Prize at MIFF has its own special value- Jury Member National Jury meets the Press
Prize at MIFF has its own special value- Jury Member National Jury meets the Press Mumbai, February 01, 2016 At the Mumbai International Film Festival, competition films are divided into two main categories, national and international. A five-member jury viewed the 27 films in the national category, and, after completing their task, three Jury members met the press at the Media Centre, on 02 February, Audrius Stonys, Lithuania-born academician, who lectures on cinema in many cities, including Doc Edge Kolkata; Indian programmer, journalist, researcher and casting director Uma D’Cunha and Biju Dhanapala n, an engineer-turned-visual effects specialist who worked on over 100 feature films in India before re-locating to Singapore, where he currently teaches animation. Also present was Mr. V. Packirisamy of the Films Division, the national jury co-ordinator, who provided some facts and figures. “A mix of brilliant and bad,” is how Dhanpalan described the films see...