37th_International_Film_Festival_of_India

37th International Film Festival of India

37th International Film Festival of India

Indian film festival

The 37th International Film Festival of India was held from November 23 – December 3 2006 in Goa.[1][2][3] The jury, headed by Australian director Rolf de Heer, consisted of French director Olivier Assayas, Polish actress Grażyna Szapołowska, Argentinian actress Leticia Bredice and India's Jahnu Barua.[2][4]

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The Technical Retrospective was instituted this year, which will cover topics on Digital Editing including a film ‘Cutting Edge’ followed by a Presentation by Editor Steven Cohen, while special Presentations on Film Restoration and Digital Animation were made by the technicians from Italy.[5]

The festival paid Homage to 11 Indian film personalities. These include Nadira, Actress, Naushad Ali, Music Director, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Actor, Malayalam Cinema, P. Bhanumathi, Actress, Dancer, Director, Writer, Telugu and Tamil Cinema, Padmini, Actress, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Dr. Rajkumar, renowned Kannada Actor, Srividya, Tamil/Malayalam Actress, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Parveen Babi and young Punjabi Film Director and two times National Award winner, Manoj Punj.[5]

A new section "NFDC Down The Ages" featuring 6 films including Gandhi and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro celebrated the contributions of National Film Development Corporation.[5]

Winners

Official selections

Special screenings

Opening film

Closing film

References

  1. [1]
    "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". www.tribuneindia.com.
  2. [2]
    "Top awards for Asian films". 4 December 2006 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. [3]
    "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  4. [4]
    "IFFI: focus on South India". 26 November 2006 – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. [5]
    "English Releases".
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