JIFF releases its first list of nominations

The Jaipur International Film Festival – JIFF which isnow considered a part of the most prominent film festivals of the world has released its first list of nominations yesterday.

In this list, 101 films from all over the country and abroad were able to find a place. These films were selected from among 1664 applications received from around 100 countries across the world.

A total of 101 films have been included in this list. The list has maximum films,totaling 36 from India while USA (11 Films) ranks second and Germany (7 Films)at third.  Besides India, the remaining 65 films are from Russia, China, Romania, South Africa, Serbia, Peru, Mexico,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, USA, Canada, Spain, France, Austria,Singapore, Iran, England, Poland and Switzerland etc..

These lectors have chosen these films from 1664 entries received so far. This list of selected films includes 21 Feature Fiction Films, 13 Documentary Feature Films,14 Short Documentary Films, 3 Animation Short Films, 50 Short fiction films have been selected for JIFF 2017.

These films have been selected by a selection board of 30 members of which 23 are Indian and 07 are from abroad.