8th Jagran Film Festival

The 8th Jagran Film Festival is organized in 16 cities of India namely, Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Dehradun, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhopal, Indore, Hisar, Ludhiana, Meerut, Raipur, and Mumbai. This edition of the festival will showcase 185 films from all around the world. The festival is an initiative of Jagran Prakashan Group, a publishing house listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India, aimed at promoting the appreciation of the cinematic art beyond the major metropolitan cities of India to smaller towns. The 8th Jagran Film Festival was held from July 1 to September 24, 2017. The first edition of Jagran Film Festival[1] was held in the year 2010.

8th Jagran Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Fakir of Venice (film)
Closing filmXiang Yang De Ri Zi ( Sun Flower)
LocationDelhi Kanpur Lucknow Allahabad Varanasi Patna Dehradun Ranchi Jamshedpur Bhopal Indore Hisar Ludhiana Meerut Raipur Mumbai, India
Founded2010
Festival date1 July 2017 – 24 September 2017
Websitewww.jagranfilmfestival.co.in

Jury

Indian Showcase Jury

The following people were on the jury for the Indian Features section:[2]

  • Sudhir Mishra, Director and Screenwriter
  • Divya Dutta, Indian Actress
  • Sunny Joseph, Director and Cinematographer
  • Sankalp Meshram, Director, Producer, Writer and Editor
  • Harmeet Singh, Music Director

Jagran Shorts Jury

The following people were on the jury for Jagran Shorts section:

Cinema Of The Sellers Jury

The following people were on the jury for Cinema of the Sellers section:

  • Sonal Dabral, Scriptwriter, Chairman and CCO of DDB Mudra Group (India)
  • Kailash Surendranath, Director and Co-founder of Kailash Picture Company
  • Raj Nair, Writer, CEO and CCO of Madison BMB
  • Nima DT Namchu, CCO of Havas Worldwide (India)
  • Prasoon Pandey, Director and Co-founder of Corcoise Films

International Jury

The following people were on the jury for International Features section:

  • Rahul Rawail, Film Director
  • Rauf Ahmed, Journalist, Film Critic and Author
  • Jainardhan Sathyan, Film Director, Producer and Editor

Official selections

Indian Showcase

This section is dedicated to the Indian Feature Films from all the regions of the country. The following films are under the Indian Feature section:

World Panorama

This section is dedicated to Foreign Feature Films. It includes feature films from different countries. The following films are under World Panorama section:

  • Blue Silence by Bülent Öztürk
  • Corporate by Nicolas Silhol
  • Dark Blue Girl by Mascha Schilinski
  • Pretty Far From Okay (Einmal Bitte Alles) by Helena Hufnagel
  • The Alley (El Callejόn) by Caro Duarte
  • Back to 97 (Em 97 Era Assim) by Zeca Brito
  • Inner Court (Foro ĺntimo) by Ricardo Mehedff
  • Golden Five by Goran Trenchovski
  • Point Of View (‘Im Auge Des Betrachters’) by Otwin Karl Biernat
  • The Desert Bride(La Novia Del Desierto) by Cecilia Atán
  • Last Christmas by Christiano Pahler
  • The Red Lands (Le Terre Rosse) by Giovanni Brancale
  • Napoli Underground by Salvatore Polizzi
  • Purple Horizons by Olgun Ӧzdemir
  • Side B by David Yánez
  • Still Summer by Yoon Hyung Chul
  • The Black Prince by Kavi Raz
  • Wood For The Trees (Vor Lauter Bäumen) by Pablo Callisaya
  • Rage (Wściekłość) by Michał Węgrzyn

Special Screening

The following films are under the Special Screening section:

Homage

The 8th edition of Jagran film festival pays homage to some of the veteran actors by screening their popular films. The following films were screened under the Homage section:

Awards

The following prizes were awarded: [3][4]

References

  1. "Jagran Film Festival". JFF. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. "Jagran Film Festival 2017: Jagran Jury". JFF. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. "Jagran Film Festival 2017: Nawazuddin Siddiqui received Ragnigandha Achievers Award". JFF. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. "The Awards Of The 8th Jagran Film Festival". JFF. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. "Awards received by Mukti BHawan". JFF. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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