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moving to other film producing centres in the intervening years.
in Goa. The Goa government thereafter established the Entertainment Society of Goa to coordinate with the Centre for the Festival.
which went into ways to raise the level of the Festival or IFFI as it is commonly called to international standards, the competition section was amplified to make it global and two new awards for best actor and actress were introduced in 2010.
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and the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize award at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. Tavernier has to his credit acclaimed films like ‘Life and Nothing, But’ which won the BAFTA award for best film in a language other than English in 1990 and four Cesar awards, and ‘The Princess of ’ which competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The total budget of the Festival was around Rs 10 including the award money of Rs One .
In a change with tradition, the IFFI which was held in for the eighth time in a row had its inauguration on 22nd November at the in . It was inaugurated by star Shah Khan in the presence of Information and Broadcasting Minister Mrs , while actor Surya was the Chief Guest in presence of Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mr C M at the closing on 3rd December. Goa Chief Minister Mr presided over both the events for the fifth time in a row.
Khan said ‘cinema allows audiences to think in unison for some time’, and it does not matter who is sitting next to you in the dark ambience of a cinema hall. He said he did not like to demarcate between art and commercial cinema since all films were mirrors of the world. At the closing, actor Surya said movies are all about desires that drive the people to do better. Cinema was a culture and not just entertainment, he added.
and Joao Correa based on the life of a man who saved around 30,000 Jews during the Second World War by issuing them visas, and closed with ‘The Lady’ by Luc on the life of Nobel Prize recipient San of Myanmar. Michelle who played the title role in the closing film was present at the closing along with Luc .
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, , Singh, , and Tagore who was remembered with the screening of five
films based on his written works.
Dixit. It opened with the screening of ‘’ in Malayalam by Sivan and the non-feature ‘ ’ by on the music of and who were also present.
. There were sections on European Discoveries, Spotlight on Poland, Documentaries, on screen, Soccer in Cinema, and Russian Classics. The country focus was on the United States.
for short films and the Cinema section for filmmakers from film institutes were also organized.
one of the most revered and acclaimed names in the French film industry, and the much acclaimed Australian film director Phillip . Both of them attended the Festival.
judged the fourteen films in competition. The other jury members were Dan Wolman from Israel, Laurence from the United States, Lee Young Kwan who is Director of Korea’s International Film Festival, and Iran’s Ms .
’ by Alejandro took away the Golden Peacock for best film, while Iranian director got the Silver Peacock for best director for the film ‘Nader and , a Separation’.
each, got Rs 15 .
for the Israeli film ‘Restoration’ by Joseph while the best female actor award went to for the Russian film ‘Elena’ directed by Andrei . Both received the Silver Peacock and a cash component of Rs 10 each.
Abu) by received the Special jury award comprising cash component of Rs 15 apart from a Silver Peacock.
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who represents a workers association in the industry, Steering Committee Chairman Mike , Film Federation of India President T P and Secretary General , actors Chopra, Jackie , Khan, , , Chopra, , , and .
, and almost all the shows were full. There were over forty press meets and around ten Open Forum sessions. There was a panel Discussion on the Art of Subtitling in Cinema and a seminar on film criticism to pay homage to the late .
of a heart attack during the festival, aged 56. His film ‘Mario : A Creator of Crowds’ was screened in the Soccer package.
said, IFFI has truly become an agent of the growing acceptance of Indian cinema the world over and has given an impetus and an identity to the industry making it one of the most prosperous film industries of the world.