SCREEN launches SCREEN academy to nurture India’s next generation of Filmmakers

The Indian Express Group and SCREEN on Wednesday announced the launch of SCREEN Academy, a not-for-profit initiative aimed at supporting and highlighting emerging talent in Indian cinema. With an exciting and fast-growing list of diverse members including Cannes and Oscar winners, Guneet Monga, Payal Kapadia and Resul Pookutty, and veteran screenwriter Anjum Rajabali, the Academy, working with India’s top film institutes, will identify and empower the next generation of filmmakers through education, representation, and recognition. Established with the generous support of Founding Patron Abhishek Lodha of the Lodha Foundation, SCREEN Academy will annually provide postgraduate fellowships to students nominated by their film schools, who demonstrate exceptional storytelling potential but lack the financial resources to pursue formal film education. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis said the timing and the lo...

‘The new DiCaprio’: how Leo Woodall became one of UK’s hottest exports

One Day actor who has been cast in next Bridget Jones film has an appeal that spans generations, say pop culture experts

You’d probably never heard of him two years ago and now his blue eyes and floppy sandy hair are everywhere – from magazine covers to TikTok montages.

Searches for Leo Woodall multiplied this week with the announcement that the actor has been cast in the fourth Bridget Jones film, Mad About the Boy, crowning a whirlwind few months for the man who has stolen hearts and become one of Britain’s hottest exports.

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