Panaji, Nov 20: The 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will begin today evening
here which will be inaugurated by bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
Union
Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani will be present at the
inaugural function to be held at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Bambolim.
Around 200 films from 82 countries will be screened during the nine-day
extravaganza. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani,
Goa Governor Mridula Sinha and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar among a host of
dignitaries will be present at the inaugural function to be held at Dr Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Bambolim. Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan
will be honoured with personality of the year award at the festival. This
year, Canada is the focus country and will be presenting a package of its 8
best recent films. Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan will be
honoured with a lifetime achievement award at (IFFI). ‘Beyond the
clouds’ by legendary Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi will be the opening film,
while the Indo- Argentine film Thinking of Him by Pablo César will be the
closing movie. Children of Heaven fame and the Oscar-nominated director
Majid Majidi will be present for the screening of his latest directorial
venture Beyond the Clouds which was entirely made in India. Twenty six
feature films and 16 non-feature films belonging to different languages,
regions and cultures will be screened in the Indian Panorama Section of the
festival. Vinod Kapri directed Hindi film Pihu will be the opening movie
in the feature film category, while Pushkar Puran by Kamal Sawroop will open
the non-feature film category of the Indian Panorama. IFFI will also
screen two movies- Hindi Medium and Secret Superstar for the visually impaired
persons with special audio described technology. Seven award winning
films from BRICS countries will also be screened at the festival. To
ensure greater participation of local Goan audience, the IFFI will have a
Bioscope Village where non-delegates can watch the movies. UNI
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