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Lihaaf movie review: Rahat Kazmi's adaptation lacks the fire of Ismat Chugtai's story

What Ismat Chugtai's short story had in abundance, — a pressing need to reveal difficult truths through beautifully crafted metaphors — is what Rahat Kazmi's adaptation falls short of, despite staying ardently faithful to the source material.

How writer-director Mohit Priyadarshi made Kosa, a searing look at human rights violations in Chhattisgarh

The film made its Indian premiere at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival in January 2021, after debuting internationally at UK's Raindance Festival in October last year.

True Mothers review: Naomi Kawase's film explores nuances of motherhood but succumbs to its clichés

The film made its Indian premiere at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival this year, and is Japan's official nominee for the Oscars 2021.

Genus Pan movie review: Lav Diaz's film cuts down on runtime but not intensity of its scathing criticism of Filipino society

The Filipino film was screened at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival earlier this month.

A guide to Kolkata International Film Festival 2021: Apur Sansar, Saptapati, Bhranti Bilas

KIFF commences today and will conclude on 15 January

Hava, Maryam, Ayesha: How Sahraa Karimi's film subverts silence to talk about women's trauma in Afghanistan

Sahraa Karimi's Hava, Maryam, Ayesha, which was recently screened at the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival, tells the stories of the three title characters, held together by their common plight of being pregnant in modern-day Kabul. Despite the varying conditions under which each of them has conceived, the film plaintively underlines the universal status of women as second-class citizens, especially in war-torn parts of the world where privilege barely cuts it for anyone besides a certain class of men.

S Druga: Sanal Kumar Sasidharan says IFFK is in 'bad shape'; organisers respond

After S Durga director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan on 12 December hit out at IFFK for its bad shape, the organisers of the gala questioned his changed opinion

KIFF 2017: French film Los Perros wins top honours; Asa Helga Hjorleifsdottir named best director

This year at KIFF, delegates from over 20 countries attended the eight-day festival, where 143 films from India and abroad were screened.

Kamal Haasan meets Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata International Film Festival, lauds her enthusiasm for cinema

Tamil movie actor Kamal Haasan, who has plans for a political plunge, lauded Mamata Banerjee for her enthusiasm to celebrate cinema through the Kolkata International Film Festival

Don't attend film festivals for 'hot scenes': Adoor Gopalakrishnan remark sparks outrage

A report on The Indian Express says that Gopalakrishnan suggested that people coming to watch films at a festival should be familiar with English so as to understand subtitles.