51st International Film Festival Of India

The 51st International Film Festival of India was held from 16 to 24 January 2021 in Goa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the festival went hybrid, there was physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. Bangladesh was country of focus in the festival with four films of the country included in 'country of focus' section.

The festival highlighted autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by premiering a film by Shreedhar, ''In Our World'' in non-feature film, Indian Panorama section on 18 January 2021.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the festival were aired live on DD India and DD National channels on 16 January and 24 January 2021, respectively.

Events

Being a ‘hybrid’ film festival, a few events are organised online also.

Retrospective films

# ''Live Flesh'', '' Bad Education'' and ''Volver'' by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
# '' The Square'' and '' Force Majeure'' by Ruben Östlund (Sweden)
# '' One on One'' by Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)

Master classes

Shekhar Kapur, Priyadarshan, Perry Lang, Subhash Ghai and Tanvir Mokammel are scheduled to hold master classes.

In-conversation sessions

*Ricky Kej
*Madhur Bhandarkar
* Anjali Menon
*Prasoon Joshi
* Rahul Rawail
* Aditya Dhar
*John Matthew Matthan
*Prasanna Vithanage
*Bickram Ghosh
* Abu Bakr Shawky
*Anupama Chopra
*Sunil Doshi
*Dominic Sangma
*Sunit Tandon
* Hariharan
* Pablo Cesar

Tribute

Tribute to the celebrated filmmaker Satyajit Ray marking his birth centenary by screening his classic works:

*''Charulata'' (1964)
*'' Ghare Baire'' (1984)
*''Pather Panchali'' (1955)
*''Shatranj Ke Khilari'' (1977)
*''Sonar Kella'' (1974)

Tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary by screening film:

*'' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero'' by Shyam Benegal

Online events

# 50 films out of 224 films across various categories are scheduled to be screened online.
# Opening and closing ceremony live telecast
# Q&A sessions
# Film appreciation sessions by Film and Television Institute of India professors: Mazhar Kamran, Madhu Apsara and Pankaj Saxena
# Mid fest world premiere of ''Mehrunisa''

Jury

Sources:

International jury

* Pablo César (Argentina), director, producer, writer, actor and editor, Chairman
* Prasanna Vithanage (Sri Lanka), filmmaker
* Abu Bakr Shawky (Austria), writer and director
* Priyadarshan (India), director, screenwriter and producer
* Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh), director, writer and producer

Feature film jury

*John Matthew Matthan, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer, Chairperson
*Dominic Sangma, filmmaker and screenwriter
*Jadumoni Dutta, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
*Kala Master, choreographer
*Kumar Sohoni, filmmaker and writer
*Rama Vij, actor and producer
*B. Ramamurthy, 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, Federation of Film Societies of India

Non-feature film jury

* Haobam Paban Kumar, feature and documentary filmmaker, Chairperson
*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

Winners

Sources:

* Golden Peacock (Best Film): ''Into the Darkness''
* Silver Peacock:
**IFFI Best Director Award: Chen-Nien Ko for Taiwanese film ''The Silent Forest''
** IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Tzu-Chuan Liu, film ''The Silent Forest''
** IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Zofia Stafiej for Polish film ''I Never Cry''
** IFFI Best Debut Director Award: Valentina by Cassio Pereira dos Santos
** Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: ''February'' by Kamen Kalev
** Special Mention: Kripal Kalita for the film ''Bridge''

Special awards

* Life Time Achievement Award - Vittorio Storaro
*IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: '' 200 Meters'' by Ameen Nayfeh
* Indian Film Personality of the Year - Biswajit Chatterjee

Official selections

Source:

Opening film

* '' Another Round'' (Denmark), by Thomas Vinterberg, it was Denmark's official entry to the Oscars, in 2020.

Mid fest film

*''Mehrunisa'' (Austria), directed by Sandeep Kumar, stars formidable actor Farrukh Jaffar (88). The film revolves around the story that lends wings to a woman's lifelong dream.

