The festival will be held in the city for the first time from January 14th-20th at the Siri fort auditorium.
With an aim of providing an impetus to filmmaking in Delhi and to promote appreciation of cinematic art, the Diorama International Film Festival will be held in the city for the first time from January 14th-20th at the Siri fort auditorium. This seven-day extravaganza organized by Manoj Srivastava, who headed the International Film Festival of India, Goa Government as the Chief Executive Officer and Entertainment Society of Goa till 2012, will combine a never before exposure of multi genre world cinema with real quality entertainment and business of cinema.
The festival will witness participation of national and internationally renowned actors and directors. Actors who may attend Diorama are Aamir Khan, Manoj Vajpayee, Jimmy Shergill, Tapsee Pannu, Divya Dutta, Radhika Apte, Adil Hussain, Sanjay Mishra, Ranbir Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Vicky kaushal. Hollywood actor Erick Avari (The Mummy) of Indian descent will conduct a Master class on Acting. The festival will screen as many as 130 films from over 50 countries. It will also hold conferences, master classes, workshops and film bazaar, where cinema business will be transacted and over 20 countries are represented in the activity.
The festival will also give out Sparrow awards, named after the endangered bird, for the best work over 25 film categories and they will be decided by four international film juries comprising of famous actors, directors, producers amongst others.
The jury at the film festival will be headed by eminent film personalities such as Iranian film director Darish Mehrjui, who was the founder of the Iranian New Wave movement in the 1970’s and widely known for his film GAV(1969), British film producer/director Nikk Powell known for his movies The Crying game, Brimstone and Siesta, and film directors Rahul Rawail and Dipak Tijori.
Other veteran personalities who will head the jury at the festival include: Rafael Kapelinski (Poland), who won the Silver Bear in Berlin last year, Philip Cheah, film critic and editor of publication Big O, Singapore, actress Divya Dutta, renowned cinematographer Sanjay F Gupta, Indian playback singer Alka Yagnik, Shobana and many more.
The event is supported by the Film Federation of India, the apex body of film makers in India and non-governmental organisation Indian Film Institute which is also founded by Diorama director Manoj Srivastava.
Talking about the festival, Srivastava, said, “Delhi will see something like this for the first time. It is a congregation of eminent film makers after a long long time. After heading the International Film Festival of India in Goa for five years, I thought even Delhi needed a film festival of its own. The festival will be a boost to all film aspirants and enthusiasts and will help them in creating a niche of their own in the city.”
Published on 09 January, 2019 by EE News Desk on http://everythingexperiential.businessworld.in/
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