IFFI concludes with Wong Kar Wai bagging the Life Time

IFFI concludes with Wong Kar Wai bagging
the Life Time Achievement award
T
he International Jury of
the 45th International
Film Festival of India
assembled in Goa during 20-25
November, 2014, unanimously
selected the following awards
winners after having viewed
the 15 films shortlisted for the
International Competition and
having deliberated on 25th
November 2014, at the Hotel Taj
Vivanta.
The concluding function
of the IFFI was held at Shyama
Prasad
Indore Auditorium
yesterday. A rich musical tribute
was paid to music maestros like
Bhupen Hazarika, Sachin Deb
Burmnan, Rahul Deb Burman
etc. Artistes from the North-East
gave scintillating performances
encapsulating various dance
forms from the region too.
Present on the occasion were
Governor of Goa, Ms. Mridula
Sinha, Nana Patekar, Jackie
Shroff, Divya Dutta, Waheeda
Rehman, Aarti Chhabria, Ravi
Kishen, Tanushree Dutta etc .
First of all, the Special Jury
award went to Shrihari Sathe for
his Marathi film Ek Hazarachi
Note for its profound morality
and stark portrayal of daily
reality in an Indian village.
Shrihari Sathe also bagged the
Centenary award for the film
Ek Hazarachi Note at the hands
of the Malayalam super star
Jayaram
The Honorable Governor
of Goa Smt Mridula Sinha and
Waheeda Rehman gave away
the Golden Peacock Best Film
award for the film Leviathan
directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
went to Alexander Rodnyanski
& producer Sergey Melkumov
for its uncompromising artistic
achievement, while Nadav Lapid
bagged the Best Director award
for his film The Kindergarten
Teacher, at the hands of
Rajeshwari and Varun Badola for
the lyrical portrayal of a prodigy
poet and his enigmatic teacher
that raises unexpected questions
about the nature of human
relationships.
Jackie Shroff and Col
Rajyavardhan Rathore gave away
the Best Actor (Male) award
to Alexel Serebriakov for his
powerful portrayal of a man who
struggles for survival in his hostile
social environment in Leviathan.
Dulal Sarkar also shared the
award for the Best Actor for his
powerful portrayal of a dwarf for
a charismatic performance that
exposes a society that is rarely
seen and largely misunderstood
in Chotoder Chobi, with Alexel
Serebriakov.
Alina Rodriguez bagged
the Best Actor (Female) award
at the hands of Nana Patekar
and Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar for the film Behavior for
her fiercely honest portrayal that
opens a window onto corrupt
society. Sarit Larry bagged
the Best Actor (Male) for the
Kindergarten for an astonishing
and subtle performance that is
never predictable.
The above awards have
been decided unanimously by
the Jury members led by the
Chairman Slawomir Idziak. The
Jury members comprised of
Marie Brenner, Seema Biswas,
Zhang Jian Ya, Nadia Dresti.
The world renowned filmmaker
Wong Kar Wai was conferred
with the prestigious Life Time
Achievement award during
the 45th IFFI at the hands of
Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra,
Ramesh Sippy, Kiron Juneja,
Rajyavardhan Rathore, Nana
Patekar, Waheeda Rehman and
Jayaram. “I am deeply honored
as well as pleasantly surprised
too with the award because I
have a long way to go and I hope
that it is not a signal for me to
retire from making films”, he
quipped.
First of all, the Chief Minister
of Goa, Mr Laxmikant Parsekar
announced that efforts would be
made to enhance infrastructure
in Goa as the number of the
delegates at IFFI is growing
phenomenally and this year the
number of delegates reached a
record high of 13 thousand. In
another brief and illuminating
speech, the State Minister for
Information & Broadcasting Col.
Rajyavardhan Rathore, reiterated
that films have no boundaries
at all and a film allows one the
freedom to be what one wants
to be in life. Emphasizing the
need to nurture films the way
we have nurtured our culture
and tradition over the years,
Col Rathore added that the
audiences are as much a part
of any film festival as a film is.
“100 films have been chosen by
the government to be archived
in Mumbai at a cost of Rs 600 cr
and a film museum also will be
constructed for posterity of films
in India”, he added.
Mr Shankar Mohan, The
Director, Directorate of Films
proposing a vote of thanks, said
that he was thankful to the people
of Goa for embracing the festival
annually with warmth and added
that he is happy that this year
saw a record number of delegates
who thronged to the festival.
