A total of 87 films have been included in this list. The list has maximum films, totaling 20 from India while US (15 Films) ranks second and Germany (9 Films) at third. Besides India, the remaining 67 films are from Germany, US, Canada, Spain, France, China, Finland, Austria, Singapore, Iran, Ireland, England, Poland, Israel and Switzerland, with Iran participating in the festival with a total of five films.
The Iranian films to vie at the festival are 'Track 143' (Narges Abyar), 'Until Ahmed Returns' (Sadegh Daghighi), 'Oblivion Season' (Abbas Rafei), 'The Sound of the Road' (Barzan Rostami), and 'What is Your Talent' (Barzan Rostami).
The selectors have chosen these films from 1711 entries received so far. This list of selected films includes 13 feature films, 13 Documentary Feature Films, 9 Short Documentary Films, 12 Animation Short Films, 35 Short fiction films and 3 Feature, 1 Documentary Feature and 1 Animation Feature film have been selected for special screening.
These films have been selected by a selection board of 20 members of which 13 are Indian and 7 are from abroad.
Some of the selected feature films are: ‘Teenkahon (Three Obsessions)’(Bengali - India ), ‘Ek Hota Vaalya (Marathi- India), ‘My Enemies’ (Canada), ‘Until Ahmed Returns’ (Iran), ‘Wildlike’ (America), ‘Absolution’ (Finland & Ireland).
The second and final list of selected films will be released in November this year.
The JIFF people are extremely happy with the number of entries. In comparison to last year, this year there is an increase of 30% in the number of entries. This clearly indicates that JIFF is gaining worldwide reputation and prestige.
The 8th Jaipur International Film Festival will run from January 2-6, 2016 in India.
The complete list of the participating films is available here.
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