The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) raised its curtains today, Saturday on November 20 in Goa. It is a nine-day event that would conclude on Sunday, November 28. Karan Johar and Maniesh Paul are the hosts of the grand event.
Bollywood celebs Salman Khan and Ranveer Singh graced the opening ceremony today. The other line-up of stars who will attend the film gala includes Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh, Shraddha Kapoor, among others.
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Let us get into more details about the big ongoing event like the artists going to be honored, different films across categories that would be showcased, etc.
International Film Festival of India 2021: Awardees, Films and More
It is expected that around 75 celebrities from the film industry as well as many others from the political fraternity would attend the event.
The 52nd edition of IFFI is geared up to celebrate not only Indian cinema and artists but also those across the globe. The International Film Festival of India is believed to be the country’s largest festival.
Speaking about the awardees to be honored at the event, veteran actress and Member of Parliament Hema Malini have been honored with the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2021 award today during the opening ceremony.
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Also, acclaimed lyricist and current Chairperson of the Central Bureau of Film Certification (CBFC), Prasoon Joshi will also be presented with the same award.
IFFI also honored veteran Hollywood director Martin Scorsese and renowned Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Szabo with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony today.
Hungarian filmmaker Istevan Szabo is honoured with #SatyajitRay Lifetime Achievement Award at #IFFI52
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IFFI Director Chaitanya Prasad had earlier said, “Unfortunately, they will not be attending the festival physically but their video messages conveying acceptance of the award will be played.”
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A special tribute will be paid to late James Bond actor Sean Connery at the ceremony. Among those who will be honored at the event also include popular actors who passed away in 2021 – Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar, Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar, popular television actress Surekha Sikri, Sanchari Vijay as well as filmmakers like Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Sumitra Bhave.
International Film Festival of India 2021: Films to be featured at the event
A total of 148 films from 73 countries will be featured in the International section of the IIFI event which includes 12 world premieres, 7 international premieres, 26 Asia premieres, and 64 India premieres.
Amazon Prime Video is bringing “Chhori” featuring Nushrratt Bharuccha to the event. Vinothraj PS-s directed film, “Koozhangal” which is India’s official entry to Oscars, will be competing for the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the IFFI.
The King of All the World directed by Carlos Saura is the opening film while A Hero directed by Asghar Farhadi will be the closing film of the event.
Check out the lineup of films for the International Film Festival of India 2021 below.
Kaleidoscope Section:
Below is the list of 11 movies to be screened in the Kaleidoscope section.
| English title | Director | Production countries |
| Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Radu Jude | Romanian |
| Brighton 4th | Levan Koguashvili | Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, Monaco, USA |
| Compartment No. 6 | Juho Kuosmanen | Finland, Germany, Estonia, Russia |
| Feathers | Omar El Zohairy | France, Egypt, The Netherlands, Greece |
| I’m Your Man | Maria Schrader | Germany |
| Red Rocket | Sean Baker | United States of America |
| Souad | Ayten Amin | Egypt, Tunisia, Germany |
| Spencer | Pablo Larraín | Germany, UK, Chile |
| The Story of My Wife | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary, Germany, Italy, France |
| The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark |
| Titanium | Julia Ducournau | France, Belgium |
Golden Peacock Award:
| English title | Director | Production countries |
| Any Day Now | Hamy Ramezan | Finland |
| Charlotte | Simon Franco | Paraguay |
| Godavari | Nikhil Mahajan | India |
| Întregalde | Radu Muntean | Romania |
| Land of Dreams | Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari | New Mexico, USA |
| Leader | Katia Priwieziencew | Poland |
| Mee Vasantrao | Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari | India |
| Moscow Does Not Happen | Dmitry Fedorov | Russia |
| No Ground Beneath The Feet | Mohammad Rabby Mridha | Bangladesh |
| Once We Were Good For You | Branko Schmidt | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Ring Wandering | Masakazu Kaneko | Japan |
| Saving One Who Was Dead | Václav Kadrnka | Czech Republic |
| Semkhor | Aimee Baruah | India |
| The Dorm | Roman Vasyanov | Russia |
| The First Fallen | Rodrigo de Oliveira | Brazil |
Films for Debut Competition:
| English title | Director | Production countries |
| Dollu | Sagar Puranik | India |
| Funeral | Vivek Rajendra Dubey | India |
| Magoado | Rubén Sainz | Spain |
| Maman | Arash Aneessee | Iran |
| Pack of Sheep | Dimitris Kanellopoulos | Greece |
| Rain | Janno Jürgens | Estonia |
| Sweet Disaster | Laura Lehmus | Germany |
| The Wealth of the World | Simon Farriol | Chile, Italy |
| Zahorí | Marí Alessandrini | Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, France |
ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal:
| English title | Director | Production countries |
| Ekvismu Tiffin | India | |
| Commitment Hasan | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Turkey |
| Killing the Eunuch Khan | Abed Abest | Iran |
| Lingui, The Sacred Bonds | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Chad, France, Belgium, Germany |
| Night Forest | André Hörmann, Katrin Milhahn | Germany |
| Niraye Thathakalulla Maram | Jayaraj | India |
| Pebbles | Vinothraj P S | India |
| Tokyo Shaking | Olivier Peyon | France |
| When Pomegranates Howl | Granaz Moussavi | Australia, Afghanistan |
Indian Panorama:
Below is the lineup of Indian Panorama feature and non-feature films.
