Jonathan Rhys Meyers to attend opening ceremony of IFFI 2019 in Goa

August Rush actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers will probably be attending opening ceremony of IFFI (International Film Festival of India) golden jubilee event. According to reports, Film Critic Taran Adharsh shared a picture of Bend it like Beckham star on social media platform Instagram giving a caption that International star Jonathan Rhys Meyers kwn for his roles in Bend It Like Beckham and Men In Black 3 to attend opening ceremony of 50th edition of IFFI".

A platform to celebrate social and cultural ethos

Taran also said that Brazilian journalist and filmmaker, Wagner Moura, are in talks to attend film festival that will be conducted from vember 20 to 28 in Goa. film festival will witness 200 foreign movies that will be screened during festival. event will also have 24 films featuring, who is in race for prestigious Oscar minations. IFFI will also screen 50 films made by 50 different women directors. 

Current Goa Chief Minister said that a short film will also be screened at festival that will be dedicated and hor late Goa Chief MInister Mahar Parikar who recently died from Pancreatic cancer.

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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar stated that French Actor Isabelle Hupert will be hored with a Lifetime Achievement award at film festival. South Indian megastar Rajnikanth will be hored with Icon Of Golden Jubilee Award for his outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema.

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 International Film Festival of India

IFFI was founded in year 1952 and is considered to be one of major film festivals in Asia. It is a yearly event and current edition will be held in Goa and it will aim to provide a common platform for cinematic fraternities from different parts of world to show ir works in context of ir social and cultural spirit of cinematic world. film festival will jointly be conducted by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of Goa, and Directorate of Film Festivals.

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(With inputs from ncies)