Namaste from Pune International Film Festival 2010!
Pune is rapidly growing as one of the premier cities of India. Prominent establishments of filmmaking like Prabhat Film Studio (established in 1933), Film and Television Institute of India and the National Film Archives of India are a few names among several international centers of learning that have made Pune their home. A large number of multinational companies representing the automobile and software industry thrive here in the city along with these centers of Culture and Education. Pune has a very large influx of foreign students, professionals and academicians from across the world that are engaged in diverse fields, fostering a rich culture of International Cinema. Newly built multiplexes providing state of the art viewing facilities along with a discerning movie going audience makes Pune the ideal place to host an International Film Festival.
Pune International Film Festival [PIFF] was launched in 2002. It was an instant success. From a niche festival that debuted in 2002 with 50 films from 8 countries, PIFF screened a spectacular collection of 150 films from 42 countries in 2008.
Since then this annual Film festival has gone from strength to strength and has even added a Competition section to it repertoire. Over the last five years a wide spectrum of contemporary international cinema has been presented along with the retrospectives of Andreas Dresen, Jorge Pollaco, Vera Chytilova, Jiri Menzel, Mani Ratnam, Alain Resnais, Doron Eran, Aki Kaurismaki, Fatih Akin and Raj Kapoor. Another special feature of the festival has been to honour the luminaries of Indian cinema for their contribution to the field. The audience has appreciated these innovations in programming and the numbers have been increasing with every festival year.
We are currently inviting entries for our 8th edition. It is in this regard that I wish to contact you. The 8th Pune International Film Festival 2010, India in association with the Government of Maharashtra will be held from 7th – 14th January 2010. The following awards are given in the World Competition Section for Feature Films:
Best Film – Cash Award around $20,000 (INR. 10,00,000),
Best Director – Cash Award of around $10,000 (INR. 5,00,000)
We request you to send the DVD screener (with English subtitles) of your film to be put forth to the Festival Selection Committee for World Competition section along with the entry form. The entries should reach us NO later than 30th October, 2009. Films which have been shown in other competitions and festivals can be entered. If your film is selected in competition, The Pune International Film Festival DOES NOT PAY ANY SCREENING FEE but the Director or Producer or the Lead Actor\Actress are invited to the festival and Boarding/Lodging expenses and Airfares are paid for by PIFF. There will be an international jury to judge the film for the Award. The Winning Film is felicitated at the Closing night Gala and is awarded a cash prize for Best Film and Best Director along with the Festival trophy.
PIFF is attended by a large crowd of enthusiastic movie buffs and your film will be assured of good exposure and wide publicity.
Rules, Regulations and the Entry Form are available online on our website: www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com. You can send in your entry online http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/entry_login.php
The last date for entries is 30th October 2009.
Please feel free to contact us either by email or at 020-24464545.
We look forward to your participation.
Warm Regards,
Jabbar Patel
—
Dr. Jabbar Patel
Director
Pune International Film Festival
Marathon Bhavan, near Mitra Mandal Colony,
Opp: Parvati Post-Office, Parvati,
Pune- 411 009
Tel: +91 20 24464545/ 6
Fax: +91 20 24468788
Namaste from Pune International Film Festival 2010!
Pune is rapidly growing as one of the premier cities of India. Prominent establishments of filmmaking like Prabhat Film Studio (established in 1933), Film and Television Institute of India and the National Film Archives of India are a few names among several international centers of learning that have made Pune their home. A large number of multinational companies representing the automobile and software industry thrive here in the city along with these centers of Culture and Education. Pune has a very large influx of foreign students, professionals and academicians from across the world that are engaged in diverse fields, fostering a rich culture of International Cinema. Newly built multiplexes providing state of the art viewing facilities along with a discerning movie going audience makes Pune the ideal place to host an International Film Festival.
Pune International Film Festival [PIFF] was launched in 2002. It was an instant success. From a niche festival that debuted in 2002 with 50 films from 8 countries, PIFF screened a spectacular collection of 150 films from 42 countries in 2008.
Since then this annual Film festival has gone from strength to strength and has even added a Competition section to it repertoire. Over the last five years a wide spectrum of contemporary international cinema has been presented along with the retrospectives of Andreas Dresen, Jorge Pollaco, Vera Chytilova, Jiri Menzel, Mani Ratnam, Alain Resnais, Doron Eran, Aki Kaurismaki, Fatih Akin and Raj Kapoor. Another special feature of the festival has been to honour the luminaries of Indian cinema for their contribution to the field. The audience has appreciated these innovations in programming and the numbers have been increasing with every festival year.
We are currently inviting entries for our 8th edition. It is in this regard that I wish to contact you. The 8th Pune International Film Festival 2010, India in association with the Government of Maharashtra will be held from 7th – 14th January 2010. The following awards are given in the World Competition Section for Feature Films:
Best Film – Cash Award around $20,000 (INR. 10,00,000),
Best Director – Cash Award of around $10,000 (INR. 5,00,000)
We request you to send the DVD screener (with English subtitles) of your film to be put forth to the Festival Selection Committee for World Competition section along with the entry form. The entries should reach us NO later than 30th October, 2009. Films which have been shown in other competitions and festivals can be entered. If your film is selected in competition, The Pune International Film Festival DOES NOT PAY ANY SCREENING FEE but the Director or Producer or the Lead Actor\Actress are invited to the festival and Boarding/Lodging expenses and Airfares are paid for by PIFF. There will be an international jury to judge the film for the Award. The Winning Film is felicitated at the Closing night Gala and is awarded a cash prize for Best Film and Best Director along with the Festival trophy.
PIFF is attended by a large crowd of enthusiastic movie buffs and your film will be assured of good exposure and wide publicity.
Rules, Regulations and the Entry Form are available online on our website: www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com. You can send in your entry online http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/entry_login.php
The last date for entries is 30th October 2009.
Please feel free to contact us either by email or at 020-24464545.
We look forward to your participation.
Warm Regards,
Jabbar Patel
Dr. Jabbar Patel
Director
Pune International Film Festival
Marathon Bhavan, near Mitra Mandal Colony,
Opp: Parvati Post-Office, Parvati,
Pune- 411 009
Tel: +91 20 24464545/ 6
Fax: +91 20 24468788
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