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{{Infobox Film festival<br />
| name = 48th International Film Festival of India<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| opening = ''[[Beyond the Clouds (2017 film)|Beyond the Clouds]]''<br />
| closing = ''Thinking of Him''<br />
| location = [[Goa]], [[India]]<br />
| founded = 1952<br />
| awards = Golden Peacock Award ([[BPM (Beats per Minute)]])<br />
| host = <br />
| number = <br />
| date = 20–28 November 2017<br />
| website = {{URL|https://iffigoa.org/}}<br />
| previous = [[47th International Film Festival of India|47th]]<br />
| main = [[International Film Festival of India]]<br />
| next = [[49th International Film Festival of India|49th]]<br />
}}<br />
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.<ref name="th1">{{cite web|title=Registration begins for 48th IFFI|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/registration-begins-for-48th-iffi/article19801284.ece|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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Filmmaker [[Sujoy Ghosh]], who was appointed head of the jury of the Indian panorama section, resigned from the position on 14 November after alleging that the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], that co-organizes the festival, dropped two films ''S Durga'' and ''Nude'' from screening in the Indian Panorama section, despite being chosen by the jury and without consulting them.<ref>{{cite news|title=48th International Film Festival of India: Days after two films dropped from fest, jury chief Sujoy Ghosh resigns|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/iffi-days-after-two-films-dropped-from-fest-jury-chief-sujoy-ghosh-resigns-international-film-festival-s-durga-nude-4936373/|access-date=15 November 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=14 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sujoy Ghosh quits as IFFI Indian Panorama section jury chief after I&B Ministry drops two films from lineup|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sujoy-ghosh-resigns-as-jury-chief-after-two-films-dropped-from-iffi-lineup/article20442893.ece|access-date=15 November 2017|work=The Hindu|date=14 November 2017}}</ref> Two other members [[Apurva Asrani]] and Gyan Correa quit the jury the following day.<ref>{{cite news|title=IFFI row hots up, two more jury members resign|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/iffi-row-hots-up-two-more-jury-members-resign/articleshow/61659992.cms|access-date=15 November 2017|work=The Economic Times|date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Winners==<br />
*Best Film: Golden Peacock Award: [[BPM (Beats per Minute)]] by [[Robin Campillo]]<br />
*Best Director: Vivian Qu for [[Angels Wear White]]<br />
*Best Debut Film of a Director: Kiro Russo for [[Dark Skull]]<br />
*Best Male Actor: [[Nahuel Pérez Biscayart]] for [[BPM (Beats per Minute)]]<br />
*Best Female Actor: [[Parvathy Thiruvothu|Parvathy]] for [[Take Off (2017 film)|Take Off]]<br />
*ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Film Kshitij A Horizon by Manouj Kadaamh.<br />
*Special Jury Award: Mahesh Narayanan for [[Take Off (2017 film)|Take Off]]<ref name="firstpost.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/iffi-2017-complete-winners-list-parvathy-wins-best-actress-amitabh-bachchan-is-film-personality-of-the-year-4232189.html|title=IFFI 2017 complete winners list: Parvathy wins Best Actress; Amitabh Bachchan is 'Film Personality of The Year'}}</ref><br />
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==Special Awards==<br />
*Lifetime Achievement Award: [[Atom Egoyan]]<br />
*Indian Film Personality of the Year: [[Amitabh Bachchan]]<ref name="firstpost.com"/><br />
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== Juries-mentor ==<br />
=== Indian Panorama ===<br />
==== Feature films ====<br />
* [[Suresh Heblikar]], filmmaker and actor<ref name="Indian panorama jury">{{cite web|title=Indian Panorama 2017|url=http://iffigoa.org/2017-indian-panorama/|publisher=iffigoa.org|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115141415/http://iffigoa.org/2017-indian-panorama/|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
* [[Rahul Rawail]], film director<br />
* [[Satarupa Sanyal]], film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist<br />
* Gopi Desai, film director and actress<br />
* [[Nishikant Kamat]], filmmaker<br />
* Merlvin Mukhim, actor and film producer<br />
* [[Nikkhil Advani]], Film producer, director and screenwriter<br />
* Hari Viswanath, film director, screenwriter and producer<br />
* Sachin Chatte, film critic<br />
* [[Ruchi Narain]], film director and screenwriter<br />
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==== Non-feature films ====<br />
* [[Sudhir Mishra]], film director and screenwriter; President<ref name="Indian panorama jury"/><br />
* Tuhinabha Majumdar, film director and film writer<br />
* Shankhajeet De, filmmaker<br />
* Mithunchandra Chaudhari, film director<br />
* Shiny Jacob Benjamin, film producer, film director and writer<br />
* Tinni Mitra, film editor<br />
* [[K. G. Suresh]], journalist and columnist<br />
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== Official selections ==<br />
=== Special screenings ===<br />
===Opening film===<br />
*''[[Beyond the Clouds (2017 film)|Beyond the Clouds]]'' <ref>{{cite web|title=‘Beyond the clouds’ by Majid Majidi to open IFFI 2017 on 20th November|url=http://iffigoa.org/2017-opening-film-beyond-the-clouds/|publisher=iffigoa.org|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115075541/http://iffigoa.org/2017-opening-film-beyond-the-clouds/|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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===Closing film===<br />
