Cinema-Poet 2008 [Popularizing World Cinema]

Cinema-Poet 2008 is a unique YouTube channel about ‘‘World Cinema’’. It was launched in 2013 by film critic Mr. Lalit Rao, Social Media Executive, FIPRESCI India. Apart from ''World Cinema'', he is interested in chess, foreign languages, linguistics and philosophy. He is also the associate editor of the quarterly magazine ‘‘Cinematography Art’’. Mr. Lalit Rao has reported extensively on film festivals especially ‘‘World Cinema’’ through more than 40 blogs and 8 videos channels. Apart from writing 1000 reviews on IMDB, Mr. Lalit Rao has created KINEMA, a database with information on 25,000 films. His articles in French and English have appeared in publications such as ‘‘Deep Focus’’, ‘‘Kinoglaz’’, ‘‘Objectif-Cinema’’, ‘‘Sancho Does Asia’’ and ‘‘Séquences’’. As a film critic, Mr. Lalit Rao has attended numerous film festivals in France and India ! Apart from English language, Mr.Lalit Rao speaks fluent French. He also knows German, Japanese, Spanish and Italian languages.