Italian Film ‘Despite The Fog’ Opens The 50th International Film Festival Of India
The 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India begins in Goa with the screening of the Italian film Despite the Fog.
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oi-Lekhaka
By Lekhaka
The
50th
edition
of
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
begins
in
Goa
with
the
screening
of
the
Italian
film
'Despite
the
Fog'.
Speaking
at
the
press
conference
with
the
cast
and
crew,
director
Goran
Paskaljevic,
who
has
also
served
as
Jury
head
at
the
44th
edition,
said
that
the
film
looks
at
the
'serious
issue
revolving
around
minor
refugees
in
Europe'.
"It's
an
intimate
story.
There
are
many
films
already
done
on
the
subject.
But
this
is
a
story
about
whether
people
accept
or
don't
accept
refugees
in
Europe
and
(in)
most
cases
they
don't.
It
serves
(as)
a
metaphor
to
explore
the
xenophobic
fog
prevalent
in
the
region," said
Goran
Paskaljevic.
The
director
also
used
the
film
to
explore
his
own
thoughts
on
the
refugee
problem.
"I
also
thought
about
what
would
I
do
if
I
met
an
abandoned
kid,
do
I
take
him
with
me?
Or
leave
him?
That's
how
I
developed
the
story,"
he
added.
Mariella
Li
Sacchi,
one
of
the
producers,
also
speaking
at
the
conference
stated
that
she
had
admired
Goran's
work
and
when
she
got
a
'chance
to
read
the
screenplay,
she
loved
it.'
"The
film
isn't
a
mainstream
film,
but
a
political
statement.
The
theme
speaks
about
the
big
problem
in
Europe
and
especially
in
Italy.
It
gets
worse
everyday.
I
liked
that
the
film
didn't
have
a
documentary
style
but
(a)
poetic
approach,"
said
Sacchi.
Ali
Mousa,
the
little
star
who
played
the
refugee
in
the
film
said,
"I
was
happy
because
Gorang
helped
me.
I
learned
from
the
big
actors
how
to
promote
the
film."
(sic)
When
asked
about
finding
a
solution
to
the
refugee
problem,
the
director
said
that
the
only
way
forward
was
'not
to
create
wars.' He
said,
"No
one
wants
to
leave
their
homes,
friends
and
culture."
The
film
journeys
into
the
plight
of
refugees
who
are
abandoned
on
the
streets.
In
the
film,
Paolo,
a
manager
at
a
restaurant
finds
an
eight-year-old
child
on
the
cold
streets
and
decides
to
take
him
home.
The
director
delves
into
how
society
reacts
to
the
presence
of
the
child.
The
Asian
premiere
at
the
film
festival
will
have
actors
Paolo
Triestino,
Alessandra
Cotogno
and
others
at
the
inaugural
ceremony
in
Panjim
today.
Award-winning
Serbian
director
Goran,
who
has
worked
in
countless
films,
also
spoke
about
the
film
he
made
in
India,
Dev
Bhoomi.
It
was
distributed
on
Amazon
Prime
and
had
10
million
views
across
the
world.
"This
is
my
love
letter
to
India.
It
was
shot
in
Uttarkhand
and
had
a
very
simple
yet
emotional
story," he
said
about
how
he
fell
in
love
in
India.