Here is What to Expect from the 6th Edition of India Film Project 2016

by  EVENTFAQS Bureau Entertainment | September 30, 2016 | News

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India Film Project, one of Asia’s largest film festival challenges that encourages people to make films is back with a bang with updated scales and opportunities in its sixth edition. IFP is one of the rare platforms, which is focused on content creation rather than content consumption. The film event has now moved to the film-making capital of country, Mumbai and will be held on October 1 at Hall 6, NESCO Goregaon.

India Film Project is a filmmaking challenge with a twist where participants from across the globe create a film on a given theme but in a time-limit of 50 hours, starting from September 16, 8pm to September 18, 10pm. The teams will script, shoot, edit and upload the films, which post the submission will be viewed by an unparalleled jury. The winning films will be showcased at different festivals globally. The event will also witness some of the best content creators coming together on one platform to share and learn together.

Here is what you can expect from the 6th edition of India Film Project:

The upcoming IFP 2016 festival will see a confluence of India's best filmmakers coming together under one roof. More than 5000 filmmakers from different cities will fly down to attend this gala.

1300 teams comprising of 25,000 participating filmmakers from across the globe will ferment films on one single theme in 50 hours.

The eminent jury for IFP 2016 is comprised of all National Award Winners - Madhur Bhandarkar, Nagesh Kukunoor, Sriram Raghavan and Southern Super director Vetri Maaran

A workshop on storytelling by the Terrible Tiny Tales team will also be organized for the selected teams

Speaking about the festival, Ritam Bhatnagar, Founder, IFP comments, “In India, film-making has been limited to few and the niche only. With IFP 2016, segregating varied participation categories, there is a fair chance for people to partake in large numbers. I must emphasize that in the last 3-4 years, the ratio of content consumer to content creator has changed drastically. People now are open to sharing their stories, experiences and are not camera shy anymore. This largely supports our agenda where we encourage people to tell a story through their camera.”

He continues, “Participation by students, housewives and working professionals in IFP has made this art look ‘cool’ and much acceptable by the common masses thus prompting us to shift base to Mumbai. This city has unrestricted opportunities to connect with the maximum targeted audience and create round the year engagement with the thriving filmmakers.”

IFP 2016 is also high on brand associations with some celebrated brands like Maggi Hot Heads, Limca, HDFC Bank and Gujarat Tourism as its sponsors. For added support, IFP has partnered with Radio Partner – RedFM; Media Partner – TVF; Online Partner - The Logical Indian; Cinema Partner – Cinepolis; Magazine Partner - Better Photography; Cab Partner – Uber and Festival Partner - NFDC Film Bazaar.