MUMBAI: The selection of feature and non – feature films for International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2006 were announced by the juries for the Indian Panorama 2006. IFFI will be held at Panaji (
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.
Madhur Bhandarkar’s Corporate has also been selected for the Indian Panorama at the festival. “Corporate has been selected for the Indian Panorama at the IFFI Film Festival. Out of the 96 Hindi films, panelist Saeed Mirza selected my film in the Hindi category. Corporate, which was in the last five missed the boat to the Oscars but I am confident that one day my film will be selected and win an Oscars for
The other Hindi film chosen is Banaras: A Mystic Love Story directed by Pankuj Parashar. Chitra Palekar’s marathi film Maati Maay will also be screened.
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.
This year the feature films jury was headed by filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza and had its members in Tamil filmmaker Vasanth S M, 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 Raja Mitra and had Jamia Mass Communication Research Centre director Iftekhar Ahmed, and filmmakers like 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.
COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS SELECTED IN THE INDIAN PANORAMA
Feature Films
Missed Call – Opening Film Of The Section
Mridul Toolsidass And Vinay Subramanian
English/ Hindi
Sringaram
Sharda Ramanathan
Tamil
Sonam
Ahsan Muzid
Monpa
Thanmatra
Blessy
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
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
Non Feature Films
And The World Remained Silent – Opening Film Of The Section
Ashoke Pandit
English
Between Darkness And Light
Ananya Biswas
English
26/7
Yashwant Ingawale And Rahul Kamble
English
Folk Theatres Of
Ashok Vishwanathan
English/Bengali
Kurumbas – Children Of The
Gautam Pandey
English
Lama Dance Of
Manas Bhowmick
English
Chabiwali Pocket Watch
Vibhu Puri
Hindi/Urdu
Dagar
Arvind Sinha
Hindi
Gadhajanam Safal
Vikram Srivastava
Hindi
Hans Akela
Jabbar Patel
Hindi
Kati Patang
Arun Gingade
Music Only
Guru Laimayum
Thambalngoubi Devi
Aribam Syam Sarma
Manipuri
Parsiwada Tarapore -Present Day
Kevan Umrigar
English / Gujarati
Vikram Vijay Chavhan
Hindi/English
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
U B Mathur
Hindi
B.R. Har Daur Mein Naya Daur
Vinay Vairale
Hindi
Sthapati
Hindi
Kshitij
Binitesh Baruri
Hindi
Aribam Syam Sarma
Gurumayum Nirmal
Manipuri /English
Andhium
Jacob Verghese
Malayalam
