PinnedMember-onlyWe celebrate culture and heritage of India to make a beautiful mosaic called Canada: Panorama India#Mississauga, #IndiaDay2021; #PanoramaIndia; #IndiaDayVirtualExpo; #VirtualArtContest Toronto/IBNS: Panorama India has been celebrating India Day for the last 21 years. This year it would celebrate India Day 2021 with a historical first time ever India Day Drive Thru Parade. During a Zoom meeting Jul 7 Asha Bajaj, Editor, Director & Marketing of…India Day 20217 min readIndia Day 20217 min read
17 hours agoMember-only‘Your life has value even when it is taken away from you’: Ian Gabriel, on ‘Death of a Whistleblower’Directed by Ian Gabriel, executive produced by Joel Chikapa Phiri, and others in South Africa in 2023 in English, the film ‘Death of a Whistleblower’ a high-energy political thriller highlighting a decades-long national crisis of whistleblower assassinations, was world-premiered in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2023). The film showcases the…Tiff 20235 min readTiff 20235 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyTIFF 2023: Ian Gabriel’s investigative thriller Death of a WhistleblowerIBNS: “Death of a Whistleblower”, to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September, has been billed as a gripping investigative thriller set against South Africa’s rich tapestry of history and struggle telling the story of a world where corruption clashes with courage. Directed by Ian Gabriel…Tiff 20233 min readTiff 20233 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyTIFF2023 announces all winners, American Fiction by Cord Jefferson wins People’s Choice AwardToronto: Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a wicked satire about the commodification of marginalized voices and a portrait of an artist forced to re-examine his integrity, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) , raising the film’s prospects in the Oscar race. Jeffrey Wright stars…Tiff 20234 min readTiff 20234 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyTIFF 2023’s ‘The Tundra Within Me’ directed by Sara Margrethe Oskal set amidst reindeer herdingToronto: In a cinematic world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Norwegian filmmaker Sara Margrethe Oskal’s debut feature, ‘The Tundra Within Me’, was screened taking the audience on a visually stunning and emotionally resonant expedition to the snow-covered landscapes of Sápmi in northern Norway. This evocative narrative navigates…Tiff 20233 min readTiff 20233 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyNo one honestly speaks about female orgasm: Bhumi Pednekar on Thank You For ComingBollywood film Thank You for Coming that was world-premiered in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2023) is a sex-positive modern comedy about a woman refusing to be classified as “a bore or a whore” and pursuing her own pleasure. Bhumi Pednekar plays the lead in the film with Anil Kapoor…Tiff 20233 min readTiff 20233 min read
3 days agoMember-only‘For a change, I played a character who resembles me in Kaushik Ganguly’s ‘Palan’, says Paoli DamIBNS: Actress Paoli Dam is one of the leads in Kaushik Ganguly’s ‘Palan’, which pays a birth centenary tribute to late Mrinal Sen with the reprise of the roles from the filmmaking legend’s 1982 film ‘Kharij’. …Palan4 min readPalan4 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyTIFF 2023 film ‘Shadow of Fire’ pierces fragile psyches of ordinary people with fear of imminent violenceToronto/CMEDIA: Directed, produced, edited and cinematographed in 2003, in KAIJYU THEATER CO. LTD. Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest Japanese film ‘Shadow of Fire’ was screened as a NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE on TIFF 2023 as a centerpiece. The film examines the desperate lives of Japanese citizens in the immediate post–World War II period…Tiff 20232 min readTiff 20232 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyTIFF 2023: ‘In Flames’ personifies women forced to navigate random violence of patriarchal societyToronto/CMEDIA: An award-winning Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker, Zarrar Kahn‘s film ‘IN FLAMES‘ produced by Pakistani/Canadian filmmaker Anam Abbas in 2023 in Urdu had its North American Premiere in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2023). The film is a gripping drama about trauma, internalized abuse, in which present-day Karachi, a medical student struggles…Tiff 20235 min readTiff 20235 min read
May 9Member-onlyApple loses copyright claim against Corellium over simulated version of iOS operating systemIBNS: A US appeals court has rejected Apple Inc’s claim that security firm Corellium Inc violated its copyrights by creating a simulated version of the iOS operating system. The simulation was intended to aid researchers in identifying potential security vulnerabilities in Apple’s devices. …Apple2 min readApple2 min read