IFFI Bulletin - 21 nd November - International Film Festival of India

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IFFI | November 21, 2012
A CHRONOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS OF INDIA
The practice of holding festivals started in Venice in 1932 as part of the city’s traditional international Art Exhibition. The Cannes International Film Festival of France was
started in 1939.
The nations which were rebuilding their film industry after the World War saw in festivals a chance for world recognition.
As international political alliances were being reconstituted, the festivals provided an opportunity for interaction. Festivals were started in Berlin, Moscow, Karlovy Vary
(Czechoslovakia), London, San Francisco and New York City.
1. 1952 Mumbai Non-Competitive - Festival also
taken to Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi
2. 1961 Delhi Non-Competitive
3. 1965 Delhi Competitive - Graded ‘A’ category by
Paris based Federation International
De Producers De Films (FIAFPF)
4. 1969 Delhi Competitive
5. 1974 Delhi Competitive
6. 1975 Delhi Competitive - Permanent insignia
comprising a peacock, India’s national Bird,
with a permanent motto of the festival
‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakum’ (the whole
7. 1976
world is a family)
Mumbai Competitive
8. *1977 Delhi Competitive
9. 1978 Chennai Non-competitive – Introduction
of Indian Panorama
10. 1979 Delhi Competitive
11. 1980 Bangalore Non-competitive
12. 1981 Delhi Competitive
13. 1982 Kolkata Non-competitive
14. 1983 Delhi Competitive – Sirifort Complex, built
for 9th Asian Games, used as venue
15. 1984 Mumbai Non-competitive
16. 1985 Delhi Competitive – Special short film
section, Documedia
17. 1986 Hyderabad Non-competitive
18. 1987 Delhi Competitive – Dates changed from 3 to
17 January, to 10 to 24 January Introduction
of Mainstream Cinema section
19. 1988 Thiruvananthapuram Non-competitive
20. #1989 Delhi Non-Competitive - Festival restricted
to 10 days, 10 to 20 January- Information
section was re-christened ‘Cinema of the
World’
21. 1990 Kolkata Non-competitive – Use of word
‘Filmotsav’ discontinued
22. 1991 Chennai Non-competitive
23. 1992 Bangalore Non-competitive
24. 1993 Delhi Non-competitive
25. 1994 Kolkata Non-competitive
26. 1995 Mumbai – Non-competitive - Celebration
of Hundred Years of Cinema
27. @1996 Delhi Competitive re-introduced, confined
to Asian women.
28. 1997 Thirvanthanpuram Competitive
29. 1998
Introduction of ‘Sangamam’ organized in
collaboration with the Federation of Film
Societies of India. Called Open Forum in
later festivals
Delhi Competitive - extended to Asian
cinema
30. 1999 Hyderabad Competitive
31. 2000 Delhi Competitive
32. 2001 NO FESTIVAL
33. 2002 Delhi Competitive
34. 2003 Delhi Competitive – Festival Shifted to
October
35. 2004 Goa Competitive – Festival shifted to
November-December
36. 2005 Goa Competitive - extended to Asia,
Africa, Latin America Master Class sessions
introduced
37. 2006 Goa Competitive
38. 2007 Goa Competitive – Online Registration,
ticketing system, introduced Mainstream
Cinema section discontinued
39. 2008 Goa Competitive – Daily delegate system
introduced Unique section on films made
on the Taj Mahal; For the first time, Focus on
Edited by: B B Nagpal on behalf of IFFI Secretariat, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, New Delhi.
Hindi Editor: Dr. Rajeev Shrivastav, Co-ordinator: Rizwan Ahamd, Deputy Director
Photos: Photo Division
Printed at: Impressions, Belgaum
three countries – Russia, Switzerland, and
Iran. For the first time since its inception in
1978, the number of features in the Indian
Panorama exceeded 21 and was 26, with no
Mainstream Cinema section
40. 2009 Goa Competitive – Season Ticket
41. 2010
introduced. Daily tickets confined to Indian
Panorama. Focus section extended to
one continent – Latin America – and five
countries – France, Italy, Poland, Croatia,
and Estonia. Unique section on War &
Peace
Goa Competitive section made global
instead of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Two new awards for Best Actor and best
actress introduced New section on fulllength
documentaries introduced
42. 2011 Goa Competitive – Permanent and separate
IFFI Secretariat established, Shankar
Mohan becomes first IFFI Director
43. 2012
Introduction of Festival Kaleidoscope and
other new sections Inauguration for first
time in Margoan Re-introduction of Life
Time Achievement Award
Goa Competitive – Centenary of Indian
Cinema section primary highlight
Inauguration in open air Football
Grounds in Panaji Master Strokes, A Cut
Above, Chai and Chat, soul of Asia on
Mysticism, Incredible India to promote
India as a film shooting site, and other
new sections introduced Introduction
of Centenary Award, amounting to Rs
10 lakh Introduction of film shows on
beaches.
*Between 1977 and 1987, a policy was adopted whereby all Festivals held in Delhi were competitive and were known as International Film Festival of India while those held in
other cities were non-competitive and were known as Filmotsav.
#It was decided that all Festivals from 1988 onwards would be non-competitive and so the Filmotsav tag was discontinued
@ Competition re-introduced from 1996 onwards as regular annual feature
+ Dates in November or December vary according to Diwali and other Festivals. - B B Nagpal
GLIMPSES OF THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY
IFFI Director Shankar Mohan with our Esteemed Jury.
Our Honoured Guests pose for the camera.
Kailash Kher moving the audience. Cultural programmes.