Ques: Recently First international film festival for the persons with disabilities (IFFPD) was held at –
(a) New Delhi
(b) Jaipur
(c) Panaji
(d) Mumbai
Ans: a
Related facts:
- First International film Festival For Persons with Disabilities held at Siri Fort Auditorium(New Delhi) from 1st to 3rd December 2015.
- Marathi film ‘Yellow’ was launched with the screening of the film festival and ‘Margarita with a Straw’ was the closing film of the festival.
- On this occasion, Union Minister of Finance, Shri Arun Jaitley along with Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot launched “Accessible India Campaign”(Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
- Important awards was given at festival In the following categories:
- Best Film (Feature) – Chotoder Chobi
- Best Documentary (Feature) – Algorithms
- Best (Documentary) – Goonga Pehelwan
- Best short film – Fingertip
- Best Director for Documentary Film – Amrita Dasgupta (The new Girl in Class)
- Best Director for Short Film – Julia Koloenakova (Predators of Transylvania). This was the only film at the festival which is directed by a differently abled filmmaker.
- Director of Yellow, Mahesh Limaye won Special Jury Mention award at IFFPD.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=130137
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/IFFPD
http://www.jamuura.com/blog/chotoder-chobi-algorithms-yellow-win-at-iffpd/