IFFI tweaks rules for entries

Small changes to regulations advance last date for certification of films by CBFC by a month

Published - July 08, 2017 12:43 am IST - PANAJI

NEW DELHI, 01/11/2016: Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu alongwith MoS for I and B Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore during the launch of Official Poster of the 47th International Film Festival of India in New Delhi on November 01, 2016. The 47th IFFI will be held in Goa from November 20-28.  
Photo: R.V. Moorthy

NEW DELHI, 01/11/2016: Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu alongwith MoS for I and B Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore during the launch of Official Poster of the 47th International Film Festival of India in New Delhi on November 01, 2016. The 47th IFFI will be held in Goa from November 20-28. Photo: R.V. Moorthy

The organisers of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will consider film entries for the Indian Panorama section only if they have been certified by the Central Board of Film Certification by July 31 this year. The last date for submission of applications is August 7.

“Till last year, we used to allow entries that were certified till August 31. This time, we have decided to take entries certified till the end of July,” said Senthil Rajan from the Directorate of Film Festivals. Application forms will be accepted only if submitted online, he added.

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