IFFI 2016 to woo audience with plethora of movies

Panaji: The 47th edition of International Film Festival of India (IIFI) is all set to woo the audience with the plethora of movies from across the globe.The nine day extravganza, which will begin from November 20 and conclude on November 28, will be a major festival for independent films and international productions as well as establishing a strong film market tie-in with many international buyers and sellers.

The 46th International Film Festival of India, 2015 had marked its failureof success by entertaining the audience with movies of various genres, including several Official Academy Award entries and presence of Masters of cinema like Shekhar Kapoor, Nikita Mikhalkov, Michael Radford, Amos Gitai, Kaushik Ganguly, Julia Jentsch, AR Rahman and Milt Shefter.

The 47th edition promises to be even bigger and better with the selection of films to be made from more than 1,000 entries received from across the globe.The Indian Panorama films would showcase the creativity of Indian Directors ,which would for the first time be selected from the received entries of both censored and un-censored films as per the new guidelines for this year’s IFFI.

The Festival would introduce the Centenary Award for the Best Debut Feature to recognize upcoming film makers from all over the world, to the pre-existing award categories, namely Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Male), Best Actor (Female), Lifetime Achievement Award, Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year and Special Jury Award.

It would be a chance to re-invent film making for students and film enthusiasts as there would interactive sessions and informative classes from global masters of the art in Direction, Documentary film making, Editing, Art Direction, Cinematography, VFX & Animation and Action Direction.IFFI 2016 would also have workshops from stalwarts in World Cinema who will teach in learning Celebrity Photography and Publicity Management.

Sales and Distribution companies from around the world would be gracing the festival, adding to the promotion and marketing of meaningful cultural exchange in the Business of Cinema.A special section of films would be showcased as a Celebration of Masters in the art of Film making. (UNI)