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Asian Festival Of First Films
The Asian Festival of First Films () (AFFF) was an annual film festival held in Singapore from 2005 to 2009 to celebrate and provide a platform for emerging filmmakers. It was also part of the Asian Film Market. The festival focused on first-time film- and documentary-makers and provided a platform for emerging film talent, including directors, actors and writers. Films submitted were screened at Golden Village's cinemas in Singapore. It culminated in an awards event during which the results of the competition were announced. There were 11 categories of awards in 2008. It was part of the Asian Film Market. History The Asian Festival of First Films (AFFF) was launched in November 2005 by Teamwork Productions, in collaboration with Singapore's Media Development Authority. In 2008, AFFF was part of the Asia Media Festival, and the festival director was Sanjoy K. Roy. The festival received 638 submissions from more than 23 countries, and selected 28 films and documentaries for no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theater, cinemas or screening venues, usually annually and in a single city or region. Some film festivals show films outdoors or online. Films may be of recent date and depending upon the festival's focus, can include international and/or domestic releases. Some film festivals focus on a specific format of film, such Documentary film, documentary, or runtime, such as short film festivals, or genre, such as horror films, category of filmmakers, such as Woman, women, production country/region or subject matter. Film festivals can be competitive or non-competitive, and are often regarded within the film industry as launchpads for new filmmakers and indie films, as well as boosters for established filmmakers and studio productions. The films are either invited by festival curators, or selected by festival programmers from submissions made by the filmmakers, film producers, production companies, sale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The industry, producing films in the Hindi language, is a part of the larger Indian cinema industry, which also includes Cinema of South India, South Indian cinema and other smaller Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries. The term 'Bollywood', often mistakenly used to refer to Indian cinema as a whole, only refers to Hindi-language films, with Indian cinema being an umbrella term that includes all the Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries in the country, each offering films in diverse languages and styles. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364, have been in Hindi. In 2022, Hindi cinema represented 33% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malegaon Ka Superman
''Supermen of Malegaon'' (''Malegaon Ka Superman'') is a 2008 Hindi documentary film written and directed by Faiza Ahmad Khan. This documentary was released on 29 June 2012 in cinemas. In 2025, a Hindi cinema film based on the documentary, '' Superboys of Malegaon'', directed by Reema Kagti and produced by Excel Entertainment, was released to critical acclaim. Cast * Sameer Khan * Imad Shaikh * Badshah Khan * Akram Khan * Shafique * Nasir Sheikh Plot Supermen of Malegaon revolves around the passion which residents of Malegaon, a city in Maharashtra, India, have for film making. The town is fraught with communal tensions, poverty and hardship. To get away from all this, residents of Malegaon take to making spoofs on Bollywood movies. This documentary is a journey through that movie making process. Production ''Supermen of Malegaon'' (''Malegaon Ka Superman'') was never meant to be released as a movie and was originally made as a documentary for a Singapore TV channel. The docu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faiza Ahmad Khan
Faiza Ahmad Khan is an Indian documentary filmmaker based in Mumbai. Her most well-known work is '' Supermen of Malegaon'', a documentary film which revolves around the passion which residents of Malegaon have for filmmaking. She is also an activist. She directed the film ''The Cost of Coal'', a 360° virtual reality story about the lives of the Adivasi communities living around the Kusmunda mine in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. She has openly protested against the 'redevelopment' of Golibar Slum in Mumbai. Education and career In 2002, Faiza Ahmad Khan studied a course in social communications media and then worked as a production executive for an advertising agency. She started shooting short documentaries in 2004. In 2005, she worked as assistant director for the movie ''Anwar'', with director Manish Jha Manish Jha is an Indian film writer and director, known for the film ''Matrubhoomi.'' Early life and education Born in Dhamaura, in the West Champaran dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Real (film)
''For Real'' is a 2009 film which follows the point of view of six-year-old Shruti (Zoya Hassan). Family discord has a deep impact on her and she starts feeling that her mother (Sarita Choudhury) is an alien from the Orion galaxy who has exchanged places with her own mother. Plot Six-year-old Shruti believes her mother, Priya, has been replaced by an alien from the Orion galaxy. She turns to her brother for help, but he doesn't believe her. Her father as always is so wrapped up in his work that he remains unavailable to her. Unable to bear the absence of her real mother, Shruti decides to set out and get her real mother back. This is an intense movie dealing with the impact of seemingly trivial family tiffs on the tender psychology of a child. It portrays the world from the standpoint of a little child and shows how children perceive various things in life. Cast * Sarita Choudhury as Priya Singh * Adil Hussain as Ravi Shukla * Zoya Hassan as Shruti Shukla * Sriharsh Sharma as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabir Khan (director)
Kabir Khan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who works in Hindi cinema. He started his career working in documentary films, and then made his feature film directorial debut in 2006 with the adventure thriller ''Kabul Express'' (2006). He is best known for directing ''New York (2009 film), New York'' (2009), ''Ek Tha Tiger'' (2012), ''Bajrangi Bhaijaan'' (2015), and ''83 (film), 83'' (2021). His latest film ''Chandu Champion'' (2024) and ''Tariq'' (2025). was released on 14 June 2024 opening to positive reviews. This was his second sports biopic after 83. He is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image. Early life and background Khan was born to a Muslim Urdu speaking father, Rasheeduddin Khan, and a Hindu Telugu people, Telugu-speaking mother, Leela Narayan Rao. Rasheeduddin, who was a Pashtuns, Pathan hailing from Kaimganj in Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh, was a nephew of Dr. Zakir Husain (politician), Zakir Hussain (President of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Lee (producer)
