The Colombian film, Porfirio, which narrates the tale of middle-aged Porfirio, who is confined to a wheelchair after police shoot him in the back, won the Golden Peacock Award for the best film, a certificate and ` 20 lakh, in the International Competition section of the 42nd International Film Festival of India.
"I want to do the remake of the film, ‘Adaminte Makan Abu’ in Hindi because many want to see it," said Salim Ahamed, director of the Malayalam film, which won the Special Jury Award at the 42nd IFFI,
Given her striking features, there is every chance that you might mistake her for an actress. Loveleen Tandan could have well been one, but her forte lies elsewhere. She was on board as the casting director of the acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire and also went on to become the co-director of the film. She spends a lot of time in Goa nowadays, but at this year’s IFFI, she was a part of the jury that selected films for the Indian Panorama.
In another example of the step motherly treatment given to the local media by the officials of the International Film Festival of India, scheduled interviews with the renowned international film star Michelle Yeoh were cancelled by the PR agency citing reasons of 'objections from the organisers of the festival, on grounds of protocol’, whatever that is supposed to mean. The star is in town for the closing film of the 42nd IFFI, The Lady.
Cutting the final word to a suggestion from certain quarters of national media that the venue of the International Film Festival of India should be shifted to Mumbai so as to attract maximum Bollywood personalities for the mega film event, well-known producer and filmmaker, Vidhu Vinod Chopra advised organisers of raising the level of IFFI to such a height that the filmmakers like Yash Chopra, who are sceptical about attend this event, would be forced to leave their Juhu residences and rush to Goa.
Due to the availability of advanced technology making animation films may seem easy to the lay person. However, the fact is that it is a product of hard labour.
Bettada Jeeva - Man of the Hills’, the Kannada film based on Jnanpith awardee, K Shivaram Karanth’s novel, considered a literary classic, was screened at the 42nd IFFI festival.
Films Division, the oldest media organization of the union government now wants to start its own TV channel that will screen documentaries and animation films from India.
The third edition of Chota Cinema Centre, a platform for amateur filmmakers presented awards under varied categories of five minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes and above 30 minutes.
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