Festivals

Anurag Kashyap's directorial venture "That Girl in Yellow Boots" will be screened at Toronto and Venice film festivals. At Venice, the film will be screened out of competition.

Telluride Film Festival (September 3-6, 2010), presented by National Film Preserve, Ltd. announces its call for entries in all categories including short and feature length films.

Umesh Kulkarni's Vihir (The Well) has been selected for the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The prestigious festival held in the Czech republic annually will open on July 2.

The Official Selection at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23) was unveiled at midday today in Paris at the traditional press conference. Here is the list of films in the line-up:

A documentary by an Indian filmmaker based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been nominated along with seven others for the top honour at the Gulf Film Festival (GFF) scheduled to be held from April 8-14.

Rumours are circulating in Paris two weeks ahead of the press conference at which the official selection for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23, 2010) will be unveiled. And uncertainty will reign until April 15 for this year many films are apparently caught up in a race against time to be ready for Cannes.

The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) has announced the 2010 line-up of films for its 8th annual festival, which runs April 20-April 25 at ArcLight Hollywood. The six-day festival is proud to showcase 33 films from 5 countries, including 4 world premieres and 7 US premieres.

The 43rd WorldFest Houston International Film Festival will feature PNC's Ek Tho Chance (Last Chance Mumbai), directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, and Saluun, directed by first time director Nikhil Bhat. The ten day festival starts on April 9th 2010 and runs till April 18th.

Women Make Waves Film Festival 2010 has called for entries. The 17th edition of the festival, organized by the non-profit Taiwan Women’s Film Association, will be held in Taipei in October, 2010. Selected films will be invited on a nationwide tour shortly after the screenings in Taipei city.

Santosh's Sivan's "Tahaan" won the Golden Reel for Best Children's Film at the 9th Tuboron International Film Festival in the USA. The winners of the Golden Reel Award were announced during a ceremony on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Tiburon. Here is a complete list of winners.