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IFFI 2021 & Goa’s Love For Movies.
The festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to challenge the excellence of the movie art.
It promotes friendship and cooperation amongst human beings of the world and contributes to the perception and understanding of the movie cultures of exclusive international locations in the context of their social and cultural ethos.
A Complete Guide For IFFI 2021 Anurag Thakur, the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, has introduced that the famed movie administrators Martin Scorsese and Istvan Szabo will be honoured with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa.
The 52nd version of the International Film Festival of India will take place in Goa from November 20 to 28, 2021. This will additionally be for the first time that IFFI has invited primary OTT structures to take part in the global movie festival.
As per the Union Minister, India is a land of storytellers, and its memories have captured the creativeness of the world. India’s huge range of testimonies properly makes us the content material subcontinent.
The 52nd International Film Festival of India will pay homage to actors Sumitra Bhave, Dilip Kumar, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Surekha Sikri, Sanchari Vijay, Bertrand Tavenier, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Christopher Plummer.
Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award to Martin Scorsese and Istvan Szabo
Istvan Szabo-
• Istvan Szabo is one of the most significantly acclaimed Hungarian Film Directors of the previous few decades. He is regarded for masterpieces such as Father (1966) and Mephisto (1981).
• Szabo’s movies are based totally on the way of life of European auteurism that represents many components of the political and psychological conflicts of Central Europe’s latest history. They are frequently stimulated with the aid of his personal private biography.
• Istvan Szabo’s best worldwide success got here when he gained the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Category for Mephisto (1981).
Martin Scorsese-
• Martin Scorsese is regarded as one of the important figures of the new Hollywood era. He is extensively considered as one of the biggest and most influential administrators in the movie iScorsese
• His physique of work explores subject matters such as Italian-American identity, machismo, nihilism, faith, catholic principles of guilt and redemption.
• Scorsese’s videos have persistently garnered integral acclaim, with 9 nominations for the Oscars for the Best Director category.
52nd International Film Festival of India:
Key details
• In a first, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Voot, Zee5, and Sony Liv will additionally take part at IFFI through exclusive masterclasses, content launches and previews, curated movie bundle screenings, and more than a few different on-ground and digital events.
• Also, for the first time, movies from 5 BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) international locations will be showcased through BRICS Film Festival alongside IFFI.
• ‘The King of the world’ directed by Carlos Saura will be the Opening Film and this will additionally be the film’s global premiere.
• Around 30 films have been shortlisted for the screening at the 52nd IFFI from outstanding International Film Festivals in the Festival Kaleidoscope and the World Panorama Section.
Platform for younger intelligence from India to join with filmmakers
• The International Film Festival of India will furnish a platform for the younger budding brain throughout the country to connect with mainstream cinema filmmakers and the industry.
• The Union Minister Anurag Thakur informed that the 75 Creative Minds (under 35 years) will be invited to have interaction with the enterprise leaders and attend Masterclasses at the festival.
• The youngsters will be selected through the competition for young filmmakers around the country. In total, 75 youngsters will be selected.
• The last date to submit the online application for the competition is October 31, 2021.
