Filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the 38th edition of the International Film Festival of India on Monday. The festival, which began on November 23, will end with the screening of the Portugal-Spain film Fados, directed by Carlos Saura.
Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will attend the closing ceremony. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting P.R. Dasmunsi, who is also the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, will not be able to attend it as Parliament is in session.
Unlike in the last couple of years, the festival this year passed off without any rancour or protests. The organisers — the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) and the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) — received appreciation for keeping films as the focus of the festival and for the success of the new ticketing system.
The upgraded festival infrastructure, including more screening theatres, also found favour with the audience. The Film Bazaar organised by the National Film Division Corporation attracted good response from representatives of film marketing firms from India as well as abroad. A total of 176 films from 46 countries were screened during the 11-day festival. The Indian Panorama presented 21 feature and 15 non-feature films.
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