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 In celebration of the golden jubilee of the Madras Film Society, there will be a French film festival in Chennai. It is being conduced by the French Consulate, Alliance Francaise and International Cine Appreciation Forum in coordination with the Madras Film Society. This evening at 6.30pm, Mme. Marie - Paule Serre (Director of Alliance Francaise of Madras) will inaugurate the festival.V. Sriram (Vice - President of Alliance Francaise) will introduce the 6 films to be screened in the festival from Aug 20 to 25. It is noteworthy that these films are all directed by young French filmmakers. 20-08-07: UN HOMME, UN VRAI (2003) Dir. Jean-Marie Larrieu and Arnaud Larrieu 21-08-07: LES REVENANTS (2004) Dir. Robin Campillo 22-08-07: LES DESTINEES SENTIMENTALES (2000) Dir. Olivier Assayas 23-08-07: LOIN (2001) Dir. Andre Techine 24-08-07: VIVA LALD JERIE (2003) Dir. Nadir Mokneche 25-08-07: L'ESQUIVE (2004) Dir. 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"The title is being conferred to recognise the successful work done by Khan in 15-year career span and his contribution to Indian cinema - as an artiste and entrepreneur," Audiovisual Attache - Head of the French Film and TV office, French Embassy in India, Mohamed Bendjebbour told PTI. more Big-B-last-year,-SRK-this-year-for-the-French  The French govt will confer 'Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters' on Shahrukh for his contribution to Indian films. The French government will confer "Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters" title on Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan for his contribution to Indian film industry, a senior French government official said on Thursday. "The title is being conferred to recognise the successful work done by Khan in 15-year career span and his contribution to Indian cinema - as an artiste and e more SRK-says-he-used-to-watch-French-films-for-lovemaking-scenes  Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan says he used to watch French films for the "lovemaking scenes" for which they were famous the world over. Shah Rukh admitted to having a French connection and said he used to go to the French cultural centre in Delhi to watch their movies since he was told it was the best cinema. "But I also used to watch it for the lovemaking scenes," he told reporters yesterday before he was conferred the `Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters' title by the French government. The s more SRK-conferred-prestigious-French-title  Shah Rukh Khan has been conferred the `Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters' title by the French government. Shah Rukh Khan was on Sunday conferred the prestigious `Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters' title by the French government at a ceremony in Mumbai. SRK, who had a good year in 2007 with runaway hits Chak De India and Om Shanti Om, was presented the award in recognition of his 15-year-career in the Hindi film industry, one of the biggest in the world. The title was conferred to Kh more Santhosh-Sivan-in-the-Pusan-jury  Famous cinematographer - director Santhosh Sivan is serving as the jury member in one of Asia's top film festivals, Pusan international Film Festival. The 13th version of the festival which kicked off on Thursday in this South Korean beach resort city - will have the Indian director working as a jury with the famous international names like Samira Makhmalbaf, Danish-French actress Anna Karina, South Korean actress Lee Hwa-si and German producer Karl Baumgartner. The festival which will screen 316 movies from 60 c more Southern-film-industry-being-ignored-  The southern film industry which makes more films than Northern Sector never gets its due share at National level. Southern films and its artists, producers, directors, technicians, and all others who have glorified the Indian film industry with their extraordinary skills and talents were always ignored by the Centre and they have never received their due respect at National level. International Film Festival of India will be held soon at New Delhi. It is learnt that the organisers of the festival didn’t inc more French-beauty-Polin  Polin is a French national. She came to India for a noble cause. She landed in Chennai to help the street children and bring about a change in their lives. Her noble mission has landed her with an unbelievable opportunity. She was spotted by filmmakers and offered a role. So she ended up with acting in the movie titled Vihari. The film is about a foreign tourist who falls in love with a tourist guide in Kerala. The film apart, the young Polin is said to be interested in continuing her work with the street children. more Telugu-Film-Festival-in-US A festival of Telugu films will b held in New Jersey, US from January 15 to 18. The American Telugu TV is conducting the festival christened as Tollywood Film Festival. Fourteen films that were released in 2008 will be screened at the four day festival. The films include Krishna, Ready, Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Parugu, Kantri, Gamyam, Ullasamga Uthsahamga, Yuvatha, Vaana, Bathukamma, Aatadistha and Kathanayakudu. & more Stars-keep-away-from-Film-Festival  The ongoing International Film festival in Hyderabad is coming to a close. While attendance to the festival is good, the actors and actresses seem to have ignored he festival. Not many stars have graced he occasion even though it has been nearly a week since the festival was inaugurated. Admitting that the festival lacked star presence, Tammareddy Bharadwaja said that some of the stars are expected to drop in the next couple of days. The reason for many stars keeping themselves away was that the festival is more |
