Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019 to be held in Goa from November 20-28

Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019 to be held in Goa from November 20-28

Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019 to be held in Goa from November 20-28

International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019 to be held in Goa: The 50th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2019, will be held from November 20-28 in Goa.

Over 200 best films from 76 countries, 26 feature films and 15 non-feature films in the Indian Panorama section will be screened at the film festival.

Around 10,000 people and film lovers are expected to participate in the golden jubilee edition.

This was announced by the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi.

The Minister also stated that as IFFI is celebrating its Golden Jubilee edition , 12 prominent films in different languages that have completed 50 years in 2019.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Amitabh Bachchan’s outstanding contribution to Cinema will be honoured and celebrated through a package of his impactful and entertaining films in the 50thedition”, said Union Minister Javadekar.

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Indian Panorama is a flagship section of IFFI, which showcases the best of contemporary Indian Feature and Non-Feature Films of the years. This year, the Feature Film Jury was headed by acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter Priyadarshan. The Jury has chosen the film HELLARO (Gujarati) directed by Abhishek Shah as the Opening Feature Film of Indian Panorama 2019.

The Non – Feature Jury was headed by well-known documentary Filmmaker Rajendra Janglay .The Non-Feature film Jury selected the film “Nooreh” directed by Ashish Pandey as the Opening non-feature film of Indian Panorama 2019.