IFFI 2017: Atom Egoyan shares the secret to making unconventional films

PANAJI:

Work on films

through the viewer’s perspective, said renowned

Canadian stage and film director

,

writer and producer Atom Egoyan

.

One of Canada’s most famous directors who was knighted by the French government and is a Companion of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest honour, Atom Egoyan is in Goa to be a part of the

international film festival of India

(Iffi).

"I think that for any drama genre film to work you needs to work on the projection through the eyes of a viewer and then the actual transformation happen. There’s this sense of naturalism which I try to display in each of my films, the structure, the story-telling and situations need to be realistic. My stories have always been unconventional."

The renowned filmmaker is accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Closing Ceremony of the Festival on November 28.