GOLDEN PEACOCK GOES TO THAIWAN FILM “THE WALL“ ,SILVER PEACOCK SHARED BY BENGLADESH FILM “ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS “

GOLDEN PEACOCK GOES TO THAIWAN FILM “THE WALL“ ,SILVER PEACOCK SHARED BY BENGLADESH FILM “ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS “ AND MEXICAN FILM “MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD “LIN CHIH JU DECLARED BEST DIRECTOR

Taiwan Film “THE WALL“ directed by Lin Chih Ju bagged the Golden Peacock in the competition section of the 38th International film festival concluded here today .The Silver Peacock has been shared by Bangladesh Film“ ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS “ directed by Golam Rabanny Biplab and Mexican Film “ MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD “ of the director duo Andddre Leon Becker & Javier Solar . Lin Chih Ju also received the best director award .

Other films competed were Me Myself by Pongpat Wachirabunjong from Thailand , The Debt by Assaf Bernstein from Israel ,The Satanic Angels by Ahmed Boulane from Morocco ,Khuda Kay Liye by Shoaib Mansoor from Pakistan ,A Ton of Luck by Rodrigo Triana from Colombia ,The Postmodern Life of my Aunt by Ann Hui from China , ,Olga, Victoria Olga Time Without Time by Mercedes Farriols from Argentina ,, Cruel Embrace by Anuruddha Jayasinghe from Sri Lanka ,Svani by Soso & Badri Jachvliani from Georgia,EK Nadir Galpo by Samir Chanda and Rathrimazha by Lenin Rajendran both from India..

The festival, which began on November 23, ended with the screening of Fados a Portugal-Spain film directed by Carlos Saura. Mr Samir , Governor of Goa, Mr Digambar Kamat Chief Minister of Goa , Ms Marta mezaros ,Jury Chairperson , Kabir Bedi ,Actor ,Mr. Pyarelal , Joint secretary ,Ministry of I&B , Mr Singh ,Chief Secretary ,Goa etc attended the closing ceremony. As the Parliament is in session Mr P.R. Dasmunsi , Minister for Information and Broadcasting, could not attend in the finale .

In it’s 38th edition and 4th in Goa the festival passed off without any acrimony or protests. This edition of the festival gave focus to films and excluded the carnival from the fest agenda. Even though the new ticketing system created some initial technical problems in the very outset it quickly corrected the flaws and airborne till the end. The upgraded festival infrastructure, including more screening theatres, also found favour with the audience. But one theatre , Asoka failed to keep the screening standards of an international film festival .The Film Bazaar organised by the National Film Division Corporation attracted good response from representatives of film marketing firms from India as well as abroad. A total of 176 films from 46 countries were screened during the 11-day festival. The Indian Panorama presented 21 feature and 15 non-feature films.