014 / Col / 98)

India Gold Competition 2014

The Fort (Killa)

Dir.: Avinash Arun (India (Marathi) / 2014 / Col / 107)

Unto the Dusk

Dir.: Sajin Baabu (India (Malayalam) / 2014 / Col / 118)

Names Unknown (Perariyathavar)

Dir.: Dr. Biju (India (Malayalam) / 2014 / Col / 110)

Buddha In a Traffic Jam

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