Austrian movie ‘Alma and Oskar’ directed by Dieter Berner would be the inaugural movie of the 53rd version of Worldwide Movie Competition of India (IFFI), which can start in Goa on November 20.
As many as 280 movies from 79 nations, together with 25 characteristic and 20 non-feature movies from India within the ‘Indian Panorama’ part, might be screened on the pageant, which can conclude on November 28.
The Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award might be introduced to Spanish movie director Carlos Saura. An eight-film retrospective devoted to Saura, who obtained the Golden Bear for finest director on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition for Deprisa Deprisa, might be a serious attraction of the IFFI.
France is the ‘Highlight’ nation this yr– eight French movies might be screened below the ‘Nation Focus’.
Three movies that includes this yr’s Dadasaheb Phalke awardee Asha Parekh – ‘Teesri Manzil’, ‘Do Badan and Kati Patang’ – might be screened as a part of Asha Parekh retrospective. Krzysztof Zanussi’s ‘Good Quantity’ would be the closing movie.
Addressing the media in New Delhi on Monday, Minister of State for Info & Broadcasting L Murugan stated 5 characteristic and 5 non-feature movies might be screened to advertise movies from the North-East and marking golden jubilee of Manipuri cinema.
For the primary time, pavilions will make an look on the IFFI in step with main worldwide markets equivalent to Marche du Cannes. The 42 pavilions will home movie workplaces of assorted state governments, collaborating nations, trade gamers and media models from the I&B ministry.
Many restored classics might be obtainable at ‘The Viewing Room’ the place one will have the ability to purchase the rights of those movies and use them at movie festivals throughout the globe.
A guide adaptation programme has been launched to advertise movie adaptation of books. Some publishers are additionally anticipated to be current to promote the rights of the books for making movies. A number of movies, together with Richard Attenborough’s Oscar-winning movie ‘Gandhi’, might be screened within the ‘Divyangjan’ part, with embedded audio descriptions and subtitles.
Tributes will even be paid to singer Lata Mangeshkar, singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, Kathak maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj, actors Ramesh Deo and Maheshwari Amma, singer KK, director Tarun, Assamese actor Nipon Das and singer Bhupinder Singh. Within the Worldwide part, IFFI pays homage to Bob Rafelson, Ivan Reitman, Peter Bogdanovich, Douglas Trumbell and Monica Vitti.
The ‘Indian Panorama’ will open with Prithvi Konanur’s Kannada movie ‘Hadinelentu’ whereas ‘The Present Should Go On’ by Divya Cowasji will flag off the non-feature movie part. There might be particular screenings of Pan Nalin’s ‘Chello Present—The Final Movie Present’, India’s official entry to the Oscars within the Finest Overseas Language class, and Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘India Lockdown’.
Upcoming Telugu movie, Raymo, Deepti Naval and Kalki Koechlin’s ‘Goldfish’ and Randeep Hooda and Ileana D’Cruz’s ‘Tera Kya Hoga Beautiful’ might be premiered on the IFFI, together with an episode of OTT reveals like ‘Vadhandhi’, ‘Khakee’ and ‘Fauda Season 4’.