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Pune International Film Festival to begin on February 13, its theme Raj Kapoor's 100th birth anniversary

January 02, 2025 6:02 pm

Over 150 films from 81 countries will be screened at the Pune International Film Festival.

Dahake’s Shyamchi Aai among competitors for Best Marathi Picture at PIFF

January 02, 2024 11:23 pm

An international jury will judge the entries and the Maharashtra government has announced a prize of Rs 5 lakh fo the best film.

NFAI to screen Kalpana today

June 24, 2023 6:57 am

The screening, which will commence at 6.30 pm, is open to all on a first-come-first- served basis.

Mayur Pawar, Kunal Vedpathak bag awards for Best Production Design, Best Art Direction at PIFF

February 12, 2023 7:12 am

For his evocative recreation of the 70s, Mayur Pawar bagged recognition for production design, while Kunal Vedpathak was conferred with the award for Best Art Director.

Prithvi Konanur’s ‘Hadinelentu’ is the only Indian film in PIFF’s World Competition

February 05, 2023 10:11 am

A software engineer-turned-filmmaker, who went to the New York Film Academy, Konanur made a short film in the beginning, A Conditional Truce, which was shot in Sri Lanka and well-received in the festival circuit worldwide.

With Amitabh Bachchan, Christopher Nolan as talking heads, docu at PIFF to trace history of cinema

February 03, 2023 12:10 pm

Audiences can find a direct relation between Bisht’s 2014 film, In Search of Fading Canvas, about the lost practice of making film posters by hand, and Bhavishya ki Talash Atit Mein: Back to the Future, which shows how digital technology killed the celluloid and resulted in technicians suffering and single-screen halls closing down, among others.

Pune News Highlights: Power strike by MSEDCL unions called off following assurance by Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis

January 05, 2023 8:16 am

Pune News Highlights: The Maharashtra State Electricity Workers’ Federation had called a three-day strike from Tuesday midnight to oppose privatisation and the entry of Adani Transmission Ltd in power distribution.

Pune International Film Festival: With films that explore ‘human connection and survival’, PIFF begins Dec 2

November 18, 2021 8:53 am

The film festival will be held at three venues - PVR Icon at Pavillion Mall on Senapati Bapat Road, Inox at Camp and the NFAI auditorium on Law College Road.

Pune film festival hunts for new dates as big brother IFFI snatches its January slot

December 15, 2020 2:41 pm

Can't hold two festivals simultaneously, will announce new dates in about a week, says PIFF Director Jabbar Patel.

Pune International Film Festival delegates made to wait outside venue, cry foul

January 22, 2016 3:23 am

The closing ceremony kicked off with a performance by the band, Triom, followed by a speech by chairman of the festival, Jabbar Patel.

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