Cine buffs will get to watch a wide variety of French cinema at IFFI

This year, France is the country of focus at the 53rd IFFI, which is scheduled in Goa from November 20-28, and the French Institute in India recently organised a discussion in the capital to give an overview about contemporary French cinema.

- Niharika Lal

The French officials spoke about the benefits that France is offering to filmmakers to co-produce and shoot in France, the growing viewership of French films and series in India, and about the films that will be showcased at IFFI.

‘GROWING APPETITE FOR FRENCH FILMS IN INDIA’ Michele Plazanet, a representative of the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image, said, “We are very happy that Chhello Show, which is an Indo-French co-production, is competing for the Academy Awards. Apart from this film, there are several Oscar submissions which are French co-productions.”