PANJIM: A total of seven Konkani non-feature films will be screened to film delegates in the Goa section at the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Panjim starting from November 20 to 28.
According to Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) chief executive officer Swetika Sachan, the seven films are ‘Ardo Dis’, ‘Before I Sleep’, ‘The White Shirt’, ‘Wind Chimes’,‘The White Dream’, ‘Goy Swatantryache Homkhan’ and ‘Nimnya Disak’.
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“A jury comprising filmmaker Vinod Ganatra; producer, director and writer Imo Singh and Producer and actor Pampally Sandeep Kumar have selected the films from a total of 10 entries received in the Goa section,” she said.
Festival Director and Managing Director of National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) Ravinder Bhakar said that there will be several gala premieres of Hindi films with their actors present to support and promote cinema. These include Paresh Rawal’s ‘The Storyteller’; Ajay Devgn and Tabu’s ‘Drishyam 2’; Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon’s ‘Bhediya’ and Yami Gautam’s ‘Lost’; the upcoming Telugu film ‘Raymo’; Deepti Naval and Kalki Koechlin’s ‘Goldfish’ and Randeep Hooda and Ileana D’Cruz’s ‘Tera Kya Hoga Lovely’ will be premiered at International Film Festival of India, along with an episode of OTT shows like Vadhandhi, Khakee and Fauda Season 4.
