In ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’, the hopes and dreams of young Indians

Payal Kapadia’s hybrid film has been doing the rounds of festivals since its premiere at Cannes in 2021.

Nandini Ramnath

· Apr 11, 2022 · 09:15 am

Anand Patwardhan interview: ‘I would be thrilled if my films became obsolete, but sadly they don’t’

The acclaimed filmmaker talks to Scroll.in about receiving a prestigious honour at the HotDocs festival and his documentary practice.

Nandini Ramnath

· Apr 09, 2022 · 09:45 am

Khabar Lahariya says Oscar-nominated documentary misrepresents its journalistic work

The directors of ‘Writing With Fire’ say that they have highlighted the important work done by the women-run collective.

Nandini Ramnath

· Mar 21, 2022 · 07:56 pm

In a documentary from Pakistan, worrying lessons for India

Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar’s ‘Azmaish’, made in collaboration with Kalki Koechlin, is available for streaming in India.

Nandini Ramnath

· Mar 09, 2022 · 11:45 am

In film about women’s compartments in Mumbai’s trains, portraits of resignation and resilience

Rebana Liz John’s ‘Ladies Only’ is showing at the Berlin Film Festival.

Nandini Ramnath

· Feb 13, 2022 · 10:05 am

In ‘All That Breathes’, brothers who rescue birds and a struggle for human survival

Shaunak Sen’s documentary was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 25, 2022 · 11:35 am

Also famous: ‘Urf’ examines the lives and dreams of Hindi movie star lookalikes

Geetika Narang Abbasi’s documentary will be premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 04, 2022 · 10:45 am

Why Films Division matters: It’s the largest moving-image repository of Indian history

The proposed merger of Films Division with National Film Development Corporation raises several troubling questions.

Avijit Mukul Kishore

· Dec 29, 2021 · 04:45 pm

In documentary on Mumbai film critic Rashid Irani, fond nostalgia and creeping loss

Rafeeq Ellias’s ‘If Memory Serves Me Right’ pays tribute to the renowned cinephile.

Nandini Ramnath

· Dec 15, 2021 · 11:00 am

At Kerala documentary fest, journeys into hell, the soul and the imagination

We look at ‘The Last Man’, ‘Chalo Sakha Us Des Mein’ and ‘Moon on the Man’.

Nandini Ramnath

· Dec 08, 2021 · 06:04 pm

On the trail of The Beatles in India, a reminder of the paths that led them here

The documentary ‘The Beatles and India’ has been directed by Ajoy Bose and expands on his book ‘Across the Universe’.

Nandini Ramnath

· Nov 14, 2021 · 09:45 am

Watch: A dramatisation of the life and works of the writer Premchand

The Films Division documentary has been directed by PC Sharma and written by him and Madan Gopal.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 16, 2021 · 08:15 am