More Indian short films, fewer documentaries: Jury member

Panaji: Head of

jury

for non-feature

films

in the

Indian

Panorama section, Haobam Paban Kumar, on Sunday said that the number of documentary films that entered the race were far

fewer

this year as compared to the previous years. Paban Kumar said that there were more

short

films and less of

documentaries

.

Paban Kumar said that documentaries form a very important segment of films, but most of the entries were of longer duration this year, putting them in the short film or feature film segment.

He suggested

Iffi

organisers can consider renaming the non-feature film category under Indian Panorama as ‘documentary and short films’ so more entries qualify for selection. Under non-feature film section, 20 of 143 films were selected for screening.

The head of the feature film category under Indian Panorama lauded the information and broadcasting ministry for going ahead with organising Iffi in a year when many film festivals across the world were not held.

“There were 180 films (of which 20 films were selected under feature films and it was an enormous task for every jury member. However the films were selected unanimously without any dispute,” said John Mathew Matthan.


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