All you need to know about the 52nd edition of IFFI
52nd edition of IFFI will confer Hema Malini and Prasoon Joshi with Indian Film Personality of the Year Award
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Panaji, November 19: With just 2 days to go for opening of 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India, Union I&B Minister has announced that Hema Malini, Actor, Member of Parliament from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh and Prasoon Joshi, Lyricist and Chairperson, CBFC will be conferred the Indian Film Personality of the Year Award for 2021 here. The Festival Director, Chaitanya Prasad gave an overview of flavour and splendour of IFFI and what cine lovers should expect from this edition of the festival.
The BRICS Film Festival is being held on the sidelines of IFFI for the first time. There will be a special package presenting films from the five countries.
Speaking about the “75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow” who will get to attend IFFI, the Director informed that it was Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur’s idea to connect generations of film buffs by inviting talented cinematic personalities of tomorrow to be a part of IFFI. “We have been overwhelmed with the 400 plus applications from across the country. The 75 applicants will be coming over to IFFI as our guests, they will get to meet everyone here. It will give them an opportunity to interact with filmmakers from across diverse segments of the industry.”
The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India, IFFI is being held in Goa from November 20-28, 2021 and will be held in hybrid format.
IFFI showcases a collage of the best contemporary / classic films from around the world. A wide array of world-renowned filmmakers, actors, technicians, critics, academicians and film enthusiasts will come together to celebrate Cinema and Art of Filmmaking through various film Screenings, Presentations, Master Classes, Panel Discussions, Co-production, Seminars, etc.
The Director said that for the first time in history of IFFI, major OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon, Zee 5, etc will participate in the festival, with releases, masterclasses, etc.
IFFI will feature 148 films from about 73 countries in the International Section. The festival will have about 12 world premieres, about 7 international premieres, 26 Asia premieres and about 64 India premieres. IFFI received 624 films from 95 countries this time, up from 69 countries in the previous edition.
The two major global cinematic giants Martin Scorsese and Istevan Szabo are being honoured with the first Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, informed the Festival Director.
The BRICS Film Festival is being held on the sidelines of IFFI for the first time. There will be a special package presenting films from the five countries.
Speaking about the “75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow” who will get to attend IFFI, the Director informed that it was Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur’s idea to connect generations of film buffs by inviting talented cinematic personalities of tomorrow to be a part of IFFI. “We have been overwhelmed with the 400 plus applications from across the country. The 75 applicants will be coming over to IFFI as our guests, they will get to meet everyone here. It will give them an opportunity to interact with filmmakers from across diverse segments of the industry.”
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Prasad informed that IFFI will be paying homage to prominent Kannada film actor Puneet Rajkumar.