Closing film

*''Wife of a Spy'' (Japan), theatrical version of television film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a historical drama won the Silver Lion for Best Director at 77th Venice International Film Festival.

Kaleidoscope section

Twelve foreign films were screened in this section.

These include:

# ''Night of the Kings'' by Philippe Lacôte (France)
# ''Love Affair(s)'' by Emmanuel Mouret (France)
# ''The Big Hit'' (Un triomphe) by Emmanuel Courcol (France)
# ''Window Boy Would also Like to Have a Submarine'' by Alex Piperno (Uruguay)
# ''Forgotten We’ll Be'' by Fernando Trueba (Columbia)
# ''Haifa Street'' by Mohanad Hayal (Iraq)
# ''We Still Have the Deep Black Night'' by Gustavo Galvao (Brazil, Germany)
# ''Parthenon'' by Mantas Kvedaravicius (Lithuania)
# ''Apples'' by Christos Nikou (Greece)
# '' My Little Sister'' by Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond (Switzerland)
# ''The Death of Cinema and My Father Too'' by Dani Rosenberg (Israel)
# ''Valley of the Gods'' by Lech Majewski (Poland)

Golden peacock award

In international section, 15 films are competing for the Golden Peacock Award. Argentine filmmaker Pablo Cesar is head of its international jury panel.

The films competing for the Golden Peacock Award are:

# '' The Domain'' by Tiago Guedes (Portugal)
# ''Into The Darkness'' by Anders Refn (Denmark)
# ''February'' by Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria, France)
# '' My Best Part'' by Nicolas Maury (France)
# ''I Never Cry'' by Piotr Domalewski (Poland, Ireland)
# ''La Veronica'' by Leonardo Medel (Chile)
# ''Light For The Youth'' by Shin Su-won (South Korea)
# ''Red Moon Tide'' by Lois Patiño (Spain)
# ''Dream About Sohrab'' by Ali Ghavitan (Iran)
# ''The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night'' by Ramin Rasouli (Afghanistan, Iran)
# ''The Silent Forest'' by KO Chen-Nien (Taiwan)
# ''Bridge'' by Kripal Kalita (India)
# ''A Dog and His Man'' by Siddharth Tripathy (India)
# ''Thaen'' by Ganesh Vinayakan (India)
Award winning film

Indian panorama award

;Feature films
*'' Saand Ki Aankh'' (Hindi), opening film
*''Bridge'' (Assamese)
*''Avijatrik'' (Bengali)
* ''Aavartan'' (Hindi)
*''A Dog And His Man'' (Chhattisgarhi)
*''Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti'' (Bengali)
*''Pinki Elli?'' (Kannada)
*''Safe'' (Malayalam)
*''Eigi Kona'' (Manipuri)
*'' Prawaas'' (Marathi)
*''Kalira Atita'' (Oriya)
*''Thaen'' (Tamil)
*''Gatham'' (Telugu)
*'' Asuran'' (Tamil)
*''Chhichhore'' (Hindi)
*''Kappela'' (Malayalam)
*''Up, Up & Up'' (animation)
*''Namo'' (Sanskrit)
*''June'' (Marathi)
*''Karkhanisanchi Waari'' (Marathi)
*'' Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha'' (Malayalam)
*''Thahira'' (Malayalam)
*''Trance'' (Malayalam)

;Non feature films

* ''100 Years Of Chrysotom'' - A Biographical Film (English)
* ''Ahimsa- Gandhi: The Power Of The Powerless'' (English)
* ''Catdog'' (Hindi)
*''Drama Queens'' (English)
*''Green Blackberries'' (Nepali)
*''Highways Of Life'' (Manipuri)
*''Holy Rights'' (Hindi)
*''In Our World'' (English)
*''Investing Life'' (English)
*''Jaadoo'' (Hindi)
*''Jhat Aayi Basant'' (Pahari/Hindi)
*''Justice Delayed But Delivered'' (Hindi)
*''Khisa'' (Marathi)
*'' Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole'' (Malayalam)
*''Paanchika'' (Gujarati)
*''Pandhara Chivda'' (Marathi)
*''Radha'' (Bengali)
*''Shantabai'' (Hindi)
*''Still Alive'' (Marathi)
*''The 14th February & Beyond, by Utpal Kalal'' (English), It's an investigative film on Valentine's Day

