51st International Film Festival of India will open on 16th January, 2021, with the Indian
premiere of the movie ‘Another Round’ by Thomas Vinterberg. The movie starring Cannes
Best Actor Award winner Mads Mikkelsen is among a star-studded line up of movies being
showcased at IFFI. The movie is also Denmark’s official entry to the Oscars.
The festival will also witness the World Premier of ‘Mehrunisa’. The film by Sandeep
Kumar will premier mid-fest. Starring formidable actor Farrukh Jaffar, the movie narrates
the story of a woman’s lifelong dream.
The festival will close on 24th January, 2020 with the India Premier of the historical
drama‘ Wife of a Spy’ by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The Japanese film bagged Silver Lion for Best
Director at Venice International Film Festival.
51st IFFI is being organised from 16th to 24th January, 2020 in Goa. This edition is being
organised in a hybrid mode for the first time and will comprise of both online and
in-person experience. The festival will be loaded with a line-up of famous movies with a
total of 224 films from across the globe screened. This includes 21 non-feature films and
26 feature films under the Indian Panorama films section.
Media registration for the festival has opened recently and is available till
10th January, 2020. Applicants should be above 21 years of age as on 1st January 2020
and should have professional experience of covering major International Film Festivals
such as IFFI for a minimum of three years.