IFFI Goa 2025, 11: Film selection--The Good (rare), the Bad (many) and the Ugly (too many) Beginning where I left off. My Daughter’s Hair/Iran/2025/Hesam Farahmand Curious and off-beat title, but only in the English version. In Farsi (Persian), it is named after its lead character, a girl called Raha. Even that could be a bit of a misnomer, because it is as much the story of...

The 7th Hainan Island International Film Festival handed out its Golden Coconut Awards with “Black Rabbit, White Rabbit,” directed by Shahram Mokri, winning best picture. The film, which world premiered in Busan’s Visions–Asia section before playing BFI London, Chicago, Singapore and next at Red Sea, has also been selected as Tajikistan’s submission to the 98th […]

James Cameron came out swinging against AI-generated performers in Hainan, saying he “wouldn’t do it” and openly doubting whether replacing actors with algorithms is “desirable” at all. Speaking at a packed masterclass at the seventh Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF), the “Avatar: Fire and Ash” director weighed in firmly on the side of flesh-and-blood […]

Soaked festival-goers were still trying to bypass confused security guards when lauded American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky unexpectedly entered Cinema 1 at the Red Sea Film Festival home of Culture Square on Tuesday afternoon to give an update on his scheduled career talk: the event was going ahead, despite the festival’s several warnings that the audience […]

The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival invites podcasters from Greece and abroad to submit their works at the Podcast Section of the 28th TiDF (05-15/03/2026). Submission deadline: January 12th, 2026. 

“Black Swan” director Darren Aronofsky landed at the Red Sea Film Festival in a situation fitting to an Aronofsky film: the whole of Jeddah suddenly in a panic when rain began falling from the sky. “Thanks for coming out in the middle of this national tragedy of a rainstorm,” he jokingly told the scattered audience […]

The timetable for the 2025 International Film Music Critics Association Awards has been set. The critical dates are as follows: Composers, publicists or other industry professionals who would like to submit music for IFMCA consideration must do so before Friday, January 9th, 2026. E-mail ifmca.main@gmail.com for further details or visit https://filmmusiccritics.org/submit-your-music/ for...

Bhay trailer launch: PR Agency Moe’s Art hits record low, gags senior-most journalist As a journalist writing about various media events and reviewing content, I am usually contacted by PR agencies via WhatsApp, when something is coming up. Some of them even send WhatsApp reminders, or even call me, to confirm my attendance. Not all journalists are favoured by all agencies. Some are...

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