A total of 20 films have been selected in the Second list of RIFF Panorama 2023 Feature film "The Storyteller" starring Paresh Rawal, Adil Hussain, Tannishtha Chatterjee and directed by Ananth Mahadevan to be screened
"Hindutva" directed by Karan Razdan and starring Deepika Chikhaliya, Anoop Jalota and Rajasthan's Ashish Sharma to be screened in RIFF 2023
The Grand RIFF 2023 will take place from 1-5th February
Jaipur : 11th January 2023 : 9th edition of the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) organized by RIFF Film Club and Accredited by Federation of Film Societies of India (North Region) will be held from 1st to 5th February 2023 at INOX, Crystal Palm, C-Scheme with the theme Sports in Cinema. The second list of the 9th Rajasthan International Film Festival 2023 was released today where a total of 20 films have been officially selected in RIFF Panorama, in which 6 films have been selected in the feature film category and 14 films have been selected in the non-feature film category. The Feature film category includes Hindi Feature film "Hindutva" directed by Karan Razdan starring Ashish Sharma, Ankit Raj, Sonarika Bhadoria, Anup Jalota , Govind Namdev, Dipika Chikhalia , Hindi Web Series "Machhli" directed by Animesh Verma , Hindi Feature film " Devil Ullu – The Game Of Devil" directed by Bunty Thakur , International Italian Feature film from Italy "Chemical Bros." directed by Massimiliano Mazzotta and Hindi Feature Film "The Storyteller" directed by Ananth Mahadevan starring Paresh Rawal , Adil Hussain and Tannishtha Chatterjee. In addition , there will be a special screening of the RIFF 2023's Theme Film i.e. Hindi Feature Film "Paan Singh Tomar" directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and starring Irrfan Khan , Mahie Gill , Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The theme of RIFF 2023 is "Sports In Cinema"
Non Feature Film category includes Sanskrit Film "Yaanam" directed by Vinod Mankara , Rajasthani Music Video Album "Jobaniya Jalebi" directed by Sumeet - Saahil and sung by Rekha Rao and Huma Sayeed , Short Rajasthani Student Film "Hath Rapiya" directed by Arvind Choudhary , Short Hindi Student Film "Srajan" directed by Amish Dalela , Hindi Short Film "The Corona Fighter" directed by Ramanand Tiwari , Short Telugu Student film "The Reprisal" directed by Aluvala Saiteja Gupta and Nikhil Joel , Short Hindi Student Film "Dr. Ajit Jain - The Real Story" directed by Ajay Kumar Sain , Short Nepali , English , Hindi short film "Clinton" directed by Prithviraj Das Gupta , Student Hindi Documentary Film " The Bapu Ashram" directed by Diksha Saxena , Kriti Jain and Nibedita Bhowmic , Short Marathi Film "Passout" directed by Rahul Suryavanshi , Kannada Documentary Film "Ranga Vaibhoga" directed by Suneel Puranik , Assamese Documentary Film "Screaming Butterflies" directed by Aimee Baruah , Short Hindi Film "Barat" directed by Dhawan starring Akhilendra Mishra and Hindi Music Video Album "Haal E Dil" directed by Seshu KMR and sung by Neha Karode.
The grand Opening Ceremony of Rajasthan International Film Festival - RIFF 2023 will be held on 1st February in Jaipur at INOX, Crystal Palm, C - Scheme, Jaipur. After this, films screening, open forum, workshop and talk show will be organized in the next four days from 2 to 5 February 2023 at INOX, Crystal Palm, C-Scheme only. The grand event of RIFF Closing Ceremony and RIFF Award Night will be organized on 5th February in Jaipur itself.