International Film Festival of India’s (IFFI) flagship component, the Indian Panorama announced on Saturday the selection of 25 feature films and 20 non-feature films.
According to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, these selected films will be showcased at the 53rd IFFI to be held from November 20 – 28, 2022 in Goa.
The aim of the Indian Panorama, organized by the National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, is to select feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the conditions and procedure in the said regulations of Indian Panorama.
The 25 Feature films are:
- ‘Mahananda’, directed by Arindam Sil, Bengali
- ‘Three of Us’, directed by Avinash Arun Dhaware, Hindi
- ‘The Storyteller’, directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, Hindi
- ‘Major’, directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka, Hindi
- ‘Siya’, directed by Manish Mundra, Hindi
- ‘Dhabari Quruvi’, directed by Priyanandanan, Irula
- ‘Hadinelentu’, directed by Prithvi Konanur, Kannada
- ‘Naanu Kusuma’, directed by Krishne Gowda, Kannada
- ‘Lotus Blooms’, directed by Pratik Sharma, Maithili
- ‘Ariyippu’, directed by Mahesh Narayanan, Malayalam
- ‘Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009’, directed by Tharun Moorthy, Malayalam
- ‘Frame’, directed by Vikram Patwardhan, Marathi
- ‘Sher Shivraj’, directed by Digpal Lanjekar, Marathi
- ‘Ekda Kaay Zala’, directed by Dr. Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni, Marathi
- ‘Pratikshya’, directed by Anupam Patnaik, Oriya
- ‘Kurangu Pedal’, directed by Kamalakannan S, Tamil
- ‘Kida’, directed by RA.Venkat, Tamil
- ‘Jai Bhim’, directed by Tha. Se. Gnanavel, Tamil
- ‘Cinema Bandi’, directed by Kandregula Praveen, Telugu
- ‘Kudhiram Bose’, directed by Vidya Sagar Raju, Telugu
- ‘The Kashmir Files’, directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, Hindi
- ‘RRR’ (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram), directed by S S Rajamouli, Telugu
- ‘Tonic’, directed by Avijit Sen, Bengali
- ‘Akhanda’, directed by Boyapati Srinivasa Rao, Telugu
- ‘Dharmveer….Mukkam Post Thane’, directed by Pravin Vitthal Tarde, Marathi
The 20 Non-Feature films
- ‘Pataal-Tee’, directed by Mukund Narayan and Santosh Singh, Bhotiya
- ‘Taangh’, directed by Bani Singh, English
- ‘Ayushman’, directed Jacob Varghese, English
- ‘Other Ray: Art of Satyajit Ray’, directed by Jaydip Mukherjee, English
- ‘Gurujana’, directed by Sudipto Sen, English
- ‘Hatibondhu’, directed by Kripal Kalita, English
- ‘Clinton’, directed by Prithviraj Das Gupta, English
- ‘The Show Must Go On’, directed by Divya Cowasji, English
- ‘Khajuraho, Anand Aur Mukti’, directed by Ramji Om and Deepika Kothari, Hindi
- ‘Vibhajan Ki Vibhishka Unkahi Kahaniyan’, directed by Hitesh Shankar, Hindi
- ‘Fatima’, directed by Sourabh Kanti Dutta, Hindi
- ‘Chhu Med Na Yul Med’, directed by Munmun Dhalaria, Hindi
- ‘Before I Die’, directed by Nakul Dev, Hindi
- ‘Madhyantara’, directed by Basti Dinesh Shenoy, Kannada
- ‘Wagro’, directed by Sainath S Uskaikar, Konkani
- ‘Veetilekku’, directed by Akhil Dev M, Malayalam
- ‘Beyond Blast’, directed by Saikhom Ratan, Manipuri
- ‘Rekha’, directed by Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe, Marathi
- ‘Yaanam’, directed by Vinod Mankara, Sanskrit
- ‘Little Wings’, directed by Naveenkumar Muthaiah, Tamil
The selected films for Indian Panorama section, with an aim for the promotion of film art through, 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 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.
