A very good FIIG

Attention, people of Earth: the FIIG Film Festival launched yesterday. The nine outstanding films by award-winning Fulbright alums will be available for viewing online through May 2, 2025.

Access to view them is FREE but you must register to get the password at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18NbITo8lL3h6S4uuN_86IY8shWjvT7UNUKkKom2LK30/viewform?edit_requested=true .

To join us on May 3 for panel discussions with the filmmakers, register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eN6KgrhDSpCH0j6vdaV3lg#/registration . I was one of the curators of the nine films and will be hosting one of the panel discussions along with my esteemed colleagues.

Hope to see you there!

Congratulations to the Winners

What a great experience serving on the advisory committee for the CFCCF 2025 Film Festival, and addressing the audience and filmmakers in such great company today, including filmmaker Debasish Sen Sharma, Lapaataa Ladies writer Biplab Goswami, performance artist and storyteller Dr. Janardan Ghosh and UEM Chancellor Prof Dr. Satyajit Chakrabarti.

Congratulations to the winners for their outstanding short films.

Cannes Film and Content Creators Festival & Award ceremony.

Cannes Film, Content Creators Festival

I’m extremely honored to be on the Advisory Committee of the Film and Content Creators Festival & Award Ceremony, and to be the keynote speaker at this hybrid event for short fictional and documentary films and creative content, to be held at the Canopy by Hilton in Cannes, France on April 12th, 2025.

The event is being organized by the Institute of Engineering and Management in Kolkata and Smart Society, a US and Canada-based nonprofit with the goal of creating a pool of unique ideas and thoughts in the form of short, power-packed talks for propelling others to excel in their respective fields.

Full details and entry rules at https://cfccf.smartsociety.org.