IFFI 2019 To Focus On Students This Year; Students Get Free Entry
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oi-Lekhaka
By Lekhaka
Film
lovers
wait
for
the
month
of
November
every
year
and
one
thing
that
gets
people
from
across
the
country
and
the
world
to
Goa
is
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI),
an
initiative
taken
by
The
Ministry
of
Information
&
Broadcasting
and
managed
by
Directorate
of
Film
Festivals
(DFF)
and
Entertainment
Society
of
Goa
(ESG).
The
9-day
film
festival
sees
a
large
number
of
films
from
India
and
across
the
globe
with
renowned
filmmakers
and
technicians
attending
the
film
festival
alongside
a
film
market
called
Film
Bazaar.
The
50th
edition
of
the
film
festival
this
year
is
indeed
special
and
among
many
new
initiatives,
this
year
the
focus
is
also
on
students.
There
is
a
provision
where
students
can
register
themselves
at
no
cost
at
all.
Students
of
Film
and
Mass
Communication
from
recognized
institutions
of
India
can
be
part
of
IFFI,
FREE
OF
COST.
This
is
a
move
that
aims
to
foster
and
nurture
the
love
for
movies
and
cinema
among
the
youth
of
the
nation.
The
film
industry
in
India
is
one
of
the
largest
film
producing
industries
in
the
world
with
films
in
different
languages
from
various
states
in
India
and
with
IFFI
being
one
of
the
prestigious
film
festivals
recognised
across
globe,
this
will
serve
as
a
great
platform
for
aspiring
filmmakers
to
not
just
watch
films
but
also
be
part
of
the
biggest
celebration
of
cinema.