Team Herald
PANJIM: A steering committee for 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has been formed under the Chairmanship of Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Youth Affairs, Anurag Singh Thakur and Chief Minister of Goa Dr Pramod Sawant as its Co-Chairman to conduct the IFFI-2022.
If you enjoyed reading this article, you can help support our journalism by adding OHeraldo as a preferred source.
The Steering Committee deliberates the roadmap for IFFI and one of its major functions is to support the Ministry to finalise the IFFI programming which includes finalizing various sections of IFFI programme, master classes and workshops and cultural components. It also holds a number of meetings in the run up to IFFI and explores partnership.
Furthermore, its function is also to discuss the ways to enhance collaborations with international film makers, participation of regional cinema, giving a platform to young film makers as well as showcase new trends in cinema along with emerging technology.
Adding that IFFI is a festival that aims to promote the business of cinema for the benefit of the film industry by providing collaborations and networking in order to boost the ‘creative economy’ of India, Thakur said, “The creative economy has potential and talent to create new entrepreneurs which will help transform India into a content and post production hub of the world”.
