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The 52nd edition of Indian International Film Festival (IFFI) lifted her curtains today, saturday 20 november in Goa. This is a nine-day event that will end on Sunday, November 28. Karan Johar and Maniesh Paul are the hosts of the big event.
Bollywood celebrities Salman Khan and Ranveer Singh graced the opening ceremony today. The other star line-up that will attend the film’s gala includes Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh, Shraddha Kapoor, among others.
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Let’s go into more details about the big event in progress such as the artists who will be honored, the different films in all the categories that would be presented, etc.
India International Film Festival 2021: winners, films and more
Around 75 celebrities from the film industry as well as many more from the political fraternity are expected to attend the event.
The 52nd edition of IFFI is designed to celebrate not only Indian cinema and artists, but also those from around the world. The Indian International Film Festival is considered the biggest festival in the country.
Speaking of the winners who will be honored at the event, the seasoned actress and MP Hema Malini were honored with Indian Cinema Personality of the Year 2021 award today at the opening ceremony.
# IFFI52 honors @dreamgirlhema with the Indian Cinema Personality of the Year award for 2021
Here is a short video about the ‘Dream Girl’ pic.twitter.com/J9I8N6kMmR
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Also, acclaimed lyricist and current president of the Central Bureau of Film Certification (CBFC), Prasoon Joshi will also receive the same price.
The IFFI also honored the 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 honored with #SatyajitRay Lifetime Achievement Award at # IFFI52
Watch a video about his works @IndiaHungary @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/hemqJhyCat
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IFFI director Chaitanya Prasad had said earlier: “Unfortunately, they will not be attending the festival physically, but their video messages conveying acceptance of the award will be shown.”
#SatyajitRaymovies opened up a whole new world to me
– Hollywood filmmaker #Martin Scorsese received the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at # IFFI52 Opening ceremonyhttps://t.co/lDa45iZkcx pic.twitter.com/TxjsBIs6H1
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A special tribute will be paid to the late James Bond actor Sean Connery during the ceremony. Among those to be honored at the event are also popular actors who died in 2021 – Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar, Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar, popular TV actress Surekha Sikri, Sanchari Vijay as well as filmmakers like Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Sumitra Bhave.
India International Film Festival 2021: films will be presented at the event
A total of 148 films from 73 countries will be shown in the international section of the IIFI event which includes 12 world premieres, 7 international premieres, 26 Asian premieres and 64 Indian premieres.
Amazon Prime Video brings “Chhori†with Nushrratt Bharuccha to the event. The film directed by Vinothraj PS, “Koozhangalâ€, which is India’s official entry to the Oscars, will compete for the Gandhi ICFT-UNESCO Medal at IFFI.
Everyone’s king 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 film lineup for the 2021 India International Film Festival below.
Kaleidoscope section:
Below is the list of the 11 films that will be screened in the Kaleidoscope section.
