O2, by newbie directors Raghav Nayak & Prashanth Raj, kindles fond hope that it is going to be a film with a difference, as the title credits, roll by. Given its tantalising title, your antennas aroused and you sit up expecting a hardboiled, nuanced sci-fi thriller to have you engaged and enthralled for the next […]
At the core of Chirate Bantu Chirate is the central concern of human animal conflict. A clarion call for peaceful symbiotic co-existence between the two. An unwritten covenant not to infringe into other’s natural space and right to survival sustenance. The premise of the plotline inspired by an ancient stone sculpture on the bank of […]
IN COMPETITION Opening Film LE DEUXIÈME ACTE by Quentin DUPIEUX – Out of Competition (THE SECOND ACT) THE APPRENTICE by Ali ABBASI MOTEL DESTINO by Karim AÏNOUZ BIRD by Andrea ARNOLD EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques AUDIARD ANORA by Sean BAKER MEGALOPOLIS by Francis Ford COPPOLA THE SHROUDS by David CRONENBERG THE SUBSTANCE by Coralie FARGEAT GRAND TOUR by Miguel GOMES MARCELLO MIO by Christophe HONORÉ FENG […]
Blink, by debutant director Srinidhi Bengaluru, I venture to propose, is neither science nor fiction. It is more of a fatuous film that tries to put science and fiction into a poorly made, mediocre film, whose director, has failed to understand or appreciate the concept of sci-fi. Merely mouthing the words sci-fi or time travel […]
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) was launched in May 2022 and currently includes 14 partners – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United States and Vietnam . It provides a platform for countries in the region to collaborate on advancing resilient, sustainable, […]
