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New Delhi : International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has announced the selection of films for the Indian Panorama section to be screened during its 52nd edition in Goa.

The festival is being organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, in collaboration with the State Government of Goa, from November 20- 28, 2021. The selected films will be showcased to all the registered delegates and representatives from the selected films during the 9 days long film festival in Goa.

The primary aim of the Indian Panorama is to select the feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic, and aesthetic excellence for the promotion of film art through the non-profit screening of these films under different categories. Since its inception, the Indian Panorama has been completely devoted to showcasing the best Indian films of the year.

The selection Jury comprised of eminent filmmakers and film personalities from across the Indian cine-world. The eminent Jury Panels, both feature, and non-feature exercise their individual expertise and contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to a selection of Indian Panorama films.

Feature Films : A total of 24 Feature films have been selected to be screened during IFFI. Selected from a wide pool of 221 contemporary Indian Films, the package of Feature Films reflects the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film Industry. The Feature Film Jury, comprising twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Filmmaker and actor S V Rajendra Singh Babu, according to a PIB release. Jury’s choice for the Opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2021 is the film Semkhor (Dimasa) directed by Aimee Baruah.

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