| english title | Director | Country of production |
| Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Radu Jude | Romanian |
| Brighton 4th | Levan Koguashvili | Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, Monaco, United States |
| Compartment n ° 6 | Juho kuosmanen | Finland, Germany, Estonia, Russia |
| Feathers | Omar El Zohairy | France, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece |
| I am your man | Maria schrader | Germany |
| Red rocket | Sean Boulanger | united states of america |
| Souad | Ayten Amin | Egypt, Tunisia, Germany |
| Spencer | Pablo Larrain | Germany, United Kingdom, Chile |
| My wife’s story | Ildiko Enyedi | Hungary, Germany, Italy, France |
| The worst person in the world | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark |
| Titanium | Julia ducournau | France, Belgium |
Gold Peacock Prize:
| english title | Director | Country of production |
| Any day | Hamy Ramezan | Finland |
| Charlotte | Simon franco | Paraguay |
| Godavari | Nikhil mahajan | India |
| ÃŽntregalde | Radu Muntean | Romania |
| Land of dreams | Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari | New Mexico, United States |
| Leader | Katia Priwieziencew | Poland |
| Mee Vasantrao | Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari | India |
| Moscow does not arrive | Dmitry Fedorov | Russia |
| No soil underfoot | Mohammad Rabby Mridha | Bangladesh |
| Once we were good for you | Branko Schmidt | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Wandering ring | Masakazu kaneko | Japan |
| Save the one who was dead | Vaclav Kadrnka | Czech Republic |
| Semkhor | Aimee Baruah | India |
| The dormitory | Romain Vasyanov | Russia |
| The first fallen | Rodrigo de Oliveira | Brazil |
Films for the first competition:
| english title | Director | Country of production |
| Dollu | Sagar puranik | India |
| Funeral | Vivek Rajendra Dubey | India |
| Magoado | Rubén Sainz | Spain |
| mom | 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 |
| Zahori | Husband Alessandrini | Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, France |
ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal:
| english title | Director | Country of production |
| Ekvismu Tiffin | India | |
| Hassan commitment | Semih Kaplanoglu | Turkey |
| Kill eunuch Khan | Abed Abest | Iran |
| Lingui, The sacred ties | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Chad, France, Belgium, Germany |
| Night forest | André Hörmann, Katrin Milhahn | Germany |
| Niraye Thathakalulla Maram | Jayaraj | India |
| pebbles | Vinothraj PS | India |
| tokyo aspen | Olivier Peyon | France |
| When the pomegranates roar | Granaz Moussavi | Australia, Afghanistan |
Indian panorama:
Below is the lineup of Indian Panorama feature films and non-feature films.
Feature films:
| Movie title | Tongue | Director | Producers |
| 21st Tiffin (Ekvismu Tiffin) | gujarati | Vijaygiri Bava | |
| Abhijaan | Bengali | Parambrata Chatterjee | Ratan Shree Nirman, Roadshow Films Pvt Ltd |
| Law 1978 | Kannada | Manjunatha S. (Mansore) | |
| Alpha Beta Gamma | Hindi | Shankar Srikumar | Jithin Raj, Menka Sharma, Mona Shankar, Thomas Punnoose |
| Bhagavadajjukam | Sanskrit | Yadu Vijayakrishnan | |
| Bitter | marathi | Anant Mahadevan | |
| Booma ride | Mishing | Biswajeet Bora | |
| Dollu | Kannada | Sagar puranik | |
| Courier Toofaan at eight down | 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 and 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 PS | 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:
| Movie title | Tongue | Director |
| Bablu Babylon Se | Hindi | Abhijeet Sarthi |
| Naad – The sound | Bengali | Abhijit A. Paul |
| the knocker | Hindi | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan |
| Badal Sircar and the alternative theater | English | Ashok Viswanathan |
| Jugalbandi | Hindi | Chetan Bhakuni |
| Bharat Prakriti Ka Balak | Hindi | Dr Deepika Kothari and Ramji Om |
| Pabung Syam | Manipuri | Haobam Paban Kumar |
| Witch | Santali | Jackie R. Bala |
| Ganga-Poutra | Hindi | Jai Prakash |
| Sweet Biriyani | Tamil | Jeyachandra Hashmi |
| Veerangana | Assamese | Kishore kalita |
| In the wings | Oriya | Lipka Singh Darai |
| The fate of purple | gujarati | Prachee Bajania |
| Sunpat | Garhwali | Raoul Rawat |
| Ved… The visionary | English | Rajiv parkash |
| Sainbari to Sandeshkhali | Bengali | Sanghamitra Chaudhuri |
| Overcome the challenges | English | Satisfied Pande |
| Jungle Whispers | marathi | Sohil Vaidya |
| Adhyay teenager | Hindi | Subash Sahoo |
| Gajra | Hindi | Sharma Vineyard |
| Semkhor | Dimasa | Aimee Baruah |
| Sijou | Bodo | Vishal P Chaliha |
| Sunny | malayalam | Ranjith Sankar |
| Taledanda | Kannada | Praveen Krupakar |
We’ll keep you posted with the latest updates on the 2021 India International Film Festival. Stay tuned!
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