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Village Rockstars' National Award has emboldened a lot of independent filmmakers in India: Rima Das

She took the global film festival circuit by storm with her feature film Village Rockstars. The same landed Rima Das a national Award. One of the most sought-after independent filmmakers in India presently, Rima, who hails from India's northeastern state of Assam, talks about her new film Bulbul Can Sing, her outlook towards movie making and her future endeavours in a chat with IBNS Canada correspondents Suman Das and Sudipto Maity at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Excerpts: more

I want to tell positive stories: Village Rockstars director Rima Das

Just two movies old, director Rima Das is one for the future, reckon veteran film critics. Her movie Village Rockstars garnered lavish praise at the recently concluded Toronto International ...

Film Visionaries shape and influence cinematic landscape with TIFF masters programme

Toronto, Aug 27 (JEN): The Toronto International Film Festival has earned global recognition for its breadth of diversity and innovation in programming and the lineup for the Masters program ...

Lady Gaga's All-Access Documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, debuts at TIFF

Toronto, Aug 27 (JEN): The Toronto International Film Festival announced the World Premiere of the documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, a rare, revealing snapshot of a music icon that delves int ...

TIFF documentaries to focus on larger-than-life figures from various fields

Toronto, Aug 3 (JEN): Toronto International Film Festival documentaries in 2017 are all set to throw lights on larger-than life, out of the box characters from various fields.

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