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Event ID 106/2015-16
Press Conference on
Mumbai International Film Festival – MIFF 2016
| Event | Press Conference on the forthcoming 14th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films ( MIFF 2016 ) to be held from January 28 – February 3, 2016.
The Press Conference will be addressed by Mr. Mukesh Sharma, DG, Films Division; Mr. Siddharth Kak, Actor & anchor; Mr. Mike Pandey, Veteran documentary maker.
Mr. Jackie Shroff, brand ambassador of MIFF 2016 will also be present |
| Time | 04.00 pm |
| Day & Date | Monday, January 25, 2016 |
| Venue | J.B. Hall, Films Division, 24, Peddar Road, Mumbai 400026. |
| Contact info. | Vinay Vairale 9869043864 |
| PIB Cordination | sonaltupe82@gmail.com / sridhar.patil@gmail.com |
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P R E S S R E L E A S E
Documentary festival bonanza to start from January 28th in Mumbai
Jackie Shroff roped in as the brand ambassador of MIFF 2016.
Mumbai | January 21, 2016
The 14th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival, one of the most prestigious festival in the documentary, short and animation genre will be held in Mumbai from January 28 to February 03, 2016.
For the first time, veteran actor Jackie Shroff has been roped in as the brand ambassador of MIFF 2016, which is organized by the Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and is supported by the Government of Maharashtra.
Apart from the Competition Section, the festival has interesting packages like Homage, Retrospective & Special Package, Open Forum & Seminar, Workshop and Master Class etc.
The inauguration and closing functions will be held at the Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi at 5.00 pm on 28th January and 03rd February, 2016 respectively.
The screenings will be held at
Press Conference
Mr. Mukesh Sharma, Director General, Films Division, Actor & Anchor -Siddharth Kak, Veteran documentary film maker – Mike Pandey & Actor – Jackie Shroff (Brand Ambassador) would address a press conference to give details about MIFF 2016 on January 25th at 04:00 p.m. at J.B. Hall, Films Division, Government of India, 24 – Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Peddar Road, Mumbai 400026.
Five documentary films produced by the Films Division of India have been selected in the prestigious Indian Panorama of the 46th International Film Festival of India-2015, Goa. This is a record for the 67 year old film production unit under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, having five of its best recent works finding place in the Indian Panorama the same year.
The Jury selected Phum Shang (Haobam Paban Kumar), Even Red Can Be Sad, (Amit Dutta), Aamar Katha: The Story of Binodini (Tuhinabha Majumdar), Spaces Between (Roohi Dixit & Ziba Bhagwagar) and Tender Is The Sight (Torsha Banerjee) for the Indian Panorama-2015.. Shri Mukesh Sharma, Director General Films Division while congratulating the film makers and crew for selection in the Indian Panorama has informed that the FD films and other films selected in the Panorama will be screened in the 46th IFFI, Panaji, Goa held between 20 – 30 November, 2015. All the five Films Division films have been selected in different national and international film festivals and won critical acclaim and awards, he added. Shri Sharma stated that while the Panorama films will be screened at select places after the IFFI- Goa, DVDs of FD films shall be available soon for sale, both on-line and from Films Division offices.
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