The
51st
Edition
of
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI)
scheduled
to
be
held
at
Goa
from
November
20-28,
2020
has
been
postponed
to
January
16-24,
2021,
in
the
wake
of
the
rising
cases
of
Novel
Coronavirus.
The
decision
has
been
arrived
at
after
the
Minister
of
Information
&
Broadcasting
Shri
Prakash
Javadekar
discussed
the
issue
with
Dr
Pramod
Sawant,
Chief
Minister,
Goa.
It
has
also
been
jointly
decided
to
hold
IFFI
2020
from
January
16-24,
2021
at
Goa
as
per
the
international
film
festival
guidelines
and
protocols.
The
festival
will
be
conducted
in
a
Hybrid
format
i.e.
Virtual
as
well
as
Physical
format.
All
COVID-19
related
protocols
will
be
strictly
enforced
as
per
the
festivals
convened
recently
in
the
international
film
festival
circuit.
FilmiBeat
was
the
content
partner
at
the
50th
edition
of
IFFI
Goa
last
year.
IIFI
2019
saw
the
screening
of
nearly
200
films
from
76
countries.
Secretary,
Information
and
Broadcasting,
Amit
Khare,
had
announced
that
it
would
be
dedicated
to
celebrated
filmmaker
Satyajit
Ray
as
part
of
his
birth
centenary
celebrations.