Feature Films:
| Title of the Film | Language | Director | Producers |
| 21st Tiffin (Ekvismu Tiffin) | Gujarati | Vijaygiri Bava | |
| Abhijaan | Bengali | Parambrata Chatterjee | Ratan Shree Nirman, Roadshow Films Pvt Ltd |
| Act-1978 | Kannada | Manjunatha S. (Mansore) | |
| Alpha Beta Gamma | Hindi | Shankar Srikumar | Jithin Raj, Menka Sharma, Mona Shankar, Thomas Punnoose |
| Bhagavadajjukam | Sanskrit | Yadu Vijayakrishnan | |
| Bittersweet | Marathi | Anant Mahadevan | |
| Boomba Ride | Mishing | Biswajeet Bora | |
| Dollu | Kannada | Sagar Puranik | |
| Eight Down Toofaan Mail | Hindi | Akriti Singh | Storia Senza Storia |
| Funeral | Marathi | Vivek Rajendra Dubey | |
| Godavari | Marathi | Nikhil Mahajan | Jitendra Joshi, Mitali Joshi, Pavan Malu, Nikhil Mahajan |
| Kalkokkho (House of Time) | Bengali | Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti | |
| Manikbabur Megh (The Cloud & the Man) | Bengali | Abhinandan Banerjee | Bauddhayan Mukherji, Monalisa Mukherji |
| Me Vasantrao | Marathi | Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari | |
| Natyam | Telugu | Revanth Korukonda | Sandhya Raju |
| Neeli Hakki | Kannada | Ganesh Hegde | Ganesh, Suman Shetty, Vinay Shetty |
| Niraye Thathakalulla Maram | Malayalam | Jayaraj | |
| Nitantoi Sahaj Saral | Bengali | Satrabit Paul | |
| Koozhangal | Tamil | Vinothraj P S | Nayanthara, Vignesh Shivan |
| Prawaas | Marathi | Shashank Udapurkar | Om Chhangani |
| Semkhor | Dimasa | Aimee Baruah | |
| Sijou | Bodo | Vishal P Chaliha | |
| Sunny | Malayalam | Ranjith Sankar | Jayasurya, Ranjith Sankar |
| Taledanda | Kannada | Praveen Krupakar | Kripanidhi Kreations |
Non-Feature Films:
| Title of the Film | Language | Director |
| Bablu Babylon Se | Hindi | Abhijeet Sarthi |
| Naad – The Sound | Bengali | Abhijit A. Paul |
| The Knocker | Hindi | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan |
| Badal Sircar & the Alternative Theatre | English | Ashok Viswanathan |
| Jugalbandi | Hindi | Chetan Bhakuni |
| Bharat Prakriti Ka Balak | Hindi | Dr. Deepika Kothari & Ramji Om |
| Pabung Syam | Manipuri | Haobam Paban Kumar |
| Witch | Santali | Jackie R. Bala |
| Ganga-Putra | Hindi | Jai Prakash |
| Sweet Biriyani | Tamil | Jeyachandra Hashmi |
| Veerangana | Assamese | Kishore Kalita |
| Backstage | Oriya | Lipka Singh Darai |
| The Spell of Purple | Gujarati | Prachee Bajania |
| Sunpat | Garhwali | Rahul Rawat |
| Ved…The Visionary | English | Rajiv Parkash |
| Sainbari To Sandeshkhali | Bengali | Sanghamitra Chaudhuri |
| Surmounting Challenges | English | Satish Pande |
| Murmurs of the Jungle | Marathi | Sohil Vaidya |
| Teen Adhyay | Hindi | Subash Sahoo |
| Gajra | Hindi | Vineet Sharma |
| Semkhor | Dimasa | Aimee Baruah |
| Sijou | Bodo | Vishal P Chaliha |
| Sunny | Malayalam | Ranjith Sankar |
| Taledanda | Kannada | Praveen Krupakar |
We will be updating you with the latest updates on the International Film Festival of India 2021. Stay tuned!
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