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hema malini and prasoon Joshi to be honored

with “Indian film personality of the year”

The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held from November 20 to 28 in Goa

OuR BuREAu part of this festival,” he said.
The 52nd edition of the Interna-
New Delhi/Mumbai
tional Film Festival of India (IFFI),
ctor-turned-politician Hema which is reckoned as one of Asia’s
Malini and renowned lyricist oldest and India’s biggest interna-
aPrasoon Joshi will be felicitat- tional film festivals, will be com-
ed with the “Indian film personality mencing on November 20 and will
of the year” award at the 52nd edition run through till November 28.
of the International Film Festival of For the first time ever, IFFI has
India (IFFI). invited major OTT players to partici-
The names were announced by pate in the festival. In a first, Netflix,
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Amazon Prime, Zee5, Voot and Sony
his Twitter handle on Thursday. “I’m Liv will participate at the Film Festival
delighted to announce the names through exclusive Masterclasses, con-
of Ms @dreamgirlhema Actor, tent launches and previews, curated
MP (Mathura, UP) & Mr @pra- thralled audiences across generations.” sonality of the Year will be awarded film package screenings, and various
soonjoshi_, Lyricist & Chairperson, “They are Indian cinematic icons to Prasoon Joshi and Hema Malini. other on-ground and virtual events.
CBFC as the Indian Film Personality who are admired & respected the world Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Further, the Tamil film
of the Year 2021. They shall be con- over,” he said. Thakur also shared award will be given to internation- ‘Koozhangal’, which is India’s entry
ferred this honour at 52nd Interna- that Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achieve- al celebrities and it will be given to for the 2022 Academy Awards, will
tional Film Festival of India in Goa. ment Award will be given to Ameri- Martin Scorsese and Hungarian film- be screened in the Indian Panorama
@IFFIGoa,” the post read. can filmmaker Martin Scorsese and maker Istvan Szabo. Both of them segment of IFFI.
According to Thakur, Hema Mali- Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Szabo. are big names. Amrit Mahotsav is be- The festival is being organised by
ni and Prasoon Joshi’s contribution “to “52nd Film Festival of India will ing celebrated and 75 creative minds the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF),
the field of Indian cinema spread over be organized by Goa from November in the country have been chosen who in collaboration with the Goa govern-
decades and their body of work has en- 20 to November 28. The Indian per- will be given masterclass and will be a ment and the Indian film industry.

THE FESTIvAl KAlEIDOSCOpE

‘bad luck banging The following films have been selected to compete in the section: ‘souad’
or loony Porn’ • Director: Ayten Amin | Egypt,
• Director: Radu Jade | Romania, • Synopsis: A young Finnish woman • Synopsis: Red Rocket is a darkly Tunisia, Germany | Arabic
escapes an enigmatic love affair in
funny, raw, and humane portrait of
Luxembourg, Croatia, Czech Moscow by boarding a train to the a uniquely American hustler and a • Synopsis: Souad, a 19-year-old
Republic | Romanian Egyptian, is on the cusp of adult-
• Synopsis: A video goes viral. It Arctic port of Murmansk. hometown that barely tolerates him. hood. In her everyday life, her
shows a man and a woman hav- ‘feathers’ ‘spencer’ desire to explore new kinds of
ing sex while wearing masks. The • Director: Omar El Zohairy | • Director: Pablo Larrain | Germa- freedom clashes with the expec-
woman is, nevertheless, iden- France, Egypt, The Netherlands, ny, UK | English tations of society.
tified. The debate turns into a Greece | Arabic • Synopsis: The marriage of Princess ‘the worst Person
tribunal - about consensual sex, • Synopsis: When a magic trick goes Diana and Prince Charles has long in the world’
pornography and more. awry at a children’s birthday party, since grown cold. Though rumours • Director: Joachim Trier | Nor-
the authoritative father of the fam- of affairs and a divorce abound,
‘brighton 4th’ way, France, Sweden, Denmark
• Director: Levan Koguashvili | ily turns into a chicken. peace is ordained for the Christ- | Norwegian
mas festivities at the Queen’s San-
Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, Mo- ‘i’m your man’ dringham Estate. • Synopsis: A modern drame-
naco, USA | Georgian • Director: Maria Schrader | Ger- dy about the quest for love
• Synopsis: The story of former many | German ‘the story of my wife’ and meaning in contemporary
wrestling champion Kakhi whose • Synopsis: Alma is a scientist at • Director: Ildiko Enyedi | Hungary, Oslo.
devotion to his family leads him the famous Pergamon Museum in Germany, Italy, France | English, ‘titane’
on a journey from his home in Berlin. In order to obtain research Dutch, French, German, Italian • Director: Julia Ducournau |
Tbilisi to visit his son Soso in funds for her studies, she accepts • Synopsis: The Story of My Wife France, Belgium | French|
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. an offer to participate in an ex- follows the dashing Gijs Naber • Synopsis: A young man with a
traordinary experiment. as the gallant yet damned Cap-
‘compartment No 6’ tain Jakob Storr, who bets an bruised face is discovered in an
• Director: Juho Kuosmanen | ‘red rocket’ associate that he will marry the airport. He claims his name to
Finland, Germany, Estonia, • Director: Sean Baker | United first woman who enters the cafe be Adrien Legrand, a child who
Russia | Finnish, Russian States of America | English they’re sitting in. disappeared ten years ago.

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