48th International Film Festival of India explained
The 48th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 28 November 2017 in Goa. "Celebrating the Future of Cinema" was set as the festival's theme and registrations were opened in early October 2017.[1]
Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh, who was appointed head of the jury of the Indian panorama section, resigned from the position on 14 November after alleging that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, that co-organizes the festival, dropped two films S Durga and Nude from screening in the Indian Panorama section, despite being chosen by the jury and without consulting them.[2] [3] Two other members Apurva Asrani and Gyan Correa quit the jury the following day.[4]
Winners
BPM (Beats per Minute) by Robin Campillo
Vivian Qu for "Angels Wear White"
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart for BPM (Beats per Minute)
Parvathy for Take Off
Kiro Russo for Dark Skull
Mahesh Narayanan for Take Off[5]
Special Awards
Film Kshitij A Horizon by Manouj Kadaamh.
Amitabh Bachchan[5]
Juries-mentor
Indian Panorama
Feature films
- Suresh Heblikar, filmmaker and actor[6]
- Rahul Rawail, film director
- Satarupa Sanyal, film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist
- Gopi Desai, film director and actress
- Nishikant Kamat, filmmaker
- Merlvin Mukhim, actor and film producer
- Nikkhil Advani, Film producer, director and screenwriter
- Hari Viswanath, film director, screenwriter and producer
- Sachin Chatte, film critic
- Ruchi Narain, film director and screenwriter
Non-feature films
- Sudhir Mishra, film director and screenwriter; President[6]
- Tuhinabha Majumdar, film director and film writer
- Shankhajeet De, filmmaker
- Mithunchandra Chaudhari, film director
- Shiny Jacob Benjamin, film producer, film director and writer
- Tinni Mitra, film editor
- K. G. Suresh, journalist and columnist
Official selections
Opening film
Closing film
BRICS
Out of the 30 films that were screened at the second BRICS Film Festival in June 2017 in China, seven award-winning were chosen to be screened.[9]
Bond Retrospective
Nine James Bond films were chosen to be featured to celebrate "over 50 years of James Bond's legacy".[10]
Committees
Three committees — Preview, Steering and Technical — were constituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting prior to inviting films for the festival. The Preview Committee, headed by filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri was set up to shortlist films for the festival. Filmmakers Jahnu Barua and Nagesh Kukunoor were named conveners of the Steering and Technical Committees.[11]
Steering Committee
A Steering Committee was set up composed of noted entertainment industry professionals:[1]
Film Preview Committee
A 40-member Film Preview Committee was set up to "enhance the involvement of the Indian film industry".[1] Its members included:
- Vivek Agnihotri, filmmaker; convener[13]
- Nitesh Tiwari, filmmaker
- Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, filmmaker
- Bhaskar Hazarika, filmmaker
- Gautami Tadimalla, actress
- Hrishitaa Bhatt, actress
- Pallavi Joshi, actress
- Khalid Mohamed, film critic
- Saibal Chatterjee, film critic
- Bhawana Somaaya, film critic and writer
Notes and References
- News: Registration begins for 48th IFFI. The Hindu. 5 October 2017 . 15 November 2017 . Kamat . Prakash .
- News: 48th International Film Festival of India: Days after two films dropped from fest, jury chief Sujoy Ghosh resigns. 15 November 2017. The Indian Express. 14 November 2017.
- News: Sujoy Ghosh quits as IFFI Indian Panorama section jury chief after I&B Ministry drops two films from lineup. 15 November 2017. The Hindu. 14 November 2017.
- News: IFFI row hots up, two more jury members resign. 15 November 2017. The Economic Times. 15 November 2017.
- Web site: IFFI 2017 complete winners list: Parvathy wins Best Actress; Amitabh Bachchan is 'Film Personality of The Year'. 28 November 2017 .
- Web site: Indian Panorama 2017. iffigoa.org. 15 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115141415/http://iffigoa.org/2017-indian-panorama/. 15 November 2017.
- Web site: 'Beyond the clouds' by Majid Majidi to open IFFI 2017 on 20th November. iffigoa.org. 15 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115075541/http://iffigoa.org/2017-opening-film-beyond-the-clouds/. 15 November 2017.
- Web site: Pablo César's film on Rabindranath Tagore to close IFFI 2017. 15 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115075803/http://iffigoa.org/closing-film-thinking-of-him/. 15 November 2017.
- Web site: BRICSHome. iffigoa.org. 15 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115142834/http://iffigoa.org/2017-brics/. 15 November 2017.
- Web site: Bond Retrospective. iffigoa.org. 15 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115144624/http://iffigoa.org/2017-bond-retrospective/. 15 November 2017.
- News: Director Vivek Agnihotri heads I&B Ministry constituted Preview Committee for IFFI 2017. 15 November 2017. The Times of India. 22 August 2017.
- Web site: Steering Committee of IFFI 2017. iffigoa.org. 15 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115134231/http://www.iffigoa.org/steering-committee-2017/. 15 November 2017.
- Web site: Preview Committee of IFFI 2017. iffigoa.org. 15 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115134621/http://www.iffigoa.org/preview-committee-2017/. 15 November 2017.
