CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The festival will be held in Goa from 16th to 24th January 2021. Bangladesh will be this edition’s Country in Focus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bangladesh was country of focus in the festival with four films of the country included in ‘country of focus’ section. The festival highlighted autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by premiering a film by Shreedhar, In Our World in non-feature film, Indian Panorama section on 18 January 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: * The 50th- edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will showcase eight movies from Russia which is Country of focus this year. * ‘Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cinema Prayer’, is one of the movies to be featured among these Russian movies.

Detailed explanation-4: -#IFFIWood, 24 November 2022 This year at IFFI 53, France has been chosen as the festival’s Country of Focus, in reciprocity of India being named the Country of Honour at the Marche du Cinema of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the country’s Independence.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Jury will comprise Pablo Cesar (Argentina) as Chairman, Prasanna Vithanage (Sri Lanka), Abu Bakr Shawky (Austria), Priyadarshan (India) and Ms. Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh).