Indian Panorama selection of Feature and Non Feature films for 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 announced

 

Indian Panorama 2017 today announced its final selection of Feature & Non-Feature films to be screened in Goa at 48^th International Film Festival of India, 2017 which is scheduled to take place from 20^th to 28^th November, 2017.

 

Five Mainstream films have also been selected under Indian Panorama Section of 48^th International Film Festival of India, 2017. The final list of 26 feature films selected for the Indian Panorama 2017 are as follows:

 

Sl. No.	Title of Film	Language	Director
1.	Pihu	Hindi	Vinod Kapri
2.	Kshitij A Horizon	Marathi	Manouj Kadaamh
3.	Kachcha Limbu	Marathi	Prasad Oak
4.	Manusangada	Tamil	Amshan Kumar
5.	Muramba	Marathi	Varun Narvekar
6.	Railway Children	Kannada	Prithvi Konanur
7.	Juze	Konkani	Miransha Naik
8.	Newton	Hindi	Amit Masurkar
9.	Pimpal	Marathi	Gajendra Ahire
10.	Village Rockstars	Assamese	Rima Das
11.	Maza Bhirbhira	Marathi	Yogesh Soman & Vivek Wagh
12.	Maacher Jhol	Bengali	Pratim D. Gupta
13.	Bisorjon	Bengali	Kaushik Ganguly
14.	Take Off	Malayalam	Mahesh Narayanan
15.	Redu	Marathi	Sagar ChhayaVanjari
16.	Rukh	Hindi	Atanu Mukherjee
17.	Kadvi Hawa	Hindi	Nila Madhab Panda
18.	Idak	Marathi	Deepak Gawade
19.	Xhoixobote Dhemalite	Assamese	Bidyut Kotoky
20.	Khyanikaa	Oriya	Amartya Bhattacharya
21.	Kaasav (Best Feature – 64th NFA)	Marathi	Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar
	Mainstream Cinema selections
22.	Jolly LLB 2	Hindi	Subhash Kapoor
23.	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Telugu	S Rajamouli
24.	Ventilator	Marathi	Rajesh Mapuskar
25.	Poorna	Hindi	Rahul Bose
26.	Meghnad Bodh Rahasya	Bengali	Anik Datta

 

 

The opening film of the feature film section of Indian Panaroma is Pihu which has been directed by Vinod Kapri.

 

As per Clause 8.6 of the India Panorama 2017 Regulations, the Best Feature Film of 64^th National Film Awards 2016, titled “Kaasav” directed by Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar has been included in Indian Panorama 2017 by virtue of direct entry.

 

The Jury for Feature Films was headed by acclaimed film director, actor and screenwriter, Shri Sujoy Ghosh. The Jury previewed 153 eligible entries. The Jury comprised of the following Members:

 

1. Shri Suresh Heblikar, Filmmaker, Director & Actor
2. Shri Rahul Rawail, Film Director
3. Ms. Satarupa Sanyal, Film Director, Producer, Actress, Poet &Social Activist
4. Ms Gopi Desai, Film Director & Actress
5. Shri Nishikant Kamat, Filmmaker
6. Shri Gyan Correa, Film Director
7. Shri Merlvin Mukhim, Actor & Producer
8. Shri Nikkhil Advani, Film Producer, Director & Screenwriter
9. ShriApurva Asrani, Film Maker, Film Editor & Screenwriter
10. Shri HariViswanath, Film Director, Screenwriter & Producer
11. Shri Sachin Chatte, Film Critic
12. Ms.Ruchi Narain, Film Director & Screenwriter

 

The complete list of 16 Non – Feature Films selected for Indian Panorama section for 48th International Film Festival of India 2017 is given below:

 

Sl No.	Title of Film	Language	Director
	Pushkar Puran	Hindi	Kamal Swaroop
	Aaba	Apatani	Amar Kaushik
	Dugga	Bengali	Chandrasish Ray
	Our Grandparents Home	Bengali	Supriyo Sen
	Palash	Bengali	Vaibhav Hiwase
	A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings	English	Prateek Vats
	The Waterfall	English	Lipika Singh Darai
	Amma Meri	Haryanvi	Tarun Jain
	Name|Place|Animal|Thing	Hindi	Nithin R
	Chutney	Hindi	Jyoti Kapur Das
	8½ Intercuts- Life And Films Of KG George	Malayalam	Lijin Jose
	Gi	Malayalam	Kunjila (Akhila Henry)
	Baluta	Marathi	Ajay Kurane
	Khidkee	Marathi	Rohan Parshuram Kanawade
	Epil	Santali	R K Soren
	Fireflies in the Abyss (64th NFA – Best Non Feature)	English	Chandrasekhar Reddy

 

The opening film of the non-feature film section of Indian Panorama is Pushkar Puran which has been directed by Kamal Swaroop.

 

As per Clause 8.6 of the India Panorama 2017 Regulations, the Best Non-Feature Film of 64^th National Film Awards 2016 titled “Fireflies in the Abyss” directed by Chandrasekhar Reddy has been included in Indian Panorama 2017, by virtue of direct entry.

 

The Non – Feature Film Jury was chaired by well-known film director and screen writer Shri Sudhir Mishra. The Jury previewed 154 eligible entries. The Jury comprised of the following Members:

 

1. Shri Tuhinabha Majumdar, Film Director and Film Writer
2. Shri Shankhajeet De, Film Maker
3. Shri Mithuchandra Chaudhari, Film Director
4. Ms. Shiny Jacob Benjamin, Film Producer, Film Director and Writer
5. Ms. Tinni Mitra, Film Editor
6. Shri K.G Suresh, Journalist & Columnist