IFFI Day 7: Highlights

Posted on 27 Nov, 2017

Post by Ankita Chandra - Editor ELFA World

IFFI Day 7: Highlights
IFFI: Day 7 shed light on India's digital future and learnings of making your next film.
Ocean of an old man was screened today to pay homage to Tom Alter. In attendence are Tom Alter's son Jamie Alter and Nagesh Kukunoor.
Masterclass on Making Drama by Atom Egyon - "I am here to receive the lifetime achievement award. I am deeply honoured. The Indian cinema industry has helped me alot in my growth as a film-mkaer. From Raima Sen's movies to recent films like Masaan, India has a great cinematic culture. I had a great festival experience and I am very happy to be hear."
Cast and crew of Canadian film Meditation Park, Mina Shum (director), Stephen Hegyes (producer), Cheng Pei Pei (actress), Don McKellar (actor) and Tzi Ma (actor), and Jordan Reeves (consul general of Canada in India).
"There is a lot of new money coming via Netflix and amazon. We have similar budgets in Australia. UK is a bit different." - Stephen Hegyes.

"We as actors need to be more proactive with regards to who we are and what the they see. When they begin to see your work outside, they realise that you’re equally talented." - Tzi Ma.

"IFFI will be the genesis of many great films jointly made by the Canadian and Indian film industries in future. India will be the focus country for Canada in terms of cultural promotion." - Jordan Reeves.
Open forum on Digital Revolution: Changing the face of cinema. The session was attended by Tarun Jain, Nithin R,  Pratim D Gupta and Mahesh Narayanan

"Visually something has to be new" - Pratim D. Gupta

"My version of the film is more realistic than Tiger zinda hai"

"Emotion is everything, even if it’s digital you have to spend time working on its preproduction." - Mahesh Narayanan.

Panel Discussion: World Economic Forum - Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor and Sudhanshu Vats.
"We used to be the mothership but we now feel like a step child.We are so surrounded with technology and so distracted that Cinema has taken a backseat. We’ve had an unfortunate year cinematically and theatrically
One can gage the kind of collections a film does through their genre. We’ve lost the ability of beauty and essence of filmmaking. It’s all about numbers now." - Karan Johar.

"Only an Indian can teach us Indian filmmaking with an interval. No institute abroad will do this" - Karan Johar.

We’re in the golden age of content. Much more is coming up because there’s hunger. -
Sudhanshu Vats.

"Collaborations are potential possibilities.Expertise is very underrated in India, In money vs talent, talent always wins" - Ekta Kapoor.

Panel Discussion on How to make your next film for young producers and writers. The session was moderated by Anupama Chopra with paneliests Ekta Kapoor, Karan Johar, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Vijay Singh
"You need to think if the film has the capacity to draw audiences out of their house. " - Ekta Kapoor.

"One can upload their scripts on our website. - Karan Johar.
 
"It’s a struggle but if you’re at the right place at the right time, you can make yourself noticed." -  Siddharth Roy Kapur.
 
"It’s also a matter of chance, Failures on Friday are heartbreaking."  -  Karan Johar.

 "If you’re passionate and hungry and love what you’re doing, don’t give up." - Vijay Singh.

"There’s denial, anger and forgiveness after failures. -Siddharth Roy Kapur.

"You have to contemplate failure and relieved with success. Only the artists survive." - Karan Johar.

"Cinema is Saraswati and Lakshmi ka mishran" - Anupama Chopra.

"Every successful film has a right budget, it has to be a sustainable business." - Vijay Singh.

"We don’t have strict piracy laws."- Siddharth Roy Kapur.

"Write lots of pages of what you don’t want in the film." Karan Johar.
 
In conversation with Alia Bhatt at the Kala Academy.
"I don't think I've established myself at all, I think I've just started. I am just about finding my space.I always decided that I won't make a bucket list, I’ll take everything as it comes.I am a complete director's actor" - Alia Bhatt.

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