film festival - Different Truths

July 6, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Films, Reviews

When Kids Made Films That Left Footprints on Sands of Time

Ruchira reports a two-day film festival exclusively for children. It was hosted on the premises of the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in New Delhi – an...

February 16, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema

Friendship & Harmony Celebrated in Indo-Bangla Cine Fest

Shared culture and history explain the two Bengals’ harmony, fraternity, and peace celebrated during the 4th Indo-Bangla Cine Fest – a report by Ruchira exclusively for Different Truths. During...

March 21, 2018
IPA Service
Cinema

A Great Film on the Man Who Changed the World: Raoul Peck Gives a New Dimension to the Life of Young Marx

The director, Haiti’s former culture minister Raoul Peck, who made the Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro in 2016, wondered if he would find finance for his film. He...

December 30, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Films

Top 10 Outstanding Indian Short Films of 2017

With the growing influence of the digital media, expanding wingspan of the Internet and very less time at the hands of the modern film viewer, short films are increasingly attracting...

November 26, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Films, Human Rights, Politics

Padmavati Priorities, Let us Talk 3-D Sanskrit, Cancer Sins, and Going Back Home

What would be the fate of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film on Padmavati? Claims and counter-claims galore, a section of the Hindus are enraged about Padmavati meeting Khilji, which they...

November 22, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Films, Interview, People

Amma Meri, a Bold Film, Exposes the Bitter Truth of Agrarian India

Here’s an exclusive interview, by Mahima, of the independent writer-director Tarun Jain whose short film, Amma Meri, has got the honour to be screened at the IFFI, Goa. A thought-provoking film...