The 19th edition of the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) is set to open with the Mongolian drama film “Women”. The festival will take place between March 11th and 18th and will take place both online and offline.
The festival jury selected fourteen films to compete in the international section of the festival. The film list was announced at the last press conference in Pune.
The festival director, Dr. Jabbar Patil, announced the names of the films in the international competition categories and the names of the jury members who will review the films this year. He also announced the seven films that will compete in the films Marathi and Marathi (non-competing category).
“As the jury is an important part of the festival, this year eight members of the jury from around the world will review the films,” said Jabbar Patel.
Attending the conference were Amit Tyagi, Assistant Director of the MIT School of Film and Television, Samar Nakhhat, Creative Director, PIFF, Satish Alkar and Dr. Mohan Agashi, trustee of PIFF, and Abhit Ranadev, head of creative department and member of the film, part of the selection committee, PIFF. .
Vishal Shindy, PIFF Deputy Director, reported on the online screening of the film. He said: “A total of 26 films will be shown online and this year we will be using a trusted overseas platform called Shift 72 that has previously been used at international film festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Toronto. Viewers can only log in from one device. The films shown daily will be available to viewers online at any time for a period of 24 hours and a link will be sent to the audience registered in their email, the viewer’s identity will be registered and there will be no risk of downloading or recording the films. India uses this secure platform to watch movies. ”
Names of Movies in the Global Competition Category
1. When the wind falls (Director – Nora Martirosian, France, Armenia, Belgium)
2. In the shadows (Director – (Erdem Tepe وز uz, Turkey)).
3. Large print (Director – Radu God, Romania).
4. Common Crime (Director – Francisco Marquez, Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland, UK)
5. The Extra-Terrestrial (Director – Nader Sayfar, Iran)
6- Kala Azar (director – Janice Rafa, Holland, Greece)
7. True Mothers (Director – Naomi Kawase, Japan)
8th Night of Kings (Director – Philippe Lacot, France, Canada, Senegal)
9. Russian Death (Director – Vladimir Mirzov, Russia)
10. Dear Comrades (Director – Andrey Konchalovsky, Russia)
11. Charlatan (Manager – Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic, Poland)
12. Best Families (Director – Javier Fuentes – Leon, Colombia, Peru)
13 – Isaac (Director Jurgis Matulevicius, Lithuania)
14.12 * 12 (Direktor – Gaurav Madan, Indien)
The names of the jury are as follows:
1. György Baron (Film critic, Hungary)
2 – Mania Akbari (Director, Iran)
3 – Lisa Ray (actress, Canada)
4. Long Dinh Dong (producer, writer, filmmaker, Vietnam)
5 – Andrei Kusak (Director, Slovenia)
6 – Goran Radovanovi (writer and director, Serbia)
7. Ein Sreekar Prasad (Editor, India)
8 – Suman Mukhubadhyay (Filmemacher, India)
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