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6 items from 2011
Porfirio, Nader and Simin and Adaminte Makan Abu winners at Iffi 2011
3 December 2011 10:02 AM, PST | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
The Columbian film ‘Porfirio’ directed by Alejandro Landes and produced by Franciso Aljure has bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 42nd International Film Festival of India 2011, while the Silver Peacock Award for the Best Director went to Asghar Farhadi for his film ‘Nader and Simin-a Seperation’.
The Indian film ‘Adaminte Makan Abu’ won the Special Jury Award. Director of the film Salim Ahamed received the award which consists of a Silver Peacock, Certificate and a Cash Prize of Rs. 15 Lakhs.
The Best Actor award of Rs. 10 lakh went to the Israeli actor Sasson Gabay for his role in the film ‘Restoration’ whereas the Best Actress Award was won by Nadezhda Markina for her role in ‘Elena’.
The Iffi competition jury comprised of Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Laurence Kardish, Lee Yong Kwan, Tahmineh Milani and Dan Wolman. The festival concluded today with the screening of the English »
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42nd International Film Festival of India kicks off in Goa
23 November 2011 7:34 AM, PST | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
Shillong choir at Iffi Opening Ceremony
The 42nd International Film Festival of India was inaugurated in Goa on Wednesday evening. The Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni and Chief Minister of Goa Digambar Kamat were joined by Chief Guest Shah Rukh Khan, actress Rituparna Sengupta and Festival director Shankar Mohan among others, to light the ceremonial lamp.
Life Time Achievement award was conferred upon French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier. The event showcased an extempore painting by Vilas Nayak on Bertrand Tavernier followed by a screening of a two minute clip on the acclaimed filmmaker known for his works in world cinema.
The international jury comprising of filmmakers like Adoor Gopalakrishnan-the Chairman of the panel, Dan Wolman from Israel, Lawrence Kardish from USA, Lee Yong Kwan from the Busan Film Festival and Tahmineh Milani from Iran were felicitated by Rituparna Sengupta.
“Let Iffi become truly an international event- an »
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Srk to inaugurate the 42nd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa
17 November 2011 7:42 AM, PST | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »
Shah Rukh Khan will be inaugurating the 42nd International Film Festival of India to be held at the pristine locales of Goa from the 23rd of November to the 3rd of December. The ten day festival will be spread across cultural locales like Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan and others and will bring the best of creative geniuses and celebrated auteur to a common platform which is aimed at making the festival the best in world. While the opening ceremony brings in the King of Bollywood, the closing ceremony will have the Southern Superstar Suriya best known for his super hit movies like Perazhagan, Vaaranam Aayiram and Kaakha Kaakha adding spice to the proceedings. The film festival will also see international celebrities like eminent French filmmaker Luc Besson and International actress Michelle Yeoh. The festival which is termed as the 'festival of change' seeks to bring in vast changes into the »
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Srk to inaugurate the 42nd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa
17 November 2011 7:42 AM, PST | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »
Shah Rukh Khan will be inaugurating the 42nd International Film Festival of India to be held at the pristine locales of Goa from the 23rd of November to the 3rd of December. The ten day festival will be spread across cultural locales like Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan and others and will bring the best of creative geniuses and celebrated auteur to a common platform which is aimed at making the festival the best in world. While the opening ceremony brings in the King of Bollywood, the closing ceremony will have the Southern Superstar Suriya best known for his super hit movies like Perazhagan, Vaaranam Aayiram and Kaakha Kaakha adding spice to the proceedings. The film festival will also see international celebrities like eminent French filmmaker Luc Besson and International actress Michelle Yeoh. The festival which is termed as the 'festival of change' seeks to bring in vast changes into the »
- Bollywood Hungama News Network
Shah Rukh Khan to inaugurate Iffi
16 November 2011 11:46 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will inaugurate the 42nd International Film Festival of India to be held here Nov 23-Dec 3..Shah Rukh will flag off the 42nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa. He would formally inaugurate the 10-day extravaganza on Nov 23 at Ravindra Bhavan auditorium in Margao,. festival director Shankar Mohan said in a statement.The festival aims to be a one-stop-shop for cultural exchanges between Indian filmmakers as well as artists and cinema experts from several countries. More than 100 movies from 65 countries will be screened during the festival.While the film festival will be inaugurated by Shah Rukh, southern superstar Suriya, known for his movies like .Rakht Charitra., .Perazhagan. and .Vaaranam Aayiram. will bring the curtains down.The guest list of the festivals include eminent French filmmaker Luc Besson, Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, Laurance Kardish, Dan Wolman, Raima Sen, Dino Morea and Prem Chopra. »
Feelin’ Iffi and the Films That Now Matter
12 January 2011 1:46 PM, PST | The Moving Arts Journal | See recent The Moving Arts Journal news »
The Goa Film Festival that was from the 22nd of November to the 2nd of December and I managed to attend the first five days. Unfortunately, I got sick just after the festival and couldn’t compile the report in time. Anyway, some of the films screened here will go on to be important during award season and since that’s around the corner, I figured I’d club my impression of the festival with reviews of the films, since I had foreshadowed some of the buzz. Please keep in mind that this is not blow-by-blow and a laundry list of films reviewed but an impression of one of the biggest Asian film celebrations and the many conversations and predictions I managed to collect.
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So, here I am at the International Film Festival of India in Goa, an anarchic carnival of cinema that is as much an index of »
- Kamayani Sharma
6 items from 2011
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