*''Thinking of Him'' <ref>{{cite web|title=Pablo César’s film on Rabindranath Tagore to close IFFI 2017|url=http://iffigoa.org/closing-film-thinking-of-him/|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115075803/http://iffigoa.org/closing-film-thinking-of-him/|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==== BRICS ====<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=BRICSHome|url=http://iffigoa.org/2017-brics/|publisher=iffigoa.org|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115142834/http://iffigoa.org/2017-brics/|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" cellpadding="5"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col"| English title<br />
! scope="col"| Original title<br />
! scope="col"| Director(s)<br />
! scope="col"| Production country<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Panfilov's 28 Men]]'' || ''28 панфиловцев'' / ''28 panfilovtsev'' || Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa || Russia<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Ayanda]]'' || ''Ayanda'' || [[Sara Blecher]] || South Africa<br />
|-<br />
|''[[The Second Mother (2015 film)|The Second Mother]]'' || ''Que Horas Ela Volta?'' / ''When is she coming back?'' || [[Anna Muylaert]] || Brazil<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Nise: The Heart of Madness]]'' || ''Nise: O Coração da Loucura'' || Roberto Berliner || Brazil<br />
|-<br />
|''Where Has the Time Gone?'' || ''Em que tempo vivemos?'' || [[Walter Salles]], [[Aleksey Fedorchenko]],<br/>[[Madhur Bhandarkar]], [[Jia Zhangke]], Jahmil X.T. Qubeka || Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Soul Mate (2016 film)|Soul Mate]]'' || ''Qi Yue Yu An Sheng'' || [[Derek Tsang]] || China<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Kaasav|Turtle]]'' || ''Kaasav'' || [[Sumitra Bhave]], [[Sunil Sukthankar]] || India<br />
|}<br />
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==== Bond Retrospective ====<br />
Nine [[James Bond filmography|James Bond films]] were chosen to be featured to celebrate "over 50 years of James Bond's legacy".<ref>{{cite web|title=Bond Retrospective|url=http://iffigoa.org/2017-bond-retrospective/|publisher=iffigoa.org|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115144624/http://iffigoa.org/2017-bond-retrospective/|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
* ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' (1962)<br />
* ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964)<br />
* ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1969)<br />
* ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977)<br />
* ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983)<br />
* ''[[Licence to Kill]]'' (1989)<br />
* ''[[GoldenEye]]'' (1995)<br />
* ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999)<br />
* ''[[Skyfall]]'' (2012)<br />
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== Committees ==<br />
Three committees — Preview, Steering and Technical — were constituted by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Director Vivek Agnihotri heads I&B Ministry constituted Preview Committee for IFFI 2017|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/dir-vivek-agnihotri-heads-ib-ministry-constituted-preview-committee-for-iffi-2017/articleshow/60170678.cms|access-date=15 November 2017|work=The Times of India|date=22 August 2017}}</ref><br />
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===Steering Committee===<br />
A Steering Committee was set up composed of noted entertainment industry professionals:<ref name="th1"/><br />
* [[Jahnu Barua]], convener<ref>{{cite web|title=Steering Committee of IFFI 2017|url=http://www.iffigoa.org/steering-committee-2017/|publisher=iffigoa.org|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115134231/http://www.iffigoa.org/steering-committee-2017/|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
* [[Shoojit Sircar]]<br />
* [[Shaji N. Karun]]<br />
* [[Anand Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Piyush Pandey]]<br />
* [[Prasoon Joshi]]<br />
* [[Siddharth Roy Kapur]]<br />
* [[Vani Tripathi|Vani Tripathi Tikoo]]<br />
* Meren Imchen<br />
* [[Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari]]<br />
* [[Bharat Bala]]<br />
* Director, [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]<br />
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===Film Preview Committee===<br />
A 40-member Film Preview Committee was set up to "enhance the involvement of the Indian film industry".<ref name="th1"/> Its members included:<br />
* [[Vivek Agnihotri]], filmmaker; convener<ref>{{cite web|title=Preview Committee of IFFI 2017|url=http://www.iffigoa.org/preview-committee-2017/|publisher=iffigoa.org|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115134621/http://www.iffigoa.org/preview-committee-2017/|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />
* [[Nitesh Tiwari]], filmmaker<br />
* [[Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury]], filmmaker<br />
* Bhaskar Hazarika, filmmaker<br />
* [[Gautami Tadimalla]], actress<br />
* [[Hrishitaa Bhatt]], actress <br />
* [[Pallavi Joshi]], actress<br />
* [[Khalid Mohamed]], film critic<br />
* Saibal Chatterjee, film critic<br />
* [[Bhawana Somaaya]], film critic and writer<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|www.iffigoa.org}}<br />
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