ICFT-
UNESCO Fellini Prize to be presented at IFFI 2015 to promote ideals of
UNESCO
Shri
Anil Kapoor to be the Chief Guest at the opening ceremony for IFFI 2015
187 films from 89
countries to be showcased at IFFI 2015 in International Section
Indian
Panorama Section to screen 26 Feature and 21 Non-Feature films
Special
classes in Film making at IFFI 2015 in collaboration with Oscar Academy
‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ to be the opening film
at IFFI 2015
Shri
Arun Jaitley, Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and I&B said that
International Film Festival of India held a special significance and had become
a global brand in the world of cinema. It promoted excellence and provided an
opportunity to showcase the best domestic and international talent. The Minister
said this while addressing the curtain raiser press conference on International
Film Festival of India -2015. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of
State for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar, Chief Minister
of Goa and Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary I&B were also present at the
occasion.
Elaborating
on the festival profile Shri Jaitley said the film festival would showcase 187
films from 89 countries in World Cinema section along with 26 Feature and 21
Non-Feature films in Indian Panorama section. Shri Anil Kapoor
would be the Chief Guest at the opening ceremony. The jury for International Competition included Chairperson Shri
Shekhar Kapur along with Mr. Michael Radford, Ms. Julia Jentsch, Ms. Suha Arraf
and Mr. Jeon Kyu-Hwan. The 13-member Feature jury and 7- member Non-feature
jury was headed by Shri Aribam Syam Sharma and Shri Rajendra Janglay
respectively. The opening film of IFFI 2015 would be ‘The Man Who Knew
Infinity’ by Matthew Brown. The film was a true story of friendship between
Indian Mathematician Ramanujan and Professor GH Hardy that forever changed the
world of mathematics.
On the focus country for the film
festival Shri Jaitley said that the ‘Kingdom of Spain’ would be the focus
country for IFFI 2015.The films of master Spanish filmmakers Carlos Saura and
Pedro Almadovar along with contemporary filmmakers like Alejandro Amenabar
would be screened at the festival. The section would also feature Spanish
actress Leticia Dolera’s directorial debut ‘Requirements to Be a Normal Person.’
The IFFI 2015 in the International Competition would include 15 films from across
the globe.
Shri Jaitley also highlighted the new
initiatives of IFFI-2015. He said this year IFFI would feature a special
section on ‘World Cinema Restored Classics’ to highlight the idea of film
restoration. This would feature a package of classics to put spotlight on
National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM). The Minister further said that the film festival would
also introduce a new segment- ‘First Cut’ to
recognize the young talent in the field of cinema and would screen some of the
outstanding directorial debuts of 2015. The section would feature
emerging filmmakers including Brian Perkins (Film - Golden Kingdom, USA),
Michael Klette (Film - Solness, Germany) among others. The festival in association with the Oscar
Academy would also promote skill development in film making through master
classes on varied topics like sound designing, film archive and film editing.
Shri Jaitley said that IFFI 2015 would also
include special award - “ICFT- UNESCO Fellini Prize” in collaboration with the
International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication
(ICFT), Paris and UNESCO. The award would be presented to a film which reflects
the ideals of peace, tolerance, non-violence and friendship promoted by UNESCO.
Shri
Arun Jaitley also released the poster for the 46th International
Film Festival at the press conference.
Shri
Sunil Arora, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting while giving
introductory remarks at the press conference said that IFFI was the biggest
Film Festival in Asia and a leading platform for art and creativity. He said
that Goa had been the perfect venue for past 11 years for the film festival. He
further said that this year the festival would also have a special Focus on
North East Cinema and would showcase the best of films and filmmakers from the
region to the world. It would have a Special Retrospective on Aribam Syam
Sharma along with a unique segment featuring next generation filmmakers from
North East.
IFFI
2015 would also organize a special seminar on Film and Cultural diversity. A
special series titled ‘In Conversation’ with eminent Indian filmmakers such as
Shyam Benegal, Vettrimaran would be organized to discuss films and the art of
filmmaking with the audience.
Organized by the Directorate of Film
Festivals, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, in association with the
State Government of Goa, the International Film Festival of India is an
endeavor to understand the various social and cultural ethos through the eyes
of cinema. Moving from the artistic centers of Asia to the cinematic arena of
the world, the festival’s founding principles focus on discovery, promotion and
support of filmmaking of all genres, thus bringing together the diversity of the
forms, aesthetics and contents. The festival has gained huge popularity amongst
the global cinema lovers.
Courtesy:pib.nic.in
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