Founded in 1952, the International Film Festival of India has now emerged as one of the most prominent film festivals in Asia.
With the philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (the world is one family) at its core, the International Film Festival of India has been erasing boundaries within the world of art and cinema. The annual festival offers a platform to all the cinephiles and creators across the globe to showcase their work and talent, engage with film cultures of various nations and promote understanding of the social and cultural ethos of world cinema.
Conducted jointly by the Directorate of Film Festivals and the State Government of Goa, the festival has been organized in various cities in the past like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Madras, Goa, etc. The festival continues to work towards the discovery, support, and promotion of films across genres, cultures, and languages with a vision of connecting Indian cinema to the world and also bringing world cinema to India.
IFFI 53 Closing Ceremony
IFFI 53 Opening Ceremony
The Steering Committee
Anurag Singh Thakur
Chairperson, Hon. Minister
(I & B and Youth Affairs & Sports)
Dr. Pramod Sawant
Chief Minister of Goa
(Co – Chairman)
Mr. L Murugan
Minister of State
for I&B
Apurva Chandra
Secretary, Ministry
of I & B
Puneet Kumar Goel
IASChief Secretary,
Govt. of Goa
Jayant Sinha
Additional Secretary & FA,
Ministry of I&B
Neerja Sekhar
Additional Secretary,
Ministry of I & B
Prithul Kumar
Joint Secretary (Films),
Ministry of I&B
Satyendra Prakash
Principal Director General,
Press Information Bureau
Ravinder Bhakar
CEO, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) & MD, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)
Smt. Swetika Sachan, IAS
CEO, ESG, Goa
Mr. Bobby Bedi
Ms Hrishita Bhatt
Mr. Karan Johar
Ms. Khushboo Sunder
Mr. Manoj Muntashir
Mr. Nikhil Mahajan
Mr. Prasoon Joshi
Mr. Priyadarshan
Mr. Ravi Kottarakara
Mr. Shoojit Sircar
Mr. Sukhwinder Singh
Ms. Vani Tripathi
Ravinder Bhakar
Mr. Ravinder Bhakar, CEO of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has also been bestowed with additional charge of National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Films Division, and Children Films Society of India (CFSI). With this, all film-related departments of the Ministry of Information & Broadcast, headquartered in Mumbai, have come under a single command under the aegis of this visionary leader of these organizations. His mission is to smoothen the ongoing process of merger of Films Division, DFF, CFSI and NFDC by outlining and enhancing a well-defined structure of the reformed corporation in alignment with the requirements of the film Industry as his primary agenda, along with interests of the employees of the departments being merged As Festival Director of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), his vision is to make this festival as good as the best International Film Festivals that are being held across the globe and the response is overwhelming as a result of which this 53rd edition of IFFI will feature a greater number of National as well as International Film personalities, Film screenings and Media presence as compared to any of the previous editions.
Technical Committee
- Shri A.K Bir, Eminent Film Maker
- Shri Shaji N. Karun, Filmmaker and Cinematography
- Shri B. Diwakar, Professor in Cinematography
- MD, NFDC
- CEO, ESG, Goa
- Commissioner, Panaji Municipality, Govt. of Goa
- Chief Engineer(Elect.), Govt. of Goa
- Health Officer, Panaji, Govt. of Goa
- Chief Fire Officer, Panaji, Govt. of Goa
- Traffic Commissioner, Panaji, Govt. of Goa
- Incharge, Inox Theatre, Goa
- Chairman, Kala Academy, Goa
- Shri Anirvan Ghosh, M/s Pulz Electronics
- Shri Ketan Mehta, M/s Real Image/ Qube
- Shri K.J. Madhusudan, M/s Barco
- Shri Ujwal Nirgudka, M/s SMPTE
- Shri Ram Sahay, Films Division
- Member Secretary – Shri D. Ramakrishnan, GM(P&A)
