PANAJI: The third edition of Russian Film Days, a world-class film festival that showcases the best of contemporary and classic Russian cinema, will be a part of IFFI, this year.
The Russian Film Days commenced in Delhi from November 10 to 12, travelled to Mumbai from November 13-15 and will conclude at IFFI from November 21-28.
The festival began from Siri Fort in Delhi, with a theatrical performance dedicated to Raj Kapoor and the legendary film Mera Naam Joker for which Randhir Kapoor and Kseniya Ryabinkina were special guests. Post the opening ceremony, screenings were held in Delhi on November 11-12.
The movie marathon continued in Mumbai from November 13-15 with movies - Attraction, Bolshoi, Fantastic journey to Oz, Life goes on, Kitchen Final Battle, Anna Karenina, Vronskiy's story. Post Delhi and Mumbai, the festival is marching in to join IFFI, Goa.
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MOVIES TO BE
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Movies to be screened at IFFI Goa are Loveless in the main competition section and Hostages, Closeness, Light Up and Panfilov's 28
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GALAXY OF GUESTS
The festival will also be attended by guests from the Russian film fraternity like ...
* Leading actress of Light Up movie Inga Oboldina
* Producer of the Closeness movie Nikolay Yankin
* Directors of the Panfilov's 28 Andrey Shalopa
* Cameraman Kim Druzhinin and IFFI jury member Vladislav Opelyants
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IFFI Next Gen at Bioscope Village from Nov 21
PANAJI: The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) on Thursday unveiled the plans for the ‘Bioscope Village' that has been set up as part of the IFFI Next Gen side bar program aimed at involving greater participation from the local Goan audience. Announcing this at a press conference jointly taken by Rajendra Talak, vice chairman, ESG and Mrunal Walke, general manager, ESG, it was unveiled that the Bioscope Village is planned this year with the aim that everyone should come and be a part of it.
"It is for the people to enjoy the various flavours of Cinema and related skills alongside IFFI 2017 and will be inaugurated by Indian Film Actress, Shraddha Kapoor who will also be felicitated as the Youth Icon of #Next Gen Cinema 2017. This will be followed by the screening of Aashiqui 2 across three screens," said Rajendra Talak.
The Bioscope Village will host three air-conditioned inflatable cinemas fitted with state of the art cinema projection capabilities and will screen new and classic films aimed at both young and older audiences. Some of the titles being planned at the Festival include Samit Kakad's Aayna Ka Bayna and Half Ticket, Sachin Kundalkar's Wazandaar, Indian Panaroma titles Kshitij - A Horizon, Natsamrat, Katyar Kaljat Ghusali, Ventilator, Moramba, Maza Bhirbhira and Hindi films: M S Dhoni: The Untold Story, The Lunchbox, Amar Akbar Anthony, Toilet Ek Prem Khata and others and childrens films like Ubuntu, Legend of Buddha, Bal Ganesh Series among others. All the children films will be screened on November 25 and November 26.
In addition to the screenings this year there will be a ‘Katta' talk session with celebrities like Nana Patekar, Sachin Khedekar , Sonali Kulkarni, Dilip Phrabawalkar, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sai Tamhankar among others.
IFFI Next Gen will also host a skill studio aimed at honing cinematic skills through special sessions on a diverse range of topics. It will also host a short film competition for all delegates which are part of IFFI 2017. The theme for the short film festival is ‘IFFI as never seen before'. The duration for the film will be not more than three minutes. The registration forms for this competition will be available at the registration counter at Bioscope Village. The winners (6 daily winners and 1 overall winner) for the short film competition will be announced on November 27. Each participant is allowed only one entry per day.
The IFFI Next Gen - Bioscope Village is open to all, with only the gate admission charges payable - Rs 50. Once in, the guests are free to explore the various aspects and screenings that are going on throughout the day. The IFFI Next Gen - Bioscope village closing ceremony will be held on November 27 at 6 pm. The village will be open from 6 pm - 12 midnight on November 21 and 12 noon to 12 midnight from 22 - 27 November.
