German short film ‘Siblings’ opened the two-day Goa Short Film Festival (GSFF) on September 17, 2014. The festival will showcase around 80 films from 10 countries. The eight-minute-long short film, directed by Joya Thome, depicts the emotional upheavals within a family living
in rural Germany.
The festival, being held for the first time, is organised by Pune-based Marathi Chitrapat Parivar, an association formed by journalists which has been organising the Pune Short Film Festival for the last five years.
“In Goa we have associated with staterun
Entertainment Society of Goa and the
festival would be an annual feature here,”
the association’s founder director, Yogesh
Baraskar, said.
However, the Goa event is not similar
to the Pune Short Film Festival. “This is
not a replica of the Pune festival. We have
different short films showcased here.
The filmmakers are given the option of
screening their movies in Goa or Pune
or both,” Baraskar said, adding that 10
countries, including the US, UK, Spain,
Brazil, Bangladesh, Chile, Germany and
Ghana, are participating in the festival.
“There are more films from American
and South American countries. In GSFF,
there are total 80 films of which 35 are
from India, many are Tamil films,” he said.
The festival will also screen six Konkani
short films by Goan filmmakers, he said.
The festival, when started half-adecade
back in Pune, received only 26
entries and that too from Maharashtra.
“Now in Pune festival, we have 530 films
from 32 countries. The GSFF had 220
entries and the selection committee
zeroed-in on only 80 out of them,” he
said.
The festival will end today with an
award function for best short films. – PTI
