The 44th edition of IFFI will take place from November 20-30
New Delhi:
A Rs 600-crore national mission topreserve the country's film heritage will be unveiled at theInternational Film Festival of India this month, Informationand Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today said.
He also said in addition to the life time achievementaward given at IFFI, a special award will be launched thisyear on the occasion of Indian cinema completing 100 years.
The new award aims at honouring the contribution of anindividual who has dedicated his life to the Indian cinema."We are going to unveil a Rs 600 crore National FilmHeritage Mission to preserve the film heritage of India. Oftenold reels get spoiled and so there is a need to preserve allthese. This kind of work will be carried on," Tewari toldreporters.
Addressing the issue of providing single window clearancefor international filmmakers coming to shoot in India, hesaid, "Such a body will have representation from Centre, stateas well local bodies so that anybody who wants to make a filmin India gets the permission in one go."
The 44th edition of IFFI, from November 20-30, willkickstart in presence of legendary singer Asha Bhosle, actressRekha, actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan and veteran actor ManojKumar. Academy Award-winning Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon,critically acclaimed Iranian director Majid Majidi and Polishfilmmaker Agnieszka Holland will also attend the event.
The 11-day festival will feature 160 foreign films undervarious categories and provide a rare cinematic glimpse ofJapan through a selection of animation films under the CountryFocus category. Works of filmmakers like Kiyoshi Kurosawa('Real') and Makoto Shinkai ('The Garden of Words') will bescreened.
The event will also have a specially curated sectionfocusing on films from the northeastern region.The international competition prize money is Rs 1.1 crorewith 15 films from around the world vying for the covetedPeacock Awards.
Tewari also announced that the 18th InternationalChildren's Film Festival, popularly known as The GoldenElephant, will be held in Hyderabad from November 14-20 andwill showcase 200 films from 48 countries.
"In ICFFI at Hyderabad also, a new award has beeninstituted for the first time to award the best Children Filmof India in last 100 years," he said.
ICFFI has received about 285 animation films from acrossthe globe and 26 children films from South America.
He also said in addition to the life time achievementaward given at IFFI, a special award will be launched thisyear on the occasion of Indian cinema completing 100 years.
The new award aims at honouring the contribution of anindividual who has dedicated his life to the Indian cinema."We are going to unveil a Rs 600 crore National FilmHeritage Mission to preserve the film heritage of India. Oftenold reels get spoiled and so there is a need to preserve allthese. This kind of work will be carried on," Tewari toldreporters.
Addressing the issue of providing single window clearancefor international filmmakers coming to shoot in India, hesaid, "Such a body will have representation from Centre, stateas well local bodies so that anybody who wants to make a filmin India gets the permission in one go."
The 44th edition of IFFI, from November 20-30, willkickstart in presence of legendary singer Asha Bhosle, actressRekha, actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan and veteran actor ManojKumar. Academy Award-winning Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon,critically acclaimed Iranian director Majid Majidi and Polishfilmmaker Agnieszka Holland will also attend the event.
The 11-day festival will feature 160 foreign films undervarious categories and provide a rare cinematic glimpse ofJapan through a selection of animation films under the CountryFocus category. Works of filmmakers like Kiyoshi Kurosawa('Real') and Makoto Shinkai ('The Garden of Words') will bescreened.
The event will also have a specially curated sectionfocusing on films from the northeastern region.The international competition prize money is Rs 1.1 crorewith 15 films from around the world vying for the covetedPeacock Awards.
Tewari also announced that the 18th InternationalChildren's Film Festival, popularly known as The GoldenElephant, will be held in Hyderabad from November 14-20 andwill showcase 200 films from 48 countries.
"In ICFFI at Hyderabad also, a new award has beeninstituted for the first time to award the best Children Filmof India in last 100 years," he said.
ICFFI has received about 285 animation films from acrossthe globe and 26 children films from South America.
