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Mar 21, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Release date for Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) starrer “Eat, Pray, Love” has been announced, its trailer is out, but now Hindus are concerned about the authenticity of the depiction of Hinduism objects-rituals-beliefs-concepts-traditions-philosophy in it.

Based on Pushcart Prize winner Elizabeth Gilbert’s spirituality/travel memoir (played by Roberts), “Eat, Pray, Love” (Buy the book Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia Online) is about her self-discovery and soul-searching after her nasty divorce, exploring through India, Italy, and Indonesia. Gilbert goes to India to learn the “art of devotion”. A critic has defined it as “the worst in Western fetishization of Eastern thought and culture”.

On Saturday night 20 March, the winners of the Go Short awards were announced during an exciting presentation. In arthouse LUX in Nijmegen awards were handed out to seven filmmakers. The jury's were very pleased with the high quality of the selected short films.

Winner of the NPS/ Go Short Award for Best European Short Film: Fiction

Seeds Of The Fall (Patrik Eklund, Sweden, 2009)

"A surprisingly deadpan well structured comedy that deals with human shortcomings."

Agnès Varda filmmaker, photographer, editor, composer, occasional actress and producer, will receive international homage and will be awarded with the Silver Mayahuel on the 25th edition of Guadalajara Film Festival.

With over than 40 titles on her career, the international critic considers Agnès Varda as "the Nouvelle Vague lady".

Main awards all go to first films

This Saturday evening, Georgian director George Ovashvili received the CHF 30.000 prize from the hands of jury president Hanna Schygulla. THE OTHER BANK also won the Audience Award. The prestigious "Talent Tape Award" worth CHF 23.000 in non-cash benefit was handed to Iranian director Nader T. Homayoun for his film TEHROUN.