Catching The Sun' Opens Transitions Film Festival

US filmmaker Shalini Kantayya will open the 5th annual Transitions Film Festival with the Australian Premiere of her feature documentary Catching the Sun. Shalini Kantayya ...

Of Gender Divide

Since the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib, the human rib on gender issues has not stopped tickling. Left no wiser since Biblical times, the issue remains burning and ...

Gender Fluidity Went Pop In 2015 – And It’s Not Just A Phase

First things first: don’t call it a trend. Gender fluidity found its way into more headlines than ever in 2015. But regardless of the moment it’s having in both...

Zeugma Film Festival Opens

The 3rd Zeugma Film Festival opened on Dec. 22 with a ceremony at the Gaziantep University Congress and Culture Center in the south eastern province of Gaziantep.  Thi...

Here's What the Hell Happened In Bitcoin In 2015

Without a doubt, 2015 was the craziest year yet for Bitcoin, the virtual currency that, in the last six years, has gone from a niche hobby for people who?ve read Neuromance...

Miami International Children’s Film Festival To Inspire Next Generation Of Filmmakers

From Dec. 26 through 31, Coral Gables Art Cinema will host the third annual Miami International Children’s Film Festival. The family-friendly event is the perfect sce...

Bring On The Girls

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was a publishing sensation and made legit the dysfunctional ‘girl’.

Paula Hawkins’s debut novel, The Girl On The T...

Vietnam Hosts First Indian Film Festival, Will Screen ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Jodha Akbar’

The first ever Indian Film Festival-Vietnam kickstarted on December 18 in Ho Chi Minh City. Organised by the Indian Embassy in Vietnam and Directorate of Fil...

UN Recognises 'Human Right To Sanitation'

In a bid to combat open defecation, the UN has adopted a landmark resolution recognising the human right to “sanitation” as a distinct human right along with th...