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Carlos Saura to be honoured with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award in 53rd IFFI
Carlos Saura to be honoured with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award in 53rd IFFI: The Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award will be given to Spanish film Director Carlos Saura at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), announced Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan.
IFFI 53 - the annual film festival will be hosted in Goa from November 20 to 28, 2022.
At the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India 280 films from 79 countries will be screened this year. 25 feature films and 20 non-feature films from India will be showcased in the ‘Indian Panorama’ while 183 films will be a part of international programming.
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Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award at 53rd IFFI
Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, who received the Golden Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival for Deprisa Deprisa, along with two Silver Bears for La caza and Peppermint Frappe, a BAFTA for Carmen and three awards at Cannes, among several others, will be honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award and an eight-film retrospective at IFFI.
53rd International Film Festival of India in Goa
The 53rd edition of India’s most prestigious film festival will be held from 20th to 28th November, 2022 in the beach State Goa.
The Austrian film ‘Alma and Oskar’, directed by Dieter Berner, will open the annual festival while Krzysztof Zanussi’s ‘Perfect Number’ is the closing film.
The ‘Homage’ section will include fifteen Indian and five international films. Tributes will be paid to Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar, singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, Kathak maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj, actors Ramesh Deo, Shivkumar Subhramanium, T. Rama Rao, Vatsala Deshmukh, Maheshwari Amma, Salim Ghouse, singer KK, director Tarun Majumder, director-producer Ravi Tandon and Saawan Kumar Tak, actor and theater artist Nipon Goswami, actor and filmmaker Pratap Pothen, actor Krishnam Raju and singer Bhupinder Singh.
In the International section, homage will be paid to the film geniuses Bob Rafelson, Ivan Reitman, Peter Bogdanovich, Douglas Trumbell and Monica Vitti.
The Jury for the International Competition for 53rd IFFI comprises of
- Mr. Nadav Lapid (Israel) (Chairperson), Filmmaker
- Jinko Gotoh (USA), Producer
- Ms Pascale Chavance (France), Editor
- Mr. Javier Angulo (Spain), Filmmaker & Critic
- Mr. Sudipto Sen (India), National Award winning Filmmaker
Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic
- Formation of IFFI: 24 January 1952
- Awards Given in IFFI: Golden Peacock, Best Film, Silver Peacock, Best Director, Best Actor (Male), Best Actor (Female), Special Jury Award, Lifetime Achievement and Indian Personality of the Year
- IFFI Hosted by: Government of Goa, Directorate of Film Festivals
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