MUMBAI, May 23 2013: UTV?s critically acclaimed blockbuster Barfi!?s international voyage continues. After its screening at Busan last year and its successful mainstream release in Turkey earlier this month, the movie is going to travel to Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong too!

Barfi! which saw tremendous critical acclaim and phenomenal box office success in India, is now scheduled to release in Taiwan on May 24th. The film has also been invited for a special screening in the out of competition section at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June. This will be the first screening of Barfi! in Mainland China. Barfi! is also scheduled to release in Hong Kong in September 2013.

"I?m elated by the fantastic response ?Barfi!? has garnered overseas. From Busan to Marrakech to Okinawa to Turkey the film has travelled to many countries and now I?m looking forward to Barfi! travelling to Taiwan, Shanghai and Hong Kong too.", said Ranbir Kapoor, lead actor and winner of Best Actor award at Filmfare, Screen, Zee Cine, Apsara Producer?s Guild awards for his role in Barfi!

"We are thrilled to see how Barfi! has appealed to a global audience much like its success in India, North America, UK and Middle East. In Asia, Barfi! has seen much success in key markets, after its screening at the prestigious Busan film festival last year, the film continues to receive accolades including the Grand Jury Award at the prestigious Okinawa Film Festival in Japan. Now Barfi! has been invited for a screening at the Shanghai International Film Festival next month. This precedes Barfi!?s theatrical release in local languages in Taiwan and Hong Kong!", said Amrita Pandey, Executive Director, International Distribution, Syndication and Disney Media Distribution, Studios, Disney UTV.

Directed by Anurag Basu, the film has award winning performances by Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D?Cruz and music composed by Pritam.

MUMBAI : The International Indian Film Academy (iifa) has announced winners of the ?Technical Awards? categories for this year?s IIFA Awards. The 14th VIDEOCON DDB iifa Weekend will be held at The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel, the Official Host Destination Partner from the 4th to the 6th July.

Of the 14 Awards, Anurag Basu?s Barfi! has garnered the highest number of awards in the technical category, a grand total of 9, bagging the award for Best Cinematography (Ravi Varman I.S.C.), Best Screenplay (Anurag Basu &Tani Basu), Best Production Design (Rajat Poddar), Best Sound Design (Shajith Koyeri), Best Song Recording (Eric Pillai -Future Sound Of Bombay) for Ala Barfi, Best Sound Mixing (Debajit Changmai), Best Background Score (Pritam), Best Costume Designing (Aki Narula and Shefalina) and Best Make-Up (Uday Serali).

Following that Anurag Kashyap?s Gangs of Wasseypur - 1 won two awards, one for Best Action (Shyam Kaushal) and the other for Best Dialogue (Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh, Sachin Ladia & Anurag Kashyap) is shared with Juhi Chaturvedi for Vicky Donor.

The award for Best Editing went to the Vidya Balan starrer, Kahaani (Namrata Rao) and Best Choreography was won by Ganesh Acharya for the film, Agneepath for the song, Chikni Chameli.

Salman Khan starrer, Ek Tha Tiger bagged the award for Best Special Effects (Pankaj Khanopur, Sherry Bharda & Vishal Anand - Tata Elxsi)

The winners will receive their trophies at the VIDEOCON DDB iifa Weekend.