NT NETWORK
Panaji
The Film Bazaar, organised by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), will be held as a virtual event from January 16 to January 21, 2021 on the sidelines of the 51st International Film Festival of India.
The Film Bazaar, for the first time since its inception in 2007, will be held online this year. It is South Asia’s largest film market.
In the prestigious Work in Progress (WIP) lab of the Film Bazaar, the filmmakers are mentored by internationally-renowned producers, writers, editors and film festival heads to fine-tune their ongoing projects.
This year, WIP lab includes films made in five Indian languages and four of these are debut features. The titles chosen are ‘Aiz Maka Falea Tuka’ (Konkani) by Sreejith Karanavar, Ghaath (Marathi) by Chhatrapal Ninawe, ‘Paka – The River of Blood’ (Malayalam) by Nithin Lukose, ‘Powai’ (Hindi) by Kuldip Patel and Sikaisal (Tiwa) Bobby Sarma Baruah.
The one-of-a-kind, a virtual 3D interface has been created to make the screenings, pitching sessions, and networking events as real as possible, with distinct virtual areas allotted for the same.
This year’s edition of the NFDC Film Bazaar, is 14th such event and will continue with its usual programmes. The Knowledge Series will feature panel discussions, webinars and masterclasses.
There will also be virtual stalls from various state tourism offices to provide production guidelines for shooting locations and from exhibitors for promotional purposes.
This year, 195 films will be available in the Viewing Room Library of the Film Bazaar of which 129 are feature films and 66 are short films.
