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Filming Location - Tirol, Austria
In its persistent mission and zeal to promote good cinema and enable filmmakers across the world to explore the opportunities available,...
Divya Sharma
May 27, 20216 min read

How I made It: B For Bundelkhand (2020)
B for Bundelkhand explores the challenges farmers in poorer areas of the world face. It is a universal fear of not being able to eat,...
Kunal Srivastava
May 22, 20214 min read

What International Buyers Look for in Content
Many platforms and channels around the world are constantly looking for content to acquire. Some prefer content that caters to a niche...
Kriti Agarwal
May 20, 202113 min read

How I Made It: Hotel Paraiso (2019)
Hotel Paraiso (2019) is a coming-of-age story about family, first love and restoring self-esteem. When Guillermo, a pre-adolescent...
Kriti Agarwal
May 15, 20214 min read

Made a Short Film? These are the 5 Things You Absolutely Need to Send with your Film
Now that you have made a short film, the obvious next step is to get it seen, either through the film festival route or by distributing...
Kriti Agarwal
May 13, 20215 min read


Creating Bandish Bandits: Why This Amazon Series Got Success
'Bandish Bandits' an immensely popular Web Series on Prime Video has single-handedly revived the interest of young Indians in Indian...
Kriti Agarwal
May 8, 20211 min read


Manoj Bajpayee's Method of Interpreting Characters
Having worked across Hindi, Tamil, Telugu Cinema as well as Theatre, Manoj Bajpayee is the recipient of several accolades that include...
Kriti Agarwal
May 7, 20211 min read

How I Made It: Nobody Is Crazy (2019)
Nobody is Crazy (2019) is a story about a lonely teenager with OCD, Rafa, whose overwhelmed mother insists on getting him professional...
Kriti Agarwal
May 1, 20215 min read

Book Review: Mughal-E-Azam Revisited
The language of the book is simple; narrative is speedy and elegant like a brook flowing through rough and hilly terrain. The writer has a g
Utpal Datta
Apr 28, 20214 min read

OTT Platforms Where You Can Distribute Your Films
With the advent of Over-the-top services, filmmakers now have a number of options to sell and distribute their content. With every video...
Kriti Agarwal
Apr 23, 202112 min read

How I Made It: Under The Trees (2020)
Under The Trees (2020) is a story about three lumberjacks - Paul, Kalle and Boris, who discover a mysterious briefcase deep in the...
Kriti Agarwal
Apr 20, 20213 min read


Actors too Look for Good Scripts: Vinay Pathak
From a small town in Bhojpur, Bihar to the tinsel town, Mumbai, it has been quite a journey for Actor Vinay Pathak. In this Interview,...
Kriti Agarwal
Apr 14, 20211 min read

How I Made It: Musings of an Uninspired Artist (2020)
In the midst of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, an artist muses over his lack of inspiration. He is a filmmaker who writes film reviews...
Kriti Agarwal
Apr 14, 20215 min read


Finding the Right Actors is always a challenge - Mukesh Chabbra, Director & Casting Director
Casting is often looked down upon but is an essential part of filmmaking. No film big or small can escape this process but casting has a met
Indian Film Institute
Mar 2, 20211 min read

How I made it: Ranj (2020)
“Ranj” shows the struggles of a farmer’s son who involuntarily emigrates to Delhi to earn a living. Amanpreet, a young man from a village in
Indian Film Institute
Oct 24, 20206 min read

Filming Guide: Austin, Texas
The Austin Film Commission works to bring ready to film productions to the City of Austin and promote productions filmed in Austin.
Kunal Srivastava
Oct 4, 20205 min read

How I made it: Imago (2018)
Imago is a story about a girl, Namrata who is a shy, introverted teenage girl living in a small village with her mother and grandfather.
Divya Sharma
Oct 3, 20204 min read

Animated Films Scenario of India
There is nothing more that has been done in the Indian animated film market.
Divya Sharma
Sep 29, 20203 min read

How I made it: Kasaai (2019)
Kasaai is potentially a powerful piece of cinema that is deeply rooted in its soil, and yet represents a universal theme.
Indian Film Institute
Sep 22, 20204 min read

What it takes to become an Actor: Career Guide
An actor is a person who portrays the hard work of every single person behind the camera on screen. An actor gives life to a character by...
Divya Sharma
Sep 16, 20203 min read
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