Scores of film buffs from various parts of the world would join the local audience of the Pink City to watch 152 feature, documentary, short and animation films for five pleasant winter days.
The increased participation of films from Asian countries in the Festival would be a feast for the observers of emerging cinema trends in Asian countries like Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and UAE.
Screenings of the Festival films have been arranged at three locations – The Golecha at Chaura Rastaa, Manipal University Campus Auditorium at Ajmer Road and Rajasthan Praudh Shikshan Samiti Auditorium at Jahalna Institutional Area.
Iran is participating in the 8th edition of JIFF with four feature films including ‘Until Ahmad Returns’ (Sadegh Daghighi), ‘A Baby with Red Socks’ (Khodadad Jalili), ‘Track 143’ (Narges Abyar) and ‘Oblivion Season’ (Abbas Rafei); as well as two short films including ‘The Room’ (Benyamin Haftlang) and ‘Confined Space’ (Siamak Ahmadi). In the animation section, Iran is participating with two titiles including ‘What is Your Talent’ by Barzan Rostami and ‘The Sound of the Road’ by Barzan Rostami.
Besides the screenings of the films seminars and workshops would also be held at these venues.
The full list of participating films is available here.
MS/PR