Question: 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be organised between January 16 to January 24 ,2021 in Goa. Which is the country of focus this year?
a) Nepal
b) USA
c) Bangladesh
d) Thailand
Answer: c)
Context
- 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will start in Goa on January 16 and will conclude on 24 january.
Facts
- Earlier it was scheduled to take place from November 20-28 but got postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and will now be held from January 16 to January 24 in Goa.
- Bangladesh is country of focus this year and festival will feature 4 films from Bangladesh.
- The movies were selected by an internal committee of Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) based on the recommendations of Film Federation of India (FFI) and Producer’s Guild.
- 20 non-feature and 23 feature films, including “Saand Ki Aankh” and Sushant Singh Rajput’s “Chhichhore”, will be screened as part of the Indian Panaroma section.I
- IFFI will open with the Indian premiere of the movie ‘Another Round’ by Thomas Vinterberg.
- Pablo Cesar of Argentina has been named as the Chairman of the jury.
- The other jury members are, Prasanna Vithanage of Sri Lanka, Abu Bakr Shawky of Austria, Priyadarshan of India and Rubaiyat Hossain of Bangladesh.
- One of the most significant film festival in Asia is conducted jointly by the Directorate of Film Festivals (under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the state Government of Goa.
By – Kameshwar Shukla