The Delhi International
Film Festival 2012 coincides with 100 years of Delhi as Capital of India, and
100 years of Indian cinema. Delhi the capital city will get its first ever
International Filmfestival that bears the name of the capital city of the
largest democracy in the world.Unfortunately during the last 65 years of
Independence, none of the International Film Festivalswas ever named after
Delhi. One of the reasons being the International Film festival at Goa,which
used to be organized in Delhi and later on the same festival, was shared with
other cities once a year and Delhi every alternate year. This festival was
finally shifted to Goa, leaving Delhideprived of the world cinema and the film
makers. However, The Delhi International FilmFestival will bring the lost glory
back to Delhi between 21 to 27 December 2012 when itconnects the wonderful
Indian Capital City and the National capital Region with a variety ofInternational
Films and art as well as their creators from many countries around the world at
SiriFort and NDMC Convention Centre.The famous young Actor/ Film maker
Tigmanshu Dhulia who has recently made the famous film “Pan Singh Tomar”, and
acted in another successful film “Gangs of Wassaipur” has announcedthe Delhi
International Film Festival 2012 and launched the festival web site in The
Lalit Hotel, New Delhi. During the official launch Tigmanshu specifically
underlined the fact at least 2,500similar festivals existed not only in the big
cities like London, New York, Paris, Tokyo Beijing etc., but also in smaller
towns. In India International Film festivals do exist in many cities like
Mumbai, Goa, Kolkata, and Trivandrum but regretfully, Delhi city was always deprived
of such a festivity. He is confident that The Delhi International Film festival
2012 will certainly give a new face aswell recognition to the Capital City of
the largest democracy in the Cinema of the World.Returning to films after a gap
and associated with the Delhi International Film Festival 2012,Shiney Ahuja
believes that it is a novel and artistic platform for country wide film actors
and makers. He said, “I was born in Delhi, I’m proud to be attached to the
first Delhi InternationalFilm Festival 2012. Delhi International Film Festival
2012, during the event will showcase at least 150 films fromnearly 70
countries. The legendry Malayalam Film maker and the recipient of Dada Sahib
Phalke award Adoor Gopalakrishnan is the Chairman of the advisory board of the
festival. The advisoryboard of the festival consists of Anurag Kashyap,
Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sandeep Marwah, ShriramRaghavan, Uma Da Cunnah, Shiney Ahuja,
Yashpal Sharma, Shonali Bose, Sushma Parchaand Bela Negi from India, Alain
Jallladeau, Phillip Jalladeau from France, Jamal Shah, SatishAnand from
Pakistan, Sajedur Rehman Firoze from Bangladesh, Reza Degati from Iran,
AndrejKarawakoski Avner Faingulernt, Erez Pery, Lina Murad from Syria, and Kai
Syng Tan fromLondon. Nearly 80 Actors from India and overseas are also
connected with this festival. ThePresident of the Delhi International Film
festival is Ram Kishore Parcha, senior film journalist,Festival vice president
is Sanjay Singh, film maker and the Festival Secretary is Suresh K Goswami, Film
maker and writer.
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International Film Festival 2012 will showcase films in ten different sections.
The bestamongst selected films shall be honoured with the Golden Minar and
Silver Minar awards respectively. The festival, in its first edition, will not
only honour the films, film makers, artists andwriters, but will also honour
outstanding persons who excelled in their contribution towards the welfare of
our society and the people with Minare Dilli award.In addition this year the
festival will present a special award to the legendary TV and Filmactress Zohra
Sehgal, who has completed 100 years of her life. Classical Films from Overseas
and India are included as special sections along with Delhi Scope section in
the festival.Retrospective, Tributes and Homage sections will include films of
Devanand, Balraj Sahni andother legendary film makers and actors. This section
will also include films of AdoorGopalakrishnan and the distinguished actor
Saumitra Chatterjee from Bengal. The World Cinemasection will show case films
like “Daughters of Hill” by Patrizia landi, “The Artist” by MichelHazanavicius,
“Jeremiah” by Eran Paz, “Love Bird” by Susan Collins, “The Sunshine” in
TheCorner by Sun Hao Young, “Mar” by Caner Erzincan and many more. The World
Cinemasection of the festival also features famous film journalist Zia Us
Salam. On the 100thyear of the Capital City, Delhi International Film festival
2012 will not only bringDelhi on the map of International Film festivals but
add another dimension to the city as that ofan emerging Film City, by
attracting Films and the Film Fraternity from all corners of the
world,connecting the populace of Delhi and NCR to the world cinema. The
Festival president Ramkishore Parcha is confident that this is not simply
another film festival but an assemble ofartists, writers and film makers from
around the globe.A special section called NRI Cinema has been included in the
festival. Under this section at least15 films by Non Resident Indians living in
different parts of the world will be show cased. In this section films like “A
Gran Plan” by Sangeeta Nambiyar of Singapore, “Oas” by Shiv Tiwari ofNew York,
“The Happy Pulse” by Jay Bajaj of Canada, “Children of God” by Foukia Akhtar of
United Arab Emirates will be showcased and the best film will be awarded the
Golden Minar. In addition to the Non Resident Indian Films, a section dedicated
to the NRI writers has alsobeen specially included in the festival in which a
poetry collection book shall be launched as well.The book is edited by none
other than the well-known senior journalist, Poetess and writer, AnitaKapoor
from California. The best poem in this collection shall be honoured with the
Silver Minar. Various seminars, panel discussions and workshops shall be
organized during the festival. Festivalhas a dedicated section for the artwork
from all over the world, the theme of which is the Cinemaand Delhi. The art
work will have a special exhibition during the festival and the best artwork willbe
honoured with the Silver Minar Award.The organizations that have partnered with
the festival are Broadway International Film Festival, Los Angeles, South
Cinema South Film Festival, and JMT from Israel, Slade school of fine arts,
London, Film factory china, Turkish Film Industry, Cinetech Nationale Mexico,
Brazil films, Media Box Bangladesh, Hunarkada from Pakistan, Film Boutique from
Germany, Second largestNantes film festival of France and French cultural
centre. The festival will be organised by TheSocial Circle, a society for the
cause.DIFF 2012 Team
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