The first International film festival of India was held in Bombay as early as 1952. At the third festival in 1965, the first competitive one for India, the Paris based Federation Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films ( FIAPF ) gave official recognition to the Indian Festival putting it on par with those of Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Karlovy Vary and Moscow. Since the 9 th IFFI in 1983, with the participation of 22 World Countries, the festival has become a major forum for Third World cinema.
At the 12th IFFI in 1989, the festival was declared non-competitive once again. Again at the 27th IFFI in 1996, the festival included the competitive section on alternative years for Asian Women directors only. It was further expanded at the 29 th IFFI in 1998, and included the competitive section for Asian directors. The event takes place annually between 10 and 20 October every year and the 34th IFFI will be held in the year 2003. However, it was decided to have the festival permanently in Goa from 2004 onwards and the 35 th IFFI was held in Goa between 29 November and 9 December 2004. 36th IFFI was conducted in Goa between 24 November and 4 December and the competition section further expanded for Asian/African/Latin American film directors.
The 37th IFFI will be held between 23 November and 3 December 2006 in Goa.
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