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(From left to right) Film stills from Maya Satya Bhram and Toxic The release-week screen crunch has once again brought the longstanding issue of inadequate theatrical space for Bengali cinema into focus. With big-budget pan-India release Toxic starring Yash, Tara Sutaria and Kiara Advani hitting screens earlier this week, Samik Roy Choudhury’s Maya Satya Bhram,…

BERLIN: The CICAE’s annual Arthouse Cinema Training (ACT) kicks off today at Data Space, in the heart of Berlin. The one-week intensive programme bringing together arthouse exhibition professionals from around to world to gain in-depth insight into the management of a movie theatre, is offering participants a chance to get together, form connections, and learn…

Mohsen Amiryoussefi, Vice President of the Iranian House of Cinema, responded to discussions regarding the regulation of underground Iranian cinema, asserting that the movement is the direct byproduct of years of restriction, banning, and censorship, making any attempt to supervise it entirely futile.

The latest rule changes by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are not merely procedural — they signal a philosophical shift in how global cinema is seen, validated, and circulated. By loosening the “one country, one film” submission rule for the International Feature category, and allowing festival-acclaimed films to qualify independently, the Academy…