PANAJI: Brazilian film director Oscar Maron Filho, 56, who was in Goa to promote his film 'Mario Filho: The Creator of Crowds' as part of the soccer package at Iffi 2011, died after he suffered a massive cardiac arrest on Sunday. A filmmaker and journalist from Rio de Janeiro, Filho was speaking at the open forum on 'Football and films' at 1pm at the Inox courtyard, when he "touched his head and collapsed backwards while sitting".Even though those attending the open forum say there was no doctor present for a while and the ambulance driver had gone out for lunch and took a while to be located, festival director Shankar Mohan denied the claim saying, "The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) doctor was at hand and when he realized how serious the condition was, Filho was rushed to the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, for treatment. As doctors tried to revive him and make arrangements for him to be shifted to a private hospital in Margao, Filho breathed his last." ESG's CEO Manoj Srivasatav said a one-minute silence would be observed before the 8pm movie across all theatres and an obituary read, as a mark of respect for Filho. "All the music and other festivities, too, will be stopped all through Sunday," he added. Mohan said they were in touch with the Brazilian embassy over Filho's death and his family had been intimated. Terming the incident "unfortunate", festival organizers said they were "deeply saddened by it." 
India Brazilian director dies at internationl film festival
PANAJI: Brazilian film director Oscar Maron Filho, 56, who was in Goa to promote his film 'Mario Filho: The Creator of Crowds' as part of the soccer package at Iffi 2011, died after he suffered a massive cardiac arrest on Sunday. A filmmaker and journalist from Rio de Janeiro, Filho was speaking at the open forum on 'Football and films' at 1pm at the Inox courtyard, when he "touched his head and collapsed backwards while sitting".Even though those attending the open forum say there was no doctor present for a while and the ambulance driver had gone out for lunch and took a while to be located, festival director Shankar Mohan denied the claim saying, "The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) doctor was at hand and when he realized how serious the condition was, Filho was rushed to the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, for treatment. As doctors tried to revive him and make arrangements for him to be shifted to a private hospital in Margao, Filho breathed his last." ESG's CEO Manoj Srivasatav said a one-minute silence would be observed before the 8pm movie across all theatres and an obituary read, as a mark of respect for Filho. "All the music and other festivities, too, will be stopped all through Sunday," he added. Mohan said they were in touch with the Brazilian embassy over Filho's death and his family had been intimated. Terming the incident "unfortunate", festival organizers said they were "deeply saddened by it."