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Discourse on Kashmiri Pandits must move beyond ‘The Kashmir Files’
If the BJP is serious about addressing the issues faced by Kashmiri Pandits, it needs to think beyond The Kashmir Files so that there are no more files to be made in the future

Off-centre | Nadav Lapid’s debacle: How Israeli filmmaker’s attack brings back spotlight on plight of Kashmiri Pandits
If Nadav Lapid is really part of a larger Left-wing ‘conspiracy’, he has only scored a self-goal by allowing the now politically dominant ‘right wing’ to strike back all guns blazing

Palestinian plight moves him, but Kashmiri genocide is a ‘propaganda’: Story of an ‘iffy’ filmmaker
One wonders what Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid meant by ‘The Kashmir Files’ being ‘a propaganda, vulgar movie’. Does he mean that the killing of Kashmiri Hindus was ‘a propaganda’? Is it ‘vulgar’ to show their persecution?

Ahead of 53rd edition of IFFI in Goa, PM Modi welcomes filmmakers, delegates all united by cinema
Describing IFFI as the biggest film festival of India, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that “the interactions within this mini-world congregating at Goa will facilitate deeper understanding and new learnings in the world of art”

IFFI 2021 to honour Martin Scorsese, Istvan Szabo; screen The Power of Dog, Dhamaka
The 52nd edition of IFFI will be held from 20 to 28 November in Goa

International Film Festival of India to take place in Goa on 20 November, announces IB Ministry
On the occasion of the birth centenary of the maestro of Indian cinema Satyajit Ray, the ministry said the Directorate of Films Festivals will pay tribute to him through a "Special Retrospective" at the IFFI this time.

IFFI Goa 2021: Danish film Into the Darkness wins top honour; Biswajit Chatterjee bags Personality Of The Year Award
The 51st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held its award ceremony on the closing day of the festival on Sunday, 24 January in Goa.

Saand Ki Aankh director Tushar Hiranandani working on a new biopic, reveals casting underway
Tushar Hiranandani said his next film is about a small-town entrepreneur and is an 'immensely motivational story'.

Mads Mikkelsen‘s Danish film Another Round to open International Film Festival of India 2021 on 16 January
IFFI, which takes place in Goa from 20-28 November every year, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and will now be held from 16 January to 24 January.

IFFI’s Indian Panorama line-up announced; Saand Ki Aankh, Asuran, Chhichhore to be screened
The list of films also includes Bridge (Assamese), Avijatrik (Bengali), Pinki Elli? (Kannada), Trance (Malayalam), and #Prawaas (Marathi)

IFFI pushed to January 2021, will be held in both physical and virtual format, announces Prakash Javadekar
The 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), scheduled to be held in Goa from 20 to 28 November, has been pushed until next year, due to the coronavirus outbreak

Prakash Jha's Pareeksha — The Final Test, starring Adil Hussain, to premiere on ZEE5 on 6 August
Pareeksha – The Final Test debuted at the 50th International Film Festival of India last year in Goa.

Hungama 2 first look: Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan Jafri star in sequel of Priyadarshan's comedy caper
Priyadarshan had said Hungama 2 is not a direct sequel to the 2003 film but has the same spirit.

IFFI 2019 highlights: Amitabh, Rajinikanth felicitated; Particles, Jallikattu win big at 50th edition of festival
A special stamp was launched to commemorate 50 years of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa.

Head Burst, which had Asian premiere at IFFI, is a sympathetic look at the plight of a paedophile
Head Burst is a disturbing, troubling film that's bound to be controversial. There will surely be people who ask, "Do we need to justify the behaviours of such a man?"

Taapsee Pannu's statement at IFFI shows she's a pan-India star in the age of linguistic imperialism
At IFFI, Taapsee Pannu told a gentleman, who insisted on her speaking in Hindi, she is as much a Hindi film actress as she is a Telugu and Tamil actress.

Akshay Kumar to collaborate with Priyadarshan after 10 years for another comedy after director wraps up Hungama 2
Akshay Kumar was last seen in the ensemble comedy Housefull 4.

IFFI 2019: In its 50th year, script for India's premier film festival has turned more dramatic than a mass entertainer
The golden jubilee of the country’s premier film event, IFFI, is a cause for celebration — and, some purists would add, also of introspection.

IFFI 2019: Rajinikanth honoured with the Icon of Golden Jubilee Award at ceremony, felicitated by Amitabh Bachchan
IFFI 2019 will showcase over 200 films from 76 countries, which includes 26 feature films and 15 non-feature films in the Indian panorama section.

IFFI 2019 curtain raiser: Italian film Despite the Fog opens festival; Russia selected as spotlight country with eight features
Six of Amitabh Bachchan’s films are categorized as Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winner Retrospective at IFFI this year