The wait is over, as the 1st schedule for the 47th International Film Festival of India is going live today on the official websites of IFFI & Directorate of Film Festivals. The oldest film festival of Asia, IFFI this year, brings a collection of around 300 films for the cinema lovers from across the world. Commencing on 20th Nov, 2016, the fest is being organized in Panjim, Goa by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
The official film festival of India, IFFI, in its 47th edition is not only offering entertainment through screening cinema of the world, but learning through sessions including Master Classes, In Conversations & Workshops as well.
This 9 day festival will commence with a gala opening ceremony at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, Goa. The ceremony will be followed by the opening film, AFTER IMAGE, a masterpiece by the veteran director late Andrzej Wajda, at Kala Academy. Starring Luis Fernandez & Prakriti Maduro, TAMARA, a film by Elia K Schneider, is the mid – fest film of IFFI 2016.
Curtains of the 47th IFFI will be drawn with the film THE AGE OF SHADOWS, by Kim Jee -Woon.
The country focus for this year is the Republic of Korea and screenings of contemporary stalwarts like Sang – ho Yeon, Zhang Lu & Lee Joon Ik will grace the festival.
Furthermore, an Indo – Korean Co – Production seminar will take place during the course of the festival, where the delegates from the respective countries will discuss about the prospects & mechanisms of working together. There are seminars on Indo – Georgia & Indo – Nigeria Co -Production also lined up during the festival.
For the 1st time the International Film Festival of India will have screenings for specially – abled in special audio described technology.
