IFFI’s Indian Panorama line-up includes India’s Oscar entry Koozhangal, regional films lead again

Indian Panorama Announces Official Selection for @IFFIGoa

SEMKHOR(Dimasa) To Be Opening Indian Feature Film

VED…THE VISIONARY Directed By Rajiv Parkash to be Opening Indian Non-Feature Film

25 Feature Films, 20 Non-Feature Films To Be Screened at #IFFIhttps://t.co/rGXuyqwznX pic.twitter.com/mqHAvK17MH

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India’s entry for the 2022 Academy Awards, Tamil movie Koozhangal, will be screened in the category, which is dominated by Marathi and Bengali movies. Actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay’s directorial Abhijaan is among the five Bengali movies, while Marathi films include features like Godavari, Funeral and Bittersweet. There are four Kannada movies in the segment as well. Hindi-language movies are Eight Down Toofaan Mail and Alpha Beta Gamma, besides two Malayalam films.

For the non-feature category, director Rajiv Parkash’s Ved?The Visionary will serve as the opening movie.

A jury headed by documentary filmmaker S. Nallamuthu considered 203 contemporary Indian non-feature films before picking the final 20.

The list includes seven Hindi films such as Bharat, Prakriti Ka Balak, Teen Adhyay, Jugalbandi and The Knocker. It also has three English movies, along with two Bengali and one film each from Assamese, Garhwali, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Manipuri, Santali and Tamil languages.

According to the organisers, the package of films exemplifies the capacity of “our emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values”.

The 52nd edition of International Film Festival of India is being organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Goa government.