Jagran Film Festival (JFF) is travelling

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that was founded in India in 2010. The festival is an initiative of the Jagran Prakashan Group, with the aim of promoting the appreciation of cinematic art in smaller towns beyond the major metropolitan cities of India. It serves as a platform to showcase diverse films and engage audiences across different regions. The seventh edition of the festival commenced in

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and traveled through various cities including

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

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Agra Agra ( ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the ...

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Ranchi Ranchi (; ) is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern ...

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and

Bhopal Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to ...

, culminating in

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. The eighth edition of the festival includes competitive film sections, such as Jagran Shorts (for international short films), World Panorama (for international feature films), the Indian Showcase (for Indian feature films), and Cinema of the Sellers (for advertising and public service advertising films), offering prize money to participants.

JFF-2019

The 10th Jagran Film Festival was inaugurated at an event held in New Delhi's

Siri Fort Auditorium Siri Fort Auditorium is premier multi-auditorium complex of Government of India. Situated in the Siri Fort in New Delhi, it is also the headquarters of the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which al ...

. The inauguration was led by

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, the Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting.

JFF-2018

9th edition of the Jagran Film Festival commenced in June in Delhi and culminated in Mumbai.

JFF-2017

* Partners: According to news reports Barry John Acting Studio (BJAS) is going to partner in the 8th season of Jagran Film Festival (JFF). * Video Partners: According to news reports Veblr.com is the official video partner in the 8th season of Jagran Film Festival (JFF) 2017.

JFF-2016

* Consultants:

Mayank Shekhar Mayank Shekhar is an Indian film critic, journalist and author. He has been a film critic and a national cultural editor with ''Hindustan Times''. He previously worked under ''Mumbai Mirror'' and ''MiD DAY''. He also used to write a blog, ''Fad F ...

and Manoj Srivastava. * Feature Film Competition Jury:

Sarika Sarika (born 5 December 1960) is an Indian actress and costume designer. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the English-language film '' Parzania''. She was also awarded the National Film Award for Best Costume Des ...

Jahnu Barua Jahnu Barua (born 1952) is an Indian film director. He has written and directed a number of Assamese language, Assamese and Hindi films. Some of his notable films are ''Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai'' (1987), ''Firingoti'' (1992), ''Xagoroloi B ...

, Ballu Saluja,

Sandesh Shandilya Sandesh Shandilya is an Indian film composer, musician, and singer who worked in Hind-language films. Having composed for over 20 film soundtracks, Shandilya is known for his compositions in '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' (2001), ''Chameli'' ...

Shekhar Das Sekhar Das (; alternately spelled Shekhar Das) is a Bengali film and theatre director, scriptwriter/playwright, actor and producer. He has directed three award-winning feature films, his 11th feature film being '' Jogajog'' (Relationships) base ...

and

Avinash Arun Avinash Arun (born 20 November 1985) is an Indian cinematographer and film director, most known for his films '' Killa'' (2014) and '' Three of Us'' (2023). As a cinematographer he has shot Hindi films such as '' Masaan'', ''Drishyam'', '' Mada ...

. * International Competition for Short Films Jury:

(Chairman),

Rajit Kapur Rajit Kapur (born 22 May 1963) is an Indian film and theatre actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film, '' The Making of the Mahatma'' for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. Other n ...

(Member), Elena Fernandes (Member) Partners: Whistling Woods International, Mumbai, Asia Pacific Screen Awards

JFF 2015

*Feature Film Competition Jury : Hariharan,

Pooja Bhatt Pooja Bhatt (born 24 February 1972) is an Indian actress, director, and filmmaker who works in Hindi films. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of the 1990s and is the recipient of several accolades, including two National ...

Sreekar Prasad Akkineni Sreekar Prasad is an Indian film editor known for his works across Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Assamese language films. In a career spanning more than 35 years, he has edited over 600 films. He is a recipient of nine National ...

Mahesh Aney Mahesh Aney is an Indian cinematographer. Career A Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) graduate with specialization in cinematography, Mahesh Aney has shot more than a thousand commercials including some award-winning films for Pepsi, ...

Udit Narayan Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Nepali and Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil ...

*International Competition for Short Films: Shaji N. Karun (Chairman), Mozhgan Taraneh, Kunal Kapoor

JFF 2014

*Feature Film Competition Jury:

Amol Palekar Amol Palekar (born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor, director and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema. Early life and education Palekar was born to Kamlakara and Suhasini Palekar in a Marathi language, Marathi speaking middle-class family ...

(Chairman),

Madhu Ambat Madhu Ambat is an Indian cinematographer who predominately works in Malayalam and Tamil-language films apart from a few English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Sanskrit films. With a career spanning over 40 years, he is one of the most pro ...

, Kavita Lankesh, Umesh Gupta *International Competition for Short Films:

Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh; born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, actor, music director and cinematographer who works primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio ...

(Chairman), Philip Cheah, Iokim Milonas

JFF 2013

*Feature Film Competition Jury:

Basu Chatterjee Basu Chatterjee (10 January 1927 – 4 June 2020) was an Indian film director and screenwriter in Hindi Cinema. Through the 1970s and 1980s, he became associated with what came to be known as middle cinema or middle-of-the-road cinema filmmaker ...

(Chairman), Ramakrishna Halkere, Aditi Deshpandey, Suresh Pai *International Competition for Short Films :

N. Chandra Chandrashekhar Narvekar (born 4 April 1952) is an Indian producer, writer and director, known for gritty realism, in his early dark and loud films. His most successful commercial films are ''Ankush (1986 film), Ankush'', ''Pratighaat'', ''Tezaab' ...

, Dorothy Briere

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