DearCinema.com is an Indian web site on world cinema

World cinema

World cinema is a term used primarily in English language speaking countries to refer to the films and film industries of non-English speaking countries. It is therefore often used interchangeably with the term foreign film...

 that focuses on film festivals, art-house cinema, independent and short films.It was founded by Bikas Mishra

Bikas Mishra

Bikas Ranjan Mishra is an Indian screenwriter, director and film critic. He is the editor and founder of DearCinema.com; he has been a member of programming and selection committees of Mumbai Academy of Moving Image MAMI. Bikas was part of the International Critics Jury of the 15th International...

 and launched in February 2007. The site is run by privately held DearCinema.com private limited, a company registered under Companies Act, 1956.

DearCinema.com was nominated for the hottest startup award, organized by TATA NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network) in 2008. According to the official TATA NEN website, "DearCinema.com is the only Indian portal that provides information, reviews on newly created niche entertainment segment 'world cinema"

According to leading Indian weekly "Outlook Money", "The site covers all major film festivals in India and abroad and provides news, views and reviews about world cinema." DearCinema.com was featured in the June 17th issue of the magazine in a special story that covered 30 Indian businesses which were started with a capital less than INR 500,000

European Union portal on Cinema Cineuropa features DearCinema.com in its partner list, where it has been described as "DearCinema.com, is a popular Indian webmagazine dedicated to promotion of "world cinema". It provides news, reviews and relevant information about European, Asian, African, Latin American and American films and film festivals. Contributors from all over the world run this website and it's widely followed by cinephiles all over the world."