Market48th International Film Festival of India
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48th International Film Festival of India

The 48th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 28 November 2017 in Goa. "Celebrating the Future of Cinema" was set as the festival's theme and registrations were opened in early October 2017.

Special Awards
Juries-mentor
Indian Panorama Feature films Suresh Heblikar, filmmaker and actor • Rahul Rawail, film director • Satarupa Sanyal, film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist • Gopi Desai, film director and actress • Nishikant Kamat, filmmaker • Merlvin Mukhim, actor and film producer • Nikkhil Advani, Film producer, director and screenwriter • Hari Viswanath, film director, screenwriter and producer • Sachin Chatte, film critic • Ruchi Narain, film director and screenwriter Non-feature films Sudhir Mishra, film director and screenwriter; President • Tuhinabha Majumdar, film director and film writer • Shankhajeet De, filmmaker • Mithunchandra Chaudhari, film director • Shiny Jacob Benjamin, film producer, film director and writer • Tinni Mitra, film editor • K. G. Suresh, journalist and columnist == Official selections ==
Official selections
Special screenings Opening filmBeyond the Clouds Closing filmThinking of Him BRICS Out of the 30 films that were screened at the second BRICS Film Festival in June 2017 in China, seven award-winning were chosen to be screened. Bond Retrospective Nine James Bond films were chosen to be featured to celebrate "over 50 years of James Bond's legacy". • Dr. No (1962) • Goldfinger (1964) • ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969) • The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) • Octopussy (1983) • Licence to Kill (1989) • GoldenEye (1995) • The World Is Not Enough (1999) • Skyfall (2012) == Committees ==
Committees
Three committees — Preview, Steering and Technical — were constituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting prior to inviting films for the festival. The Preview Committee, headed by filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri was set up to shortlist films for the festival. Filmmakers Jahnu Barua and Nagesh Kukunoor were named conveners of the Steering and Technical Committees. Steering Committee A Steering Committee was set up composed of noted entertainment industry professionals: • Shoojit SircarShaji N. KarunAnand GandhiPiyush PandeyPrasoon JoshiSiddharth Roy KapurVani Tripathi Tikoo • Meren Imchen • Ashwiny Iyer TiwariBharat Bala • Director, National Film Development Corporation of India Film Preview Committee A 40-member Film Preview Committee was set up to "enhance the involvement of the Indian film industry". • Nitesh Tiwari, filmmaker • Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, filmmaker • Bhaskar Hazarika, filmmaker • Gautami Tadimalla, actress • Hrishitaa Bhatt, actress • Pallavi Joshi, actress • Khalid Mohamed, film critic • Saibal Chatterjee, film critic • Bhawana Somaaya, film critic and writer ==References==
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