Westpac Indian Film Festival of Sydney

Indian Film Festival of Sydney
Genre Film festival
Location(s) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Inaugurated 2010
Website indianfilmfestival.com.au

The Indian Film Festival of Sydney - Bollywood and Beyond is a three-day film festival.[1] held in Sydney, Australia. The director of the festival is Mitu Bhowmick Lange. [2].

History

The festival was founded in 2010 as 'Bollywood and Beyond' . The festival has not been a regular event every year. Some years it has been run, while some years it has not been able to run.

Westpac is the named partner of the Indian Film Festival of Sydney.

Controversies

Accusations of Programming/ Guests overlap with IFFM

In May 2012, Sydney Morning Herald accused the Indian Film Festival of Sydney for programming overlap with the State Government of Victoria funded Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). Too many guests and films in the privately organised Indian Film Festival of Sydney, have been frequently overlapping with the tax payer funded Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) .[3] So in a way, the Victorian tax payers have been indirectly subsidizing a private event in NSW.

Festival Guests

WIFFS 2017 Opening Night film is the Australian premiere of Onir's Shab, which will be presented by director Onir, and actor Raveena Tandon. Star of biopic Doctor Rakhmabai, actor Tannishtha Chatterjee will also present her film to Sydney festival audiences in person.

WIFFS 2012 featured guests Malaika Arora Khan and film-maker Rituparno Ghosh,[2] the Opening Night film being Ghosh's Chitrangada.

WIFFS 2011 featured Opening Night film No One Killed Jessica[4], the film's director Raj Kumar Gupta was festival guest.

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Film Festival Sydney". FilmFest. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  2. 1 2 "Bollywood and beyond - Indian Link". Indian Link. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  3. ↑ "Bollywood Festival Recycles Films". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Plenty of spice in Bollywood festival". ABC News. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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