54th IFFI: Michael Douglas to receive Satyajit Ray Excellence

The International Film Festival of India IFFI is back with its 54th edition in Goa The 9day gala will kickstart with a starstudded ceremony at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium on November 20thThe opening ceremony will be a treat for Bollywood lovers as Dhak Dhak girl Madhuri Dixit Nene and nations heartthrob Shahid Kapoor are going to perform in front of the live audienceCelebrities Shriya Saran Shreya Ghoshal Nushrratt Bharuccha and Sukhwinder Singh will also add chaar chaand to the first day of the festival with their performancesThe guest list for the event also includes Vijay Sethupathi Sara Ali Khan Pankaj Tripathi Sunny Deol Karan Johar Shantanu Moitra Shreya Ghoshal and Sukhwinder Singh among othersAccording to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting press note Catching Dust thriller by awardwinning British filmmaker Stuart Gatt has been selected as the opening film of the gala About Dry Grasses directed by French Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan will be the Mid fest film and The Featherweight directed by Robert Kolodny is the closing film for 54th IFFIFilmmaker Rajkumar Hirani will serve as the head of the fivemember jury for the best web series OTT award at the festival Divya Dutta Prosenjit Chatterjee and filmmakers Krishna DK and Utpal Borpujari are part of the jury panel for the inaugural categoryA total of 32 entries across 10 languages from 15 OTT platforms have been selected for the inaugural best web series awardSpeaking about the newly introduced OTT awards Anurag Thakur said that since the COVID19 pandemic the OTT industry has seen a boom in India and original content created in India is employing thousands of people In response to the dynamic landscape of this sector growth of which stands at 28 percent annually the Ministry has introduced this award celebrating the outstanding content creators on OTT platformsRenowned Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas will be honoured with the prestigious Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award He will also address the IFFI Master Class on November 28The Indian Panorama is chosen by a jury of notable film personalities from across India with a total of 12 jury members for feature films and six jury members for nonfeature films led by the respective chairpersonsThe Feature Film Jury which consists of 12 members will be chaired by famous director actor and producer TS NagabharanaThe Feature Film Jury chose Anand Ekarshis film Aattam Malayalam as the opening feature film of the Indian Panorama Section Noted documentary film director Arvind Sinha presides over the sixmember NonFeature Film JuryIndian Panorama section will showcase 25 feature films and 20 nonfeature films from India In the nonfeature section is Andro Dreams from ManipurFrom a pool of 239 modern Indian nonfeature films a package of 20 has been chosen for screening in the Indian Panorama segment The collection of short films shows young and veteran filmmakers ability to capture examine entertain and reflect modern Indian values54th IFFI will conclude on November 28This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever