Times of India | 4 days ago | 24-11-2022 | 10:25 am
PANAJI: Information and broadcasting (I&B) secretary Apurva Chandra said on Wednesday that over 10,000 delegates had registered for the 53rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) - the highest-ever - prompting the organisers to close delegate registrations on November 21. Chandra, however, admitted that there was a crunch in screening facilities due to the Kala Academy auditorium being shut for repairs. "Delegate registrations for this edition of Iffi are the highest ever," said Chandra. However, of the 10,000 delegates, barely 40 are foreigners who had voluntarily registered. Officials said most of the foreign delegates were from the UK and the US. At close to 500 screenings in all, Chandra said Iffi was showing more films as compared to other festivals. "Kala Academy, whose auditorium has a seating capacity of nearly 1,000, is shut for repairs. We were expecting it to be ready in time for the festival," he said. Festival director Ravindra Bhakkar said many new segments were also added to Iffi this year, which threw new challenges. "We introduced gala premieres this year, for which we had red carpets for the cast and crew. As there was no facility available for the red carpet at Inox in Porvorim, we had to host all these films at Inox in Panaji and that is why many international competition films had to be screened at Inox at Porvorim.KA will be included next year and that will streamline things," said Bhakkar, responding to queries about international competition film screenings being hosted at Porvorim instead of the main Iffi venue at Panaji.
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