In memoriam

A special section in this festival will be organized in honour of the artists who died in the year 2020 to pay homage to them.
* '' 42'' starring Chadwick Boseman
* '' Basant Bahar'' starring Nimmi
* ''Bobby'' starring Rishi Kapoor
* '' Brahmachari''
* '' Chilika Teerey'' starring Bijay Mohanty
* ''Charulata'', by Satyajit Ray, starring Soumitra Chatterjee
* ''Chhoti Si Baat'' by Basu Chatterjee
* ''Cutter's Way'' by Ivan Passer
* ''Dabangg'', music directed by Wajid Khan
* ''Devdas'', dance choreographed by Saroj Khan
* ''Dombivali Fast'' by Nishikant Kamat
* ''Ek Din Achanak''
* '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''
* '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' starring Max von Sydow
* ''Gandhi'' costume designer Bhanu Athaiya
* '' Ghare Baire'', Satyajit Ray
* ''Kedarnath'' starring Sushant Singh Rajput
* ''Land of the Gods''
* '' Midnight Express'' by Alan Parker
* '' Mission Kashmir''
* '' Paan Singh Tomar'' starring Irrfan Khan
* ''Paths of Glory''
* ''Sigaram'' starring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
* ''Sonar Kella'' starring Soumitra Chatterjee
* ''Soorma Bhopali'' by Jagdeep
* ''Tara''
* ''The Hateful Eight'' music composed by Ennio Morricone
* ''The Heiress'' starring Olivia de Havilland

World panorama

Source
*''Only Human'' by Igor Ivanov (Macedonia)
*''The Lawyer'' by Romas Zabarauskar (Lithuania)
*''Rupsa Nodir Banke'' by Tanvir Mokammel (Bangladesh)
*''Buiten Is Het Feest'' by Jelle Nesna (Netherlands)
*''3 PUFF'' by Saman Salour (Andorra)
*''The Atlantic City Story'' by Henry Butash (USA)
*''Gesture'' by Pouya Parsamagham (Iran)
*''Zhanym, Ty Ne Poverish'' by Ernar Nurgaliev (Kazakhstan)
*''Running Against The Wind'' by Jan Philipp Weyl (Germany, Ethiopia)
*'' Spring Blossom'' by Suzanne Lindon (France)
*''The Audition'' by Ina Weisse (Germany)
*''Moral Order'' by Mario Barroso (Portugal)
*''Unidentified'' by Bogdan George Apetri (Romania)
*''The First Death of Joana'' by Cristiane Oliveira (Brazil)
*''The trouble with Nature'' by Illum Jacobi (Denmark, France)
*''The Castle'' by Lina LužYtė (Lithuania, Ireland)
*''Maternal'' by Maura Delpero (Italy)
*''A Fish Swimming Upside Down'' by Erliza Pëtkova (Germany)
*''Fauna'' by Nicolás Pereda (Spanish)
*''Suk Suk'' by Ray Yeung (Hong Kong)
*''Long Time No See'' by Pierre Filmon (France)
*''Summer Rebels'' by Martina Sakova (Slovakia)
*''In The Dusk'' by Šarūnas Bartas (Lithuania)
*''A Common Crime'' by Francisco Márquez (Argentina)
*''Lola'' by Laurent Micheli (Belgium, France)
*''The Voiceless'' by Pascal Rabaté (France)
*''The Taste of Pho'' by Mariko Bobrik (Poland, Germany)
*''Stardust'' by Gabriel Range (UK)
*''Funny Face'' by Tim Sutton (USA)
*''Naked Animals'' by Melanie Waelde (Germany)
*''Las Niñas'' by Pilar Palomero (Spain)
*''Kala Azar'' by Janis Rafa (Netherlands, Greece)
*''История Одной Картины'' by Ruslan Magomadov (Russia)
*Paradies by Immanuel Esser (Germany)
*''Borderline by Anna'' Alfieri (UK)
*''A Simple Man'' by Tassos Gerakinis (Greece)
*'' 180° Rule'' by Farnoosh Samadi (Iran)
*''Here We Are'' by Nir Bergman (Israel, Italy)
*''The Border'' by Davide David Carrera (Colombia)
*''End Of Season'' by ElmarImanov (Azerbaijan, Germany, Georgia)
*''This Is My Desire'' by Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri (Nigeria, USA)
*''Karnawal'' by Juan Pablo Felix (Argentina)
*''Parents'' by Eric Bergkraut, Ruth Schweikert (Switzerland)
*''The Voice'' by OgnjenSviličić (Croatia)
*''Spiral...Fear Is Everywhere'' by Kurtis David Harder (Canada)
*''Isaac'' by Angeles Hernandez & David Matamoros (Spain)
*''Farewell Amor'' by Ekwa Msangi (US)
*''The Man Who Sold His Skin'' by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France)
*''Roland Rabers Cabaret of Death'' by Roland Reber (Germany)
*''Children of the Sun'' by Prasanna Vithanage (Sri Lanka)

