Pune International Film Festival's blog

Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) has been a much awaited event on the yearly
calendar for the Puneites, organized jointly, by Pune Film Foundation and Government of Maharashtra. The
11th edition of Pune
International Film Festival is being held from 10 -17 January,
2013

PIFF during the last
10 years has exhibited National and International films, some of them the first
time and of diverse subjects. The other events incorporated are competition in
World cinema, exhibitions, and artist’s personal interactions with media,
participation by the concerned film directors and after film screening artist's
interactions with audiences at the venue. Marathi cinema and for students with
cash awards, it is a perfect platform for discussions, net working with film
personalities, through the seminar many innovative thoughts & film
knowledge are delivered to the film lovers

PIFF has witnessed growing popularity each year. PIFF is acknowledged as
the official festival of Government of Maharashtra hence it is supported by the
culture department, Publicity department, Directorate of cultural, Dadasaheb
Phalke Chitranagari, Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Chitrapat Maha-Mandal and other
various department of Government of Maharashtra.

An
event initially started as showcasing Pune has support from various embassies
and consulates in India.
The International distributors, film foundations, film makers are very keen to
remit film packages at PIFF.