{"id":218121,"date":"2020-06-29T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T09:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2020\/06\/29\/indian-film-festival-of-melbourne-rescheduled-by-year-end\/"},"modified":"2020-06-29T09:48:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T09:48:37","slug":"indian-film-festival-of-melbourne-rescheduled-by-year-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/29\/indian-film-festival-of-melbourne-rescheduled-by-year-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Film Festival of Melbourne rescheduled by year end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/2020_6$large_meldbumeo2020.jpg><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) will take place between October 30 and November 7 this year, instead of August, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>IFFM 2020&rsquo;s programme will be devised in line with public health guidance, with plans for a compact schedule taking place over a week.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will retain the Short Film Competition and the popular dance competition but the IFFM Awards Gala will be postponed till 2021.<\/p>\n<p>A new addition to the festival this year, in response to current challenges and opportunities, is the IFFM Film Club where fans of Indian films can enrol for a virtual masterclass with leading filmmakers discussing their works in detail.<\/p>\n<p>Functioning like a book club, the festival asks participants to watch a classic film, and they then have an opportunity to discuss the film at the virtual film club with the filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the festival has hosted masterclasses with filmmakers including Rajkumar Hirani, Karan Johar, Rima Das, Zoya Akhtar, Onir and Kabir Khan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a unique intimate way for filmlovers to stay engaged, entertained and educated while at home in these unprecedented times. We already have a strong line-up of filmmakers from various parts of India,&rdquo; said IFFM Festival Director Mitu Bhowmick Lange.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\t\t\t\t&nbsp; &nbsp;(IANS)<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Film Festival of Melbourne rescheduled by year end<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}