Laxmikant Shetgaonkar, who was a part of
the Film Bazaar in its first year, recollects certain things. He says, “Apart from
taking care of accommodation and travel, the organisers kept us briefed about
what we were going to do in the session. Everything was conducted in a harmonic
manner. Although the number of attendees at Film Bazaar has multiplied many
folds, the high-level of organisation is still the same. I will prefer going
for any other film festival but IFFI.”
Nina Lath Gupta, Managing Director, NFDC
India highlights the USP of FiIm Bazaar. Gupta says, “Although DFF and NFDC
both are government entities, both have a different mandate and a purpose to
serve. NFDC’s Film Bazaar is a platform that acts as a facilitator of
development and market division of films. To ensure the connect between Film
Bazaar and IFFI, we make sure that we include details about the Indian Panorama
section in the kit that is given out to our registered delegates. Our delegates
also get access to IFFI and we have regular shuttle service from the Film Bazaar
venue to IFFI venue. Our commitment is towards Indian cinema and it is not
possible for us to exclude any one part of it.”
