Opening this year’s festival is the award winning and thought-provoking Lipstick Under My Burkha directed by Alankrita Shrivastava and starring Konkona Sen Sharma who are both are special guests of the festival and will attend opening night.
Celebrating diversity, the IFFM program features films of over 20 different languages from India and the subcontinent. This year the festival will screen a number of brilliant Bollywood favourites at Federation Square as well as adding three new screening locations at HOYTS Chadstone, Broadmeadows, and Forest Hill alongside Melbourne Central and Highpoint.
The star studded Westpac Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards (IFFM Awards), will take place on Friday 11 August at Melbourne’s Recital Centre.
IFFM’s opening week coincides with the Indian Independence Day celebrations and the festival will commemorate this event through ceremony, dance and the recognition of excellence in India’s film culture. Celebrations will include the raising of the Indian flag on Saturday 12 August at Federation Square, followed by the Telstra Bollywood Dance competition.
A highlight of this year’s festival will be a series of In Conversation and Masterclass events with Festival Guests at Federation Square’s Deakin Edge as well as Q&As at a number of screening venues.
For more information visit www.iffm.com.au