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3rd South Asian Film Market Extends the Deadline for Entries

  3rd South Asian Film Market Extends the Deadline for Entries ~Extension of deadline till 15th July 2021~ ~After two successful editions, the event moves to Abu Dhabi ~ ~Event provides benefits to the independent filmmakers’ community~ Mumbai, 15th June 2021:  Given the challenges faced due to the pandemic, the South Asian Film Market (SAFM) announces an extension of the deadline for entries. The 2021 edition is scheduled for Q1 2022 in Abu Dhabi. The submission and short-listing process started in April 2021 and will run till 15th July 2021 (late deadline).   South Asian Film Market (SAFM) is a global festival for film and web series content creation, finance, and distribution. Filmmakers are invited from across the globe to celebrate and promote South Asian content with the intent to offer a fair opportunity to present their craft during these uncharted times. The purpose is to take South Asian cinematic content international by travelling to various places outside South

"Chingari Announces World Music Concert, Aims to raise funds for Covid Relief Fund".

  " Chingari Announces World Music Concert, Aims to raise funds for Covid Relief Fund". YouTube link:   https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=gcL1q3pQv8Q     Chingari Announces World Music Concert, Aims to raise funds for Covid Relief Fund To be held on June 20th 2021, the concert, presented by Flipkart and co-powered by Ustraa under #MusicForaCause offers fabulous contests, while raising money for a COVID Relief fund. India, June 2021:  It’s Chingari style musical gala, as India’s very own short-video sharing platform announces  ‘Chingari World Music Day Concert’,  presented by Flipkart and co-powered by Ustraa with TrueFan as the Celebrity Fan Partner. Held on June 20 #MusicForaCause kick-starts from 6pm onwards. The concert aims at providing pandemic relief support in India through entertainment, with Chingari donating 100% of the concert profit to a COVID Relief fund. What Chingari offers to its active base of 68 million+ users &amp is an opportunity to become a

Parvathy Thiruvothu launches the Motion Poster of Leena Manimekalai directorial ‘Maadathy’

  Parvathy Thiruvothu launches the Motion Poster of Leena Manimekalai directorial ‘Maadathy’ The movie produced under the banner of Karuvachy Films is gearing up for its release on Neestream on June 24th Mumbai, 14th June, 2021: The official release date of Leena Manimekalai directorial  ‘Maadathy’ gets launched by Parvathy Thiruvothu through her social media handles. The movie written, directed and produced by Leena Manimekalai under the banner of Karuvachy Films will be released on Neestream on June 24th.  The movie with the tagline “Nobodies do not have Gods; they are Gods” is a coming of age story of an adolescent girl born in an ‘unseeable” caste group in the remote south of Tamilnadu. Maadathy is an un’fairy’ tale as it speaks of Puthirai Vannars who are forced to wash clothes of the Dalits, the deceased and the menstruating women must hide from the rest of society because their sight alone is perceived as contamination. This film is a reflection on gender, caste and identity, r

2021 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) announces award winners

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  1 9th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Announces 2021 Award Winners   Grand Jury Prizes awarded To Thamizh’s  Seththumaan (Pig)   for Best Feature and Karishma Dev Dube’s  Bittu  for Best Short Audience Awards went to Ajitpal Singh’s  Fire in the Mountains  for Best Feature and Aarti Neharsh’s  The Song We Sang   for Best Short Sajin Babu’s feature  Biriyaani,  Rima Das’ short  For Each Other,  Upamanyu Bhattacharyya & Kalp Sanghvi’s short  Wade   won Honorable Mentions, and   Nivita Chaliki  won Honorable Mention for her performance in the short film,  Forever Tonight.   Mumbai/ Los Angeles, CA (May 27, 2021)  –  The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA)  announced today its Grand Jury winners and Audience Awards for the festival’s 19th edition, which was held virtually and available all over California and, for the very first time, in India from  May 20-27 . This year’s festival boasted an impressive total of 40 films, including 2 World, 8 North American, 5