Indian film festival
- Golden Peacock Award (Donbass)
- Lifetime achievement Award (Dan Wolman)
Hosted by | - Sophie Choudry
- Arjan Bajwa
- Amit Sadh
- Mandira Bedi
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Festival date | 20–28 November 2018 |
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Website | iffigoa.org |
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International Film Festival of India |
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The 49th International Film Festival of India was a film festival held from 20 to 28 November 2018 in Goa. [1] In the 49th event new sections such as "Sketch on Screen (Animation Film Package)", "A Retrospective of Masters" are inculcated. 212 films were being showcased during the event, with Israel being the country of focus.[2][3][4]
Winners
Special Awards
Official Selections
Opening Film
Closing Film
International Competition
Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
53 Wars | Ewa Bukowska | Poland |
A Translator | Sebastian Barriusco | Cuba,Canada,Spanish,Russia |
Aga | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria, Germany, France |
Divine Wind | Merzak Allouache | Algeria,France,Qatar, Lebanon |
Donbass | Sergey Loznitsa | Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands,Romania |
A Family Tour | Ying Liang | Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia |
Here | Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
Our Struggles | Guillaume Senez | Belgium,France |
The Manslayer/The Virgin/The Shadow | Sulev Keedus | Estonia, Lithuania |
The Unseen | Nicholas Pueno | Argentina |
Vang Goghs | Sergey Livnev | Russia |
When The Trees Fall | Marysia Nikitiuk | Ukraine,Poland |
Ee.Ma.Yau | Lijo Jose Pellissery | India-Malayalam |
To Let | Chezhiyan | India-Tamil |
Bhayanakam | Jayaraj | India-Malayalam |
Indian Panorama
State Focus - Jharkhand (Special Section)
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Mainstream Cinema Section
Controversy
On 22 November 2018 delegates who had gathered to watch the Danish crime thriller The Guilty began protesting at Kala Academy when they were not allowed to enter the theater. This led to a clash between them and the organizers. In the resulting argument, Rajendra Talak, vice-chairman of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), was quoted as asking delegates from Kerala to "go back home". A complaint was filed by Kerala-based director Kamal KM to IFFI CEO, Ameya Abhyankar. Following this, 29 other Malayali delegates, including 11 National Film winners like Dileesh Pothen and Dr Biju, signed a petition requesting a formal apology from Talak. When asked to comment, Talak replied that he had told the delegates to go back as the show was housefull.[7][8]
References
- ^ Desk, TV News. "The 49th International Film Festival of India Highlights".
- ^ "IFFI 2018 to showcase 212 films". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ History. "Film Sections". Iffi Goa. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ Last updated Nov 6, 2018. "49th IFFI to showcase 212 films, Israel in focus – The Shillong Times". Theshillongtimes.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Opening Film of IFFI 2018 - The Aspern Papers". IFFI Goa. 17 November 2018. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Special Day at IFFI Promotes Jharkhand as a film making destination". Press Information Bureau of India.
- ^ Malkarnekar, Gauree (23 November 2018). "At Iffi, Rajendra Talak tells Kerala delegates: Go back home". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ Soman, Deepa (26 November 2018). "IFFI controversy: Rajendra Talak expressed interest to meet after the incident, but I didn't want to go, says K M Kamal". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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