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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Goa to manage International Film Festival by 2008 Tuesday - May 02, 2006 Televisionpoint.com Correspondent The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is expected to become a fully Goa-managed affair by 2008. Beginning 2006, organisers would attempt to handle 7 of the 24 core activities currently managed by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Goa chief secretary J.P. Singh told mediapersons in Panaji. "Since we cannot take over the entire festival at one go, we will do it in phases and by 2008, IFFI will be a fully Goa-managed event," Singh said. To this end, the state will be appointing consultants to assist the Goa Entertainment Society to manage IFFI operations, including film selection and networking with various agencies. The state government received formal suggestions to fully manage IFFI from the DFF, but said it would require some time to acquire the expertise, Singh added. "Since the 2004 and 2005 IFFIs were hosted in Goa, the festival had managed to attract considerable international attention," he said. The centre was committed to continue financial assistance to IFFI for a few years until it became self-sustaining. Major players in the entertainment industry have expressed interest in running the festival, according to official sources, but these are being held delayed until consultants come up with workable models. Singh said the state was also moving ahead with plans to build an international convention centre to host the event, which is expected to be ready by 2008. This year, the festival complex has been expanded putting in two additional buildings for administrative usage. With just one four screen multiplex and a 900seater auditorium, screening facilities however remain inadequate. On Wednesday, ESG will begin considering the 11 bids that have come in from event managers for IFFI 2006, including Wizcraft, the agency appointed in 2005. The involvement of multiple agencies, central, state and private, in the running of the past two IFFIs have been seen as counter-productive. The move to hand over the festival entirely to Goa is expected to ease up logistics and also finances for future development of the festival. http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2006/newsfullstory.php?id=1146589965 ~(^^)~ Avelino _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)