Mr Shankar added that IFFI is
poised for a big leap and credited
Mr Arun Jaitley, the Information
&
Broadcasting
Minister
and Rajyavardhan Rathore,
Minister, State Information &
Broadcasting for bringing a
new energy to the film festival
in Goa. He also thanked Bimal
Julka, Secretary, Information &
Broadcasting for his constant
guidance, Mr Manohar Parrikar,
Defence Minister for his constant
support to IFFI and the new
Chief Minister Mr Laxmikant
Parsekar, who he referred to as a
new force in the festival.
Jyothi Venkatesh
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IFFI | December 1, 2014
On Sprucing up IFFI technically
Padmashri A. K. Bir tells Jyothi Venkatesh
I
n order to ensure superior quality of
viewing of films which are screened
in the IIFFI this year, a technical
committee was appointed as the chairman
of the Technical Committee. The other
members of the Committee are Shaaji
N. Karun, Ujwal Nirgudkar, Chairman,
Society of Motion Picture and Television
Engineers (MPTE) -India Section
Professor B. Diwakar, Ram Sahay, Rizwan
Ahamd, Member Secretary, Anirban
Ghosh (Pulse Electronics) and Ketan
Mehta (of Real Image). Real Image and
Pulse Electrronics looked after the Dolby
Sound system in all the seven theatres
where the IFFI was held.
We started in September this year with
a survey of the theaters where the films
will be showcased.The basic objective was
to see the technical compatibility as well as
the aesthetic responsibility in and around
the auditoria. There were some theaters
which were not functioning at all for quite
some time and they had to be rehauled,
because the quality of projection ought
to be good and maintain a high standard
on par with what the world offers. We
want not only the delegates who come
to the IFFI to watch films in a qualitative
environment, but also want the, local
people to avail of the latest developments
as far as viewing films is concerned and
get a feel of the international film festival
without a ticket.
Photo by Ramakant Munde, Mumbai
(L to R) Ram Sahay, Member Secretary Rizwan Ahamd, A. K. Bir, Professor B.
Diwakar, Director Shaaji N. Karun and Ujwal Nirgudkar, Chairman, Society of Motion
Picture and Television Engineers (MPTE)-India Section.
Our main concern was to make the
screenings in such a way that the audiences
do not feel the setbacks and give them a
smooth screening experience. We told
the projectionists to keep the projection
rooms dust free and maintain humidity
up to 60%
First of all, we made an assessment
and found that the Shyama Prasad Indoor auditorium is a very good venue to
hold the inaugural function of IFFI as it
could accommodate nearly 6000 people.
IFFI
has an
independent
Shankar Mohan
Photo by Ramakant Munde, Mumbai
identity of its own
Though from the cultural point of view, it
was good, it had to be thoroughly checked
up from the screening point of view to
make it aesthetically effective for screenings. The screen had to be fixed and also
the projector set to match the distance
and the size of the screen but we decided
to abandon the idea because after doing
all the overhauling to screen films there,
the sitting capacity had to be shrunk from
6000 to just 2000 and hence it was decided
that while the inauguration will be held at
“With as many as 178 films
from all over the world, in
terms of quality of films, I am
more than satisfied especially
because this year IFFI has been
able to showcase at least nearly
75 outstanding and must see
films that have won all the major
awards at various prestigious
International film festivals all
over the world. That this year
the number of delegates crossed
over 13,000 and the festival is
gaining a lot of popularity and
people are keen to watch films
at IFFI.
The very fact that IFFI has
been a regular happening every
year in Goa for the past eleven
years itself is the proof of the fact
it has been able to stabilize itself
as a major force to reckon with
in the map of international film
festivals.. Earlier it was a rotating
gypsy without a home of its own
as it was a rotating film festival
and it was only in 2003 when
film festivals started happening
in different parts of the country
like Chennai, Bangalooru,
Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata,
Thiruvananthapuram etc, that
the IFFI settled down gracefully
in Goa and today it definitely
has an identity of its own in the
world
You will never be able to see
the kind of films that we show
at IFFI in any other festival in
our country, though many of the
other festivals held in India also
do a commendable job, because
all said and done, IFFI is a eleven
day film festival which is the
biggest in terms of the number
of days as well as content.
I have been the Director of
Shyama Prasad Indoor Auditorum, the inaugural film would be screened at the Kala
Academy.
Kala Academy is not meant for
screenings of films as it is primarily a
performing arts auditorium and hence
certain alterations were required but the
architects had put in a condition and
hence within the limit, we decided to have
the screening facilities. We had to see the
projection the way the screen had to be set
up and the illumination. Special ever since
most of the films are projected in the DCP
format, the checking of DCP also requires
a very knowledgeable approach. In the
open air ground, provision has been made
for as many as 1500 seats for the audience.
People who do not get seats can also stand
and watch the films there.
