CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Film Division in association with India Tourism will organise a Gandhi Film Festival in Mumbai from 2-6 October 2019. The festival as part of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary will showcase select films focussing on Swachh Bharat and non-violence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Films Division has organized Gandhi Filmotsav, as a part of the final event of two years celebration of Mahatma Gandhis 150th Birth Anniversary.

Detailed explanation-3: -UPSC Mains. Q. What is the name of the Online film festival organised by Films Division, to commemorate Gandhi Jayanti? Notes: The Films Division has organized ‘Gandhi Filmotsav’, as a part of the final event of two years celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 51st International Film Festival of India was held from 16 to 24 January 2021 in Goa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the festival went hybrid, there was physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories.

Detailed explanation-5: -First IFFI The 1st edition of IFFI was organized by the Films Division, Government of India, with the patronage of the first Prime Minister of India. Held in Mumbai from 24 January to 1 February 1952, the Festival was subsequently taken to Madras, Delhi, Calcutta and Trivandrum.