The American Cinematheque has announced the launch of the Proof Film Festival, which is dedicated solely to proof-of-concept short films. The festival aims to provide a platform for up-and-coming filmmakers to showcase their innovative works and help them gain access to professional development opportunities and mentorship workshops. The festival will take place in Los Angeles from October 20-22, and four juried awards will

With many viewers struggling with subscription-itis — a costly overload of SVOD memberships that inflate credit card bills at the end of each month — it’s no wonder that the so-called FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) channels are taking off in popularity. For filmmakers, these channels offer a new revenue stream, and for viewers not only no-cost entertainment but the chance to discover

For decades, Srinagar’s cinemas were dead, remembered only in the laments of a lost yesterday. Now, a silver jubilee of years since the first multiplex arrived in Delhi in 1997, Kashmir’s city of beauty and anguish too is home to one. The development – two cinemas also opened in south Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts recently – is a constructive move even though