India’s Cinevesture Fest & Market Launch; Filmart Wrap & Hong Kong Film Industry
It’s taken me a while to gather my thoughts on Filmart and what is currently going on in Hong Kong. More on that below. First a quick introduction to a new event in India, Cinevesture International Film Festival, which kicks off in the city of Chandigarh next week. And more on Streamlined’s new content strand soon…although Filmart is over it’s still an insanely busy festival and markets season.
Cinevesture IFF: New Indian Film Festival & Market With A Focus On Producers
I’ve just learned that Chandigarh is a union territory that serves as the capital of two Indian states; Punjab to the north, west and south, and Haryana to the east. That sounds like a lot of administration for one city. It’s now also hosting a new film event, Cinevesture International Film Festival (CIFF, March 27-31), launched by a team including Nina Lath Gupta, former head of the NFDC and founder of Film Bazaar; former Films Division head V.S. Kundu; Bina Paul, who was previously artistic director of Kerala International Film Festival; and critic and programmer Namrata Joshi.
