The year was 1957. Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra collaborated on a short film, A Chairy Tale, for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). McLaren directed the film starring Jutra, which portrays a dissonant relationship between a man and a chair. The quirky 9-minute,
The Buddhadeb Dasgupta Memorial Trust, in association with the Forum for Film Studies and Allied Arts, has organised an event in commemoration of the master filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta. Celebrating Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Master of Surreal Art, will be held with a great deal of revelry on
The Cannes --- Film de Cannes is considered to be the biggest film festivals of the world and when a Bengali girl, raised in Kolkata, educated at Jadavpur University, bags a prestigious award at Cannes this year, then one realizes how creative juices still flow
On May 24, 1899, a ‘comet’ appeared in Churulia, a village in the Burdwan district. A rebel poet, writer, journalist, revolutionary thinker, and musician, Kazi Nazrul Islam, was born. Nazrul was deeply attracted to the traditions of folk music and poetry in rural Bengal, especially
A still from the film 'Son of Adams' Bengali cinema shines once again as 'Son of Adam,' directed by Amartya Bhattacharyya, claims the coveted ‘Best Musical Film’ award at the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid 2024 (FICIMAD 2024). The award ceremony, held at La
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZnouwEQYmY Aparna Sen with Director Suman Ghosh Her work has inspired many and continues to do so. Yet she and her directorial work has often been subjected to many interpretations and studies such as the Indian film scholar, author and freelance journalist, Shoma A. Chatterji has written
Director Bo Thet Htun, Myanmar At 36, Bo Thet Htun is a young filmmaker, whose work the city had a chance to watch thanks to the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival’s NETPAC Award section. And at the end of the screening, a packed Rabindra Sadan broke
The 29th KIFF is knocking at the doors for every movie buff of Bengal, India and worldwide to be a part of this unique festival. There are six Asian films competing in the category of NETPAC (Asian Select) at the Kolkata International Film Festival. The
The Sundarbans is the pride of Bengal. Any person who knows about Bengal is certainly aware of this region which is a cluster of low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, spread across India and Bangladesh and is famous for its unique mangrove forests. This
Jatra pala, a well-known genre of traditional folk theatre For ages, humans have depended on art forms to express themselves. Creating visual art as well as expressive art is one of the defining characteristics of the human species. Art, in its many forms, is practised by