Indian Panorama 2023 Announces Official Selection for IFFI 2023

GG News Bureau

Mumbai, 23^rd Oct. Indian Panorama, the flagship component of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), announces the selection of 25 feature films and 20 non-feature films. The selected films will be showcased at the 54th IFFI to be held from 20th – 28th November 2023 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 the feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the conditions and procedures in the said regulations of Indian Panorama.

The selection of the Indian Panorama is made by eminent personalities from the world of cinema from across India comprising a total of twelve Jury members for feature films and six Jury members for non-feature films led by the respective Chairpersons. Exercising their individual expertise, the eminent Jury panels contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to the selection of Indian Panorama films of respective categories.

Feature Films

The Feature Film Jury, comprising twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Film Director, Actor and Producer; Chairperson Shri. Dr. T. S. Nagabharana. The Feature Jury is constituted of the following Members who individually represent various acclaimed films, and film-related professions, while collectively representing the diverse Indian fraternity:

1.   Shri. A. Karthik Raaja; Cinematographer
2.   Shri. Anjan Bose; Film Director and Producer
3.   Smt. Dr. Itirani Samanta; Film Producer and Journalist
4.   Shri. K.P Vyasan; Film Producer, Director and Screenwriter
5.   Shri. Kamlesh Mishra; Film Director and Scriptwriter
6.   Shri. Kiran Ganti; Film Editor and Director
7.   Shri. Milind Lele; Film Director and Producer
8.   Shri. Pradip Kurbah; Film Director
9.   Ms. Rama Vij; Actor
10. Shri. Romi Meitei; Film Director
11. Shri. Sanjay Jadhav; Film Director and Cinematographer
12. Shri. Vijay Pande; Film Director and Editor

A package of 25 Feature films has been selected to be screened in the Indian Panorama section at the 54th IFFI from a broad spectrum of 408 contemporary Indian feature films. The following package of feature films reflects the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film industry.

List of 25 feature films selected in the Indian Panorama 2023 is as follows:

S. No.	Title of Film	Language	Director’s Name
	Aaraariraaro	Kannada	Sandeep Kumar V
	Aattam	Malayalam	Anand Ekarshi
	Ardhangini	Bengali	Kaushik Ganguly
	Deep Fridge	Bengali	Arjun Dutta
	Dhai Aakhar	Hindi	Praveen Arora
	Iratta	Malayalam	Rohit M.G. Krishnan
	Kaadhal Enbathu Pothu Udamai	Tamil	Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan
	Kaathal	Malayalam	Jeo Baby
	Kantara	Kannada	Rishab Shetty
	Malikappuram	Malayalam	Vishnu Sasi Shankar
	Mandali	Hindi	Rakesh Chaturvedi Om
	Mirbeen	Karbi	Mridul Gupta
	Neela Nira Sooriyan	Tamil	Samyuktha Vijayan
	Nna Thaan Case Kodu	Malayalam,	Ratheesh Balakrishna Poduval
	Pookkaalam	Malayalam	G A N E S H R A J
	Rabindra Kabya Rahasya	Bengali	Sayantan Ghosal
	Sanaa	Hindi	Sudhanshu Saria
	The Vaccine War	Hindi	Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri
	Vadh	Hindi	Jaspal Singh Sandhu
	Viduthalai Part 1	Tamil	Vetri Maaran
Mainstream Cinema Section
	2018-Everyone Is A Hero	Malayalam	Jude Anthany Joseph
	Gulmohar	Hindi	Rahul V Chittella
	Ponniyin Selvan Part – 2	Tamil	Mani Ratnam
	Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai	Hindi	Apoorv Singh Karki
	The Kerala Story	Hindi	Sudipto Sen

The Feature Film Jury’s choice for the opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2023 is the film Aattam, (Malayalam) directed by Mr Anand Ekarshi.

Non-Feature Films

The Non-Feature Film Jury, comprising six members, was headed by acclaimed documentary film Director Shri. Arvind Sinha. The Non-Feature Jury is constituted of the following Members who individually represent various acclaimed films and film-related professions, while collectively representing the diverse Indian fraternity:

1.   Shri. Arvind Pandey; Film Director and Writer
2.   Shri. Bobby Wahengbam; Film Director and Producer
3.   Shri. Dip Bhuyan; Film Director
4.   Shri. Kamlesh Udasi; Film Director and Producer
5.   Ms. Paushali Ganguli; Animator, Film Director and Screenwriter
6.   Shri. Varun Kurtkoti; Film Director

A package of 20 Non-Feature films have been selected to be screened in the Indian Panorama section at 54th IFFI from a broad spectrum of 239 contemporary Indian non-feature films. The package of non-feature films exemplifies the capacity of emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values.

List of 20 Non-Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2023 is as follows:

S. No.	Film Name	Language	Director
1	1947: Brexit India	English	Sanjivan Lal
2	Andro Dreams	Manipuri	Longjam Meena Devi
3	Baasan	Hindi	Jitank Singh Gurjar
4	Back To The Future	English	M.S. Bisht
5	Baruar Xongxar	Assamese	Utpal Borpujari
6	Behrupiya – The Impersonator	Hindi	Bhasker Vishwanathan
7	Bhangaar	Marathi	Sumira Roy
8	Nansei Nilam (Changing Landscape)	Tamil	Pravin Selvam
9	Chupi Roh	Dogri	Disha Bhardwaj
10	Giddh (The Scavenger)	Hindi	Manish Saini
11	Kathabor	Assamese	Keshar Jyoti Das
12	Lachit (The Warrior)	Assamese	Parthasarathi Mahanta
13	Last Meet	Manipuri	Waribam Dorendra Singh
14	Life In Loom	Hindi, Tamil,Assamese, Bengali, English	Edmond Ranson
15	Mau: The Spirit Dreams Of Cheraw	Mizo	Shilpika Bordoloi
16	Pradakshina	Marathi	Prathamesh Mahale
17	Sadabahar	Konkani	Suyash Kamat
18	Sri Rudram	Malayalam	Ananda Jyothi
19	The Sea & Seven Villages	Oriya	Himansu Sekhar Khatua
20	Utsavmurti	Marathi	Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi

The Non-Feature Film Jury’s choice for the opening non-feature film of Indian Panorama, 2023 is ‘Andro Dreams (Manipuri) directed by Ms. Longjam Meena Devi.

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. 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.