Film Festival of India to Screen 25 Feature Films and 20 Non-Feature Films
The reputation of IFFI is so low that the professional film fraternity does not participate in it.
The Indian Panorama, a flagship section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has announced the selection of 25 Feature Films and 20 Non-Feature Films to be screened in the 55th edition of IFFI.
The package of 25 Feature Films including 5 films from mainstream cinema have been chosen from a broad spectrum of 384 contemporary Indian feature films. The Jury’s choice for the opening Film of Indian Panorama 2024 is “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (Hindi)”, directed by Randeep Hooda.
Further, a package of 20 non-feature films will be screened in the Indian Panorama selected from a spectrum of 262 films. The package of Non-Feature Films exemplifies the capacity of emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain, and also reflect contemporary Indian values.
The Jury’s choice for the opening film in the non-feature category is ‘Ghar Jaisa Kuch (Ladakhi)’, directed by Harsh Sangani.
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The Feature Film Jury was headed by Film Director, Actor and Screenwriter Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi. The Feature Jury consists of twelve Members.
The Indian Panorama Feature Films Jury Members:
- Manoj Joshi, Actor
- Susmita Mukherjee, Actor
- Himansu Sekhar Khatua, Film Director
- Oinam Gautam Singh, Film Director
- Ashuu Trikha, Film Director
- S.M. Patil, Film Director and Writer
- Neelaabh Kaul, Cinematographer and Film Director
- Susant Misra, Film Director
- Arun Kumar Bose, Ex HOD of Prasad Institute and Sound Engineer
- Ratnottama Sengupta, Writer and Editor
- Sameer Hanchate, Film Director
- Priya Krishnaswamy, Film Director
The Non-Feature Film Jury, comprising six members, was headed by Documentary and Wildlife Film Director and V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Subbiah Nallamuthu.
The Indian Panorama Non Feature Films Jury Members:
- Rajnikant Acharya, Producer and Film Director
- Ronel Haobam, Film Director
- Usha Deshpande, Film Director and Producer
- Vandana Kohli, Film Director and Writer
- Mithunchandra Chaudhari, Film Director
- Shalini Shah, Film Director
IFFI is being organized by the National Film Development Corporation, India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with the State Government of Goa from November 20 – 28 , 2024, in Panaji, Goa.
It is largely a government function handled by traditional Indian bureaucrats and some politicians of the ruling regime who hardly understand the cinema or film profession.
The reputation of IFFI is so low that the professional film fraternity does not participate in it. Only some cinema celebrities who are close to the government willy-nilly attend IFFI.
