51st International Film Festival of India announces the selection of Indian Panorama films for the year 2020

The selected films will be showcased on the big screen for all the registered delegates and representatives from the selected films, during the 8 days film festival in Goa, from 16th-24th January 2021.

Selected from a wide pool of 183 contemporary Indian Films, the collection of films reflects the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film Industry. The eminent Jury Panels, both feature, and non-feature exercise their individual expertise and contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to the selection of Indian Panorama films.

The Feature Film Jury, comprising of twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Filmmaker, Screenwriter, and Producer, John Mathew Matthan. The Feature Jury constituted of the following Members who individually represent various acclaimed films, film bodies, and professions, whereas collectively representing the diverse Indian film making fraternity:

  • Dominic Sangma, Filmmaker, and Screenwriter
  • Jadumoni Dutta, Filmmaker, Screenwriter, and Producer
  • Kala Master, Choreographer
  • Kumar Sohoni, Filmmaker and writer
  • Rama Vij,  Actor and Producer
  • Ramamurthy B, Filmmaker
  • Sanghamitra Chaudhuri, Filmmaker, and Journalist
  • Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, Filmmaker
  • Satinder Mohan, Film Critic, and Journalist
  • Sudhakar Vasantha, Filmmaker, and Producer
  • T Prasanna Kumar, Film Producer
  • U Radhakrishnan, Ex-Secretary, FFSI
The Indian panorama Feature Film Jury selected 20 Feature films. Jury’s choice for the Opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2020 is the film is SAAND KI AANKH (Hindi) directed by Tushar Hiranandani.

Three Mainstream films are also selected under Indian Panorama Section of 51st International Film Festival of India, 2020 by an Internal Committee of DFF based on the recommendations of Film Federation of India (FFI) and PRODUCER’S GUILD.
 
List of 23 Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2020 is as follows:
Sl no.Title of the filmLanguageDirector
1BridgeAssameseKripal Kalita
AvijatrikBengaliSubhrajit Mitra
Brahma Jane Gopon KommotiBengaliAritra Mukherjee
A Dog And His ManChattisgarhiSiddharth Tripathy
Up Up & UpEnglishGovind Nihalani
AavartanHindiDurba Sahay
7Saand Ki AankhHindiTushar Hiranandani
8Pinki Elli?KannadaPrithvi Konanur
9SafeMalayalamPradeep Kalipurayath
10TranceMalayalamAnwar Rasheed
11Kettiyolaanu Ente MalakhaMalayalamNissam Basheer
12 ThahiraMalayalamSiddk Paravoor
13 Eigi KonaManipuriBobby Wahengbam
14JuneMarathiVaibhav Khisti  And Suhrud Godbole
15 PrawaasMarathiShashank Udapurkar
16Karkhanisanchi WaariMarathiMangesh Joshi
17Kalira AtitaOriyaNila Madhab Panda
18NamoSanskritVijeesh Mani
17ThaenTamilGanesh Vinayakan
18GathamTeluguKiran Kondamadugula
 19Mainstream Cinema selection  
20AsuranTamilVetri Maaran
21KappelaMalayalamMuhammed Musthafa
22ChhichhoreHindiNitesh Tiwary
 
Non-Feature Films

Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India comprises of a contemporary package of socially and aesthetically vibrant non-feature films selected by eminent Jury members who are associated with non-feature segment of Indian Film Industry.

In the 51st edition of International Film Festival of India, Non-Feature films selected under Indian Panorama will be showcased in Goa, from 16th-24th January, 2021.

Selected from a diverse pool of 143 contemporary Indian non-feature Films, the package of films exemplify the capacity of our emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values.
The Non – Feature Jury of seven members was headed by acclaimed feature and documentary Filmmaker Haobam Paban Kumar. The Jury constituted of the following Members:
  • Atul Gangwar, Director, Screenwriter, and Producer
  • Jwngdao Bodosa, Filmmaker
  • Mandar Talauliker, Filmmaker
  • Sajin Babu, Filmmaker
  • Satish Pande, Producer and Director
  • Vaijayanti Apte, Script writer and Producer
Jury’s choice for the opening Non-Feature film of Indian Panorama, 2020 is PAANCHIKA directed by Ankit Kothari.
The complete list of 20 Non-Feature Films selected for Indian Panorama section for 51st International Film Festival of India, 2020 are given below.

List of Non - Feature Films
S. No.Film NameDirectorLanguage
1.100 Years Of Chrysotom - A Biographical FilmBlessy Ipe ThomasEnglish
2.Ahimsa- Gandhi: The Power Of The PowerlessRamesh SharmaEnglish
3.CatdogAshmita Guha NeogiHindi
4.Drama QueensSohini DasguptaEnglish
5.Green BlackberriesPrithvirag Das GuptaNepali
6.Highways Of LifeMaibam Amarjeet SinghManipuri
7.Holy RightsFarha KhatunHindi
8.In Our WorldSreedhar Bs (Shred Shreedhar)English
9.Investing LifeVaishali Vasant KendaleEnglish
10.JaadooShoorveer TyagiHindi
11.Jhat Aayi BasantPramati AnandPahari/Hindi
12.Justice Delayed But DeliveredKamakhya Narayan SinghHindi
13.KhisaRaj Pritam MoreMarathi
14.Oru Paathiraa Swapnam PoleSharan VenugopalMalayalam
15.PaanchikaAnkit KothariGujarati
16.Pandhara ChivdaHimanshu SinghMarathi
17.RadhaBimal PoddarBengali
18.ShantabaiPratiik GuptaHindi
19.Still AliveOnkar DiwadkarMarathi
20.The 14th February & BeyondUtpal KalalEnglish

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