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India's alternative filmmakers campaign against censorship

Sixty-four films, targeted at the country's youth, are currently being screened at a film festival in New Delhi. The films highlight themes like communalism, 'destructive' development, globalisation, the environment, women's rights and the oppression of the marginalised More...

Rejected by censors, War and Peace emerges winner at National Awards

War and Peace and Kaya Pooche Maya Se jointly win the best film award in the non-feature category at the 51st National Film Awards, which received 115 entries in nine languages and two dialects More...

The beginning of history

By John Berger

Fahrenheit 9/11 has touched millions of viewers across the world. But could it actually change the course of civilisation? More...

Vikalp - films for freedom

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The art and politics of Fahrenheit 9/11

By Satya Sagar

Why does Michael Moore call his film more entertaining than political? More...

Street smart! Salaam Islam

By Sharmistha Choudhury

Ashikul Islam, 11, used to beg on the streets and labour in a leather factory. Now rehabilitated in a home for destitute children in West Bengal, Islam's first film, Ami (I Am), was screened at the Kids for Kids International Film Festival in Athens in June. The young filmmaker wants to make a statement against poverty and life on the streets through his films More...

When You Wish Upon A Star... by Michael Moore

Film maker Michael Moore tells us why and how Disney prevailed upon its subsidiary, Miramax, not to distribute his new film "Fahrenheit 9/11" The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival last week. More...

 

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