The 19th edition of the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will be held from December 2 to December 9 2021. This is part of the earlier announced PIFF which was partly held in March 2021.
Now film enthusiasts can make the most of the opportunity as online registration for delegates has begun, while on-spot registration at festival venues will begin on November 22, at PVR Icon at Pavillion Mall on Senapati Bapat Road, Inox at Camp and the NFAI auditorium on Law College Road which are also the venue for the film festival.
“We have come from a situation where lockdown was necessary and yet we got an overwhelming response for the online festival. Following the festival in Pune, the 11th edition of the Yashwant International Film Festival in Mumbai will be held from December 10 to 16, followed by the festival in Nagpur and Latur later in December,” said Jabbar Patel, festival director of PIFF.
The opening film is a Mongolian film The Woman while some of the films competing for ‘World Competition Section’ are In the Shadows by Erdem Tepegoz (Turkey), The Alien directed by Nader Saeivar (Iran), True Mothers by Naomi Kawase (Japan), Russian Death by Vladimir Mirzoev and Dear Comrades by Andrei Konchalovsky from Russia. 12×12, a film directed by Gaurav Madan as the the Indian entry in the World Cinema category.
The films to be showcased in the Marathi competition section are Poraga Majetay directed by Makarand Mane, Firastya directed by Vitthal Machindra Bhosale, FUN’ERAL directed by Vivek Dubey, June directed by Vaibhav Khisti and Suhrud Godbole, Godakaath directed by Gajendra Ahire, Kalokhachya Parambhya directed by Makarand Anaspure and Tak-Tak directed by Vishal Kudale.
While the non-competition Marathi films are GOTT directed by Shailendra Krishna, Taath Kana directed by Girish Mohite, Kandil directed by Mahesh Kand, MAY FLY directed by Kiran Nirmal and Jeevanacha Gondhal directed by Prashant Dattatray Pandekar.
Interestingly the Akhil Bhratiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal (ABMCM) Meghraj Raje Bhosale, president also said that after aiding several of these films with their certification, now they will be part of the festival.
Article by : Prachi Bari
