Tareque Masud was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He first found success with the films Muktir Gaan (1995) and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won three international awards, including the International Critics' FIPRESCI Prize, in the Directors' Fortnight section outside competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The film became Bangladesh's first film to compete for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, is a film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the "Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival.
Peter Raymont is a Canadian filmmaker and producer and the president of White Pine Pictures, an independent film, television and new media production company based in Toronto. Among his films are "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire" (2005), "A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman" (2007), "The World Stopped Watching" (2003) and "The World Is Watching" (1988). The 2011 feature documentary "West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson" and 2009's "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould", were co-directed with Michèle Hozer. Raymont is Executive Producer of the television drama series, The Border, which he co-created with Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole. The Border's 3 seasons have been broadcast in more than 25 countries. He is also the Executive Producer of the CBC drama series, Cracked, a Toronto-based police procedural which explores the intersection of the law and mental illness.[ Cracked's 2 seasons are also broadcast in France, Germany, USA and elsewhere.
Joseph Israel Laban is an award-winning Tagalog journalist and independent filmmaker. He is also a Palanca-winning playwright and a Fulbright Scholar. He holds a master's degree in documentary filmmaking from New York University where is a recipient of the NYU Graduate School for the Arts and Sciences Scholarship. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines – Diliman.
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter. His films Third Person Singular Number, Television, No Bed Of Roses were critically acclaimed across the world and received numerous international and national awards. He founded filmmakers' movement called "Chabial".
Edmund Yeo is a Malaysian filmmaker.
The 64th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2011. American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition and French filmmaker Michel Gondry headed the jury for the short film competition. South Korean film director Bong Joon-ho was the head of the jury for the Caméra d'Or prize, which is awarded to the best first-time filmmaker. The American film The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick won the Palme d'Or.
Minsk International Film Festival Listapad is annual film festival which takes place in November in Minsk, Belarus. The International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) accredits the festival as a Competitive specialized film festival of Baltic countries, as well as countries of Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe.
Conscience Films is a short film competition organized by the Hrant Dink Foundation. The competition was founded in memory of Hrant Dink. According to Dença Kartun, the project coordinator at the Hrant Dink Foundation for the Films about Conscience project, words by the assassinated Armenian-Turkish journalist inspired the project. "The voice of conscience has been sentenced to silence. Now, that conscience is searching for a way out," said Dink, who was killed on Jan. 19, 2007. The participants are asked to make a short movie of at most five minutes on the topic of looking at the world through our conscience. The winning movies are determined by the votes of international jury members. Both professional and amateur filmmakers are invited to submit their short movies.
The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) is a biennial film festival held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1992, the festival was initially organized on annual basis, but became a biennial event since 1995. DIFF is one of the most prestigious film events in Bangladesh, dedicated to introduce the mainstream global cinema to the local film makers as well as to promote healthy cine culture within Bangladesh. The festival was founded by the Rainbow Film Society, which has, as of 2012, organized 12 editions of the event bringing international recognition to it.
Malika Zouhali-Worrall is a documentary filmmaker of British and Moroccan descent, best known as one of the directors, with Katherine Fairfax Wright, of the 2012 film Call Me Kuchu.
Dylan Mohan Gray is an award-winning Indian and Canadian filmmaker, best known for the documentary feature film Fire in the Blood, which in November 2013 set a new all-time record for the longest theatrical run by any non-fiction feature film in Indian cinema history.
Love at First Sight is a 2012 United Kingdom short film shot in Spain, and written, directed and produced by Mark Playne.
Abu Sayeed is a Bangladeshi film director, film producer and writer. He is one of the pioneers of independent cinema in Bangladesh. As a filmmaker he has made six full-length features and two short films, some of which have received 6 national and 4 international awards.
Fran Borgia is a filmmaker based in Singapore since 2004. He is the founder of Akanga Film Asia.
Rubaiyat Hossain is an internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi director, writer, producer and researcher.
The Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the major annual events taking place in Tirana each year. It was the first international cinema festival in Albania. This cultural event was created in 2003 and is currently the most important cinematic event in Albania.
Under Construction is a 2015 Bengali narrative feature film written and directed by Rubaiyat Hossain, a Bangladeshi film director.
To Let is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, directed and filmed by Chezhiyan. Produced by his wife Prema, the film stars Santhosh Sreeram, Suseela and Dharun as a family living in a rented house who are suddenly ordered by their landlady Aadhira Pandilakshmi to vacate. At the 65th National Film Awards, it won in the category Best Feature Film in Tamil. At the 49th International film festival of India, Goa it won Special jury mention award in international competition. The film theatrically released on 21 February 2019 to highly positive reviews from critics and become a success.
