The 41st edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which started in Goa yesterday, will serve as a launch pad for the Oscar journey of Peepli Live, an official said on Sunday. The film is India's official entry at the Academy Awards.
Directorate of Film Festivals head S.M. Khan said Peepli Live would be screened in the Indian Panorama section at the IFFI. It would be followed by an interaction with the film's director, Anusha Rizvi.
"A special screening of Peepli Live is being organised offering a unique international platform to position an Indian film in the run-up to the Academy Awards," Khan told reporters.
Produced by Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan, the film is a dark, comic satire that explores the contemporary issue of farmer suicides and the media and political response to it.
