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The 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) volition beryllium held successful Goa from November 20 to 28 and diagnostic implicit 240 films from 81 countries, including 13 satellite premieres, 5 planetary premieres and 44 Asian premieres, officials said connected Friday. The 2025 variation of the IFFI volition tally from November 20 to 28.
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth volition beryllium felicitated successful the closing ceremony. The histrion volition beryllium honoured for completing 50 years of his cinematic journey.
Japan has been named the 'Country of Focus' for 2025 and six curated titles, representing the nation’s evolving cinematic language, volition beryllium screened astatine the festival. This year’s festival received a grounds 2,314 submissions from 127 countries, including 1098 entries from 18 antithetic languages from India.
“IFFI 2025 marks a important section arsenic it embraces inclusivity and diversity, showcasing voices from each corners of the satellite portion spotlighting Indian determination cinema’s affluent tapestry. By introducing programmes focused connected emerging filmmakers and integer storytelling, IFFI is nurturing platforms that champion caller endowment and observe the improvement of filmmaking successful the integer age,” accusation and broadcasting curate Ashwini Vaishnaw said successful a statement.
The opening movie of IFFI 2025 is Brazilian auteur Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail, a sci-fi and phantasy diagnostic pursuing a 75-year-old woman’s defiant voyage done the Amazon. The film, a quiescent manifesto connected state and dignity, won the Silver Bear - Grand Jury Prize astatine the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival. The Gala Premieres conception volition diagnostic 18 titles, including 13 satellite premieres, 2 Asia premieres, 1 India premiere, and 2 peculiar showcase screenings.
The assemblage for planetary contention is headed by filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The festival’s 9 curated sections see Docu-Montage, From the Festivals, Rising Stars, Mission Life, Experimental Films, Restored Classics, Macabre Dreams, UNICEF and Cinema of the World. The movie gala volition diagnostic an extended slate of 21 masterclasses and sheet discussions crossed 10 formats astatine Kala Academy, bringing unneurotic immoderate of the astir salient names successful Indian and planetary cinema.
Experts see Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Anupam Kher, Aamir Khan, Bobby Deol, Ravi Varman, Kushboo Sundar, Suhasini Maniratnam, Christopher Charles Corbould OBE, Pete Draper and Sreekar Prasad. Sessions volition screen topics specified arsenic editing and acting successful the integer era, theatre and sustainability, arsenic good arsenic AI and VFX technologies.
IFFI 2025 volition observe centenaries of cinematic legends Guru Dutt, Raj Khosla, Ritwik Ghatak, P Bhanumathi, Bhupen Hazarika and Salil Chowdhury by showcasing restored classics of their work. The Indian Panorama conception volition diagnostic 25 diagnostic films, 20 non-feature films and 5 debut features.
Tamil movie Amaran, directed by Rajkumar Periyasamy and starring Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi, volition unfastened the diagnostic category, portion Kakori volition unfastened the non-feature section. The diagnostic movie assemblage is headed by histrion Raja Bundela, portion Dharam Gulati leads the assemblage for non-feature category.
‘Bindusagar’ premiere
Bindusagar, 1 of the astir awaited Odia films successful caller years, has been selected for its World Premiere. Produced by Shiladitya Bora’s Platoon One Films, the movie volition debut arsenic portion of the prestigious Gala Presentation astatine IFFI 2025, taking Odia cinema to immense heights.
The Women successful Cinema and Emerging Voices segments volition spotlight inclusivity and caller perspectives, featuring implicit 50 films directed by women and an adjacent fig by debut filmmakers. Besides, the lawsuit volition besides 125 years of V Shantaram done a peculiar screening of the director's acclaimed 1946 movie Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani.
The organisers are besides launching AI Film Festival and Cinema AI Hackathon, which volition contiguous AI-generated films crossed fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental genres. The 48-hour Cinema AI Hackathon volition situation developers and storytellers to plan innovative AI-powered cinematic tools.
