Daniyar Alshinov is a well-known Kazakh actor. His recent works were the leading parts in Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s critically acclaimed feature films “A Dark, Dark Man” (“Achievement in Directing”, Asian Pacific Screen Award-2019) and “Atbai’s Fight” (Grand-Prix at Yakutsk IFF-2020). Daniyar also played the leading part in Yerzhanov’s recently made new feature (working title “Herd Immunity”, currently in post-production). In 2020 Alshinov won “Best Actor” prize at the “Critics’ Choice”, the leading Kazakh independent film awards helmed by the Film Critics’ Association of Kazakhstan.
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Lima Das, nominated Best Actress at Imagineindia for Aamis (Bhaskar Hazarika)
Dr. Lima Das is an actor and classical dancer from Guwahati, Assam.
She made her debut in films with the critically acclaimed Assamese film ‘Aamis’ directed by Bhaskar Hazarika, winning the Best Actress awards at the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (SSAIFF) 2019 and the 4th Sailadhar Baruah Film Awards. She was also felicitated with the Biju Phukan Recognition Award for Acting 2020 for her role in Aamis.
Rozafa Celaj, nominated Best Actress for Aga,s House at Imagineindia
A 24 year old actress and director, born in Kosovo and raised by parents who are both actors. Attended seven years of professional music school, studying violin, piano, guitar and singing. Graduated from the Faculty of Arts of the Prishtina University, department of TV and Film Directing. While a student Rozafa wrote, directed and produced several short film projects.
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Meryem Uzerli, nominated Best Actress for The Hive at Imagineindia
Meryem Uzerli was born in 1983, Kassel, Germany.
She moved to Hamburg to complete her education and acting training in The acting Studio Frese, before she moved to berlin to continue her Theater career.
She took a part in plays of well-known authors such as Shakespeare, Brecht , Goldoni and Büchner.
Ranvir Shorey, nominated Best Actor for Kadakh at Imagineindia
Ranvir Shorey is an Indian actor and former VJ. Since making his debut in Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002), he has starred in a number of high-profile films such as Jism (2003) and Lakshya (2004). He has also starred in the critically acclaimed films such as Traffic Signal, Bheja Fry (2007) and the critical and commercial hit Mithya (2008).
He started his career along with his friend and co-actor Vinay Pathak. He was the host of the successful talk show Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? and The Great Indian Comedy Show which aired on STAR One.
He made his debut opposite Manisha Koirala in the film Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002). His next film Jism (2003) was a hit but he had a minor role. It was not until 2006 that he got noticed in the comedy Khosla Ka Ghosla. The film was released to much acclaim and his comic role was praised. He played Nanoo in the comedy Pyaar Ke Side Effects alongside Rahul Bose as his funny friend. He appeared in the multi-starrer Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007) which was moderately successful. He appeared in a Yash Raj Films, titled Aaja Nachle which was released in November 2007. Mithya, which was released in February 2008, has Ranvir Shorey as the lead actor and has been critically acclaimed. In 2008, Ranvir was seen in movies like Ugly Aur Pagli and box office hit Singh Is Kinng.
He hosted Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7) in the year 2014. Which aired on Colors (TV channel).
In 2018, he starred in the short film Shame alongside Swara Bhaskar. He also appeared in the 2019 film Sonchiriya alongside Sushant Singh Rajput and Manoj Bajpayee.
Trinh Minh Ha at Imagineindia 2020
The radical filmmaker, teacher at Berkeley and writer talks essentialism in identity politics and why her films are neither documentary nor fiction.
Trinh T. Minh-ha’s first film, Reassemblage (1982), is in some sense a work of ethnographic cinema. Shot in Senegal, it is filled with scenes of daily life, especially of village women. Continue reading Trinh Minh Ha at Imagineindia 2020
Season’s Greetings of Ram Kamal Mukherjee to be premiered at Imagineindia
Filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s second venture A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings will have world wide premiere on Zee 5 this winter.
