Cinegoers are you ready for the 47th edition of IFFI ?

47^th International Film Festival of India brings a collection of around 300 films for the cinema lovers from across the world. Commencing on November 20^th, the fest is being organized in Panjim, Goa by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

 

The official film festival of India, IFFI, in its 47^th edition is not only offering entertainment through screening cinema of the world, but learning through sessions including Master Classes, In Conversations and 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, ‘AfterImage’, a masterpiece by the veteran director late Andrzej Wajda, at Kala Academy. Starring Luis Fernandez and Prakriti Maduro, ‘Tamara’, a film by Elia K Schneider, is the mid-fest film of IFFI 2016.

 

Curtains of the 47^th IFFI will be drawn with the South Korean 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 and 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 prospective and mechanisms of working together. There are seminars on Indo-Georgia and Indo-Nigeria Co-Production also lined up during the festival. 

For the first time the International Film Festival of India will have screenings for specially-abled in special audio described technology.