Film cameras start to roll again in Damascus studios
On a long-disused film set outside Damascus featuring mud houses, palm trees, alleyways and camels, actors in flowing robes are making a television series that the producers say is part of a…
Govt planning to make a film on Kashmir issue to unveil India’s ugly face
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has said that the government is planning to make a film on the issue of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK)…
Japanese animation master advises to never lie to children
CANNES: Mamoru Hosoda is one of the greats of Japanese animation, whose films like The Boy and the Beast and The Girl who Leapt Through Time are seen as modern classics. But he admits…
Patriotism doesn’t need Pakistan as punching bag: Raazi director
NEW DEHLI: The infrequent combination of commercial and critical success that Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi has received does more than just validate the cinematic skills of the cast and the director – it also serves as…
China opens ‘movie metropolis’ featuring theme park, yacht club
QINGDAO: A massive “movie metropolis” billed as China’s answer to Hollywood opened on Saturday, aiming to boost the domestic film industry and attract foreign producers. A total of 50 billion yuan ($7.9…
‘120 Beats per Minute’ wins best film at ‘French Oscars’
PARIS: 120 Beats per Minute (120 battements par minute) won the award for Best Film at the ‘French Oscars,’ the Cesars, where many attendees wore white ribbons in protest of violence against women. The…
Anushka Sharma’s ‘Pari’ to not release in Pakistan
KARACHI: Anushka Sharma’s latest release, a horror film titled Pari has been banned from being released in Pakistan. A post by Nueplex Cinemas announced this development. The post read, “We have just…
Veteran actor Habib-Ur-Rehman remembered
ISLAMABAD: The second death anniversary of legendary Lollywood actor Habib-Ur-Rehman was observed on Sunday. The actor had died after a prolonged illness as he was suffering from sugar and blood pressure. Born…
Film and art festivals to be held regularly in Sindh, says CM
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Friday said that after the passage of the 18th amendment in the constitution, film and arts has become a provincial subject and his government…
Sania Mirza’s biopic not coming anytime soon
Indian tennis star and wife of Pakistani skipper Shoaib Malik, Sania Mirza says that she will take time to open up about her life for a biopic considering that she is a…
New French film raises Nazi medical horrific experiments
A new documentary about the scale of Nazi medical experiments has reopened old wounds in France as one of the country’s leading universities investigates whether its stores still contain the remains of…
Nintendo partners with Illumintion for Super Mario animation film
TOKYO: In an effort to diversify revenue sources, Japanese videogames maker Nintendo Co Ltd confirmed today that it would team up with US film studio Illumination Entertainment to produce an animation film using…
Malala Yousafzai’s biopic ‘Gul Makai’ being shot in Kashmir
Bollywood film Gul Makai, based on the life of teenager activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, is currently being shot in the Ganderbal district of Kashmir for the last few…
Film on Meghan Markle, Prince Harry to come out soon
LONDON: A film that chronicles the relationship between Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle, Harry & Meghan: The Royal Love Story, will be coming to a film screen near you, reports Deadline. Prince Harry and American…
Anushka Sharma’s transformation in ‘Pari’s teaser is stuff nightmares are made of
MUMBAI: The makers of Anushka Sharma’s upcoming release titled Pari have just dropped its teaser and it’s enough to haunt you at night, reports DNA. If the first look posters of the…
‘Invincible Diplomacy of Mr Naderi’ goes to Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden
Iranian documentary movie, ‘Diplomasi e Shekastnapazir e Aghaye Naderi‘ (Invincible Diplomacy of Mr Naderi), directed by Behtash Sanaeeha, and Maryam Moghaddam, has been accepted into the competition section of the 41st Goteborg Film Festival…
Met Police issues warning to Pakistani for filming Hassan Nawaz’s children: report
LONDON: The Metropolitan police issued a warning to a Pakistani national on filming former Nawaz Sharif’s son, Hassan Nawaz’s young children, reported a local media outlet. This warning was issued after a small…