IFFI Day 6: Highlights

Posted on 26 Nov, 2017

Post by Ankita Chandra - Editor ELFA World

IFFI Day 6: Highlights
IFFI Day 6 shed light on the impact of social media and the need for content driven films.Press conference on the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) with Festival Director Manish Desai.

The conference was also attended by Senior Documentary Film Maker Mike Pandey along with Swati Pandey.
“I will be representing the film division as the Festival Director of the 15th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short Fiction and Animation films. It will be held from January 28th to February 3rd in Mumbai and this time we will be hosting the entire festival in our own complex because we have now matured enough to develop that kind of an infrastructure.Registrations were open for a month and we got over 790 entries. IDPA is supporting us immensely.In the age of social media, what is the importance of documentaries will be the focus.” Mr. Manish Desai

“Documentaries are the closest to the truth. People develop sensitivity because of it.” - Mr. Mike Pandey
Mumbai International Film Festival to be held from January 28th, 2018 to February 3rd, 2018. 790 entries from over 30 countries.
 
Casting Director Mukesh Chhabra speaks at Skill Studio, Bioscope Village
“People who categorize actors as small actors are my real stars.” - Mr. Mukesh Chhabra
 
Open Forum: Crowding the Social Media, Is Documentary the only source of Genuine Information?

The Forum was attended by esteemed panelists including Mr. Manish Desai, Mr. Dheep Joy and Ms. Prachi.

“Some amount of credibility has been lost and some amount of sensationalization has been added to social media. The trust of users has gone.I don't think there can be any substitute to authenticity and objectivity.” - Ms. Prachi
“In today's age we live in an attention economy. There are multiple sources competing for our finite attention.”  - Mr. Dheep Joy.

“Documentaries are representations of actualities. We all are documenting ourselves through social media.” - Mr. Manish Desai.

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