All
Lights
India
International
Film
Festival
(ALIIFF)
is
proud
to
announce
that
the
Indian
Bengali
feature
film,
Alifa,
released
in
2016,
will
be
showcased
at
the
festival
as
part
of
the
Indywood
Panorama.
Alifa
is
a
saga
of
human-wildlife
conflict
competing
with
basic
questions
of
love,
hatred,
dreams
and
desires
as
well
as
the
frailties
of
human
nature
and
wider
social
bonding.
The
story
is
about
Ali,
a
daily
wage
earner
living
in
the
vicinity
of
a
sprawling
city,
has
to
cope
with
uncertainty,
hardship
and
abuses.
He
is
at
the
mercy
of
a
forest
guard
for
not
being
evicted
from
his
family's
new-found
habitat
in
a
green
hilly
area
overlooking
the
city.
He
finds
solace
in
his
hardworking,
young
wife
and
their
two
children.
After
the
grand
success
of
its
first
two
editions,
ALIFF
2017
has
lived
up
to
its
reputation
as
one
of
Asia's
finest
film
festivals,
receiving
well
over
1000
film
submissions
from
nearly
80
countries.
Veteran
Indian
film-maker
Shyam
Benegal
will
curate
the
event
as
its
Festival
Director.
Started
in
the
coastal
city
of
Kochi
in
2015,
ALIIFF
is
considered
as
one
of
India's
premier
film
festivals.
In
the
last
3
years,
it
has
grown
in
stature,
shifting
base
to
Ramoji
Film
City
in
Hyderabad.
For
its
2017
edition,
to
be
held
from
Dec
1-4,
a
total
of
135
films
from
50+
countries
will
be
featured
in
6
competition
and
8
non-competition
categories.
Movies
screened
at
ALIIFF,
such
as
Theeb,
have
gone
on
to
gain
global
recognition
at
the
Oscars
and
Cannes
Film
Festival.
ALIIFF
is
held
as
part
of
the
Annual
Indywood
Film
Carnival,
the
world's
largest
film
carnival
and
technology
expo.
Sohan
Roy,
director
of
Hollywood
movie
Dam
999
and
member-IATAS,
spearheads
the
10
Billion
USD
Project
Indywood
which
aims
at
elevating
Indian
Film
Industry
to
global
standards
in
the
next
five
years
through
a
consortium
of
2000
Indian
billionaires
and
corporates.
He
was
listed
among
the
Top
Powerful
and
Influential
Leaders
in
Middle
East
2017
released
by
Forbes
Middle
East.
The
Rs
70,000
Crore
Project
Indywood
aims
at
initiating
10,000
new
4K
projection
multiplex
screens,
100,000
2K/4K
projection
home
cinemas,
8K/4Kfilm
studios,
100
animation/VFX
studios
and
film
schools
conforming
to
international
standards.
The
2017
edition
of
the
4-day
carnival
is
three
times
larger
than
its
previous
editions,
and
will
comprise
15
major
events.
The
conference
sessions
include
Media
Interactions,
Conferences
&
Panel
Discussions,
Workshops
&
Seminars,
Film
Business
Quiz,
Golden
Frame
Awards,
Excellence
Awards,
Red
Carpet
&
Networking
Events,
Product
&
Project
Launches,
Film
Tourism
and
Investors
Meet.
Special
country
and
regional
pavilions
will
add
to
the
global
appeal
of
the
event,
while
a
variety
of
entertainment
programmes
set
amidst
the
company
of
national
and
international
film
makers,
celebrity
guests,
social
influencers,
industry
leaders
and
government
decision
makers
will
bring
in
the
much
needed
charisma
to
one
of
the
most
anticipated
events
of
the
Indian
film
industry.