Panaji: A short film by UK-based producer Jamie Nuttgens about child poverty in India today won the coveted Golden Lamp Award in the Short Film Section of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2011 here. 'Another Planet', directed by Smita Bhide, was adjudged the best film in the international competition section by a jury headed by Indian Director Basu Chatterjee. The 28-minute film is a touching tale about a young...
11:45 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Panaji: Protests over the contentious Mullaperiyar dam in Idukki, Kerala, echoed at the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), as film personalities and journalists from Kerala demanded immediate repairs to the over 100-year-old dam, which according to the protesters had outlived its longevity. Ravindran, a Keralite actor who was present at the festival, was one of the over 100 protesters who wore black bands and shouted slogans at the...
06:38 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Panaji: The entertainment tax structure in the country will be much relaxed after it is brought under common head in central taxes, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said today. Talking to reporters after inaugurating Film Bazaar at International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, Soni said that there has been a demand by filmmakers to lower the entertainment tax structure in the country. "Indian filmmakers are complaining of...
06:02 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Panaji: The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) seems attracting connoisseurs of cinema and the protesters alike as the latter are digging their heels in in a bid to make the Goa Government relent on a couple of issues. When actor Shah Rukh yesterday inaugurated the ten-day extravaganza at Margao, police were busy taming the black flags waiving protesters who had gathered outside the Ravindra Bhavan Complex, venue of the...
04:53 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Margao: Indian films need to be technologically sound in order to compete with films made abroad, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Margao, 35 km from Panaji, Shah Rukh said: "The technological aspect is important. If our films have to compete with the films made abroad, we have to be technologically...
07:18 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Panaji: Hollywood-based Indian actress Freida Pinto-starrer Trishna will be screened Friday at the 42nd International Film Festival of India here. Trishna is about a woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. Freida, along with director Michael Winterbottom, co-producers Anurag Kashyap and Sunil Bohra as well as composer Amit Trivedi, will attend the screening. The story is based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the...
07:03 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Panaji: Inklab, a film based on citizen activism, made much before the Anna Hazare movement picked up in the country, will be screened in the forthcoming edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in its Short Film Center section here. Chandigarh-based filmmaker Dr Gaurav Chhabra has shot this guerilla film which he says is based on his personal experience in activism. The zero budget film made in Cinema...
03:24 PM, Nov 21, 2011
Panaji: The 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will showcase 40 digital films during the ten-day extravagnza, screening them through Qube server. The organisers have roped in New Delhi-headquartered Real Image Media Technologies Private Limited (RIMTPL) to project the 2D and 3D movies in four auditoriums during the fest here. "At least 40 films would be screened using Qube digital server," said Ketan Mehta, Manager, Digital Cinema Support, RIMTPL....
11:58 AM, Nov 21, 2011
Panaji: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will inaugurate the 42nd International Film Festival of India to be held here Nov 23-Dec 3. "Shah Rukh will flag off the 42nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. He would formally inaugurate the 10-day extravaganza on Nov 23 at Ravindra Bhavan auditorium in Margao," festival director Shankar Mohan said in a statement. The festival aims to be a one-stop-shop...
06:11 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Panaji: The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2011 will be a milestone for the 3D cinemas as these new-generation films would be curated in a special section for the first time in any of the Indian film festivals. IFFI Director Shankar Mohan told reporters on Saturday that there is lot of 3D explosion globally and that's why IFFI would devote a separate section for films based on the new...
03:35 PM, Nov 13, 2011
Panaji: Goa's apex industrial body today said it was partially pulling out from the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which will take place in Goa during November 23 to December 3. Last year and the year before, the Chamber had organised Panaji Shopping Festival' as a part of IFFI. The shopping festival would not be a part of IFFI this year. Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) said...
03:08 PM, Oct 24, 2011
Panaji: The 'reel' history of Indian cinema, spread over 87 years, would be showcased through posters at International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which gets under way on Monday. National Film Archives of India (NFAI) has taken up the task of showcasing some of the 'legendary film posters' at the venues in Panaji. The copy of posters of movies like Raja Harishchandra (1913), Kalyancha Khajina (1924), Sati Savitri are amongst...
01:12 PM, Nov 23, 2009
Chennai: Kamal Haasan was honoured with yet another award, this time for his Lifetime's Achievements in cinema. But the actor and filmmaker feels that the southern film industry lacks the initiative when it comes to participating in national film events. Haasan recently completed 50 years of being in cinema, yet he will get no recognition at one of the biggest film festivals in the country - the International Film Festival...
02:46 AM, Nov 18, 2009
Nearly 225 films from across the globe will be screened in the next 10 days. ...
07:48 PM, Nov 23, 2008
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