IFFI’s Indian Panorama line-up contains India’s Oscar entry Koozhangal, regional movies lead once more
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has introduced the line-up for Indian Panorama phase movies for the 12 months 2021, and as soon as once more the regional-language motion pictures have dominated the phase. The nine-day movie gala might be organised in a hybrid format – digital and bodily – from November 20 to twenty-eight.
The organisers have picked up 25 function movies and 20 non-feature movies for screening underneath the Indian Panorama phase, a press launch said. Acclaimed Filmmaker and actor SV Rajendra Singh Babu headed the jury that picked the flicks for the function class from a large pool of 221 up to date Indian movies. Filmmaker Aimee Baruah’s Dimasa-language film Semkhor would be the opening function movie.
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SEMKHOR(Dimasa) To Be Opening Indian Feature Film
VED…THE VISIONARY Directed By Rajiv Parkash to be Opening Indian Non-Feature Film
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India’s entry for the 2022 Academy Awards, Tamil film Koozhangal, might be screened within the class, which is dominated by Marathi and Bengali motion pictures. Actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay’s directorial Abhijaan is among the many 5 Bengali motion pictures, whereas Marathi movies embrace options like Godavari, Funeral and Bittersweet. There are 4 Kannada motion pictures within the phase as nicely. Hindi-language motion pictures are Eight Down Toofaan Mail and Alpha Beta Gamma, apart from two Malayalam movies.
For the non-feature class, director Rajiv Parkash’s Ved?The Visionary will function the opening film.
A jury headed by documentary filmmaker S. Nallamuthu thought of 203 up to date Indian non-feature movies earlier than choosing the ultimate 20.
The listing contains seven Hindi movies reminiscent of Bharat, Prakriti Ka Balak, Teen Adhyay, Jugalbandi and The Knocker. It additionally has three English motion pictures, together with two Bengali and one movie every from Assamese, Garhwali, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Manipuri, Santali and Tamil languages.
According to the organisers, the package deal of movies exemplifies the capability of “our emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values”.
The 52nd version of International Film Festival of India is being organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Goa authorities.
