Once upon a silent frame, cinema simply asked us to look. Today, indie filmmakers aren’t just asking – they’re daring us to unlearn how we look. They’re rejecting the 35mm male gaze, throwing out the Marvel-template close-up, and giving us something that doesn’t whisper, “Watch this”, but screams, “Feel this differently”. In a world drowning […]
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In 2025, Jewel Thief didn’t just mark Saif Ali Khan’s return to cinema – it crash-landed like a vintage sapphire hurled into a sea of knockoff glass. It wasn’t just a film; it felt like a secret handshake between old-school Bollywood heist dramas and Gen Z’s thirst for chaotic brilliance. Saif, that eternal enfant terrible
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In 2025, independent cinema didn’t just hit a saturation point – it entered its Tumblr-era reckoning, where every film started looking like a moodboard with daddy issues and lens flares. What used to be the playground of raw emotion, risk-taking, and cultural resistance has now slowly been colonized by a peculiar Gen Z phenomenon: Main
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In 2024, when TikTok screenwriters and AI-generated web series started clogging the arteries of storytelling with algorithmic wit, festival labs and funds emerged as the last legit sanctuaries of cinema’s soul – a weird, beautiful underground where the next gen of storytellers aren’t discovered, they’re incubated like endangered species. Think of it less like a
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In 2025, Indian cinema isn’t just thriving – it’s glitching through genres, skipping across languages, and gaslighting the very definition of what a ‘release’ even means. The film industry here isn’t just about who makes the movie anymore, it’s about where it lands and how it survives the algorithmic jungle of multiplex chains, OTT drops,
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In 2014, a midnight screening at Cannes didn’t just launch a film – it detonated a career. It wasn’t some loud, studio-backed debut either; it was a slow-burn indie that walked in with $3,000 cameras and walked out with distribution deals, a cult following, and a director who went from sleeping on couches to sitting
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In 2025, film festivals stopped being curated – they got coded. “AI, Archives, and Algorithm” isn’t just an edgy panel title from some hipster Cineposium; it’s the new holy trinity of how global festivals are picking their lineups, crafting their vibes, and deciding what deserves a standing ovation and what gets ghosted. Remember when Cannes
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In 2025, navigating the film festival circuit isn’t merely about submitting a film – it’s akin to embarking on a pilgrimage through the sacred halls of cinema. Each festival, from the sun-drenched promenades of Cannes to the snow-laden streets of Sundance, offers more than just screenings; they are sanctuaries where celluloid dreams are both celebrated
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In 2025, making a short film isn’t just about rolling a camera – it’s a blood sport in a sandbox built by capitalism, clout, and code. From the first keystroke on a pitch deck to the sound of applause (or existential silence) at a niche festival in Rotterdam or a Discord film club screening, the
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In 2025, when most indie filmmakers were still juggling four jobs, shooting guerrilla scenes with borrowed DSLRs and syncing sound in cracked pirated versions of Premiere Pro, the concept of film subsidies in India remained one of the greatest, least understood paradoxes of our cinematic landscape – both savior and saboteur, both promise and puzzle.
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