40th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA, GOA 2009 (23rd November to 3rd December 2009)

  The 40th International Film Festival of India gets underway from 23rd November 2009. This 11 day extravaganza is the biggest annual film event in South Asia. The festival programme is divided into 4 sections: Film Programmes Non Film Programmes Film Bazaar and Short Film Center Cultural Activities The Film Programming is the core of the festival and screens nearly 300 films during the period of 11 days across 10 Auditoria and 3 preview rooms in the cities of Panaji and Margao in Goa. The most popular sections in the film programming include competitions for feature films from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Cinema of the World, Tributes, Homages, Retrospectives, Country Focus, Indian Panorama and specially curated sections. Non film programming includes a range of seminars, symposia, debates, product and service presentation, p...