Ever been to a film market? If you haven’t got your chance as yet, you need to book your tickets to Kochi this November. A one-of-its-kind film marketplace will open doors for the general public in the Kerala city.
To be known as the Indywood Film Market, the venture will facilitate production and distribution deals of international films in the Indian market. This apart, Indywood Film Market will also aid sales of Indian Cinema to International Market.
Indywood Film Market is expected to be India’s largest film market
Set to get underway on November 15 and run till November 21, the week-long Film Market initiative will comprise exhibitions, where buying and selling of international films, devices or services would be made become flexible under a single roof.
Screening of films, viewing rooms, industry forums, panel discussion, screening conferences and all that’s related to the business side of cinema would be part of the Indywood Film Market, which is dubbed as South Asia’s largest film market.
Envisioned to focus on the business for commercial cinema and thereby establishing itself as India’s biggest film market, Indywood Film Market will also bring in a whole host of foreign films to the Indian viewers and also add richness to the scope of advancements in national cinema.
The Indywood Film Market, will in fact , be a part of a bigger platform on cinema that would get set up in Kochi in November. Christened All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF) 2015, which is promoted by promoted by All Lights Film Magazine, the event has been envisaged as a unique platform for the global film industry to portray excellence in film making, and interact with artistes and technicians of world cinema.
Going by what Sohan Roy, film maker and founder-director of ALIIFF and Indywood Film Market, says, this would be an opportunity for filmmakers and sponsors to become a part of South Asia’s biggest film souk where sales and promotions of international and Indian cinemas would be made simple.
ALIIFF 2015 will begin in Kochi on November 15
Holding aloft the ‘Cinema for Knowledge’ motto, ALIIFF 2015 would aim at showcasing the best and most innovative new films for cinema lovers in India. To that end, the festival would prove to be a premier showcase for all aspects of filmmaking, such as the art, filmmakers and actors, and also the film- lovers in this part of the world. The event will also act as a special arena for students to encourage the film makers of the future.
And, in case you are interested, ALIIFF 2015 has also called for submissions to different categories of films from around the globe until September 30. All you need to do is to check out your options here.
