Five Indian films nominated for ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal

Panaji, Nov 24: The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has nominated nine movies for this year’s International Council for Film, Television and Audio-visual Communication (ICFT) UNESCO Gandhi Medal. 

Out of nine films, five are from India and four foreign movies, IFFI said. The five Indian movies competing for the prestigious ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal are Kshitij - A Horizon (Marathi), Manusangada (Tamil), Poorna (Hindi), Railway Children (Kannada) and Take-Off (Malayalam). The foreign films in the fray are Amok from Poland, Khibula - a co-production of Germany, France and Georgia, The Last Painting from Taiwan and Women of The Weeping River – a joint production of the US and UK. All nine movies are being screened at the ongoing IFFI here. The ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Award will be given to a film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence. The award will be announced at the closing ceremony of IFFI on Tuesday. UNI