IFFI, Goa to Promote Short Films news
International Film Festival of Indian (IFFI) is adding a "Short Film Centre" to promote short fiction films in the biggest film festival of India. The festival is organized by the directorate of film festivals (DFF) of government of India and the Goa state government promoted Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG).
An official announcement by the organizers says-The 39th International film festival of India has a unique business platform for short and documentary films this year onwards. Created by the ESG and DFF, this business platform is being organized between 23 Nov- 1 December 2008 as part of the International Film Festival of India, Goa.
The platform brings together 5,000 industry professionals through a series of events. Registration is open through www.reelport.com and www.shortfilmcenter.org The last date for registration is 15 October 2008.
The SFC will have film buyers, film funding agencies, film festival organizers and film makers. SFC has two competitions (International competition for shorts under 30 minutes and another on shorts and documentary films on environmental issues for VEDANTA SESA GOA, VASUDHA AWARD) with a combined prize money of USD 30,000 appx
