The 22nd edition of the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will be held from tomorrow January 18 to 25,2024. The announcement was made recently by Dr. Jabbar Patel, the director of PIFF in a press conference. More than 140 films from 51 countries will be screened in this festival organised jointly by Pune Film Foundation and Government of Maharashtra. Ravi Gupta, Secretary of Pune Film Foundation, Samar Nakhate, Chairman of Film Selection Committee and other dignitaries were present on the occasion. The theme of this year’s film festival is ‘Cinema is a hope’ and the symbol of the theme was also released on the occasion. 140 Films as part of the festival will be screened on 11 screens at PVR Icon (6 screens) in Pavilion Mall on Senapati Bapat Road, Inox (3 screens) in Camp and Cinepolis cinema (2 screens) at Westend Mall in Aundh.

“Considering the positive response received last year, organisers added 2 more screens this year, to accommodate more audience,” . added that this year, 1186 films from 68 countries had sent entries to PIFF and more than 140 of them have been selected for the festival The online registration process for the festival ongoing at the official website of the festival www.piffindia.com and the spot registration process at theatres was started from January 5, 2024. The registration fee for the entire festival is just Rs. 800 for everyone.

World Competition – A Sensitive Person – (Director: Tomáš Klein, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic) – Blaga’s Lessons- (Director: Stephan Komandarev, Bulgaria, Germany) – Citizen Saint – (Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili, Georgia, Bulgaria, France) – Fly On – (Director: Takuya Kato, Japan, France) – Here – (Director: Bas Devos, Belgium) – Oceans Are The Real Continents – (Director: Tommaso Santambrogio, Cuba, Italy) – Puan – (Director: María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat, Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, Brazil) – Schlamassel – (Director: Sylke Enders, Germany) – Terrestrial Verses – (Director: Alireza Khatami, Ali Asgari, Iran) – The Burdened – Director: Amr Gamal, Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia) – The Dreamer – (Director: Anaïs Tellenne, France) – The Sentence – (Director: Fazil Razak, India) – Toll – (Director: Carolina Markowicz, Brazil, Portugal) – Tomorrow is a Long Time – (Director: Jow Zhi Wei, Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal)

Apart from Film Screenings , master class , panel discussions from eminent film personalities will be held in the festival.

Last year Academy Award Winning Music Composer  for “RRR” Telugu film MM Keervani to be honoured with the prestigious S. D. Burman International Award for his outstanding contributions to the Music from past 3 decades.

Eminent Film Maker & Actor Goutam Ghose  to be honored with PIFF Distinguished Award for his exceptional contribution to Indian cinema along with other eminent personalities.

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Ajay KR