Martin Scorsese, Istvan Szabo to be honoured with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at 52nd IFFI

Istvan Szabo is one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian film directors of the past few decades known for masterpieces like Mephisto (1981) Father (1966). 

New Delhi: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur has announced that Istvan Szabo and Martin Scorsese will be conferred the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

The 52nd edition of IFFI will be held from November 20 to 28 in Goa. For the first time ever, IFFI has invited major OTT players to participate in the festival. Istvan Szabo is one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian film directors of the past few decades known for masterpieces like Mephisto (1981) Father (1966). 

Martin Scorsese is one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential directors in film history. "India is a land of storytellers, our tales have captured the imagination of the world. India`s wide variety of stories rightly makes us the Content Subcontinent," Thakur said. The Union Minister informed that for the first time ever, IFFI has invited major OTT players to participate at the Festival.