Chris Lee (born c. 1956) is a film producer who was formerly the head of Columbia/TriStar. During his tenure, he oversaw films such as ''Jerry Maguire'', ''As Good As It Gets'' and ''Philadelphia''. After leaving Columbia, he has produced films such as ''Valkyrie'' and ''Superman Returns''. He was awarded the Visionary Award by East West Players in 1999 for his contributions to the Asian Pacific American community. Lee is the founder of the University of Hawaii's Academy for Creative Media. Filmography *'' Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart'' (1985) (assistant director/assistant editor) *'' Blood of the Samurai'' (2001) (very special thanks) *'' Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' (2001) (producer) *'' Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever'' (2002) (producer) *'' S.W.A.T.'' (2003) (producer) *''Superman Returns'' (2006) (executive producer/assistant visual effects production coordinator) *'' One Foot Off the Ground'' (2006) (executive producer) *''Real Fiction'' (2008) (executive producer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Kokkinos
Ana Kokkinos is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter of Greek descent. She is known for her breakthrough feature film ''Head On (1998 film), Head On'' (1998), and has directed television shows such as ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''The Time of Our Lives (TV series), The Time of Our Lives'' and ''Ten Pound Poms (TV series), Ten Pound Poms''. ''The Guardian'' wrote: "Kokkinos's cinematic oeuvre is among the most hard-hitting bodies of work in Australian cinema." Early life and education Kokkinos was born in Melbourne and before her career in film, she worked as an industrial lawyer. In 1991, she was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts' graduate film and television programme. Career Early work Kokkinos' career began with ''Antamosi'' (1992), a short film she directed while in her first year of film school, which examines a migrant family's relationship told from the perspective of three generations of women. Coming from a Greek immigrant f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Zizou
''Little Zizou'' is a 2008 Indian drama film written and directed by Sooni Taraporevala. ''Little Zizou'' is a comedy about how two battling Mumbai families finally come to terms. ''Little Zizou'' won the "Rajat Kamal" of 'National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare' category at the 56th National Film Awards. Plot Xerxes, 'Little Zizou' as he is known, is an eleven-year-old football-crazy Parsi boy whose fervent wish is that his idol, Zinedine Zidane, visit Mumbai. His older brother Artaxerxes, or Art, is a talented artist whose wild fantasies come to life in surprising ways. Their father Khodaiji is a self-proclaimed protector-of-the-faith who thrives on the attentions (and donations) of hopeful believers. Art burns with unrequited love for the daughter of Khodaiji's arch rival, Pressvala, a free thinking newspaper publisher. And to the extreme displeasure of their other daughter, Xerxes adores the maternal Mrs Pressvala. But the real fireworks begin when Pressvala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sooni Taraporevala
Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer, and filmmaker who is the screenwriter of '' Mississippi Masala'', '' The Namesake'' and Oscar-nominated '' Salaam Bombay!,'' all directed by Mira Nair. She also adapted Rohinton Mistry's novel '' Such A Long Journey and'' wrote the films '' Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar,'' her directorial debut Little Zizou, and '' Yeh Ballet, a'' Netflix original film that she wrote and directed. Taraporevala wrote the screenplay for and directed her first feature film, Little Zizou (2007), an ensemble piece set in Mumbai. This film explores issues facing the Parsi community to which she belongs. It went on to win the Silver Lotus Award (2009) at the National Film Awards for Best Film on Family Values. She was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2014. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganglamedo
''Ganglamedo'' ({{bo, t=གངས་ལ་མེ་ཏོག་, w=gangs la me tog, Chinese ''冈拉梅朵''; ganglameiduo; meaning "Snow Flower") is a 2006 musical film from Tibet. It is directed by Dai Wei and written by Tashi Dawa. Plot ''Ganglamedo'' is about one of the most popular Tibetan folk song Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...s, "Ganglamedo" ("Snow lotus"), about two girls and two men. The story begins sixty years ago, in Tibet. A local girl, who sings the Ganglamedo, calls herself by same name. She is in love with a Tibetan man, Acuo, and they plan to marry. She disappears the night before the marriage is to take place. Sixty years later, a Chinese singer, An Yu, comes to Tibet to find her lost voice. She meets young Tibetan man Anzha, who helps her g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ploning
''Ploning'' is a 2008 Philippine romantic family drama film directed by Dante Nico Garcia, who won Best Director at the 2008 Asian Festival of First Films. Based on a popular Cuyonon song of the same title about a girl's hidden feelings, the film stars Judy Ann Santos in the title role. Filming was done in the municipality of Cuyo in Palawan, Garcia's hometown. The film was the official entry of the Philippines for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards. Plot In the present, a mysterious Taiwanese fisherman, Muo Sei, lands in the town of Cuyo, Palawan beside the sea where he immediately looks for someone named "Ploning". In a flashback to some years ago, Ploning is known as a hardworking and thoughtful woman who, despite her age and beauty, decided not to marry. She had loved a man named Tomas fourteen years ago who left for a better life in Manila leaving her heartbroken and pining for his return. Despite this, Ploning continues her role as a dutiful daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
