28th International Film Festival of India

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28th International Film Festival of India
Awarded forBest of World cinema
Presented by Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented on10–20 January 1997
Official website www.iffigoa.org

The 28th International Film Festival of India was held from 10 to 20 January 1997 in Thiruvananthapuram as a non competitive event. [1]

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The Festival was inaugurated at the Kanakakkunnu Palace by Kerala Chief Minister E. K. Nayanar. American biopic Michael Collins was chosen as the opening film. [2] Deceased Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni was paid a tribute in the screening of his last film Three Lives and Only One Death . [1] Mike Leigh drama Secrets & Lies closed the festival. [3]

Official selections

Opening film

Closing film

Indian Panorama

The Directorate of Film Festivals invited criticism after its rejection of Hindi films Daayraa and Maachis , and Bengali film, Yugant to be screened in the Indian Panorama section. Among others, the following films were subsequently screened: [4]

TitleDirectorLanguage
Daughters of This Century Deepa Mehta Hindi
Fire Tapan Sinha Hindi
Lal Darja Buddhadeb Dasgupta Bengali
Kraurya [5] Girish Kasaravalli Kannada

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