Films for Indian Panorama at IFFI-2006 Finalized
20 FILMS EACH IN FEATURE AND NON FEATURE SECTIONS SELECTED
Selection
of feature and non – feature films were announced by the Juries for the Indian
Panorama 2006 today. The two juries
have recommended 20 films each for the two sections of Indian Panorama. The Indian Panorama section of the 37th
International Film Festival of India will open with Missed Call (English/Hindi)
directed by Mridul toolsidass and Vinay Subramanian, while the opening film of
the non-feature section would be “ And the world remained silent” directed by
Ashok Pandit. The juries have also
recommended that the Tamil film Sringaram directed by Sharada Ramanathan and
Sonam a film directed by the upcoming filmmaker Ahsan Muzid in an Arunachali
dialect Monpa will represent India in the Asian, African and Latin American
Competition section of the IFFI-2006.
The Juries
watched 96 feature films and 102 non-feature films over a period of 16 days to
make the selection. These films are all
produced between 1 August 2005 and 31 August 2006.
The Indian
Panorama selection is an integral part of the Film Festival. IFFI is to be held
at Panaji (Goa) from November 23 to December 03, 2006.
This year
the feature films Jury was headed by the noted filmmaker Shri Saeed Akhtar
Mirza and had its members noted Tamil filmmaker Vasanth S M, renowned Actress
from Marathi Cinema Aditi Deshpandey, veteran filmmaker from Assam, Pulak Gogoi
and film festival organizers George Mathew from Kerala and U Radhakrishnan from
Delhi as members. The non-feature films Jury was headed by veteran film
director from Bengal Shri Raja Mitra and had Iftekhar Ahmed, Director Jamia
Mass Communication Research Centre, noted filmmakers Vinod Ganatra and Anjan
Bose as members.
The aim of
the Indian Panorama is to select feature and non-feature films of cinematic,
thematic and aesthetic excellence for the promotion of film art through non
profit screenings of these films in International Film Festivals in India
and abroad, in Indian Film Weeks held under various exchange programmes and
Cultural Exchange Programmes, specialized Indian films festivals abroad and
in special Panorama Festivals in India.
(Photographs and Video Clips on
the event are available on PIB website i.e. http://pib.nic.in).
LIST
OF SELECTED FEATURE FILMS
|
S.NO.
|
FILM TITLE
|
DIRECTOR
|
LANGUAGE
|
|
MISSED CALL – OPENING
FILM OF THE SECTION
|
MRIDUL TOOLSIDASS AND VINAY SUBRAMANIAN
|
ENGLISH/ HINDI
|
|
SRINGARAM
|
SHARDA RAMANATHAN
|
TAMIL
|
|
SONAM
|
AHSAN MUZID
|
MONPA
|
|
THANMATRA
|
|
MALAYALAM
|
|
EAKANTHAM
|
MADHU KAITHAPURAM
|
MALAYALAM
|
|
AADUMKOOTHU
|
T V CHANDRAN
|
TAMIL
|
|
SAIRA
|
Dr. BIJU
|
MALAYALAM
|
|
DOSAR
|
RITUPARNO GHOSH
|
BENGALI
|
|
DHAVAMAI DHAVAMIRUNTHU
|
CHERAN
|
TAMIL
|
|
CORPORATE
|
MADHUR BHANDARKAR
|
HINDI
|
|
HOPE
|
K SATHYANARAYANA
|
TELUGU
|
|
JOYMOTI
|
MANJU BORAH
|
ASSAMESE
|
|
BANARAS: A MYSTIC LOVE STORY
|
PANKUJ PARASHAR
|
HINDI
|
|
NAYI NERALU
|
GIRISH KASRAVALLI
|
KANNADA
|
|
BAYO
|
GAJENDRA AHIRE
|
MARATHI
|
|
MAATI MAAY
|
CHITRA PALEKAR
|
MARATHI
|
|
BADHA
|
SUMITRA BHAVE & SUNIL SUKTHANKAR
|
MARATHI
|
|
NOTTAM
|
SASHI PARAVOOR
|
MALAYALAM
|
|
SONGSHOY
|
SAIBAL MITRA
|
BENGALI
|
|
DRISHTANTHAM
|
M P SUKUMARAN NAIR
|
MALAYALAM
|
LIST OF NON FEATURE FILMS SELECTED
|
S.NO.
|
FILM TITLE
|
DIRECTOR
|
LANGUAGE
|
|
1.
|
AND THE WORLD REMAINED SILENT – OPENING FILM OF THE SECTION
|
ASHOKE PANDIT
|
ENGLISH
|
|
2.
|
BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT
|
ANANYA BISWAS
|
ENGLISH
|
|
3
|
26/7
|
YASHWANT INGAWALE AND
RAHUL KAMBLE
|
ENGLISH
|
|
4
|
FOLK THEATRES OF BENGAL
|
ASHOK VISHWANATHAN
|
ENGLISH/BENGALI
|
|
5
|
KURUMBAS –
CHILDREN OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
|
GAUTAM PANDEY
|
ENGLISH
|
|
6
|
LAMA DANCE OF SIKKIM
|
MANAS BHOWMICK
|
ENGLISH
|
|
7
|
CHABIWALI POCKET WATCH
|
VIBHU PURI
|
HINDI/URDU
|
|
8
|
DAGAR
|
ARVIND SINHA
|
HINDI
|
|
9
|
GADHAJANAM SAFAL
|
VIKRAM SRIVASTAVA
|
HINDI
|
|
10
|
HANS AKELA
|
JABBAR PATEL
|
HINDI
|
|
11
|
KATI PATANG
|
ARUN GINGADE
|
MUSIC ONLY
|
|
12
|
GURU LAIMAYUM
THAMBALNGOUBI DEVI
|
ARIBAM SYAM SARMA
|
MANIPURI
|
|
13
|
PARSIWADA TARAPORE
-PRESENT DAY
|
KEVAN UMRIGAR
|
ENGLISH / GUJARATI
|
|
14
|
A ROUTE CALLED “13”
|
VIKRAM VIJAY CHAVHAN
|
HINDI/ENGLISH
|
|
15
|
HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE
|
U B MATHUR
|
HINDI
|
|
16
|
B.R. HAR DAUR MEIN NAYA DAUR
|
|
HINDI
|
|
17
|
STHAPATI
|
RAVI KUMAR
|
HINDI
|
|
18
|
KSHITIJ
|
BINITESH BARURI
|
HINDI
|
|
19
|
ARIBAM SYAM
SARMA
|
GURUMAYUM NIRMAL
|
MANIPURI /ENGLISH
|
|
20
|
ANDHIUM
|
JACOB VERGHESE
|
MALAYALAM
|
RS/AS
(Release ID :21547)