9th Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival to be organized from 03 to 07 January 2024. Loktej Entertainment, Feature News

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 16: The ninth Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival has been announced to bring the best films from across the world to fans of Marathwada. d. The festival will be held from 03 to Sunday January 7, 2024 at Inox Theatre, Prozone Mall, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the presence of national and international artistes.

Presented by the Nath Group, Mahatma Gandhi Mission and Yashwantrao Chavan Center District Center Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and organized by the Marathwada Arts Culture and Film Foundation, the Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival is being held in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra, and the festival receives special support from Prozone Mall. Has happened . It will be co-presented by NFDC and Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra. Dailyhunt is a digital media partner. Nath School of Business Management and Technology (NSBT), Abhyudaya Foundation are the co-organizers of this festival. MGM School of Film Arts is the academic affiliate of the festival, while MGM Radio FM 90.8 is the affiliate.

Objectives behind organizing Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival:

The best world class films of all time should reach the fans of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, film directors, technicians, artists and film lovers of the young generation and the sensibility of the film should be strengthened and enriched at the artistic and technical level. To reach the global level as a hub and production hub, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar should be able to reach the city’s tourism to national and international level tourists, to the talented artistes of Marathwada division, to film directors, experts and technicians. Films, communicate with them and also reach the current Marathi cinema at national and international level, this is the objective behind organizing this festival.

Indian Cinema Competition:

Many events have been organized during the five days of the festival. Like last year, a competition group has been included in the festival. It includes nine films from different Indian languages, and five national level juries will watch the films along with the audience. The best Indian film will be awarded with the Golden Kailash Award and Rs 1 lakh. Individual awards will also be given for Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Female/Male).

Veteran actor and director Dritiman Chatterjee (Kolkata) will be the chairman of the Indian Cinema Competition Group judging committee. Renowned photographer Dimo ​​Papov (Czech Republic), senior director Nachiket Patwardhan (Pune), senior critic Rashmi Doraiswami (Delhi) and renowned photographer Hari Nair (Panaji) will be the judging members.

FIPRESS is an international association of film critics. Fipress India selects and awards the best films from festivals around the world. Those awards are considered international honors and this year it is a matter of great pride for Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival that FIPRESS has chosen Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival for this award selection. Their three special juries will conduct special screenings for other films (except the Indian Cinema Competition category) at the festival. The jury chairman of this committee, N. Manu Chakraborty (Bangalore), Sridevi P. This committee will include Arvind (Cochin), Sachin Chate (Panaji).

Inauguration Ceremony and Life Awards:

The opening ceremony of the film festival will be held on Wednesday. It will be held on 03 January 2024 at 6.30 PM at Rukmini Auditorium, M.G.M Complex, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The festival was inaugurated by famous Hindi film director R. Balki and Principal Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Apoorva Chandra (IAS), famous Hindi film director Anubhav Sinha will be present as the chief guests on this occasion. This year’s Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award will be conferred on renowned lyricist and screenwriter Padmashree Honorable Javed Akhtar for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. NFDC General Manager D. Ramakrishnan, District Collector Aastikkumar Pandey, Coordination Committee Chairman Nand Kishore Kagliwal, MGM University Chancellor Mr. Ankushrao Kadam, Vice Chancellor Dr. Vilas Sapkal, Festival Director Ashok Rane, Festival Artistic Director Chandrakant. Kulkarni, Prozone Center Director and Senior Vice President Kamal R. Siddharth Manohar of Sony, INOX will be present. Half an hour after the opening ceremony, this year’s world-renowned German language film Fallen Lives will be screened at INOX, Prozone Mall as the opening film of the festival. After the inaugural ceremony, the festival will culminate at INOX, Prozone Mall for the next four days.

closing ceremony:

The closing ceremony of the festival will take place on Sunday. Will be held on 07 January 2024 at 7 PM at INOX Prozone Mall. The closing ceremony will conclude with the prominent presence of renowned film director Ashutosh Gowarikar. Apart from this, Special Inspector General of Police Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Zone Dnyaneshwar Chavan, Municipal Commissioner G. Srikanth and other dignitaries will be present.

Following the awards ceremony, the 9th Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival will screen the closing film of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Anatomy of a Fall (French).

Master Classes and Special Lectures:

Various events including film screenings are organized during the five days of the festival. R., director of famous Hindi films Paa, Cheeni Kum, Ghoomar, Shamitabh, Padman, at Inox on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 2 pm. Balki’s master class has been organized.

Friday, January 5, 2024 at 2 pm. The master class of Anubhav Sinha, director of famous Hindi films like Article 15, Thappad, Ra-One, Mulk, has been organized at Inox, Prozone Mall.

Saturday, Dec. 6 January 2024 at 2.30 pm. A special lecture on Gandhi and Cinema has been organized by Prakash Magdum, a senior officer of Central Government-PIB.

Sunday, d. 7 January 2024 at 12 noon. To understand Mrinal Sen, this special conversation has been organized by veteran actor and director Dritiman Chatterjee. Among the many films of great film director Mrinal Sen, Shri. Chatterjee plays the lead actor.

Actors’ appearances and interactions:

Directors, artistes and technicians from all the regional films in the competition section will be present at the festival and interact with the audience after the screening of their films.

Marathwada Short Film Competition:

On the occasion of the festival, a short film competition was organized for the artists making short films in Marathwada. The competition received an overwhelming response from all the eight districts of Marathwada. The five short films selected for the final round of the competition will be screened during the festival. The best short film in this competition will be awarded a special prize and Rs 25,000 cash.

Presented by MGM School of Film Arts:

9 short films produced by students of M.G.M School of Film Arts, founded by Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival and Principal R.R. Was done by. The film Pachola, based on the famous novel Pachola by Principal Ra Ram Borade, will also be shown during this festival.

Film Appreciation Workshop:

In order to enable maximum number of students to participate in the Film Festival, film appreciation workshops were organized in the presence of film critics in twenty-five colleges of Aurangabad. This will be done between December 20 and January 2.

Delegate Registration:

Registration of delegates to participate in the film festival has started and to enable the best cinema lovers of the world and country to watch it, the catalog fee is Rs. 550 delegate registration has started and film lovers can do online delegate registration on the website www.aifilmfest.in while face-to-face registration can be done in front of Saket Book World (Aurangpura), Hotel Swad (Osmanpura), Tapadiya Inox, Inox-Prozone. Is. Mall and Nirmik Group, Venkatesh Mangal Office, Sutagirni Road.

Coordination Committee:

Festival Founder and Chairman of the Coordination Committee Nandkishore Kagliwal, Chief Guide Mr. Ankushrao Kadam, Sachin Mule, Satish Kagliwal, Festival Director Ashok Rane, Artistic Director Chandrakant Kulkarni, Dr. Aparna Kakkar, Akash Kagliwal, Dr. Ashish Gadekar, Festival Organizer Nilesh. Raut, Creative Director Jaiprad Desai, Gyanesh Zoting, Shiv Kadam, Suhas Tendulkar, Dr. Rekha Shelke, Prof. Dasu Vaidya, Dr. Prerna Dalvi, Dr. Anand Nikalje, Shivshankar Phalke, Subodh Jadhav, Neena Nikalje, Dr. Kailas Ambure, Nikhil Bhalerao, Amit Patil, Kishore Nikam, Ajay Bhawalkar, Neeta Pansare, Neelima Jog etc. have done it.