Pune International Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Pune, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pune International Film Festival (also known as PIFF) is an annual film festival held in Pune, a city in Maharashtra, India. Open to general public, the films are screened at NFAI, Inox, City Pride, PVR cinema halls, all located in Pune city.
Location | Pune, India |
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Founded | 2002 |
Most recent | 2023 |
Awards | Prabhat, Sant Tukaram |
Directors | Jabbar Patel |
Website | www |
Dr Jabbar Patel is the chairman and director of the festival.
The festival commences on the second Thursday and concludes on the third Thursday of January. First Edition of PIFF was started in year 2002[1] and has been running annually except for 2004.
Latest PIFF was concluded on 16 January 2020 in its 18th edition. The theme of year was '60 Years of Foundation of Maharashtra'.[2] It celebrated the centenary year of legends - Federico Fellini, Kaifi Azmi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shamshad Begum, and Pandit Ravi Shankar. It also paid tribute to late Dr Sriram Lagoo.