The 52nd International Film Festival of India opened on 20 November 2021 with The King of All the World (El Rey de Todo El Mundo) by Carlos Saura in Goa. Like the 51st edition, this edition was held in a hybrid format which combined online and face-to-face participation. The BRICS Film Festival was held alongside main festival, in which films from BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, South Africa, China and India were showcased. These five countries were 'the 'countries of focus' in the 52nd edition of the festival.

In the 2021 festival, on the occasion of the birth centenary of Satyajit Ray, the Directorate of Film Festivals paid tribute to him through a 'Special Retrospective' in which his 11 specially curated films were screened. The Lifetime Achievement award, in recognition of the auteur's legacy, was named the ‘Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award’ from this year. In this edition, for the first time, streaming video platforms Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee5, Voot and Sony Liv participated in a series of physical and virtual events.

The opening ceremony on 20 November 2021, hosted by Karan Johar and Manish Paul, was aired live. It was also streamed live on YouTube. The festival closed on 28 November with Asghar Farhadi's film A Hero, and the closing ceremony was streamed live on YouTube.

Events

Being a 'hybrid' film festival, a few events were organised online also.

Master classes

• Netflix organised a three-day virtual masterclass by the school of image and arts, Gobelins, l'École de l'image, based in Paris.
• Screenwriters Sumit Purohit and Saurav Dey held master classes organised by SonyLiv.
• Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari curated Breakpoint, a series on tennis stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, organised by ZEE5.
• 75 creative minds in the age group of 35 years and below were invited to interact with industry stalwarts and attend masterclasses.

Tribute

The festival paid tribute to:

• Dilip Kumar, Indian actor and film producer
• Sumitra Bhave, Indian filmmaker
• Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Indian poet and filmmaker
• Sanchari Vijay, Indian actor
• Surekha Sikri, Indian theatre, film and television actress
• Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor
• Bertrand Tavernier, French director, screenwriter, actor and producer
• Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
• Jean-Claude Carrière, French novelist, screenwriter and actor
• Sean Connery, Scottish actor
• Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and dancer

Retrospective films section

The retrospective section featured Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, Russian filmmaker and stage director Andrei Konchalovsky, and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Rajinikanth.

Creative minds of the future

75 creative minds selected in the first round by a selection jury and in the final round by a grand jury attended the 52nd International Film Festival. These '75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow' in the age group of 35 years and below interacted with industry stalwarts and attended the masterclasses.

Grand jury

• Prasoon Joshi, lyricist and chairman, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
• Ketan Mehta, director
• Shankar Mahadevan, composer and singer
• Manoj Bajpayee, actor
• Resul Pookutty, Oscar winning sound recordist
• Vipul Amrutlal Shah, filmmaker

Selection jury

• Vani Tripathi, producer and actor, member of CBFC
• Anant Vijay, writer
• Yatindra Mishra, author and writer
• Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, filmmaker
• Sachin Khedekar, actor, director

Jury

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International jury

• Rakhshān Banietemad (Iran), filmmaker, chairperson
• Stephen Woolley (UK), film producer and director
• Ciro Guerra (Columbia), film director and screenwriter
• Vimukthi Jayasundara (Sri Lanka), filmmaker, critic and visual artist
• Nila Madhab Panda (India), producer and director

Feature film jury

• SV Rajendra Singh Babu (India), filmmaker and actor, works in Kannada cinema, chairperson
• Rajendra Hegde, audiographer
• Makhonmani Mongsaba, filmmaker
• Vinod Anupama, film critic
• Jayashree Bhattcharya, filmmaker
• Gyan Sahay, cinematographer
• Prasantanu Mohapatra, cinematographer
• Hemendra Bhatia, actor, writer and filmmaker
• Asim Bose, cinematographer
• Pramod Pawar, actor and filmmaker
• Manjunath T S, cinematographer
• Malay Ray, filmmaker
• Parag Chhapekar, filmmaker, journalist

Non-feature film jury

• S. Nallamuthu (India), leading wildlife and documentary filmmaker, chairperson
• Akashaditya Lama, filmmaker
• Sibanu Borah, documentary filmmaker
• Suresh Sharma, film producer
• Subrat Jyoti Neog, film critic
• Manisha Kulshreshtha, writer
• Atul Gangwar, writer

Preview committee

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• Suresh Bhardwaj, ex professor and dean, NSD
• Malti Sahay, ex director, IFFI
• Manjula Shirodkar, journalist and film critic
• Satinder Mohan, ADG (Rtd) MOD, film critic
• Rajesh S. Jala, filmmaker
• Joydeep Ghosh, filmmaker and journalist
• Shyam Malick, filmmaker and journalist
• Vishnu Sharma, author, film critic, and journalist

Official selection

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Sections

• Kaleidoscope section
• Golden Peacock Award
• Films for debut competition
• ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
• Indian Panorama
  • Feature films
  • Non-feature films
• World Panorama
• Soul of Asia
• Country of focus
• Masters of cinema
• Jury package
• Special Tribute/Homage
• Retrospective film
• Sports package
• Special screening
• India @75

Opening and closing films

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Kaleidoscope section

11 films are shortlisted for screening under Kaleidoscope section.

Golden Peacock Award

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Highlighted title indicates award winner

Films for debut competition

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Highlighted title indicates award winner

IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal

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Highlighted title indicates award winner

Indian Panorama

In Indian Panorama, feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic, and aesthetic excellence are selected for the promotion of film art through the non-profit screening of these films under different categories.

Feature films

India's entry for the 2022 Academy Awards, Tamil film Koozhangal, was screened in the Indian Panorama feature film segment. 24 feature films reflecting the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film industry were selected out of 221 contemporary films for screening.

Non-feature films

World Panorama

55 films were invited for screening under the World Panorama section.

Soul of Asia

Six films were slated for screening under this section.

Country of focus

The 6th edition of BRICS Film Festival was held alongside main festival, in which films from BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, South Africa, China and India, are showcased. These five countries are 'countries of focus'.

Masters of cinema

Jury package

Special tribute

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Retrospective films

Sports package

Special screening

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India @75

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Awards and winners

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• Golden Peacock (Best Film): The award carries a cash prize of ₹40 lakh (US$48,000) shared equally between the director and producer. The director will receive the 'Golden Peacock' and a certificate in addition to the cash prize. The Producer will receive a certificate in addition to the cash.
• Silver Peacock:
  • Best Director: Silver Peacock, certificate and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh (US$18,000)
  • Best Actor: Silver Peacock, certificate and a cash prize of ₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
  • Best Actress: Silver Peacock, certificate and a cash prize of ₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
  • Best Debut Film of a Director: Silver Peacock, certificate and a cash prize of ₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
  • Special Jury Award: Silver Peacock, certificate and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh (US$18,000) given to a film or an individual. The award will be given to the director of the film in case a film wins the award.
  • Special Mention:
• ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
• Stayajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award
• Indian Film Personality of the Year Award

Winners

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Winners BRICS Film Festival

See also

• List of film festivals in India
• 50th International Film Festival of India

References

External links

• Official website