ESG Fails Goan Filmmakers Once Again: No Goan Film in IFFI’s Official Section: Vishal Pai Cacode

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Panaji: Not a single Goan film features in the official section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2025, as per the list uploaded on the festival’s website. This glaring omission exposes the Entertainment Society of Goa’s (ESG) continuing failure to nurture and promote local filmmakers, a tragic irony in the very land that hosts one of the world’s oldest and most celebrated film festivals, stated former Member of Governing Body of ESG Vishal Pai Cacode.

While crores are being splurged on red carpets, events, and cosmetic spectacles, Goan cinema continues to be starved of even the

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