The fourth edition of Indywood Film Carnival commences today at HITEX Convention Centre Hyderabad. The five-day Film Carnival is expected to accelerate the growth of Indian Film Industry through materialising big-budget movie projects, co-production ventures and B2B meet generating business worth Rs 500 crore. Indywood Film Carnival is a part of India joy- India’s biggest Media and Entertainment Expo.
Indywood Film Carnival (IFC 2018), a flagship venture of 10 billion USD Project Indywood, aims to elevate Indian cinema to an international level. IFC 2018 will be a one-stop platform for showcasing the latest technology and future possibilities in the entire spectrum of filmmaking, skill development, pre-production, production, technical support, post-production, distribution, marketing and release among others.
The main attraction of Film Carnival, All Lights India International Film Festival has been receiving participation of films from different parts of India in different languages like English, Bengali, Malayalam, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, while the festival sections include International Competition and National Competition.
Sohan Roy, Director of Project Indywood opined that Indian Film Industry should come forward to conceive and implement big-budget international projects instead of following clichéd subjects and treatment pattern.
“Our country is blessed with talented actors and technicians. The natural next step is to deploy these talents and concentrate on making movies which appeal to the international audience. Baahubali is a perfect example. The movie industry will fetch huge gains if we increase the number of international projects by using advanced technology and worldwide distribution.
Indywood Film Carnival is an attempt to educate stakeholders about the importance of such projects. The entire industry, including actors, technicians, producers and distributors apart from State/Union Governments should come forward to support this desi initiative,” he said.
