The first edition of the Cinevesture International Film Festival unveils an exciting lineup of Panel Discussions and Masterclasses to be held at The Grand Ballroom at Taj, Chandigarh from 27-31 March 2024
The festival presents a captivating lineup of 20 Masterclasses and Panel Discussions featuring renowned personalities such as Jaideep Ahlawat, Tahira Kashyap, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Roshan Mathew, Abhay Deol, Sudhir Mishra, Kohrra star Suvinder Vicky, Boman Irani, Rasika Dugal, Rajshri Deshpande, Tabbar director Ajitpal Singh, Kesri director Anurag Singh, Mr. India filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and director of Academy Award-winner film Elizabeth, Sudhir Mishra and Saugata Mukherjee, Head of Content, SonyLiv, Sony Pictures Network India, and more.
The Finale Session will include a Master Class with KARAN JOHAR, the Producer and Director of Dharma Productions. This conversation will be moderated by Namrata Joshi, a Senior Journalist, Film Critic, and Programmer/Curator.
The Opening Film of the festival is Cannes Award-winning French film ‘The Taste of Things’ starring Juliette Binoche. The closing film is South Korea’s highest-grossing film of 2024 to date — the Horror-Mystery-Thriller Exhuma (Pamyo) which premiered at the 2024 Berlinale.
The festival advisory board includes names such as Bahubali star and leading film producer, Rana Daggubati, former Head of Cannes Film Market Jerome Paillard, former Co-Director of Sundance Film Festival Nicole Guillemet, the celebrated Indian filmmaker Ajitpal Singh (Fire in the Mountains and TABBAR), Bangladeshi filmmaker and screenwriter Nuhash Humayun (Moshari) and the co-owner of the Blake Friedmann Literary Agency Julian Friedmann.
Mr VS Kundu IAS (Retd) and a former Head of the Films Division, India has come aboard as the Director of the Film Festival and industry veteran Bina Paul as the Artistic Director of CIFF and Senior Journalist, Film Critic Namrata is the Curator for the CIFF Market Projects. The festival is being organised by Cinevesture Pvt. Ltd. Nina Lath is the Founder & CEO of the company.
Nina Lath, Founder & CEO of Cinevesture says, “CIFF wants to bring the best minds together through our specifically curated masterclasses to further the conversation on the creative as well as the business aspects of the industry and how to build upon it”.
CIFF Director, V. S. Kundu says, “Masterclasses are a great way to have engaging conversations and we are happy to be having such an esteemed panel of visionaries that the audience will only benefit from. The masterclasses are intended to touch every aspect of filmmaking and we are only hoping the best to come out of these panel discussions”.
