<span style="color: #222222;">The 49th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2018 will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th of this month.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The festival will showcase 212 films from over 68 countries which reflects the diversity of taste. International Competition section has 15 films out of which three are Indian.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Information and Broadcasting Ministry said, the Festival will open with World Premiere of The Aspern Papers with international star cast.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The Aspern Papers tells a story of obsession, grandeur lost and dreams of Byronic adventures.</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Malayalam film Olu will be the opening film at the Film Festival. While in the Non-Feature film category Marathi film Kharvas will be the opening film.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Dan Wolman from Israel will be given the Lifetime Achievement Award during the festival.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The Country of Focus this year is Israel and&nbsp; Jharkhand has been selected as the State of Focus.&nbsp;</span><br />” &nbsp;