55th IFFI: Indian Panorama announces List of Films to be screened

*Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ to be the Opening Feature Film in Indian Panorama

*Ladakhi Language Film ‘Ghar Jaisa Kuch’ to be the Opening Non-Feature Film

*25 Feature Films and 20 Non-Feature Films to be Screened in Indian Panorama at 55th IFFI

Mumbai:24/10/24:The Indian Panorama, a flagship section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), announces selection of 25 Feature Films and 20 Non-Feature Films to be showcased in the 55^th edition of IFFI. The package of 25 Feature Films including 5 films from mainstream cinema has been chosen from a broad spectrum of 384 contemporary Indian feature films. The Jury’s choice for the opening Film of Indian Panorama 2024 is “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (Hindi)”, directed by Shri Randeep Hooda.

Further, a package of 20 non-feature films will be screened in the Indian Panorama selected from a spectrum of 262 films. The package of Non-Feature Films exemplifies the capacity of emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain, and also reflect contemporary Indian values. The Jury’s choice for the opening film in the non-feature category is ‘Ghar Jaisa Kuch (Ladakhi)’, directed by Shri Harsh Sangani.

The Feature Film Jury was headed by acclaimed Film Director, Actor, and Screenwriter Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi. The Feature Jury consists of twelve Members, who individually represent various acclaimed films and are well-known film professionals, while collectively representing the diverse Indian film fraternity.

The Indian Panorama Feature Films Jury Members:

1. Shri. Manoj Joshi, Actor
2. Ms. Susmita Mukherjee, Actor
3. Shri. Himansu Sekhar Khatua, Film Director
4. Shri. Oinam Gautam Singh, Film Director
5. Shri. Ashuu Trikha, Film Director
6. Shri. S.M. Patil, Film Director and Writer
7. Shri. Neelaabh Kaul, Cinematographer and Film Director
8. Shri. Susant Misra, Film Director
9. Shri. Arun Kumar Bose, Ex-HOD of Prasad Institute and Sound Engineer
10. Ms. Ratnottama Sengupta, Writer and Editor
11. Shri. Sameer Hanchate, Film Director
12. Ms. Priya Krishnaswamy, Film Director

The 25 Feature Films selected in Indian Panorama 2024:

Sr. No.	Title of the Film	Language	Director
1	SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR	Hindi	Randeep Hooda
	KEREBETE	Kannada	Gururaj B
	VENKYA	Kannada	Sagar Puranik
	JUIPHOOL	Assamese	Jadumoni Dutta
	MAHAVATAR NARASIMHA	Hindi	Ashwin Kumar
	JIGARTHANDA DOUBLE X	Tamil	Karthik Subbaraj
	AADUJEEVITHAM (VIAȚA CAPREI, THE GOATLIFE)	Malayalam	Blessy
	ARTICLE 370	Hindi	Aditya Suhas Jambhale
	GYPSY	Marathi	Shashi Chandrakant Khandare
	SRIKANTH	Hindi	Tushar Hiranandani
	AAMAR BOSS	Bengali	Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee
	BRAMAYUGAM	Malayalam	Rahul Sadasivan
	35 CHINNA KATHA KAADU	Telugu	Nanda Kishore Emani
	RADOR PAKHI	Assamese	Dr. Bobby Sarma Baruah
	GHARAT GANPATI	Marathi	Navjyot Narendra Bandiwadekar
	RAAVSAAHEB	Marathi	Nikhil Mahajan
	LEVEL CROSS	Malayalam	Arfaz Ayub
	KARKEN	Galo	Nending Loder
	BHOOTPORI	Bengali	Soukarya Ghosal
	ONKO KI KOTHIN	Bengali	Saurav Palodhi

Mainstream Cinema Section:

Sr. No.	Title Of The Film	Language	Director
1	KARKHANU	Gujarati	Rushabh Thanki
	12TH FAIL	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
	MANJUMMEL BOYS	Malayalam	Chidambaram
	SWARGARATH	Assamese	Rajesh Bhuyan
	KALKI 2898 AD (3D)	Telugu	Singireddy Nagaaswin

The Non-Feature Film Jury, comprising six members, was headed by acclaimed Documentary and Wildlife Film Director and V. Shantram Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Shri. Subbiah Nallamuthu.

The Indian Panorama Non-Feature Films Jury Members:

1. Shri. Rajnikant Acharya, Producer and Film Director
2. Shri. Ronel Haobam, Film Director
3. Ms. Usha Deshpande, Film Director and Producer
4. Ms. Vandana Kohli, Film Director and Writer
5. Shri. Mithunchandra Chaudhari, Film Director
6. Ms. Shalini Shah, Film Director

The 20 Non-Feature Films Selected in Indian Panorama 2024:

S. No.	Title of the film	Language	Director(s) Name
	6-A AKASH GANGA	Hindi	Nirmal Chander
	AMAR AAJ MAREGA	Hindi	Rajat Kariya
	AMMA’S PRIDE	Tamil	Shiva Krish
	BAHI – TRACING MY ANCESTORS	Hindi	Rachita Gorowala
	BALLAD OF THE MOUNTAIN	Hindi	Tarun Jain
	BATTO KA BULBULA	Haryanvi	Akshay Bhardwaj
	CHANCHISOA	Garo	Elvachisa Ch Sangma, Dipankar Das
	FLANDERS DI ZAMEEN VICH	Punjabi	Sachin
	GHAR JAISA KUCH	Ladakhi	Harsh Sangani
	GHODE KI SAWARI	Hindi	Debjani Mukherjee
	GOOGLE MATRIMONY	English	Abhinav Athrey
	MAIN NIDA	Hindi	Atul Pandey
	MO BOU, MO GAAN	Oriya	Subash Sahoo
	MONIHARA	Bengali	Subhadeep Biswas
	P FOR PAPARAZZI	Hindi	Divya Kharnare
	PILLARS OF PROGRESS: THE EPIC STORY OF DELHI METRO	English	Satish Pande
	PRAAN PRATISHTHA	Marathi	Pankaj Sonawane
	ROTI KOON BANASI?	Rajasthani	Chandan Singh
	SAAVAT	Konkani	Shivam Harmalkar, Santosh Shetkar
	SIVANTHA MANN	Tamil	Infant

About Indian Panorama

The Indian Panorama was introduced in 1978 as part of the IFFI umbrella to promote Indian Films along with India’s rich culture and heritage with the help of cinematic art. Since its inception, the Indian Panorama has been completely devoted to showcasing the best Indian films of the year. The selected films for Indian Panorama section, with an aim for the promotion of film art, will also be screened for non-profit screening in international film festivals in India and abroad, Indian Film Weeks held under Bilateral Cultural Exchange Programmes and Specialized Indian Film Festivals outside cultural exchange protocols, and special Indian Panorama festivals in India.

The selection Jury comprised of eminent cine personalities from across India. A total of twelve Jury members for Feature films and six Jury members for Non-Feature films led by the respective Jury Chairpersons have selected the Indian Panorama films for 55^th IFFI. The eminent Jury panels, both Feature and Non-Feature, exercising their expertise, have contributed evenly to the consensus that led to the selection of Indian Panorama films of both categories.

The primary aim of the Indian Panorama is to select feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence for the promotion of film art in accordance with the conditions and procedures in the laid down regulations of Indian Panorama.

About IFFI

IFFI is being organized by the National Film Development Corporation, Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with the State Government of Goa from November 20^th – 28^th, 2024, in Panaji, Goa.