8th Jagran Film Festival
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 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Fakir of Venice (film) |
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| Closing film | Xiang Yang De Ri Zi ( Sun Flower) |
| Location | Delhi Kanpur Lucknow Allahabad Varanasi Patna Dehradun Ranchi Jamshedpur Bhopal Indore Hisar Ludhiana Meerut Raipur Mumbai, India |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Festival date | 1 July 2017 – 24 September 2017 |
| Website | www |
The 8th Jagran Film Festival is organized in 16 cities of India namely, Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Dehradun, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhopal, Indore, Hisar, Ludhiana, Meerut, Raipur, and Mumbai. This edition of the festival will showcase 185 films from all around the world. The festival is an initiative of Jagran Prakashan Group, a publishing house listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India, aimed at promoting the appreciation of the cinematic art beyond the major metropolitan cities of India to smaller towns. The 8th Jagran Film Festival was held from July 1 to September 24, 2017. The first edition of Jagran Film Festival[1] was held in the year 2010.
Indian showcase jury
The following people were on the jury for the Indian Features section:[2]
- Sudhir Mishra, director and screenwriter
- Divya Dutta, Indian Actress
- Sunny Joseph, director and cinematographer
- Sankalp Meshram, director, producer, writer and editor
- Harmeet Singh, music director
Jagran shorts jury
The following people were on the jury for Jagran shorts section:
- Barry John, Indian theatre director and teacher
- Makarand Deshpande, actor, writer and director
- Aarti Chhabria, Indian actress
Cinema Of The Sellers jury
The following people were on the jury for Cinema of the Sellers section:
- Sonal Dabral, scriptwriter, chairman and CCO of DDB Mudra Group (India)
- Kailash Surendranath, director and co-founder of Kailash Picture Company
- Raj Nair, writer, CEO and CCO of Madison BMB
- Nima DT Namchu, CCO of Havas Worldwide (India)
- Prasoon Pandey, director and co-founder of Corcoise Films
International jury
The following people were on the jury for International Features section:
- Rahul Rawail, film director
- Rauf Ahmed, Journalist, film critic and author
- Jainardhan Sathyan, film director, producer and editor