Pune film festival hunts for new dates as big brother IFFI snatches its January slot
Can t hold two festivals simultaneously, will announce new dates in about a week, says PIFF Director Jabbar Patel. December 15, 2020 2:41:25 pm
Pune International Film Festival Jabbar Patel. Photo: PIFF
As preparations are afoot in Goa to hold the delayed 51st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) between January 14 and 24, the choice of dates by the Information and Broadcast Ministry (I&B) has left the organisations of Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) in a quandary.
Since its third edition that was held in 2005, the week-long feast of international cinema in Pune is held in mid-January (the first two editions were held in December). Organisers of PIFF had earlier publicised January 14-21 as probable dates for the 19th edition of the festival.