Country in focus

Four Bangladeshi films will be showcased in this section.

* ''Jibondhuli'' by Tanvir Mokammel
* '' Meghmallar'' by Zahidur Rahim Anjan
* '' Under Construction'' by Rubaiyat Hossain
* ''Sincerely Yours, Dhaka'' by Tanvir Ahsan, Abdullah Al Noor, Syed Saleh Sobhan Auneem, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Golam Kibria Farooki, Mir Mukarram Hossain, Nuhash Humayun, Mahmudul Islam, Rahat Rahman, Robiul Alam Robi, Syed Ahmed Shawki

Goan films

Source

*''Shinvar'' - The Downpour
*''Written in the Corners''

ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal

The IFFI presents ICFT Prize consisting of the UNESCO Gandhi Medal in collaboration with International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) Paris.

*'' 200 Meters'' by Ameen Nayfeh (Italy, Sweden, Jordan, Palestine, Qatar)
*''An Old Lady'' by Lim Sun-ae (South Korea)
*'' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' by Burhan Qurbani (Germany, Netherlands)
*''The Lamp of Truth'' by Thanesh Gopal (Canada)
*''Palmyra'' by Ivan Bolotnikov (Russia)
*'' Prawaas'' by Shashank Udapurkar (India)
*''Red Soil'' by Farid Bentouumi (Belgium, France)
*''Summertime'' by Carlos López Estrada (USA)
*''Thahira'' by Siddik Paravoor (India)
*''Unsound'' by Ian Watson (Australia)

Debut director

*''Gold For Dogs'' by Anna Cazenave Cambet (France)
*''Otto the Barbarian'' by Ruxandra Maria Ghițescu (Belgium, Romania)
*''Ravine'' by Balázs Krasznahorkai (Hungary)
*''Valentina'' by Cássio Pereira dos Santos (Brazil)
*''Wildfire'' by Cathy Brady (Ireland, UK)

Special screening

*'' Acasă, My Home'' by Radu Ciorniciuc (Romania)
*''An Impossible Project'' by Jens Meurer (Germany)
*''I Am Greta'' by Nathan Grossman (Sweden)
*''Little Girl'' by Sébastien Lifshitz (France)
*'' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero'' by Shyam Benegal (India)
*''The Human Voice'' by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)

References

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