Says Marianne Borgo (French actress from Paris):
I like IFFI and I have been coming for many years. Ever since Manoj Srivastava called me up in Paris in 2009 and asked for my help to invite film celebrities like Catherina Deneuve and Luc Besson and many others for IFFI, I was happy to help him and with reason I think IFFI is also my baby, although of course that is just a delusion! This year I think I must be the only foreigner here and yes, bookings for films are done online in the film festivals abroad too. Personally, I don’t like anything on line, I hate it, it is not my world. But I love IFFI here in Goa and despite the pandemic I think you have to give hope to humanity…what with so many dying anyway. My life whenever I am in India is blessed! I always come to Goa on a business visa and travel in India visiting schools with my friend Mahesh Rao from Hyderabad.