We wanted the maximum number of
laymen to watch films free of charge during the festival in the Open Air Campal
Ground and hence we set up a screen, the
size of which is 42’X 80’. Most of the projectionists in Goa in general do not have
lint free hand gloves while handling the
prints nor maintain the optical quality.
Most of the projectionists also indulge in
smoking as well eating and talking nonstop when the projection of films is on. I
should say that it was like sort of schooling for most of the projectionists for
screening films without any hindrance for
the audiences.
Shankar Mohan and Jyothi Venkatesh
the Film Festivals organized
every year under the umbrella of
the Directorate of Film Festivals
for the last four years. When
I took over as the Director, I
overhauled the festival and was
asked to implement the various
recommendations of the high
power committee chaired by
Kamal Haasan and Pritish
Nandy. Though some of the
recommendations had earlier
been implemented, from 2011, I
had to implement a lot more. We
also introduced the Life Time
Achievement award since then.
Approximately Rs 1.25 cr
has been given to the Indian
Panorama whereas Rs 5.5
cr has been raised through
various sponsors. SMPTE,
Real Image, Cube etc also have
been associated with IFFI in
an honorary capacity since we
had to ensure that the technical
excellence was of high quality.
While the Central government
has sanctioned to the tune of 8
crores, the Goa government has
also matched it with an equal
amount
This year the festival has
gone almost 100% digital, with
the exception of the Dance,
vintage and Classical section.
Hence it was imperative that
we had a technical committee
which
looked
after
the
projection system of the theatres
ways carefully scrutinized with
Padmashree A.K. Bir as the
Chairman of the Committee.
Since
world-wise
digital
platform has been introduced.
The technical committee would
henceforth ensure every year
that all digital facilities including
3D screenings and Dolby.
An MOU has been signed by
the Information & Broadcasting
Ministry and Goa has now been
made officially the permanent
venue for hosting the IFFI year
after year. This in turn will help
the IFFI grow bigger and better
because now the government
will look into develop9ing the
infrastructure of the festival and
automatically you will be able to
see a huge change in the whole
structure of the festival. Goa
government has promised to
invest more money because now
stability is there in the festival”.
IFFI | December 1, 2014
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Socio-cultural bonding of India
& China gets a fillip
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ne of the finest directors,
and a visionary, the
widely respected and
popular director Wong Kar-Wai
from China has been zeroed
in for the most prestigious
Lifetime Achievement Award
by the esteemed jury of the 45th
edition of International Film
Festival of India (IFFI-2014).
Wong-Kar-Wai is going to prove
to be a main pillar to the IndoChina socio-cultural relationship
in future.
IFFI-2014 with the country
focus on China has laid out
another deep foundation towards
the cinematic socio-cultural
bonding of India & China. The
Country Focus-China opened in
IFFI on the very second day of
the festival with the screening of
film ‘Finding Mr. Right’ directed
by Ms. XueXiaolu. Of course,
bonding with each other the
countrymen of India & China
have chosen the Mr. Right
indeed.
In the series, IFFI this year
had nine films under the section
Country Focus with China.
‘Beijing Blues’, directed by Gao
Qunshu has a deep calculative
equation of evidences beyond the
suspicious syndrome. The film
‘American Dreams in China’ by
Peter Ho-Sun Chan is the story of
three ambitious college students
having different background with
the ultimate message of forming a
common path serving the motto
of each other. ‘Caught in the Web’
directed by Chen Kaige is the
story of getting personal concern
into public domain. The grief,
emotions & anguish shown in the
movie are the deep rooted factors
belonging to an individual. Fie
Xing’s ‘Silent Witness’ is the bitter
feel of crime over love sentiments
of a beloved. Apart from the
Country Focus, a film from China
in the International competition
section ‘Genuine Love’ directed
jointly by Silzati Jakov Majored &
Zhang Xin is a story of deep love
of blood relations with dedicated
emotional dignity of human duty
prospects.
Today again with the limelight focusing on the Chinese
Cinema and the challenges it fac-
es, the closing film ‘The Grandmaster’ by the veteran producer
& director Wong Kar-Wai is going to open a new dimension
on the closing ceremony of the
45th International Film Festival of India. Wong Kar-Wai was
honored with the coveted Life
Time Achievement Award on
the closing day and his great
cinematic epic ‘The Grandmaster’ swept the audiences off
their feet.
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Edited by: Jyothi Venkatesh
Hindi Editor: Dr. Raajeev Shrivaastav
IFFI Daily Unit Head: Tanu Rai, Deputy Director, IFFI, Min. of I&B, Government of India.
Photos: Ramakant Munde, Mumbai
Printed at: Impressions, Belgaum