Bangladeshi filmmaker Chaitali Somadder’s short film Mariyam has continued its international festival journey with a screening at the Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, adding another overseas platform to a film that has already received recognition at home and abroad. The 30-minute Bengali short centres on Mariyam, a 14-year-old schoolgirl living in a village, whose life and family are devastated after she becomes the victim of sexual violence. A video of the assault is subsequently circulated online, exposing the family to social isolation and pressure from within the community. The story ' ...
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At the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, I watched a deeply disturbing and heartbreaking documentary built around the shameless genocide that has been unfolding before the world’s eyes for years. Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the documentary is titled Naza. At first, I could not understand what the word “Naza” meant. But after the film began, I learned that when Israeli forces kill a suspected individual in Palestine, they use the term “Naza” for the family members and neighbours who are killed along with that person. Suppose they target one ' ...
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A small story from the hills of Nagaland is now reaching audiences around the world. Filmmaker Theja Rio’s Angh has gained international recognition after winning the Platform Prize at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), putting the film in the spotlight during the upcoming Oscar season. (Telegraph India) Set in Nagaland during the 1960s, Angh tells the story of a Konyak village chief and his son during a time when traditional ways of life were beginning to change. The film explores the relationship between generations and shows how a community ' ...
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Hollywood actors Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were among several demonstrators arrested during an anti-Netanyahu protest outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived to address the UN General Assembly. The demonstration brought together activists, including prominent figures from the entertainment industry, who protested against Israel’s military actions in Gaza and called for changes in US policy toward Israel. According to reports, the protest was organised by Jewish Voice for Peace, a group that has been involved in demonstrations calling for a ceasefire in ' ...
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“He is French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music.” — Jean-Luc Godard Earlier this year, I made a one-minute poetic visual film called “Pa (Feet).” The idea came to me on a random day while I was looking at a rickshaw puller’s feet. I was returning home from campus by rickshaw, a pedal rickshaw. I often like to quietly observe my surroundings while travelling. For a long time, I kept looking at the rickshaw puller’s feet, continuously pushing the pedals. Even after becoming ' ...
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