Lagatar24 Desk
Panaji, Nov 21: The 52nd International film festival of India (IFFI) felicitates 75 young film enthusiasts at its event held in Panaji, Goa on Sunday.
“To all the 75 young creative minds of India, you are the 1st batch with a lot of responsibilities and have been selected to get nourished into becoming the honour of this country, congratulations”, said Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur while addressing the felicitation ceremony.
CONGRATULATIONS!
52nd International Film Festival of India welcomes #75CreativeMindsIFFI !
Selected from across India,for their outstanding talent by an eminent jury – these young film makers will attend masterclasses by icons of cinema; a transformative experience is underway! pic.twitter.com/hrqeR0A8EJ
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) November 21, 2021
The special category of ‘75 Creative Young Minds of Tomorrow’ was created to encourage filmmakers under the age of 35 to come up with their films.
Notably, IFFI is one of the most significant film festival in Asia and was founded in 1952. It provides a genuine platform for exchanging ideas between young minds and established figures in film industries from around the world.
IFFI is being conducted jointly by the state government of Goa and the Directorate of Film Festivals that works under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Actor Kartik Aaryan’s film ‘Dhamaka’ will be screened at the film festival. On Saturday, IFFI received 624 films from 95 countries to open the platform Goa’s Panaji.