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2nd Muslim International Film Festival, London

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JURY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2nd MUSLIM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL   Imran Perretta wins ‘Best Feature’ for ISHAbdelrahman Dnewar & Saad Dnewar win ‘Best Short’ for MY BROTHER, MY BROTHERSHAHEEN BAIG receives MIFF’s honorary Trailblazer To celebrate the films screening in competition at the 2nd Muslim International Film Festival (MIFF), awards were presented to ‘Best Feature’ and ‘Best Short’. The jury comprised Neila Butt (Creative Equality Lead, Channel 4), Imrun Islam (Head of Film and TV Licensing, UK and Ireland, StudioCanal), Naqqash Khalid (writer and director, In Camera). Winners:  BEST FEATURE: ISH (dir: Imran Perretta, UK, 2025)Winner of Breakthrough Producer for Dhiraj Mahey at the BIFAs 2025,  ISH is named ‘Best Feature’ at MIFF. This powerful story portrays best … Continue reading 2nd Muslim International Film Festival, London

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Exploring corruption

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Ghost School 2025 London MIFF 88 Minutes An Interesting take on village life and local beliefs. • Nazualiya Arsalan, Samina Seher, Adnan Shah, Tipu, Vajdaan Shah • Pakistan 2025.• Digital • Urdu with English subtitles • Film by Seemab Gil – Director, Producer Writer. Ghost School would be charming if it was not so serious. It features a ten year old schoolgirl who is investigating the closure of her school because the teacher is possessed by an evil Jinn which is a demonic ghostly spirit known in their local folklore. In her uniform and playing a junior private detective and … Continue reading Exploring corruption

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34th Raindance Film Festival 2026 Award Winners

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Several outstanding films screening at the 34th Raindance Film Festival are award winners featuring in 11 categories, including a new category for this year, Best Horror Feature. As an Oscar®-qualifying festival, Raindance also celebrates short filmmaking with four prestigious awards, offering winners a pathway to Academy Award® consideration. The talent, craft, and creativity that’s been showcased over the last 10 days has made this year’s unforgettable line up. Raindance Award Winners 2026 Best International Feature: Silent Rebellion Regarded at Venice Film Festival, this WW2 drama follows a virtuous teen in 1943 Switzerland who questions her village’s morality when they turn … Continue reading 34th Raindance Film Festival 2026 Award Winners

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AI and Gender Inclusion with Women in Film and TV UK

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Raindance talk and discussion at The Canon Venue Piccadilly. Raindance Film Festival continues up to and including June 26 2026 at The Vue Cinema Lower Regent Street. “AI and Gender Inclusion with Women in Film and TV UK,” Panel – Katie Bailiff, Viviane D’Avilla, Katharina Gellein Viken and Georgina Cammalleri AI has been around for a lot longer than people realize and now it has filtered gradually into the mass public sphere and is actively employed more than ever especially in film making and any visual communication including of course, material featured on social media. The title of this well networked and informed … Continue reading AI and Gender Inclusion with Women in Film and TV UK

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How secrets come out in a dark story with purple passages and spooky scenes

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Jackalope(2026) Raindance Film Festival, The Vue Cinema, Lower Regent Street, London.Until and including June 26 , 2026. World Premiere. Bryce Hirschberg – Writer and Director. Independent horror/thriller. Stars Catherine Corcoran, Alex Mandel, and Bryce Hirschberg. The name Jackalope is a fictional beast – it combines a jackrabbit with the antlers of antelope or deer, rooted in American frontier tall tales and is a good choice of name for this dark film full of episodes to take our breath away. Jackalope indicates myth and mayhem and so the saga unfolds. It’s often fun to be watching a film which starts with … Continue reading How secrets come out in a dark story with purple passages and spooky scenes

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Pescador gets two Raindance Nominations

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Harry Domenico Rossi’s debut feature film Pescador,  will be making its European premiere at Raindance Film Festival on 18th June, 2026. Pescador is described as fantastic and meditative after receiving two Raindance nominations Best Director of a Debut Feature for Rossi and Best Performance in a Debut Feature for Alex Wanebo. Pescador  appears in London following its World Premiere at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI Goa). Rossi also received the Peter Brunette Award for the Best Director at RiverRun International Film Festival where the jury statement announced “every step was a creative risk that pays off in poetry.” Pescador features a … Continue reading Pescador gets two Raindance Nominations

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34th RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

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RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVALRaindance Film Festival: 17 – R26 June at host cinema Vue Piccadillyhttps://raindance.org/festival/nominees-2026/To celebrate the outstanding films screening at the 34th Raindance Film Festival (17 – 26 June), jury awards are presented to features and shorts. Raindance’s awards system honours features in 11 categories: Best International Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Discovery Award for Debut Feature, Best Debut Director, Best Performance in a Debut Feature, Best UK Feature, Best Director of a UK Feature, Best Performance in a UK Feature, Best UK Cinematographthe Spirit of Raindance Award and new for 2026 is Best Horror Feature. Raindance is BIFA-qualifying for British features. An Oscar® qualifying festival, Raindance honours the work of short filmmakers with 4 awards. The recipient of Best Live Action Short, … Continue reading 34th RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

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Asha Bhosle, Bollywood playback singer dies at 92

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Popular Bollywood playback singer, music icon, and film industry’s last Mughal passed away at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai today leaving behind her works. a body of work. “Her voice carried timeless brilliance” PM Modi said.  “ I like doing extraordinary things, Music has been my life. It has given me so much. I decided to do a spectacular concert on my 90th birthday. I doubt if anyone in the world has achieved this feat” Said the legend, who remained defiant of age and expectation. “I was around 10 when I started my singing career in 1943,Over the decades, I have … Continue reading Asha Bhosle, Bollywood playback singer dies at 92

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The Chemistry that made the iconic movies with an empire of their own

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The Last Kings of Hollywood is the untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries – Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg – revolutionised American cinema, creating the most iconic films in history while risking everything, redefining friendship, and shaping Hollywood as we know it.  In the summer of 1967, as the old Hollywood studio system was dying an intense, uncompromising young film school graduate named George Lucas walked onto the Warner Bros backlot for his first day working as an assistant to another up-and-coming, largely-unknown filmmaker, a boisterous father of two called Francis Ford Coppola. At the … Continue reading The Chemistry that made the iconic movies with an empire of their own

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One Battle after Another

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“One Battle After Another” – how to tease people intoreluctant laughter at a very real ongoing situation.Directed, written and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, this story isadapted from the novel “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon. Stars and actors include Leo Di Caprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti and Benicio del Toro. The story is inspired by true events and real-life groups such as The Weathermen – a far left militant organisation active from 1969 to the mid 70s who wanted to eradicate racism and imperialism in the USA. Other reviews do remark on the left wing and socialistic curve of … Continue reading One Battle after Another