The retrospective section featured Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, Russian filmmaker and stage director Andrei Konchalovsky and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Rajinikanth.ħ5 creative minds selected in first round by a selection jury and in final round by a grand jury attended the 52nd International Film Festival.
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Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari curated Breakpoint, a series on tennis stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi was organised by ZEE5.Screenwriters Sumit Purohit and Saurav Dey held master classes organised by SonyLiv.Netflix organisined a 3-day virtual masterclass by the school of image and arts, Gobelins, l'École de l'image based in Paris.īeing a ‘hybrid’ film festival, a few events are organised online also. The festival closed on 28 November with Asghar Farhadi's film A Hero and the closing ceremony was streamed live on YouTube. The opening ceremony on 20 November 2021, hosted by Karan Johar and Manish Paul was aired live. In this edition for the first time, streaming video platforms Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee5, Voot and Sony Liv are participating in series of physical and virtual events. Lifetime Achievement award, in recognition of the auteur’s legacy, has been named as ‘Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award’ from this year. In 2021 festival, on the occasion of the birth centenary of Satyajit Ray, the Directorate of Film Festivals is paying tribute to him through a 'Special Retrospective' in which his 11 specially curated films are screened.
These five countries are 'country of focus' in the 52nd edition of the festival. BRICS Film Festival is being held alongside main festival, in which films from BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, South Africa, China and India are showcased. Like 51st edition this edition was also held in hybrid format, that combined online and face-to-face participation. The 52nd International Film Festival of India opened on 20 November with The King of All the World ( El Rey de Todo El Mundo) by Carlos Saura in Goa.