25 Feature Films And 20 Non-Feature Films to Be Screened During IFFI, Official Selection For 52nd IFFI, 2021

(Judicial Quest News Network)

International Film Festival of India announces the selection of films for the Indian Panorama section to be screened during its 52nd edition in Goa.

The festival is being organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India in collaboration with the State Government of Goa, from November 20- 28, 2021. The selected films will be showcased to all the registered delegates and representatives from the selected films during the 9 days long film festival in Goa.

The primary aim of the Indian Panorama is to select the feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic, and aesthetic excellence for the promotion of film art through the non-profit screening of these films under different categories. Since its inception, the Indian Panorama has been completely devoted to showcasing the best Indian films of the year.

The selection Jury comprised of eminent filmmakers and film personalities from across the Indian cine-world. The eminent Jury Panels, both feature, and non-feature exercise their individual expertise and contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to a selection of Indian Panorama films.

Feature Films

A total of 25 Feature films have been selected to be screened during IFFI. Selected from a wide pool of 221 contemporary Indian Films, the package of Feature Films reflects the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film Industry.

The Feature Film Jury, comprising twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Filmmaker and actor, Shri S V Rajendra Singh Babu. The Feature Jury constituted of the following Members who individually represent various acclaimed films, film bodies and professions, whereas collectively representing the diverse Indian film making fraternity:

1. Shri Rajendra Hegde, Audiographer
2. Shri Makhonmani Mongsaba, Filmmaker
3. Shri Vinod Anupama, Film Critic
4. Ms. Jayashree Bhattcharya, Filmmaker
5. Shri Gyan Sahay, Cinematographer
6. Shri Prasantanu Mohapatra, Cinematographer
7. Shri Hemendra Bhatia, Actor/ Writer/ Filmmaker
8. Shri Asim Bose, Cinematographer
9. Shri Pramod Pawar, Actor & Filmmaker
10. Shri Manjunath T S, Cinematographer
11. Shri Malay Ray, Filmmaker
12. Shri Parag Chhapekar, Filmmaker/Journalist

List of 25 Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2021 is as follows:

S.No.	Title of the Film	Language	Director
	KALKOKKHO	Bengali	Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti
	NITANTOI SAHAJ SARAL	Bengali	Satrabit Paul
	ABHIJAAN	Bengali	Parambrata Chattopadhyay
	MANIKBABUR MEGH	Bengali	Abhinandan Banerjee
	SIJOU	Bodo	Vishal P Chaliha
	SEMKHOR	Dimasa	Aimee Baruah
	21st  TIFFIN	Gujarati	Vijaygiri Bava
	EIGHT DOWN TOOFAAN MAIL	Hindi	Akriti Singh
	ALPHA BETA GAMMA	Hindi	Shankar Srikumar
	DOLLU	Kannada	Sagar Puranik
	TALEDANDA	Kannada	Praveen Krupakar
	ACT-1978	Kannada	Manjunatha S. (Mansore)
	NEELI HAKKI	Kannada	Ganesh Hegde
	NIRAYE THATHAKALULLA MARAM	Malayalam	Jayaraj
	SUNNY	Malayalam	Ranjith Sankar
	ME VASANTRAO	Marathi	Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari
	BITTERSWEET	Marathi	Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
	GODAVARI	Marathi	Nikhil Mahajan
	FUNERAL	Marathi	Vivek Rajendra Dubey
	NIWAAS	Marathi	Mehul Agaja
	BOOMBA RIDE	Mishing	Biswajeet Bora
	BHAGAVADAJJUKAM	Sanskrit	Yadu Vijayakrishnan
	KOOZHANGAL	Tamil	Vinothraj P S
	NATYAM	Telugu	Revanth Kumar Korukonda
25	Dictionary	Bengali	Bratya Basu

Jury’s choice for the Opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2021 is the film Semkhor (Dimasa) directed by Ms. Aimee Baruah.

Non-Feature Films

Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India comprises a contemporary package of socially and aesthetically vibrant non-feature films selected by eminent Jury members who are associated with non-feature segments of Indian Film Industry.

The Non – Feature Jury of seven members was headed by acclaimed documentary Filmmaker Shri S. Nallamuthu. The Jury constituted of the following Members:

1. Shri Akashaditya Lama, Filmmaker
2. Shri Sibanu Borah, Documentary Filmmaker
3. Shri Suresh Sharma, Film producer
4. Shri Subrat Jyoti Neog, Film Critic
5. Ms. Manisha Kulshreshtha, Writer
6. Shri Atul Gangwar, Writer

Selected from a diverse pool of 203 contemporary Indian non-feature films, the package of films exemplifies the capacity of our emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values.

A total of 20 Non-Feature films have been selected to be screened during IFFI.

List of 20 Non-Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2021 is as follows:

S.No.	Title of the Film	Language	Director
	Veerangana	Assamese	Kishore Kalita
	Naad – The Sound	Bengali	Abhijit A. Paul
	Sainbari To Sandeshkhali	Bengali	Sanghamitra Chaudhuri
	Badal Sircar & the Alternative Theatre	English	Ashok Viswanathan
	Ved…The Visionary	English	Rajiv Parkash
	Surmounting Challenges	English	Satish Pande
	Sunpat	Garhwali	Rahul Rawat
	The Spell of Purple	Gujarati	Prachee Bajania
	Bharat, Prakriti Ka Balak	Hindi	Dr. Deepika Kothari & Ramji Om
	Teen Adhyay	Hindi	Subash Sahoo
	Bablu Babylon Se	Hindi	Abhijeet Sarthi
	The Knocker	Hindi	Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
	Ganga-Putra	Hindi	Jai Prakash
	Gajra	Hindi	Vineet Sharma
	Jugalbandi	Hindi	Chetan Bhakuni
	Pabung Syam	Manipuri	Haobam Paban Kumar
	Murmurs of the Jungle	Marathi	Sohil Vaidya
	Backstage	Oriya	Lipka Singh Darai
	Witch	Santali	Jackie R. Bala
	Sweet Biriyani	Tamil	Jeyachandra Hashmi

Jury’s choice for the opening Non-Feature film of Indian Panorama, 2021 is Ved…The Visionary (English) directed by Shri Rajiv Parkash.