Guwahati, Oct. 16 -- When a region's cinema is taken seriously by the country's most respected film journal, it is a sign that a conversation is maturing. The July to September 2026 issue of E-CineIndia (Vol. XXXI), published by FIPRESCI India, carries 39 entries, and five of its authors are from Assam. For a state whose film culture is too often discussed only at home, that is worth noticing.

The India Chapter of FIPRESCI was founded in 1992 by Chidananda Dasgupta as President and Aruna Vasudev as Vice President. It belongs to the International Federation of Film Critics, the world's premier body for cinematic critique. E-CineIndia is its quarterly online journal, registered under ISSN 2582-2500, and it serves as a peer reviewed academi...