JIFF 2021 to begin online from January 15
266 films from 44 countries will be shown online

Jaipur
New technique and discovery took cinema to the digital stage and now COVID-19 has shifted the cinema out of theatre to OTT platform, which is one more digital form of watching cinema. This form can be enjoyed during the 13th edition of Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) – the most-awaited, popular and world’s biggest competitive film festival. The festival will be organised online from January 15 to 19.

JIFF Organising Committee along with UFO’s Plexigo has taken a decision that in this time of COVID, the cine lovers should be given an opportunity to watch selected films across the world free of cost, therefore all films in JIFF 2021 can be seen without any charges. The registration is open for this on the website of JIFF and Plexigo. Registration is compulsory for watching movies.

It is to be mentioned that this time more than 2100 movies from more than85 countries have been received, of which 266 films from 44 countries will be shown online this year in the festival under the competition category. The screening schedule of the film has been put on the JIFF website (http://jiffindia.org). All movies will be shown on UFO’s Plexigo and its application (app) can be downloaded from Google play store or Apple play store. Plexigo is the exclusive online screener partner of JIFF 2021.

Last year 240 films were shown in JIFF

JIFF spokesperson Rajendra Bora said that the films have been selected for the competition in nine categories including 53 feature fiction films, 17 documentary feature films, 123 short fiction films, 30 short documentary films, 14 short animation films, 18 mobile films, 5 web series, contains 4 songs and 2 ad films.

Films of filmmakers who have won prestigious film awards from the entire world have been selected in the festival, which will be screened online during this period.

Some of the selected feature films are: -

Title of Film	Director of the Film	Category	Country of Origin	Duration
(in minutes) 	
Porichoy (Indentity)	Rajiv Borthakur	Feature Fiction	India	104	
Wind	Dandren Wanggyal	Feature Fiction	China	96	
Daria	Matěj Pichler	Feature Fiction	Czech Republic	94	
The Song of the Sea	Pierre-André Le Leuch	Feature Fiction	France	76	
Happy Birthday	Boris Dobrovolskiy	Feature Fiction	Russian Federation	7	
Titli	Bishikh Talukdar	Feature Fiction	India	129	
Vagabonds	Philippe Dajoux	Feature Fiction	France	108	
Amaryllis	Tom Lawes	Feature Fiction	United Kingdom	71	
The Silent Party	Diego Fried	Feature Fiction	Argentina/Brazil	87	
Atkan Chatkan	Shiv Hare	Feature Fiction	India	123	
Tango Shalom	Gabriel Bologna	Feature Fiction	United States	116	
We 	Mani Nasry	Feature Fiction	Canada	86	
The Single Tumbler	Sumathy Sivamohan	Feature Fiction	Sri Lanka	75	

Atkan Chatkan is definitely a special film, a children’s musical drama, where the phenomenal music has been composed by OSCAR Award Winner, Padma Bhushan A R Rahman. Approximately 2 hours long feature fiction film has been directed by Shiv Hare.

The Silent Party is an 87 minutes long Feature Fiction Film from Argentina | Brazil. It’s made in Spanish and directed by Diego Fried. Just hours before her wedding party at her father's ranch, Laura sets out on her own and finds an unusual party. The music and the vibe relax her from the stress, but a violent act changes the course of the night and of her life, implicating her father and fiancé.

Film critics considered it as one of the 20 best Argentine films to be release at 2020. 

The Award Ceremony is proposed to be held during the last week of March or in April after the films are screened online from January 15 to 19.

The announcement of winner films will be done on the last day of the festival on January 19 on the JIFF website.

For more and schedule – www.jiffindia.org 

PROMO – JIFF 2021 
FILM POSTERS: https://youtu.be/Q9ZXf6a1NZw 
FILM DIRECTORS: https://youtu.be/Ig8GRp2Qug0 

Rajendra Boda
Spokesperson – Jaipur International Film Festival – JIFF   
Mobile: +91-9829051075

Hanu Roj 
Founder Director  
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Website: www.jiffindia.org