Lackluster Foreign Presence Rankles IFFI-GOA Organisers

The inability to attract enough foreign delegates was one of the main shortcomings of the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), an official said Wednesday.

Speaking to reporters, Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) chief S.M. Khan said that the only way forward for IFFI was to attract more and more foreign delegates.

“The participation of foreign delegates has to be in thousands. We are not happy with the current participation of foreign delegates. Many of them come, but they come for their films. We want delegates to come just to see the festival,” he said.

Khan said IFFI’s other shortcoming was its inability to attract world premieres, which he said helped in beefing up the international profile of a film festival.