Indian Film Festival 2008
The Indian Film Festival is now in its sixth year and has become one of the Indian film industry's most prestigious events worldwide.
Every year our festival grows grander and richer, with the support of our Advisory Board members Mr Ronnie Screwvala, Mr Sanjeev Kohli, Ms Simi Garewal, Ms Natalie Miller, Mr Amit Khanna and our festival patron Mr Yash Chopra who are
amongst the most influential people in the Indian film industry.
We are thrilled this year to present our most diverse programme of films in the history of the festival. With the support of the Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of I & B,New Delhi, we showcase a selection of films from one of the world's finest filmmakers Mr Satyajit Ray. In addition, we present a series of the most superb regional films never before screened in Australia, plus the biggest Bollywood blockbusters of the past year, indeed making this years programme a very well rounded true mirror of Indian cinema.
The 2008 Indian Film Festival is now available for download in PDF format (pdf). (Size approx 8MB. It may take a few minutes to download this PDF).
Click here to download the Sydney session times.
Click here to download the Melbourne session times.
Special thanks to National Film and Sound Archives (NFSA) for their assistance with providing films "Ghaire-Baire" and "Jalsaghar".
Festival Awards
The AIFF awards are held in high esteem with previous winners including actors Shah Rukh Khan and Akshaye Khanna and films "Rang De Basanti" and "Chak De! India".
The awards are critically acclaimed in India and receive widespread media attention on television networks such as NDTV,CNN and print media including Times of India and Hindustan Times.
A panel of Australia's most respected film critics judge the awards.
