52nd IFFI -2021-Peacock Awards

 

Japanese Film ‘Ring Wandering’, a film which resurrects memories of Tokyo’s hidden war-torn past, bags The Golden Peacock at 52nd IFFI

Czech Director Václav Kadrnka bags IFFI 52 Silver Peacock for Best Director for ‘Saving One Who Is Dead’, a Candle of Hope Amidst the Winter of Despair

Indian and Marathi Actor Jitendra Bhikulal Joshi’s brilliant portrayal of Late Marathi actor and filmmaker Nishikant Kamat in ‘Godavari’ earns him Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male)

Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Female) goes to Spanish Actor Angela Molina for her role as Charlotte, a performance which captivated all jury members

Marathi Director Nikhil Mahajan’s ‘Godavari’ receives Silver Peacock for Special Jury Award, sharing the award with Brazilian Actress Renata Carvalho for her role in Director Rodrigo de Oliveira’s ‘The First Fallen’

Russian Director Roman Vasyanov’s ‘The DORM’ receives Special Mention for its impactful narration of the complicated and corrupted society of 1984 USSR

Director Mari Alessandrini’s ‘Zahorí’, which lampoons religion and colonisation and gives respect to the organic indigenous people of Patagonia in an elegant and visually intelligent way, is IFFI 52 Best Debut Feature Film

Spanish film 'The Wealth of the World' by debut Director Simon Farriol receives Special Mention in IFFI 52 Debut Competition Category

13th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala begins on 9th December ,2021

 Another season of festivals starts in the Kerala Chalachithra Academy.

52nd IFFI 2021 -Some Highlights

 

Some highlights of 52nd IFFI

will pay a Special Tribute to Sir Sean Connery, the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond.

will show a retrospective of the celebrated Russian filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky and the eminent Hungarian filmmaker, Béla Tarr.

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role makes the cut to become the mid fest film.

51st IFFI 2921-Homage to stalwarts

 

Homage to stalwarts

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51st International Film Festival of India(51st IFFI 2021) - inaugurated

 

Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting along with actor Sudeep inaugurated the 51st edition of the IFFI -- the country's largest and oldest international film festival and pitched for private participation in the next edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The festival is being organized annually by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Directorate of Film Festivals, and Entertainment Society of Goa. The festival is annually held in November but the current edition was delayed owing to the pandemic. Governor of Goa Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai also spoke on the occasion.https://twitter.com/i/status/1462049758151733248

 

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52 nd International Film Festival of India 2021 - Indian Panorama -list of films

 

24 Feature Films and 20 Non-Feature Films to be screened in Indian Panorama section of 52nd IFFI 2021

SEMKHOR (Dimasa) To Be Opening Indian Feature Film


VED, THE VISIONARY Directed By Rajiv Parkash To Be The Opening Indian Non-Feature Film

List of 24 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

 

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.

Courtesy:PIB, Govt.of India