The five-day Film Bazaar at the International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) 2017 recently concluded at Goa Marriott Resort and Spa. The bazaar saw
the State Film Offices of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand,
Delhi, Rajasthan, Lakshadweep, Telangana, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh
collaborate with the Film Facilitation Offices (FFO) to promote their states as
filmmaking locations to national and international filmmakers.
Also this year, the Producers’ Workshop had 15 participants and
was focused towards film students this year. The Viewing Room had an astounding
202 films, while Film Bazaar Recommends featured 24 films and Industry
Screenings saw 28 films. The Viewing Room saw more than 100 people come to
watch the films that were selected.
The Prasad Digital Intermediate (DI) awards were given to Ivan
Ayr‘s ‘Soni’ (Film Bazaar Recommends 2017) and Kannada film ‘Balekempa’ (The
Bangle Seller) directed by Ere Gowda (Work-In- Progress Lab 2017). The award
was given by Jayprakash Naidu, Executive Director of Prasad Labs. The Prasad
Lab DI award (Film Bazaar Recommends) jury comprised Paolo Bertolin,
Programmer, Venice Film Festival, Sergio Fant, Programmer, Locarno Festival and
Laurence Kardish, Artistic Director, Film Columbia Festival. The Prasad Lab DI
award (Work-in-Progress Lab) jury comprised Marco Mueller, director of Pingyao
International Film Festival, producer Philippa Campbell, producer and consultant
Olivia Stewart and Film Editor Jacques Comets.
The
Facebook Awards were given to Ivan Ayr’s ‘Soni’ (Work-In-Progress Lab 2017) and
Sandeep Modi’s ‘Chumbak’ (The Lottery) (Film Bazaar Recommends 2017). The
winners will be given Facebook ad credits worth 10 thousand dollars that can be
used to promote the film.