After the success of Cakewalk, author turned director Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s second feature A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings will have world wide premiere on Zee 5, India’s leading digital platform. The 47 minute Hindi feature marks the comeback of Bollywood star Celina Jaitly Haag post marriage and motherhood. The film also stars theatre thespian Lillette Dubey and debutant Azhar Khan in the lead. This film also marks the debut of Bollywood’s first transgender actor Shree Ghatak in a pivotal role. Continue reading Season’s Greetings of Ram Kamal Mukherjee to be premiered at Imagineindia
Interview with Ram Kamal Mukherjee
Tell us what inspired you to take that step into journalism. My father, Jaydeb Mukherjee was instrumental in guiding me. He realised that I liked writing, and…
Tell us what inspired you to take that step into journalism.
My father, Jaydeb Mukherjee was instrumental in guiding me. He realised that I liked writing, and I always preferred Shakespeare more than Newton in my school days! I guess the germ was already created; it needed the right soil to bloom. Continue reading Interview with Ram Kamal Mukherjee
Mehdi Rahmani, Jury member at Imagineindia 2020
Mehdi Rahmani will be Jury Member at the 19th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival to take place in Madrid on 17 – 31 May 2020.
The Iranian director and producer was born in 1979. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iranian Cinema and Broadcasting university-Tehran as a director and made 18 short films and documentaries. Continue reading Mehdi Rahmani, Jury member at Imagineindia 2020
Mahtab Keramati, jury at Imagineindia 2024
Mahtab Keramati will be Jury at Imagineindia 2024
She was the Jury President at the 19th edition at Imagineindia in 2020.
Born on October 17, 1970 in Tehran, Iran, in 2006 she was appointed UNICEF National Ambassador in Iran.
She was taking acting courses when she was cast for the role of Helen in The Men of Angelos, which earned her national recognition. She later appeared in films such as Mummy III and Rain Man, for which she was nominated for the Fajr Crystal Simorgh International Film Festival. She then appeared in dramas such as Saint Mary and Crimson Soil and the films Hell, Purgatory, Heaven, There are things you don’t know, Alzheimer’s and the private life of Mr. and Mrs. M .. She won a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a supporting role for Twenty In 2015, winner of the Award for Best Actress International Imagineindia Film Festival.
Keramati won the Best Actress Award at Imagineindia for her performance in “Ghosts” by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui.
After the earthquake of Bam City which occurred on 26 December 2003, she approached philanthropy and charity work and on 30 December she was one of the artists partaking in a charity meeting for quake-stricken people of Bam. From 2013, releasing prisoners-sentenced-to-nemesis, have become one of the charity work she does and she has put some efforts in collecting blood money and getting the next of kin’s satisfaction. In this respect Shahab Moradi has been one of her companions. She is also a women’s rights activist.
- Mardi Az jense Bolour (1999)
- Mumiyayi 3 (2000)
- Mard Barani (2000)
- Behesht az ane To (2000)
- Molaghat ba Tooti (2003)
- Shahe Khamoosh (2003)
- Hashtpa (2005)
- Salvation at 8:20 (2005)
- Hess-e Penhan (2007)
- The Reward of Silence (2007)
- Adam (2007)
- Atash-e Sabz (2008)
- Shirin (2008)
- Tardid (2009)
- Women Are Angels (2009)
- Doozakh Barzakh Behesht (2009)
- Bist (2009)
- Shabane Rooz (2010)
- Adamkosh (2010)
- There Are Things You Don’t Know (2010)
- Alzheimer (2011)
- Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011)
- The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M (2012)
- Azar (2012)
- The Fourth Child (2013)
- Inadvertent (2014)
- Hussein Who Said No
- Ghosts (2014)
- Arghavan (2014)
- Jameh Daran (2015)
- Ice Age (2015)
- BIAFF Film Festival Promo Video 2017 (2017)
- Mazar-i-Sharif[4][5]
- Majan (2015)
- mordad (2015)
- Boht (2016)
- Shayad Eshgh Nabod (2016)
- old Road (2016)
- orca (2019)
- Sahneh Zani (2020)
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