Goa Film Festival

Prohibitory Orders To Be Lifted In Goa After Film Festival Ends

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday November 27, 2019

Even as the opposition parties have been targeting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for prolonging the imposition of prohibitory orders in Goa, accusing him of clamping down on anti-government protests vis a vis the Mhadei inter-state water diversion issue, Mr Sawant on Wednesday said the prohibitory law would be lifted immediately after the 50th editi...

IFFI 2019 Meet To Be Headed By Oscar Academy President: Prakash Javadekar

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 14, 2019

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar chaired a steering committee meeting of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji today.

Goa To Host Third Edition Of Science Film Festival From January 16

Education | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 4, 2018

Goa will be hosting the third edition of the Science Film Festival of India between January 16-19. The festival, titled SCI-FFI Goa, is being organised by the state-based Vidnyan Parishad, Goa's Department of Science and Technology, the Entertainment Society of Goa and the Goa College of Art.

Kerala High Court Asks For S Durga To Be Screened At Goa Film Festival

India News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Abhimanyu Bose | Tuesday November 21, 2017

The Kerala High Court today said the Malayalam film 'S Durga' will be screened at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, overruling the central government's decision to scrap it.

Rahul Rawail Appointed IFFI Jury Chief After Sujoy Ghosh's Resignation

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Monday November 20, 2017

Director Rahul Rawail has been appointed the head of a jury for the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which took off in Goa today amid a controversy sparked by the dropping of two films.

Goa Film Festival Row: 2 More Jury Members Resign

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 15, 2017

The controversy over the Information And Broadcasting Ministry's move to drop the films "S Durga" and "Nude" from International Film Festival of India or IFFI's Indian Panorama section continued to rage today with two more jury members resigning in protest.

Goa Fest Ex-Jury Chief Sujoy Ghosh Wept After Watching Nude

Entertainment | Tuesday November 14, 2017

Sujoy Ghosh has resigned as the head of the jury, days after Nude was removed from the list

Disallowed from Goa Festival, FTII Students Hold 'Rebel' Film Festival

Goa News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 25, 2015

The agitating FTII students started their 'rebel' film festival on Tuesday, featuring films made by the current and past students of the film institute, in protest against the exclusion of their films from the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

After Tehelka, alleged sexual harassment at Goa film festival

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 22, 2013

Close on the heels of the Tehelka episode, an allegation of sexual harassment has hit the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) after a Delhi-based student working as a programmer complained against a senior film festival official.

Goa crisis casts shadow on International Film Festival of India

Chandni | Tuesday November 20, 2012

The crisis looming large on Goa's mining industry has cast its shadow on the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which is currently underway there.

Why shooting films in Goa is a bad idea?

Others News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday November 28, 2010

Goa is not an ideal place to shoot a film because the technology required to make a technically good movie is not available here, acclaimed producer Tapan Biswas has said.Biswas, whose Just Another Love Story is one of the 18 films in the fray for the coveted Golden Peacock award at the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), said ...

Subhash Ghai wants youngsters to give up wearing jeans

Kavita S Kanwar | Thursday November 25, 2010

Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai said that youngsters should not wear jeans anymore as it is not an indigenous piece of clothing.

Bollywood doesn't shun film fests: Bhandarkar

Kavita S Kanwar | Tuesday November 23, 2010

Madhur Bhandarkar has rubbished allegations that Bollywood personalities are hardly excited about film festivals like IFFI and prefer to stay away.