Watch a recording of the recent Bombay Film Colour seminar presentations by Kirsty Sinclair Dootson (UCL) and Ranjani Mazumdar (Jawaharlal Nehru University) here: youtu.be/LWAGqny7Uls The seminar was hosted by the BAFTSS Colour & Film SIG. @baftss.bsky.social @bombayfilmcolour.bsky.social

In January 2026, Bombay Film Colour network members Kirsty Sinclair Dootson and Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai were invited to BBC Radio 4 to kick off the new season of Thinking Allowed with an episode titled 'Colour in Film.' Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... (1/2).

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Colour in Film

Laurie Taylor with Swarnavel Eswaran and Kirsty Sinclair Dootson on Indian film-making.

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🎬 Roundtable recording of "Bombay Film Colour and the Cold War" from the Eye International Conference 2025 is now LIVE! Bombay film colour fans — don’t miss this illuminating panel! 🎧 Tune in now: youtube.com/watch?v=T4XTDXCy-jA

Bombay Film Colour and the Cold War: Panel Discussion at Eye International Conference 2025

YouTube video by Bombay Film Colour

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Registrations are now open for The Bombay Film Colour Symposium!! To know more about our star-studded panels and film screening events, visit: tinyurl.com/BombayFilmCo... and tinyurl.com/Manthan-scre... All events are free but ticketed. Register via Eventbrite to secure a spot now!

The Bombay Film Colour Symposium

The Bombay Film Colour Symposium

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In their latest article, @dootson.bsky.social and @pgaurbhat.bsky.social present an alternate historiography of colour cinema and explore the methodological questions that we can ask and answer via lost films if we are prepared to lose our own ‘desire’ to see cinema in colour. tinyurl.com/2wvtsnm6

Kirsty Sinclair Dootson (she/her)@dootson.bsky.social · last yr.

Big day for @bombayfilmcolour.bsky.social: our first publication is out! It's a collab between me and superstar @pgaurbhat.bsky.social titled "A History of Colour Cinema That Can Account for Indian Cinema: The Bombay Film Laboratory, Kashmir’s Climate and Gevacolor’s Pamposh" tinyurl.com/2wvtsnm6

Join us for The Bombay Film Colour Symposium this summer in London ✨ The event will feature panel discussions (at UCL) and an archival screening at the BFI. Information on how to register coming soon! 🍒

Greetings, Bluesky! What better use of a first post than to announce our call for contributions! Write to us at bombayfilmcolour@gmail.com to discuss ideas, questions, or if you'd like to join our mailing list (and stay updated on our activities, call for contributions, upcoming events and more!