Festival Director Senthil Rajan said, Allama is the only Indian film competing for the prestigious International Council for Film, Television and Audio-visual Communication UNESCO Gandhi Medal at The International Film Festival of India (IFFI). This is among eight movies nominated for this year’s medal.
The remaining seven are from Canada, Spain, Iran, Turkey, Israel, The Netherlands and Latvia. All 8 films are being screened at the ongoing IFFI in Panaji, Goa.
Directed by national award winning filmmaker TS Nagabharana, Kannada film Allama is a historical film based on the life of the 12th century mystique saint Allama Prabhu. The foreign films nominated for the award include ‘The Apology’ from Canada, ‘Beluga’ from Iran, ‘Harmonia’ from Israel and ‘The Family’ from Spain.
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 Monday.
