By: Amit Agarwal
The following are the highlights of IFFI-2015 (Part 1 of 2)
· The festival received an impressive 790 film entries from 100 countries. This year, the World Cinema section will present around 187 films in various sections from 89 countries.
- Written and directed by Matthew Brown, this year’s opening film is The Man Who Knew Infinity.· Directed by Pablo Trapero, Argentina’s Oscar entry and this year’s biggest Argentinean box office hit- The Clan to be the closing film.
· Directed by Academy Award Winner Tom Hooper, The DanishGirl will be the mid fest film.
· The Kingdom of Spainwill be the focus country of IFFI 2015.
· The International Competition will have 15 films from across the globe including countries like Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Colombia, France, Germany, Iceland to name a few. Two films from Indian Panorama section will also be competing in this section.
· The International Jury is headed by Mr.ShekharKapur(Chairperson, India) and includes film personalities like Mr. Michael Radford, Ms. Julia Jentsch, Ms.SuhaArrafand Mr.JeonKyu – Hwan.
· Anil Kapoor will grace the opening ceremony as the Chief Guest of the event.
· A.R. Rahman will be the Chief Guest of the closing ceremony.
· IFFI 2015 awards spread across different categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor – Male, Best Actor – Female, Special Jury Award, Centenary Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and Centenary Award- Indian Personality of the Year.