Filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor is heading the Muhr AsiaAfrica competition jury of the 10th Dubai International Film Festival that runs from December 6-14.
Actor-producer Sanjay Suri is part of the Muhr Arab Feature Jury headed by Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan.
Other members of the Muhr AsiaAfrica jury are: Congo-born filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Lebanese actress and producer Carole Abboud, film critic Nigel Andrews, and cinematographer Tareq El-Telmissany.
Apart from Sanjay Suri, Muhr Arab Feature Jury includes: Managing Director of Directors’ Fortnight Christophe Leparc, Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour and Iraqi filmmaker Sinan Antoon.
Haifaa Al-Mansoor’s “Wadjda” had won the Arab Feature award at the festival last year. The film is one of the front-runners for Foreign Language category Oscars this year.
Ritesh Batra’s “The Lunchbox” is competing in the MuhrAsiaAfrica section .
Three Indian films: Shaji N. Karun’s The Voiding Soul (Swapaanam), Suman Mukhopadhyay’s The Last Poem (Shesher Kobita...
Actor-producer Sanjay Suri is part of the Muhr Arab Feature Jury headed by Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan.
Other members of the Muhr AsiaAfrica jury are: Congo-born filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Lebanese actress and producer Carole Abboud, film critic Nigel Andrews, and cinematographer Tareq El-Telmissany.
Apart from Sanjay Suri, Muhr Arab Feature Jury includes: Managing Director of Directors’ Fortnight Christophe Leparc, Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour and Iraqi filmmaker Sinan Antoon.
Haifaa Al-Mansoor’s “Wadjda” had won the Arab Feature award at the festival last year. The film is one of the front-runners for Foreign Language category Oscars this year.
Ritesh Batra’s “The Lunchbox” is competing in the MuhrAsiaAfrica section .
Three Indian films: Shaji N. Karun’s The Voiding Soul (Swapaanam), Suman Mukhopadhyay’s The Last Poem (Shesher Kobita...
- 12/7/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Shaji N. Karun’s The Voiding Soul (Swapaanam), Suman Mukhopadhyay’s The Last Poem (Shesher Kobita) and Madhureeta Anand’s Kajarya will world-premiere at the 10th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival that runs from December 6 to 14, 2013.
The films, along with Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout, will be screened in “Celebration of India” section.
Director of the AsiaAfrica programme, Nashen Moodley said: “This year we have been overwhelmed at the quality and diversity of films coming out of the Indian sub-continent. The films have been carefully selected to entertain, inform and possibly even shock Diff audiences. This programme has been designed to introduce film-goers to interesting independent Indian cinema and will undoubtedly capture imaginations.”
Malayalam film Swapaanam explores the budding romance between Unni and Nalini. Their love is ignited by their passion for the Chenda (a percussion instrument) and Mohiniattam (a classical dance form from Kerala), inspiring Unni...
The films, along with Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout, will be screened in “Celebration of India” section.
Director of the AsiaAfrica programme, Nashen Moodley said: “This year we have been overwhelmed at the quality and diversity of films coming out of the Indian sub-continent. The films have been carefully selected to entertain, inform and possibly even shock Diff audiences. This programme has been designed to introduce film-goers to interesting independent Indian cinema and will undoubtedly capture imaginations.”
Malayalam film Swapaanam explores the budding romance between Unni and Nalini. Their love is ignited by their passion for the Chenda (a percussion instrument) and Mohiniattam (a classical dance form from Kerala), inspiring Unni...
- 11/20/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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