South Asian film fete to focus on youth PANAJI: The 4th South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) to be organised in Goa from June 26 to 29 will be held with a focus on youth, Jeetendra Deshprabhu of the SAFF committee told mediapersons on Thursday.
"This festival will try to give an expression to the younger generation. We are trying to motivate young artists and expecting a large number of youth to be part of the festival," Deshprabhu said. He said that various film clubs, socio-political groups and several media institutes in the state have been contacted for participation. Responding to a question on how the state benefits from film festivals held in the state, Deshprabhu said, "There is tremendous touristic gain. Besides, various famous film producers and directors now look at Goa as a destination to film their movies. And this is bound to increase revenue for the state. It will also benefit youngsters in the state in terms of employment." Manoj Srivastava, CEO of the Entertainment Society of Goa said that the number of film shootings in the state have gone up to 119 this year from 60 last year. Srivastava said that Goan filmmakers are also coming forward now more then ever to make more films. At the 4th South Asian Film Festival over 60 movies from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be screened in addition to the special screening of 12 Iranian films. Four categories of films will be screened at the festival which include classic, short films, documentary films and mainstream films. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa/South-Asian-film-fete-to-focus-on-youth/articleshow/4703443.cms
