Express News Service
Sunday marked the winding up of the 51st edition of IFFI, the first festival to open its venues to attendees since the pandemic caused everyone to be forced indoors. So, it’s an experiment in a sense, and given the enthusiasm of festival fans like yours truly, even if everyone wore a look of mild trepidation, it has to be said that this has been a successful experiment.
Staggered seating was implemented, temperatures were checked, sanitizers were dispensed, and films from across the world were screened for over 10 days. For this week and a half, while you were getting exposed to many worlds inside the darkness of theatres, you could be forgiven for thinking that normalcy had well and truly returned.