JIFF 2018 dedicated to state: Organisers

: The tenth edition of Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) will have a discussion on Rajasthani cinema and two scholars researching on cinema will present their findings in another session.

Film journalist Ish Madhu Talwar will speak about poet Hasrat Jaipuri’s life and works at a session on Day 2.

JIFF founder Hanu Roj, JIFF chairman Rajiv Arora and organizing committee members Nand Kishore Jalani and Pawan Goyal addressed a press conference in Jaipur on Thursday to announce the festival.

In the session on ‘Rajasthani Cinema: Kal Aaj Aur Kal’, Rajiv Arora, KC Maloo, Rajendra Gupta and Sagar Shravan will discuss the past and future of films made in Rajasthani language. Research scholar from University of Rajasthan Dr Rakesh Raipuria will express his views on ‘marginalized society and Indian cinema’ and Delhi University student Balram Kanwat on the cinema of Vishal Bhardwaj.

JIFF chairman Rajiv Arora said this year’s edition will have 20 workshops with 300 filmmakers and actors. Seminar and special sessions are being organised at JIFF for the first time, he added. The closing ceremony of the festival on January 10 will be an awards night when 47 awards in eight categories will be given away.

Hanu Roj said JIFF is dedicated to Rajasthan this year as 13 films have been chosen from the state for screening. This includes Rajendra Gupta’s Nanibai Ko Maayro, which won the awards for the best film and the best director in Rajasthan Film Festival last year. The film produced and directed by Rajendra Gupta has veteran Hindi film and TV serials actor Yatin Karyekar in the lead role. The film will be screened on January 7 at 8 pm.

The festival’s list includes 24 feature films, nine documentaries and short films each, 73 short fictions, nine animation films, five mobile films and seven web series.

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