The nine-day festivity on cinema concluded with the Indian premiere of ‘Marghe
and her mother’ directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The film
depicts ‘A
single mother with a six-year-old daughter struggles with both financial and
romantic travails in Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s first film set in Italy. With its
layers of symbolism and a certain naivety of storytelling, this is a film that seems, in many ways, more rooted in the past than in the present day. The
influence of Italian neorealism is evident throughout the picture, as is a
touch of French New Wave, which is an odd and not always successful tonal mix
of mannered artificiality and authenticity’.
Awards including Golden Peacock, Silver
Peacock, Lifetime Achievement Award were bequeathed during the closing ceremony. The closing
ceremony of IFFI 2019 was anchored by Sonali Kulkarni and Kunal Kapoor. The
ceremony also witnessed a performance by Hariharan and Lesle Lewis of
Colonial Cousins.Tanushree Shankar choreographed a series of dance
performances on the theme ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’. Babul Supriyo, Union Minister of State
for Environment, Forest & Climate graced the occasion. The Minister said,
“There is no end to education in the field of art. The more you know, you will
realize how less you know. With such great endeavors happening in Indian soil
and Goa being a permanent and appropriate venue for IFFI for years to come, this
is one arena which is going to make all filmmakers evolve by getting to know
each other and by the exchange of ideas and endeavors in your mind.”
Satyapal Malik, Chief Guest of the ceremony said that cinema is
a powerful medium that can have a deep and far-reaching impact on society. He
appealed to filmmakers to make films on socially relevant issues for the
improvement of society. Dr. Pramod Sawant, Chief
Minister of Goa, Music legend Ilaiyaraja, veteran actor Prem Chopra, Takashi
Miike, Wagner Moura, Rakulpreet Singh, Vijay Deverakonda, Rohit Shetty, Aanand
L Rai, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Nithya Menen, etc graced the function in which Deputy Chief
Ministers of Goa Manohar Ajgaonkar, Chandrakanth Kavlekar, Members of
Parliament Roopa Ganguly and Ravi
Kishan, Chief Secretary of Goa Parimal Rai, Vice Chairman of Entertainment
Society of Goa Subhash Phal Desai, IFFI Steering Committee members Shaji N. Karun, Shri Rahul Rawail, and
International Jury members John Bailey, Robin Campillo, Zhang Yang, Lynne
Ramsay, Ramesh Sippy were also present on the occasion.
Opening the grandeur ceremony, Secretary, Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting Amit Khare said that IFFI 2020 and 2021 will be
a tribute to the legendary filmmaker of India Satyajit Ray whose centenary
celebrations will be observed from next year. “ The event has been quite
successful in bringing together film enthusiasts all over the world along with
the well-known filmmakers, artists and film critics. Offering insight on the
participation numbers, CEO of Entertainment Society of Goa Amit Satija said
that in terms of international participation, IFFI saw majority delegates from
UK, USA, Sri Lanka, and UAE while Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu
comprise the majority of the national. Delegates.
Ilaiyaraja, Prem Chopra, Manju Borah, Aravind Swamy and Ha, bam
Paban Kumar were honored occasion. Technical partners of the film
festival and International jury members were also felicitated.
A still from ‘Marghe and her mother’ directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
No comments:
Post a Comment