{"id":8847,"date":"2023-01-08T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T07:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=8847"},"modified":"2023-01-08T13:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T07:51:47","slug":"21st-piff-from-february-2-and-9-to-be-held-across-three-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=8847","title":{"rendered":"21st PIFF from February 2 and 9; to be held across three venues<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Delegate registration process for 21st PIFF 2023 to start online<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pune (Voice News Service) : The 21st Pune International Film Festival, jointly organized by Pune Film Foundation and the Government of Maharashtra, will be held between February 2 and 9, at three venues in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was announced by Dr Jabbar Patel, Festival Director PIFF at a press conference today. The 21st PIFF 2023 received a total of 1,574 entries from 72 countries, of which 140 movies will be screened during the festival, Patel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Avinash Dhakane, Managing Director, Maharashtra Film, Stage and Cultural Development Corporation Limited, Samar Nakhate, Chairman Selection Committee, PIFF, Pune Film Foundation trustees Satish Alekar, Dr Mohan Agashe, Sabina Sanghvi and Selection Committee member PIFF, Abhijit Randive were present for the press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival will be held at PVR Icon, Pavillion Mall (six screens), on the Senapati Bapat Road, Inox (two screens) at Bundgarden, and the National Film Archives of India (NFAI) (one screen) on the Law College Road. Thus, movies during the festival shall be showcased on 9 screens at these three venues. The online registration for participating in 21st PIFF 2023 will start from January 5th through the official website www.piffindia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spot registrations can also be done at all the three venues from January 19th. Participation fee for PIFF is Rs. 600\/- per registration for senior citizens, film club members and students, while the participation fee for the general public is Rs. 800 per registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Patel said that initially the festival dates were January 12-19, 2023. However, the dates have been postponed on the request of government authorities. since, the G20 meetings are scheduled to take place in the city during the same period, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patel further said PIFF was growing quality-wise and was recognized by the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd this year, we have films in the A+ grade in a large number. All the 14 films that are short-listed in the world competition are kept in the top-grade,\u201d said Dr Patel.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Dhakane said that since PIFF is a festival of the Government of Maharashtra, they will extend all support for the festival, including financial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Maharashtra government has decided to support the festival in every possible way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 14 Films shortlisted for the world competition section at 21st PIFF 2023:
<\/u><\/strong>Klondike (Director \u2013 Maryna Er Gorbach, Ukraine, Turkey)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perfect Number (Director \u2013 Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Thousand Numbered Pieces (Director \u2013 Adam Csaszi, Hungary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Captain (Director \u2013 Maryam Touzani, Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediterranean Fever (Director \u2013 Maha Haj, Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eviction (Director \u2013 Mate Bence Fazekas, Hungary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk (Director \u2013 Boris Guts, Estonia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Word (Director \u2013 Beata Parkanova, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butterfly Vision (Director \u2013 Maksym Nakonechnyi, Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden, Czech Republic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tori and Lokita (Director \u2013 Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium, France)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Brothers (Director – Rachid Bouchreb, France)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White Dog (Director \u2013 Anais Barbeau-Lavalette, Canada)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boy from Heaven (Director \u2013 Tarik Saleh, Sweden, Finland, France, Denmark)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hadinelentu (Director – Prithvi Konanur, India)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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