Exclusive Interview with Rachel Millward, Director, Birds Eye View Film Festival
"To celebrate the talents and achievements of diverse international women filmmakers. To inspire and entertain audiences. To kick up some fuss about the fact that only 7% film directors are women, and to show that it doesn’t have to be that way," is the purpose of Britain's Birds Eye View Film Festival, according to its charismatic director, Rachel Millward. In an exclusive interview with Pervaiz Alam, Millward talks about the forthcoming edition of the festival, starting from March 5th 2009, and invites entries from all women film-makers, including India, latest by Monday November 10th 2008 for international submissions. Read more »
An exclusive interview with Richie Mehta, the director of Award-winning Hindi film 'Amal'
'Amal' by Richie Mehta could become Canada's official entry for the Best Foreign Film category at the next Oscars, according to media reports. 'Amal' has also become the most talked about film of the year with an Indian theme.
Mehta talks about his film as well as on the decline of great Indian cinema: "Until the major filmmakers and movie stars in India decide to really invest the time and energy into their scripts and develop the projects properly -- this would mean spending years on scripts, overhauling them and passing them through the logic wringer yet still retaining the emotional core -- it won't happen," says Mehta in an exclusive interview with Pervaiz Alam. Read more »
Bollywood-smitten Claudia
Germany-based international model and actress Claudia Ciesla confesses to India-EU Film Initiative about her affair with Bollywood, topless modelling and rebuttal to sexy rumours! Read more »
Exhibit your film to global audiences
Have you made a film but don't know how to distribute or exhibit, or broadcast it on the Internet, besides YouTube? India-EU Film Initiative brings you an exclusive interview with the man who has pioneered a new concept in showcasing your talent to millions of people around the world. An interview with Preetam Mukherjee, CEO & Founding Partner, Marcellus, LLC, by Pervaiz Alam.
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Ramayana 'Between Two Worlds'
'BETWEEN TWO WORLDS', a multi-national movie project with an international cast, is a hip, romantic, coming-of-age adventure story about a Hindu girl from Bali in Indonesia with a possibility of casting two top actresses, Aishwarya Rai and Tabu, from India. Read more »
'It's cool to be a creative brother team' - Walia brothers
Warner Bros, Cohen Bros and Walia Bros! How does it sound? 'Cool', say the UK-based filmmakers Walia brothers in an interview with India EU Film Initiative. Yugesh and Sunandan, who founded Endboard Productions in 1985, specialising in single documentaries such as 'Days and Nights in an Indian Jail' (Channel 4) and 'Buddhists of Suburbia' (BBC2)', talk about their latest projects, including a feature film ‘The Bounty Hunter’. Read more »
Almodóvar on his new film 'Broken Embraces'
"I finished the first draft of the script of “Broken Embraces” in the week of October 21 last. And now, I’m writing this on a peaceful Easter Saturday morning, I’m on the sixth version," writes Pedro Almodóvar on his blog. Read more »
Hunterwali Nadia becomes an international star
Fearless Nadia, the Super Star of Indian film industry from 1930s- 40s, is the subject of huge interest and curiosity among filmmakers as an Australian stage show 'Fearless N' (March 2008) portrays her life and rise to stardom at Theatre Kantanka in Sydney, writes Pervaiz Alam. Read more »
I would love to shoot another film in India with Irrfan
An Interview with the 'Far North' Director Asif Kapadia whose film will be screened at the London Film Festival (17 Oct- 1 November, 2007)
Asif Kapadia, the director of acclaimed 'Far North' (2007) and 'The Warrior' (2002), says he would lov Read more »
Mira Nair Interview
I think films are about people who want cinema to take you on journeys - Mira Nair..She's every filmmaker's dream. Read more »